Family: Alfred Thomas Hutchins / MayBelle Mildred Beznoska (F518)

• Father | Male Alfred Thomas Hutchins

  
  

  Born	22 May 1911
  Died	27 Feb 1992	Hidalgo County, Texas
  Buried
  Married	5 Aug 1933	La Porte County, Indiana
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  Mother

  
  

  Mother | Female MayBelle Mildred Beznoska

  
  

  Born	25 Apr 1914	Junction City, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  Died	2 Apr 2007	Houghton Lake, Roscommon County, Michigan
  Buried
  Father	Louis Beznoska | F5468 Group Sheet
  Mother	Mildred Schere | F5468 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Living

  
  

  Born
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  Buried
  Spouse	Living | F539
  Married

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Living

  
  

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• Notes

  Married: In the biography she prepared for her children and grandchildren, MayBelle writes that she and Al met when he was living with an Aunt and Uncle in Lawton. In 1932, she went on a blind date with Al's roomate, and her friend with Al. Before the evening was over, they "switched" dates, and continued to date over the next three months until his college graduation, when he returned to Flint, Michigan. They corresponded for the next 18 months, until Al found a job and asked her to come to Michigan. Her parents, who approved of him, sold a cow and bought her a bus ticket. The following weekend the young couple drove to Indiana and eloped in a ceremony officiated by Rev. Frohm, taking the train into Chicago the next day for the 1933 World's Fair. In Al's biography he called it a "fast wild ride and believe it or not we did not see the fair." When they returned to Flint, they were greeted with a Shiveree, and the newleyweds ended up at the corner beer garden treating friends to drinks until their money was exhausted. Two months after their weddding, Al was laid off. They moved in with his parents, where the lived for the next 12 years.