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Don is listed on page 99 in the book ' ENNIS HISTORY ', published in 1979 by Jean Agnes (Ferguson) Smith. Donald Irwin Tettemore was born the 1st of January, 1921, the 2nd son born to Franklin Abram and Laura Marcella (Damon) Tittemore. Don served in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the Pacific Theatre of War on the USS Aircraft Carrier Saratoga as a Flight Engineer and after the war was over, he received a rank at his discharge. After the discharge, he was in sales at his brother's Sprayway Company. Don and Helen were married in Seattle, Washington on the 24th of March,1945 and lived with Helen’s folks for a short time at 2607 12th Avenue North (which is now Boyer Avenue North), across the street from the Queen City Yacht Club. They purchased a 40’ pleasure boat named the Mickey Fritz about 1948 (a picture is in Don, Helen, Lynn and Patty Ann's scrapbook) and they lived on it for a number of years. The boat was moored at the Queen City Yacht Club. Barbara Lynn, their first daughter, was born the 20th of January, 1948 in Seattle, Washington. When Lynn came home to the boat she slept in a play pen in the wheelhouse. The gentle rocking of the boat helped to rock Lynn to sleep. Don and Helen, with Lynn, took some cruises to the San Juan Islands whenever Don had time off at Star Machinery Company, where he worked in sales. Eventually, they sold the boat and moved to Clyde Hill, in Bellevue, across Lake Washington, east of Seattle, where their second daughter, Patty Ann, was born the 30th of January, 1945. Later, they moved to Tustin, Orange County, California. Don & Helen belonged to the Neptune Society in California & were cremated & their remains were scattered on the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Los Angeles, Orange County, California. More information is coming from LynnTettemore, their eldest daughter, who is living at 1206 E. First St.,Tustin, California, which is near Santa Ana. [these notes from the late Don Coy] Further notes courtesy of Bob Fakler: The Mickey Fritz was designed by a well known Seattle marine architect, Ed Monk. It was said to have been copied from the then-popular airstream concept in some cars from the late 1930s. It is thought to have been built in 1937. Bob's parents owned the Mickey Fritz for 20 years, from about 1955. Bob spent summers doing considerable rebuilding and upgading during his college days. It came from Tacoma's Day Yacht Club. They kept the boat on Lake Union, Salmon Bay and Shilshole Bay. They often cruised over to Poulsbo for weekends, as well as trips to Alaska. Bob's last contact with the Mickey Fritz was from a conversation with the present owner who was keeping it in Gig Harbour, in 2004. It has since been renamed the Interprize.^2,3

The 'Mickey Fritz'. Photo courtesy of Bob Fakler.