Cecil A. Partee Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

Q: Where was she born, sir?
A: She was born in Chicago.
Q: Had the Bradleys been in Chicago long when she was born?
A: I don't really know. Her father was from New Orleans. I never met him,
he died before we were married,
A: What line of work was he in3
A: He was a chef cook.
Q: So your wife went to school here in Chicago then altogether.
A: Chicago.
Q: Yes. (pause) And where did you meet your wife?
A: Through mutual frfends.
Q: When was this?
A: 1949.
Q: Do you remember the occasion?
A: (pause) I went to a restaurant for lunch and she was with a friend of mine
and his girl friend having lunch. He introduced me to the t w ladies ~ and
that's when I first met her.
Q: Did ehe live near where you were living at the time?
A: Oh, twenty blocks or so away.
Q: Was it love at first sight sort of thing or did it gradually dewlap?
A: Well, r thought she was a very interesting person and I wanted to know her
again and to meet her again and it developed, I met her in September and we
got married in December.
A: Yes.
Q: Goadness, that's another kind of parallel. I met my wife in October, we
were married in April. (laughter) A little longer. Well! So it was a
rather whirlwind . . . Let's see now. Was that the year that you were running
for election?