Almost went under - Zimtar

Almost went under

Went swimming around 1950 with my father, Willard, next to the Pier. I was around 4 or 5 years old and couldn't swim, so I foated about in an inner tube while my father swam around. I fell off the tube and tried to paddle for a while, but wasn't going to make it long when my father rushed back. When we got home we told my mother, Charlotte, that I'd had my first swim. She looked at us funny, and the next week they started taking me to a public pool for real lessons.