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After the war, John ran into Bill Nolen again on the street in Dallas and invited him over to his house for a get together. John introduced Bill to his younger sister Lewcile; Bill and Lewcile married in February of 1946. John’s old hockey stick is still around, a treasured (and heavily taped) keepsake. John felt you could fix anything with electrical tape!
In the army, if John was ever “missing in action,” you could be sure he had just gone over a hill to get in a game somewhere. He played divisional baseball and football while he was in the service. He also did some boxing then.
John played some softball in church leagues, but when he got into the cotton business he began to concentrate on a couple of new sports: bowling and golf. The Cotton Exchange had a team that bowled in a league, but John really loved the golf tournaments. Golf was the best part of doing business.
When you are stuck in a port watching them load cotton bales onto ships, what can you do but just wait? Go deep sea fishing, that’s what! Fishing in a lake was a bit too calm for John, but out in the ocean it was lot’s more challenging.
John won trophies for every sport he ever played. He was a natural athlete and he played to win.
His wife Peggy used to tease that she had three children: two girls and one great big boy! He played with the kids all up and down the street. The only time he had no patience with children was when a Dallas Cowboy football game was on television. During the game, the area between John and the TV was no man’s land.
With all his good points, John wasn’t much of a handy-man around the house. He did, however, once build a ping-pong table out in the garage. Obviously an emergency situation!
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