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Dave Baxter

First and best Friend Forever

By Kevin Hazelton

Back in the early summer of 1956, my family moved from Van Nuys, Ca to Torrance (Hollywood Riviera section). I was 5 at the time, and as the house was being built, my grand father, who lived in Redondo Beach, mentioned that a boy my age named David, lived Nextdoor and I should go over and say hi. After finally moving in, I got the courage to go over and to say hi. In the back yard were 2 young blond hair twins that I knew couldn’t be Dave (two brothers Jimmy and Billy). Dave finally came out and we introduced ourselves, and actually reach across the picket fence and shook hands…and the rest is history!