Bonny was working as a waitress in Mason City, Iowa. On her nights off, Bonny would go to the famous Surf Ballroom. It was here that Boyd had a standing table on the ballroom floor with his brother Leroy “Slim”. Often times Boyd's cousin Irv and one of their girl cousins would join them. Nobody seems to remember which cousin this was. One night Boyd asked Bonny to dance and history was made.
Bonny wrote that about their engagement that they “had known each other for about 2 years and had “gone steady” for about a year. I should have seen the writing for my life when we went to buy an engagement ring. He told me he had a choice between buying a ring for $24 or buying one on installments. He asked me what he should do. I left it up to him.”
“We were married on the same day as Rosie and Ervin (Bonny’s younger sister and brother-in-law). I didn’t want to take away from her day. We didn’t want a big wedding like hers. We talked to the minister in Sheffeild and made arrangements for him to marry us late in the afternoon that day at his home. Phyllis and Bud (Boyd’s sister and brother-in-law)stood up with us. We didn’t tell anyone we were getting married until we were ready to leave Rosie’s wedding day. We told Phillip (Bonny’s older brother) just before we left.” Bonny wore a pink sharkskin suit which I have in a hope chest in my room, and Boyd were a brown suit. There as been some quandary if Bonny was pregnant when they married. Her first child was born 7-8 months later.
This is a picture of them on their wedding day.
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