An old family friend of my Mom and Dad's from Denver, Colorado came to visit us in the summer of 1965, Mr. Jim Ostrander, and he brought a couple of young men with him. One young man, Jerry, was the son of my father's old Colorado mule deer hunting buddy. The other young man was Jerry's good friend, Smiley. Both very energetic and respectful young guys. Fred, I, and my brother Steve spent the early part of the summer of 1965 together almost every day before Fred went back to ENMS along with several other ENMS brothers from Vegas for summer school. However. on this lovely day, after a day of water skiing on Lake Meade in Dad's and Mr. Ostrander's boats, Dad grilled some steaks for dinner and we had a lovely picnic out on the lawn. I sensed some kind of tension between Fred and the other two young men and eventually they started wrestling. I backed off, realizing I would prefer to conserve my energy after a long day water skiing on the lake. However, I didn't quite know what to make of this explosion of energy after a very playful day on Lake Meade skiing but there it was and caught on old 8 mm movie film. You can see during dinner that Mr. Fred is obviously a bit ticked as he eats. He got his butt kicked by these two guys as he challenged them. But, I think it says something about Mr. Jameson's fighting spirit. Fred loved a challenge. Always trying to prove himself. The last email I received from him in 2002 ended by him saying to me, "Friends forever." So, true.
Monday, December 16, 2019
FEISTY YOUNG FRED JAMESON
An old family friend of my Mom and Dad's from Denver, Colorado came to visit us in the summer of 1965, Mr. Jim Ostrander, and he brought a couple of young men with him. One young man, Jerry, was the son of my father's old Colorado mule deer hunting buddy. The other young man was Jerry's good friend, Smiley. Both very energetic and respectful young guys. Fred, I, and my brother Steve spent the early part of the summer of 1965 together almost every day before Fred went back to ENMS along with several other ENMS brothers from Vegas for summer school. However. on this lovely day, after a day of water skiing on Lake Meade in Dad's and Mr. Ostrander's boats, Dad grilled some steaks for dinner and we had a lovely picnic out on the lawn. I sensed some kind of tension between Fred and the other two young men and eventually they started wrestling. I backed off, realizing I would prefer to conserve my energy after a long day water skiing on the lake. However, I didn't quite know what to make of this explosion of energy after a very playful day on Lake Meade skiing but there it was and caught on old 8 mm movie film. You can see during dinner that Mr. Fred is obviously a bit ticked as he eats. He got his butt kicked by these two guys as he challenged them. But, I think it says something about Mr. Jameson's fighting spirit. Fred loved a challenge. Always trying to prove himself. The last email I received from him in 2002 ended by him saying to me, "Friends forever." So, true.
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