Weaver's Eye For The Ladies

One time Grandmother and I were talking about PaPa and about him being a ladies man. She related that it was not uncommon for a young waitress to come to her and say that Mr. Hickman said that could not work there if she did not sleep with him. Grandmother said she would tell that young girl not to worry about it, she (the waitress) did not have to do that and that he was not going to let her go and that she (Grandmother) would take care of it. At which time she would tell him "Now, Mr. Hickman you leave those girls alone...". I got a sense that this was by means an isolated case and in fact Grandmother probably had to combat this frequently and that only counts for the girls that came to her.

PaPa always said that Grandmother (Gertrude) was his best worker!