It was on this date in 1954 that radio listeners in Flint, Michigan heard a wedding on WMRP. Deejay Clif Martin married a fan, Freda Shumate. We are still married. I am older than dirt and my child bride is 3 years younger than dirt. You say you want wise words about how to grow old together? OK, here it is. You must both love cats. Even if you have nothing else in common you can spend precious time together in mutual babbling about how cute your cats are and crying together when they cross the Rainbows Bridge. Warning! Highly emotional content. If it doesn't make you blubber, you need a tear duct transplant.
So be advised: If one of you loves cats and the other does not, do not get married. If you are already married, get a divorce. Or if you are a religious type you can seek divine intervention for your partner's conversion. My son married a woman who did not like cats. She now likes cats. You know what they say about mysterious ways. If one of you is allergic to cats, take your pills and live with it. Everything has a price. If sneezing a lot is your worst problem about living with another person, you ain't got it so bad.
2 comments:
Scott S. Semester said...
Great post, Clif!
I don't remember what led our paths to cross internettily, but I'm glad they did.
Anniversary blessings,
Scott
4:27 AM
Clifton said...
Thanks, Scott ... WMRP, Methodist Radio Parish, was owned by the Methodist Church. There are some wild stories about things that happened there.
5:22 AM
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Happy aniversary. 1954 was a good year.
ReplyDeleteLOL Clif - I knew I missed you, but actually forgot what an.....ah hem.....entertaining writer you are.
ReplyDeleteI hear from Jr. that you're all well. Glad to know that!
Love & Blessings,
~ Janet ~
Thanks, dadderz and Janet. I don't know why your comments didn't show up here. Computers and old guys who use them get mighty strange. Janet, if you are that easily amused you will love my other blog http://farting-around.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeletePardon the delay in wishing you a happy anniversary, Clifton. I was reminded of your story reading Alfred Balk’s The Rise of Radio (2006). In the Preface, Balk calls himself an “offspring” of radio’s Golden Age. “Born in Iowa ten years after the broadcasting industry originated with KDKA Pittsburgh (1920), four years after founding of the first network (NBC), and three years after its most extraordinary competitor (CBS), [he] reveled in the age’s richness.” He “met his future wife” after his family moved to “Rock Island, Illinois,” where he “participated in a WHBF forum called The High Spot. “Weekly, quad-city high school students met to discuss the activities at each. It was intended to improve relations among the schools—and did!” Your story is even better. So keep on telling it.
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