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“We have a pre-War and a post-War family,” said Jayne. “Three of us were born before World War II and two of us after the War.” Occupation of parents? “My mother was a homemaker and my dad was a vice president at Blue Cross/Blue Shield.” Jayne’s elementary education also occurred at Annunciation School in South Minneapolis, but she and Stan didn’t meet there. After Annunciation, Jayne attended Holy Angels Academy, which was an all girls school at the time. Before she graduated from the Academy, Jayne had met the man she meant to marry. *** Although residing in the same city, and having attended the same elementary school, it was only during the summer of 1955 that the teenagers met each other for the first time, far away from home in the Big Birch Lake area of northern Minnesota, near Melrose. Jayne began the story. “I was with my girl friend at their cabin and we were playing ‘Capture the Flag’ in a big field with other kids, and after the game Stan said, ‘See you later.’ His family had rented a cabin up there too. I looked at him and thought to myself, ‘I’m going to marry him some day.’ Then I pursued it.” Jayne explained how she came to attend the Minnesota State Fair on her first date with Stan Hamerski -- and it wasn’t left up to Cupid alone. “My girl friend was dating Stan’s best friend who wanted to take my friend to the Fair, and to have me and Stan go with them.” Stated Stan, “I didn’t have an interest at first. I had other things on my mind besides girls. I had jobs and work to do, but I finally said to my friend, ‘If you pay part of my way, I’ll go.” Chided Jayne, “And my parents also contributed to the coffers so it was practically all paid for.” Recalls Stan, “I remember we were on the ferris wheel and I was very shy, and I put my arm around her without actually touching her, and I thought she was nice to be with. So we got together again.” “We went horseback riding,” said Jayne. “There were riding stables in Shakopee at the time.” “We had a lot of fun,” said Stan. “We laughed a lot. We still do. My fondness for Jayne became more of a romantic nature and I just fell in love with her. Today I still love her and, more importantly, I like her.” What did Jayne find attractive about Stan? “His shyness,” she replied, “and he was cute, very good looking, but he wasn’t so humorous then as he is today.” While still in their high school years, they worked for a while together at a local theater. “Stan got me my first job at the movie theater,” said Jayne, who made popcorn while her boyfriend took tickets at the door. “We grew up at a good time,” said Stan. *** Stan graduated from De La Salle High school in 1957 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy. “My buddies and I were all going to college,” he said, “but I thought if I go to college with these clowns, I’ll never make it. So I signed up for schooling in the Navy. If you joined before your 18th birthday, your stay was less than four years. I wanted to be an aerial photographer.” Stan explained that aerial photography meant taking chemistry and math classes in order to deal with chemicals in the developing lab and to determine geometric patterns in flight. “In high school, chemistry and math were my two worst subjects,” he said. “I hated them but somehow I had to manage now, I had to learn it, so I applied myself and I distinctly remember catching onto the concept of math. I graduated as an aerial photographer.”
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