name:

Karllott Earlene Hatton As recalled June 21, 2001

nicknames:

I am Karllott at school and I am Earlene at home.

birthday:

1958 --July 22, 1940

location:

Winslow, Arizona -- Moved from 423 East Aspinwall to 501 Cottonwood Avenue January of 1957.

temperament:

With or without PMS.

Stop the world I want to get off; or could I at least have a few extra hours now and then.

Life is passing me by when is it my turn to live.

 

what I look like:

On my best days; think Linda Carter /a.k.a. Wonder Woman with honey blond hair and a tan to literally die for (Several of my friends developed melanomas.) Not quite as hippy; we are the same height. 6'0" Of course in 1958 Linda was unknown to stay in character I should say think of a tall buxom blond Ann Miller or if it is not an oxymoron a naïve Virginia Mayo.

school:

Just graduated from Winslow High School on my way to Arizona State College at Flagstaff.

current affiliation:

Steady boyfriend Joe LaPrade. Best friend Willa Elezy. However I am really getting acquainted with my sister, Karen, as an equal. Mama is becoming a friend, too.

food:

Any of several tender steaks Broiled/rare; Jumbo fried shrimp and French fries ala drive-in. Pineapple milk shakes

 

 

hobbies:

Reading, swimming, dancing
Dragging main. 

interests:

 Sewing/designing clothes. Designed squaw dresses ala Navajo. (politically correct Sante Fe Dresses) borrowed Daddy's nylon fishing line to gather them. I really am interest mostly in boys/specific and general.

talents:

Good student/love to learn. Read well orally

religion:

Methodist

pets:

One black cocker/Pomeranian mix "Teeny"

favorite places:

Where I can see the San Francisco Peaks (Makes doing the dishes bearable.)

favorite colors:

Golden Yellow; tomato red, rust golden brown

Movies:

Was really upset that didn't see Friendly Persuasion/school-night + broke
Maybe Pajama Game the Gwen Verdon's dancing scenes

If I read the book I don't usually like the movies; If I see the movie I don't read the book.

actor:

Richard Widmark, Glenn Ford, Jimmy Stewart, Yul Brennar

actresses:

Doris Day

tv shows:

Didn't watch too much TV; we didn't get a set until January of 1959.

Ed Sullivan Show

radio show:

The Hit Parade  Brooklyn Dodger Games while ironing.

Authors/books:

Lloyd C. Douglas; Victor Hugo

Magnificent Obsession; Les Miserables; Gone With the Wind

music:

"POP!" Can you dance to it?

song:

Please don't play B-21 / Johnny Cash I Walk the Line

composers:

 

what I drive:

Penny Loafers/favorites are avocado green

what I used to drive:

Girls Scout oxfords/saddle oxfords

what I wish I drove:

What I wish for is the removal of the telephone pole at the end of our driveway.

weird misc. facts:

First heard Elvis over C.L.I.N.T Texas two years ago

Saw Ricky Nelson in person in Tucson when he was filming RIO BRAVO.

I can kick the top of the door frame.

Aims or goals:

I thinking in terms of law, ministry or teaching

Summer Plans:

Spent the summer in California, a few weeks in Earlimart, and a few weeks in Oakland. Second Cousins Raymond and Dale Searcy in Oakland. Learned to water ski worst sunburn of my life.

Challenges

Overcoming shyness

Secret dreams

Dancing in a musical /Write and publish a book or script

Fears

College will be much harder than high school/waiting tables the rest of my life.

When will I find Mr. Right?

Failure/ failure to please/ failure to pass

 

issues

Sputnik/education

Desegregation {{{funding/funding federal/state/local/ bigot}}}]

Cuba

 

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