Lynn:  After we started dating, I was thrilled when invited to accompany Steve and his family on a fishing excursion at Grand Lake St. Mary’s.  It was a fun time with a fun family!

Lynn and Steve:  We both enjoyed dates at Southland 75 and Miami Cruise-in outdoor movie theaters (also known as passion pits), Frisch’s Big Boy was a great date spot, too. But we especially loved spending time at the church’s former parsonage with our Luther League friends, leader Dick Church and assistants/parent chaperones.  The structure was dubbed ‘Luther House’ and was open on most Thursday nights and weekends during the school year.

Lynn:  My family and I had lived there for our first five-plus years in Miamisburg.  After it became Luther House, I found it a bit strange that my former bedroom was transformed into a chapel!  Another bedroom (my parents’) was dubbed ‘The Crying Room’, because one teenager or another intermittently had something to be sad about.  I could usually be found there whenever Steve was otherwise occupied!  Annual Luther League retreats at Lakeside, Ohio were outstanding!!

Steve:  Lakeside retreats also included the ‘submarine races’ that I introduced to Lynn.  She also met Mary ‘Queen of Lakeside’ who, at one time, was an interest of mine from a previous Lakeside family trip.  When she saw Lynn and I together at the miniature golf course she observed that Lynn ‘was really cute’.