The covered porch was pretty handy for setting up a birthday party or having friends over. In the top photo, I am prominently on the left of the table, with the suspenders; Georgann is the one sitting in front of the standing girl on the right, upper end of the table. Frankly, I do not recognize any of the other kids around the table.
In the bottom photograph, that's Tommy Tipton in the football jersey and pads. We used to play touch football on their front lawn with our fathers. But Tommy was forever ripping off my shirt pockets, which I never understood. Each time he did so, I'd begin bawling, typically because the shirt was a favorite, and go running home. Probably humiliated my dad each time I did so. The girl in the back is his sister, Cynthia, on whom I developed a crush in those days. After we moved away, their parents had a swimming pool built in the backyard, which is easily visible today in any aerial photo of the neighborhood. They were good kids and we missed them after we moved, though for several years we did keep in touch with the Tiptons and the Hofeldts next door.
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