Back around 1963 or so, my father hired a 14 year old to work full time, over the summer on the swing shift of a small business he was partnering in. This makes him pretty much in violation of the child labor laws. I used the money I earned that summer to purchase a horse. I sure enjoyed having that horse. (Yes it was yours truly)
There is a repercussion from this employment. One of the workers, a seamstress named Doris Brazzel, worked for him. She later left the company and took employment as a dorm mother at NLSC, now University of Louisiana at Monroe.
A nice and very good looking young lady named Brenda Pickett was one of her charges, They became close. Brenda had been burned with some really sour blind dates and was offered another….She asked Ms Brazzell if she had ever heard of a Will Kirste. Ms. Brazzel said she not only knew Mr.Kirste, but thought very much of him and highly recommended him. So, Brenda went out on that date, and as they say, the rest is history…. We’ve been married over 50 years and the girl still loves to go shooting.
I am that fellow, Will Kirste, and Brenda is my wife. Knowing me as well as I do, i often wondered what I did to impress Ms. Brazzel, but a sweet lady she was.
So, should the department of labor track down my father and fine him and the business that is no longer in existence for giving me a job and a wonderful wife and life?????
