Only One Could Go

I was talking with our cousin Joyce (daddy’s niece) a few years ago about Grandpa Cox (William). Joyce said that when she was in high school that Grandpa Cox arranged for her to go to Washington and met with President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Eisenhower was President from 1953 -1961. Joyce did not say what year she went. Joyce told me that Grandpa was a friend of Eisenhower and had talked to him about her coming. Joyce said that she got to the White House she waited awhile and then they took her into the Oval office to meet the President. She said they talked for about 15 minutes and then they escorted her out. Joyce said that meeting the President in the Oval office was the most exciting thing that she had ever done in her life. It would have been interesting to know what they talk about, Joyce did not share that information.

I asked Joyce why some of the other older kids did not get to go... Joyce’s answer was “you know grandpa”. We will never know why he only chose one to go. Maybe that is all that Ike would see, or maybe he did not even think about sending someone else. Whatever, that was a good answer, that was how Grandpa Cox was.

This story explains a lot about daddy and WWII... That is another story....