Throwback Thursday - The Notebooks

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To clear up some confusion, the Notebook passages posted on Throwback Thursday were written by my father and found by me after he passed away. They were his attempt to tell the family history. He was in his late 80s or early 90s when he wrote them. Today's chapter:

There are things that I forget and those that I forget or they come back in mind.

In the Spring of 1936 [ed: Dad was a Junior in high school], The Boys Clubs of America Board of Directors and Officers held their annual meeting in Boston and it would close with a father son banquet.

Skip asked me if I could give some time to put pamphlets on chairs for representatives of the Boy's Club from all the states that had boys clubs, I agreed.

The affair was held at the older of the two hotels in Boston. [ed: Omni Parker House ] It was Monday to Sunday and the banquet ended the meeting.

I was in the men's room when the door was flung open. I saw this tall, well-dressed man hold it open. He looked around. I was the only one in the men's room. He stuck his hand out and then another man came in. He came beside me. Looked at me and said, "Shouldn't you be in school?" I told him I got out early to help put the pamphlets on the chairs, etc. He looked familiar but I could not place who he was.

On Sunday I attended the banquet and sat at Charlie's table. And I saw the same man that spoke to me on Friday. He sat at the middle of the head table. He was introduced as President Hoover. He got a big standing ovation. I told Charlie about my meeting him in the men's room

So I must be the only person in the United States or a few persons who had to explain to a president of the United States in the men's room of a hotel why I was out of school. He was out of office at that time but past presidents always keep their title and are so addressed. My first celebrity meeting.