Dick and Betty’s courtship rose in 1935. Dick was employed by the PAX (the Crystallized Soap) Company in St. Louis and was on the road much of the time. He still lived at home at 3207 Copelin Ave. (Later to be torn down to make way for Interstate 44) PAX G.H. Packwood Manufacturing company sent him to Detroit - Michigan, Des Moines – Iowa, Rochester – New York, Pittsfield – Massachusetts, Decatur – Illinois, where he would stay at hotels or the YMCA. He regularly wrote to Betty of his loneliness and love for her. While on the road Dick would visit movie houses for 15 cents and watch a double feature, Adventures in Manhattan and Craig’s Wife. Betty was living at 4404 Lindel Blvd. in St. Louis. They would correspond for the nearly two years and spent time with each other and family when he returned from business excursions. He signed his letters to her with, “My precious.” They were married in Clayton Missouri on June 18th, 1938 witnesses Robert Pommer and Peggy Gross.
Fortune
smiled on Richard, he landed a job with Hallmark Co. Based in Kansas City. Dick
was transferred to California and Betty and he would pack-up and move there in
1941. Dick was an executive salesman for Hallmark. The company motto was, “If
you care enough to send the very best”. In his spare time, painting was his
passion.
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