Jerry (Dan) Godwin:
CLASS OF 1974
Concord High SchoolClass of 1974
Concord, CA
Jerry (Dan)'s Story
Just alittle news. Back in Sept. I got a total hip replacement in my rt hip. I guess I carried just alittle too much lumber as a carpenter. More stories to follow since I,ve got a bit of time while I'm doing phys. therapy. Well, anyone who wants to listen I'll try to catch ya up. I really don't know where to start but I guess we'll start with Karin Roberts. We were dating in 73-74. I had left school 6 mo. early after my parents were done with all the stuff I was putting them through. I had a room over a garage that Doug Dobsons Parents let me live in. Well, Karin wouldn't go to school so she'd walk or hitch down to my place and wake me up, nicely. Well that lead to a pregnancy, can you imagine? one thing lead to another and I got a job on my b-day making 2.25 hr. I told Karins parents that I would do the right thing and marry her. I was told that doing so would also help me avoid her Dads shotgun at anytime he saw me in the future, anytime anywhere. That's pretty much 1974 for me. We got married 11-22-74. Well thats enough for know, I'll cont. this in the near future. Did you go to my wedding atthat dome church? Did you hear that laughing box during the vows? After Karin and I broke up for good, I moved in with her older bro. Denny. We did'nt work too much, but we found time to drink alot of beer. I got a job with the Farm Bureau of Cal. in their ins. comp. located at Telegragh and Ashby in Berkley. They relocated the home office to Sac. and invited me to move up there on their dime. I was driving around Sac. and thought I recognised my cousin who I had'nt seen since the day I got married. We caught up on all we'd been up to. He introduced me to so interesting folks. They needed a ranch hand to help raise an infant Buffalo, and other chores. Well, I fell in love with the Lady of the house, and her, me. We got caught by her Hells Angel old man. I went back down to Denny's place for awhile, until I heard from my Lady. She had relatives in Juneau, Alaska. Thats where she went after we were caught. I was invited to go there also, so I went. It's beautiful country. Would'nt trade the expierience for just about anything. Ther are lots of holes to fill inbetween. Not sure if any of you care to here anymore. If you do please leave me some feedback. Thanks, Dan Godwin In 1991 I was living in Grass Valley, Ca. My cousin was living there, and invited me to live with them in the little rm. by their garage. Both of us were already into meth. on a regular basis. I got a job with a good friend (Mike), cutting firewood. I ended up in a cabin on the property that was built in the late 20s. It did'nt have insulation, running water, or elec...Expand for more
tricity. When I left it had all of those. One day I went to town to party with Mike. We got pretty drunk, as we were celebrating the birth of his second child. His wife was going to be in the hospital for a while, so in our drunken, meth stuper we collected every last cent we had and hopped into my fire engine red 74 LTD that I purchased for $200 and headed for Houston Tex. We were still under the influence when we arrive at my parents place. Actually we went to my sisters place first an she took us out at 3am to a tattoo parlor. I got a sm. Coors lion on my shoulder. We were so broke that we had to find some quick work to make money for gas to get back home. To say the least, Mikes wife was furious. On the way back I took a wrong turn somewhere in Arizona, and it cost us precious gas we could ill aford to lose. We had to hang out at a gas station and beg for gas money. A very nice man gassed us up and we finally made it back home. Untill next time, Dan Well, mean time back at the ranch. That reminds me of the time I helped raise a female buffalo (Bessy). I'd feed her her bottle of a 1/2 gal. of milk substance After that, no before that I had a great time in Sacto. working for the Farm Bureau of Cal. Thier home office was at Teleraph and Ashbey in Berkley (don't ask me why).I started in the supply rm./mail rm. Then I appied for the job as a fleet ins.writer. Got it. Now I'm working around 100 women. I know, what a bummer, but someone had to do it. Besides, my wife and I had broken up one more time. Well, the company, Bureau,actually,decided to move their home office across the street from the Cal- Expo grounds. They offered me a chance to move with them. Since I was single again I said OK. They let me drive one of their Commuter vans to and from Sact. to Berk. We had the most rockin' van. Oh, yeah, they paid me to mov to Sact. (Carmichael). Many more stories to go. Just about Sacramento and the fun we all had. Someday soon ,you will all know more (maybey more than ya want).Tuff a Well, I was just sittn' on my tailgate havin' a beer , trowin' my dogs favorite toy. Oh, how good it is to be able to do that again, even in a limited capacity. The weather is here, wish you were beautiful. Well depending on who you are you might be. Micah (my dog) wants me to chase after him. I've never been able to do that. Once I got my hip rep. I've been able to trot after him. He looked at me so funny, like where did you come from. It was a blast. Made me feel alittle mor e like a man again. I miss riding bikes and taking long hikes in the wood of N. Cal. I'll settle for the slow little pines and oaks of S. East Texas for the time being. It won't be long till I visit N. Cal. As in a few mo. I meant slow rollin' hills and pines, etc. Gotta go, there's sunlight and I've got to be outside. Oh, and havin' Bob Segar and the Silverbullet Band-Against The Wind does'nt hurt either, while the sun is settin'.
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