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SSgt Boyd Herrst
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In Jr high was my 1st inter-action with counselor office and the District legal officer...why the legal ofcr? The U.S. Code about the uniform item.. I knew it from when I was at the Military Academy in
Mighty Mo country.. I had a jacket I ordered through a catalog and it had
Some assorted retired Command patches
And a military Sewn Name tape with my 1st initial and last name.. that made it ‘legal’. .. (the 1st initial) no rate or rank on the jacket .. As soon as I won the sitrep about U.S. Code , they switch tactics and went for the jugular about lack of respect for school policy(ies). I.e. the general school policy about wearing items that may cause an upset because of a subject
On the jacket (a scantily clad gal in a ‘
Baby doll nightie and private parts were covered..) like the girls on the WW II
Bombers.. I called her my box cAr girl
Cause her likeness was from the nose of a flying Boxcar Aircraft.. it wasn’t a teacher who seen it .. a parent of a prebuscent thumbsucker going to his 1st half day nappy-grahamcracker-scribble pictures class .. seen the patch and tried holding her purse to cover the patch.. all that action did was make kids want to see it.
A kid with a safety patrol belt on gave me the “thumbs-up “ sign. The mommy was upset over that too.. not my problem I thought.. I’d soon find out.. they said my patch was ‘pornographic’ what the dickens is that word? Just say racy.. I can understand that! I had another patch of a gal in a half buttoned bomber jacket and scarf with top half of her bosum hanging
Out and bottom outlined by the jacket
She was riding the bomb and holding a wrench in the air like a sword and saying some unintelligible words.. That mommy called thd jr. High and the elementary school cause that kid give me thumbs up..
So I exposed a innocent crossing guard and some little kids to s’thing they only maybe see Peeking through the crack of mommy n daddy’s barely opened door..
Actually my mom didn’t know I wore the
Jacket.. she thought I had that disaster of a patchwork kiddy jacket with ducks n chickens and cows and a barn with hay spilling out the hay mow.. and a rooster on top.. geez... I’m in 7th grade now ! . ( I changed jackets in the garage). “I don’t
Understand.. that’s not what he had on
When he left for school... no I can’t come, my baby (9 yrs) is sick and I can’t bundle him to get in the car and bring Bu.. . I mean Boyd another Coat.. our walkway wasn’t going to be covered until next summer and we had 6 buildings to walk between until
Then. I had 4 more classes to go to..
well 3, I just missed a social interaction class(or sociology as over at the high school .. in JR. High it was kinda fun .. the teacher was neat.. he didn’t sit behind the desk all authoritive like.. he wore jeans, open neck shirt, corduroy sport jacket with patches on elbows ... he passed out gum..
I wasn’t a chewer, I sucked the flavor out and rolled it up in its paper and got rid of
it as I left the class.. when it was over..
When it was your turn to talk you were in charge.. for that 10 minutes. So they sent me on and told me as soon as I got in a building to roll the jacket so people didn’t
See it and maybe get upset .. there may be a few .. most kids ok.. After civics /gov’t I put it on and zipped up.. I had to walk back
To Delta bldg and get more books...and paper.. halfway there I came across the
“Legal begal”. ... the wind was starting to howl.. not just blow.. and snow was turning
Icy sleet.. good think my jacket was warm..
I had 4 long blocks after I got across Howe rd. Nope.. here’s dad! Got the Semi tractor.. Cool .. we had to go out to the barn at the warehouse and leave the tractor and get the car.. ..that was over by Ecorse (town not the road). After there we went to the “Wheat -n-Rye and got some
Big corn beef brisket sandwiches and went home. We stopped and got A can of New Era or Better Made Chips n Some Sodas ..
“So... mom said you had interaction with the Staff at the School action today, you want to fill me in?” No daddy and mommy talk . Got treated like a big kid I was headed to be.. I told him it got started on way to school when a over-protective mommy tried to hide my patch with the
Buxom girl in the nightie .. dad didn’t interfere, just let me talk.. I said she went off at the patrol boy ‘cause he seen it and gave me a thumbs up.. . So she called the school.. I got sent to the office .. and the rest is history Dad!” He pick up on why I didn’t wear that kiddy coat with the farm animals... tomorrow go and get you a good warm overcoat with a Removable liner so
You don’t have to sweat In spring n fall
Get a London Fog .. long enough to cover your bottom backside .. A good young man kinda dress up hat with a couple hat feathers and good removable liner gloves ..
