Honoring My Grandmothers.

Ivy was my grandmother on my mom's side and live 300 miles away from us, on Christmas she would mail us kids gifts and five dollar bills to each of us kids.$5 was like $50 back then and every summer she would visit us for one to two weeks.

One summer Red Skeleton was going to be at the Ohio State fair and my grandmother wanted to see him, so we went, my grandmother, my mom and I. 

I remember Ivy giving our "gate entrance " tickets to the guard and he tore them in half and my grandmother jokingly said" We paid $3 each  for these tickets and there he goes tearing them up !" the guard simply laugh.  We got our ticket halves and we were all on our way.The entertainment at the Ohio State fair was all free (at that time anyway) and we simply walked in.

Now I do not remember if this was the same year or not but Ivy also wanted to see Art Linkletter ("Kids Say The Darnest Things") and we also saw him at the Ohio State fair as well.

My grandmother on my dad's side did visit us one time. We kids did not know any better and said "That is not grandma !" but she gave us gifts anyway.She stayed for couple of days then went home.

There are a lot of stars I saw performing at the Ohio State fair, just by myself. One day I told my mom I was going to the fair to see Bobby Bare, my mom jokingly said "Don't you want to see him with his clothes on ?" Me:  "Geeze !"

In my teenage years the stars I had  seen at the Ohio State fair were all female. The female stars I saw performing  during various years were Vikki Carr, Molly Bee, Jodi Miller, Petula Clark, Liza Minnelli,Skeeter Davis, Bobbi Martin and Dusty Springfield and a whole lot more .

                  God, Dusty Springfield was beautiful !" 

Unfortunately, Bobbi Martin and Dusty Springfield both died of breast cancer. Always get those breasts check out, your family and friends will still love you, even if one of two of your breasts have to be cut off.You don't want that cancer to spread to the rest of your body. They all want you alive that's the most important thing.

Finally, Ivy's favorite game was "Have You Ever Seen ?"  here you say two nouns but the second noun is use as a verb for example "Have you ever seen a porch swing ?" or "Have you ever seen a head light ?" 
IN the picture below from left to right, my late mom Mary, my late grandmother Ivy (on my mom's side) and My late non-toxic uncle Dean (on my mom's side):

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