Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1960)

DIANNE LENNON Continued, from page 51 It all really began as long as thirteen years ago when seven-year-old Dianne Lennon was in the third grade of grammar school in Venice, California. She was visiting her grandmother who lived down the street, one day, when a boy from her class, Michael Gass, asked if she’d like to shoot marbles. Michael was a pretty good shot, and she really had to concentrate to stay even with him. Suddenly, as she was kneeling in the center of the shooting circle, carefully aiming at a marble more than a foot away, a shadow fell across the ground just as she shot. She missed. She groaned, glaring up at the boy who had made the shadow. “That’s my brother,” said Michael, pointing to the intruder. “Hi,” Dianne grunted, unimpressed, and turned her attention back to the marbles. That was her first — and brief — introduction to Dick Gass. It wasn’t until she was a freshman at St. Monica High that Dianne saw Dick again, although since the day he’d made her miss a marble-shot, she’d certainly heard a lot about him from Mike. During this time, Dick had gone away to study to be a priest, and then one day Mike told her that Dick had changed his mind. “Dick’s coming home!” was the way Mike put it. “Oh, that’s nice,” Dianne thought to herself, unconcerned. And she put the whole thing out of her mind. Then one afternoon soon after, in the school yard at St. Monica’s, she met Dick. It was Gail Armstrong, a senior, who brought them together, during a freshman initiation Dianne was going through which included doing crazy, foolish things that upperclassmen ordered. Gail said, “Do you see that cute boy over there?” Dianne nodded as she pointed to a good-looking fellow on the other side of the yard. Dianne gulped as Gail continued. “Well, he’s Dick Gass . . . already a V.I.P. in the Junior class . . . now, can you guess what I want you to do?” Dianne shook her head. “I want you to walk over to him,” Gail said, “get down on your hands and knees, and ask him to marry you. And make it real good. From the heart. Or I’ll make you do it over again.” Somehow Dianne, blushing already, got across the schoolyard to where Dick was standing. She got down on her knees in front of him, closed her eyes tight, and blurted out, “My name is Dianne Lennon. I love you very much. I can’t live without you. Will you marry me?” “What?” Dick asked, somewhat astonished. She opened her eyes slowly and looked into Dick’s bewildered face. She actually felt her cheeks turning beet red. Then slowly and torturously she repeated, “My name is Dianne Lennon. I love you very much. I can’t live without you. Will you marry me?” When she reached the words “marry me” she choked. 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