War Bonds: Typing Class Leads To Love

John and Jean Benadom recently celebrated their 73rd anniversary. They met in 1941 at night school at Kinman Business University and married Jan. 16, 1942. They live near Shadle Park in northwest Spokane. (SR photo: Dan Pelle)

In 1941, the Army Air Force sent John Benadom to Kinman Business University to learn to type. He planned to muddle through the class so he could go on to be trained as a teletype operator. What he didn’t know was that on the first night of class, he would meet the love of his life. The instructor had the new group of students take a basic typing test. John scored minus 10 words per minute because he had so many errors. However, one young lady scored a whopping 70 wpm. John turned around in his seat to see who had such fast fingers. Later he recalled, “She was the prettiest girl I’d ever seen.” That pretty girl, 19-year-old Jean Starry, was sent upstairs to a more advanced class, while John toiled below with the rest of the beginners/ Cindy Hval , SR. More here.

Question: Did you ever take a typing class?