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~ose (1/,25/83 ) page 40 Iv!r. v ~ r. R Mr. K ~r. R Mr. K Mr . R wanted to go with or had any inclination of feelings toward going with were at that time already ingaged or perhaps even married or going steady. Some people have sa id that there was a click here, that the Jews formed a kind of tight group here, and that it was pretty hard to break in to them. Could that have been something that contributed t No. At the beginning there was no click. I mean, there was neven a click. I don't believe this click business, you know. I've lived in this co~munity fdr •.• I don't believe this click business and I didn't believe this click business. There are a thousand groups that have been in this community as long as I have, and I ~ron 't say I've never been to their houses and maybe I went once. A thousand grouns of .•• A thousand is an exageration when you live in a community of 1,40 people altogether. Let's say there are 10 to a group and there are 250 families, let's say there are 25 groups. Jim White's gro which is a big name of a former community center named for him. Yes, I've been in his house 6 or 7 times. Do you know why I was his house 6 or 7 times? Because from the first year arter the wa my minimum gift to the welfare drive was $1,000. Those were days when I didn't have $1,000. But from the first year after I got home, that's what it was, and all of the big gift's private meet­ings were at his house. Now, they go the hotel, you know, and t welfare fund buys us a dinner, you know, and we announce our pledges. We went to different houses ••• You announced your pledges publically here? You~ave an election of whether you do or you don't. If' you don' to you just put on your card 'unannounced'.