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1981

By this time it was pretty evident Barbara and I were headed for marriage.. just a few minor things to work out. Susan had custody of my two kids but I had them every other weekend. Of course Barbara had custody of her two. We participated in every school activity they were involved in including … Continue reading 1981 →

Allen Crawford Uncategorized 1 Comment July 29, 2019January 19, 2022 5 Minutes

More Summer 1980.

I began my new job with Dean Robinson with great enthusiasm. I was never so happy to go to work in the morning and come home at night. On the job I was in my element and at night I was with Barbara. She lived out in the country near Spaulding so after dinner and … Continue reading More Summer 1980. →

Allen Crawford Uncategorized Leave a comment July 29, 2019January 19, 2022 3 Minutes

1980 what a year

The summer of 1980 was very eventful. I got reacquainted with Barbara Glass , Wilkerson who had grown up one house away from me but was three years younger so therefore I had never considered dating her. I was back in my old job at Kingsbury Homes, traveling again and trying to find my way … Continue reading 1980 what a year →

Allen Crawford Uncategorized Leave a comment July 28, 2019January 19, 2022 3 Minutes

Keep on growing

Not long after I joined House Construction the other, partner Dean Robinson decided he wanted to resign. I'm really not sure if it was because of me, I don't think so, but I do know he never wanted to be in the Home building business so I suspect that had something to do with it. … Continue reading Keep on growing →

Allen Crawford Uncategorized Leave a comment July 23, 2019January 19, 2022 3 Minutes

Movin’n on uZ

I worked for Kingssbury Homes for several months and learned a lot about building houses. I also learned I really liked it. During this time things weren't going very well at home. Susan and I weren't getting along at all. I was traveling every week in my job. Sometimes just for a couple of days … Continue reading Movin’n on uZ →

Allen Crawford Uncategorized Leave a comment March 18, 2019January 20, 2022 6 Minutes

Movie’ on up.

More about The Nevada Club. Oh by the way many people mispronounce Nevada. The correct pronunciation is Nevada not Nevahda Anyway we had some real funny events while we were operating the Nevada Club and some weren't so funny. The one i'm about to relate falls under the not so funny. If you'll recall I … Continue reading Movie’ on up. →

Allen Crawford Uncategorized Leave a comment January 25, 2019March 17, 2019 6 Minutes

The Nevada Club

Before I get into the Nevada Club Story I thought of an interesting thing that happened to us in Portland Oregon. We had worked Portland several times at a club called The Longhorn Steakhouse. Now they did serve steaks but their main business was a dance club. It was a great place, large and very … Continue reading The Nevada Club →

Allen Crawford Uncategorized Leave a comment January 24, 2019 3 Minutes

Arriving home

As we continued on our way to Oklahoma, surprisingly enough we had no more real problems. We crossed through Wyoming and turned south into Denver. When we got onto I-70 we had a very strong head wind. I was driving the dune buggy pulling the boat. The wind was so strong I couldn't get out … Continue reading Arriving home →

Allen Crawford Uncategorized 1 Comment January 22, 2019 3 Minutes

The trip home

After the last song was played and the lights came on reality set in.  It was over and we had a huge task in front of us.  Moving home to Oklahoma.  As we were separating and loading our equipment, separating because Beau and Bob were loading theirs to go their on way, Leon Saught  me … Continue reading The trip home →

Allen Crawford Uncategorized Leave a comment January 11, 2019 4 Minutes

The Breakup

N I’m not sure exactly when and how the final decision was made but we, Gary and I , decided to quit and come back home to Oklahoma.  We still had some reservations so we decided we would let Beau and Bob go and we would either go home to stay or to rest and … Continue reading The Breakup →

Allen Crawford Uncategorized Leave a comment January 10, 2019 3 Minutes

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