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My father was not a "ladies man," the type of man that women are readily intrigued with. His charm resulted from his sense of humor and his genuineness, not through flirtatiousness or any overt sensuality. At five-feet-four-inches in height, he did not fit the popular female image of the tall, attractive male figure. As he was growing up, the taller boys received more attention from girls. His limited success romantically, as a teenager, followed him into manhood. And even though it had been an amicable breakup, his failed marriage with Chubby had shaken his male ego. So, he was reluctant to pursue Minnie. But that didn't prevent her from continuing to creep into his consciousness. A year and a half later, he wrote her. She was teaching school in a small country town in South Carolina. She wrote him back, enclosing some pictures of herself and indicating that she was considering returning to New York for the summer to stay with Mae. She arrived on July 1st, the start of a whirlwind courtship. Fifty-six days later, on August 25, 1940, they were married in New York at the Church of the Master at five o'clock on a Saturday afternoon.
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