The following is from I Remember When...
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I remember...
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A book by Herman Schweizer
IR about this time a major event occurred; that is my future wife, Frances Mae Hintingford and I got married. We met shortly after my arrival at Fort Worden. Our dance band, Majors of Music, played at her senior ball at Chimacum High School. As usual, I danced while the band played and it was there that I met her.
Eventually we got engaged and on September 1, 1942 we were married first by a justice of the peace, A. Clemens Grady of Port Townsend. This was later confirmed by a religious ceremony on the Center Valley farm owned by Frances' mother, Carrie Huntingford. It was followed by train to Los Angeles, and staying with a dear friend from our church, William Raff.
Twenty five years later I got a ticket for passing a car on the Hood Canal Bridge. The arresting officer said you can either pay the $35.00 fine or appear in Judge A.C. Grady's court in Port Townsend on September 1. I wrote the good judge a letter saying he had married us on September 1, 1942 and could I be excused from this fine. He wrote back and said, since I imposed a sentence on you twenty-five years ago that you are still serving, the arresting officer and I decided to dismiss the charge.
My Father was a musician in the Fort Worden 248th Coast Artillery Band and was their leader on the parade ground.
Captain Bill Schweizer U.S.M.M., missionary, prophet, founder, and Wolfy
Mountaintop Sea Ministries International
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