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Teri and I were married the summer following graduation from high school and just after we turned 18, on August 12, 1972.
We were married at the Chesterfield Christian Church. A cake and punch reception was held in the fellowship hall of the church.
My "best men" were Randy Yust and Larry Swindell, my best friends since first grade.
Teri's bridesmaid was Carla (Heathcote) Clem.
We each had grandparents named Dixon in attendance. George and Della were there. But so were Teri's maternal grandparents, Clyde and Georgia Dixon, of Muncie. No relation to our Dixon's as best we can figure! That's right, Teri's mom was a Dixon. She even had a brother named Jim. Go figure. We were married on Clyde and Georgia's 50th wedding anniversary! They delayed their celebration one day and we stayed in the area to attend their celebration the next day before leaving on our honeymoom.
We honeymooned by tent camping at Pokagon State Park in Angola, Indiana. We left for IU immediately after the honeymoon. We lived in a married housing complex, Evermann Apartments, next to the bell tower (carillon) at IU. We lived there all four years at IU, upgrading after the first year from an efficiency apartment on the third floor to a one bedroom apartment on the second floor. The only problem was mostly losing battle with roaches. The building was large, with concrete block walls and tile floors. It was well heated, and we adjusted the temperature in the winter by cracking a window when needed.
We both worked at the Lucky Steer Steakhouse, the most popular restaurant in Anderson at the time, before we were married. It was the first restaurant in town to have something new... a salad bar! Teri made money as a waitress. I bused tables, was a dishwasher, and learned to cook steaks and prepare salads. I was able to transfer to the Bloomington Lucky Steer, near campus. Teri got a job within a week at the Marsh Supermarket south of town on Indiana 37, again making about twice my pay as her job was a union job! She worked there all four years, eventually moving into the office. I later worked at the Arbutus Nursing Home west on Indiana 46 and at Bloomington Hospital.
Teri worked the first year, delaying a full-ride scholarship she earned in high school. She started the next summer at IU and finished in 3 years. After our 4 years in Bloomington, there were no elementary teaching jobs in Indians and few science teaching jobs. So Teri went to Florida on a plane to interview in Okeechobee... her parents were visiting family in Florida on vacation and they were able to pick her up at the airport and take her to Okeechobee for the day. They offered her a job and me a job... sight unseen in my case. My job was a teacher aide job. They called a couple of weeks later and said they needed me to teach science.
The top picture (thanks Wayne!) shows us young, poor, recently married, and slightly tired college students at my grandparents house at Christmas in 1972.We were married at the Chesterfield Christian Church. A cake and punch reception was held in the fellowship hall of the church.
My "best men" were Randy Yust and Larry Swindell, my best friends since first grade.
Teri's bridesmaid was Carla (Heathcote) Clem.
We each had grandparents named Dixon in attendance. George and Della were there. But so were Teri's maternal grandparents, Clyde and Georgia Dixon, of Muncie. No relation to our Dixon's as best we can figure! That's right, Teri's mom was a Dixon. She even had a brother named Jim. Go figure. We were married on Clyde and Georgia's 50th wedding anniversary! They delayed their celebration one day and we stayed in the area to attend their celebration the next day before leaving on our honeymoom.
We honeymooned by tent camping at Pokagon State Park in Angola, Indiana. We left for IU immediately after the honeymoon. We lived in a married housing complex, Evermann Apartments, next to the bell tower (carillon) at IU. We lived there all four years at IU, upgrading after the first year from an efficiency apartment on the third floor to a one bedroom apartment on the second floor. The only problem was mostly losing battle with roaches. The building was large, with concrete block walls and tile floors. It was well heated, and we adjusted the temperature in the winter by cracking a window when needed.
We both worked at the Lucky Steer Steakhouse, the most popular restaurant in Anderson at the time, before we were married. It was the first restaurant in town to have something new... a salad bar! Teri made money as a waitress. I bused tables, was a dishwasher, and learned to cook steaks and prepare salads. I was able to transfer to the Bloomington Lucky Steer, near campus. Teri got a job within a week at the Marsh Supermarket south of town on Indiana 37, again making about twice my pay as her job was a union job! She worked there all four years, eventually moving into the office. I later worked at the Arbutus Nursing Home west on Indiana 46 and at Bloomington Hospital.
Teri worked the first year, delaying a full-ride scholarship she earned in high school. She started the next summer at IU and finished in 3 years. After our 4 years in Bloomington, there were no elementary teaching jobs in Indians and few science teaching jobs. So Teri went to Florida on a plane to interview in Okeechobee... her parents were visiting family in Florida on vacation and they were able to pick her up at the airport and take her to Okeechobee for the day. They offered her a job and me a job... sight unseen in my case. My job was a teacher aide job. They called a couple of weeks later and said they needed me to teach science.
The second picture above was taken in the fall of '07 at Table Rock State Park in South Carolina, where Randy and Deanna will wed in May of '08.
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