Geez.. he’s talking some big bucks! A hundred n fifty at least ! (Wild shot ).
Also got some nice lined and unlined dress trousers and Pendleton style Semi dress- up shirts .. .. got a few ties but not for school unless it was dance or dress-up
affair.. Mom went off.. “he’s 13, does he really need a London fog dress coat ?”
Better n that kiddy play coat his deceased
Cousin wore before he went in the Corps
I don’t know if he said that to rub it in about the cousin I was named for(Boyd
Wisely Heckathorn, Pvt , 2d Marines ..
The troop carrier went down off east side of Greenland) Maybe just a little bit..
We went out that day..too.. to Ha’abs in Ypsilanti on Mi Ave .. it was kinda busy
But only a few minutes wait.. The roar half Chicken with Smashed taters with cheddar
Cheese and dress’g .. ultimate ! Good home made rolls/bread.-depended on what basket the serv’g Assist. Brought
We got half of each .. oh yeah green long pole beans n onion n garlic .. I ate half my
Dinner and took the Thigh/leg portion and cornbread dress’g And some beans and a
Cup of their broth aus jus Style gravy . I think we all did that So we’d have another meal tomorrow or next day.. Mom did rub It in why I didn’t get the roast beets.. you really should of Boyd,they were your cousin’s favorite veggies .. I just let that
Go.. a stab just under the ribs .. I knew what she was getting at .. maybe.not.. just a slip.. Dad had a trip planned for Sunday,
We were going down to Ohio to see our Other cousins.. I got a dog in the fight this time... “Brad can wear Boyd’s jacket and I’ll wear One of my new outfitS!” “Oh no, your brother’s arms already to long for the sleeves.. you get the honor !.” Well I did wear. The new outfit and.Kinda left the kiddy coat hanging on the hook in the basement stairwell.. we had a good trip down, visited Gr. Aunty Francis and Gr. Aunty Florence remarked how grown.i looked in the new grow up outfit.. I thanked them for that.. we had a good conversation .. no dwelling on the farm cost. We all went to Bill knapps Restaurant .. a long white House style building green Shutters.. a Henry Ford style house. .. I had a burger on onion , roll, pan fried Sliced potatoes and... yeah, beets! Mom changed my corn n green peppers .. I looked over and seen she had my corn n green peppers... yes.. she gets up and excused herself to go thr lady’s room.. I leaned over and asked her to pass me the corn n peppers and asked her to put the beets by mom’s plate. Mission accomplished ! I dumped the corn on
My plate and put the potatoes over them..
and acted like all was good.. I wasn’t paying attention to mom.. a few minutes
later a serving assistant brought me a dish of buttered beets.. mom still had hers (or rather, mine.. Aunty Flo excused herself to the lady’s rm and Aunty Francis went with.
Mom looked straight at me and gave me that don’t try that “switch act“ take aunty’s
Empty dish and put the beets by herz.. I had to remember for an 88 yr old woman
She still had a sharp pencil in the box.. ..
Dad followed them to Aunty’s Everybody exchanged hugs again.. some cousins were there to see Uncle Garrett.. who was bedridden from a stroke .. he had very limited mobility.. oooh.. I almost forgot the carry out package for uncle Garrett.. So I got that and brought it in and had added
Them beets mom told me not tI give Aunty.. we had a good long drive back home .. I slept most of the way .. no talk about the kiddy coat.. nice compliments
About my grown-up out-fit. S’thing a 7th
grader needs to hear.. on occasion..
We get home and into the drive.. we go in and dad put the car in the garage . I hurry In my room and hang my clothes and get
In sack sack and get sleeping.. or like I am!
I wait .. no lights come on.. hour goes by..
ahhh good to go ! Tomorrow’s a new day !
Kids are like puppies.. don’t want to rub their nose in a mess a day later.. won’t remember ..
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