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<\/a>Number of horses in Godley: One<\/p><\/div>\n
So three carloads of 16 year-old boys left Chicago around 10 a.m. Godley is about 50 miles SW of Chicago on the Interstate to Springfield \u2013 Illinois\u2019 state capital. Years later I was talking to a state trooper about Godley, and he said \u201cOh sure, lots of state legislators stop in Godley on their way to Springfield. It\u2019s known as a clean place and we let it be.\u201d<\/p>\n
When we pull off the Interstate, Godley is literally a one horse town on the prairie. There\u2019s a gas station and the bar that Kazmir had told us about. We all used our fake IDs and debated our next move over a beer. Finally just me, Jim Delton and Dick Aho decided to go through with it. We told the bartender what we wanted. He told us to walk out the back door [pointing] and a guy would meet us. We walked out the back door and observed this series of low-slung buildings looking like chicken coops. Out of this first one comes this guy and he says \u201cWhat\u2019ll it be boys, $10 bucks for a straight lay or $15 for the guarantee?\u201d [Guarantee? Why would anyone need a guarantee?] We said ten bucks. So we walk into the first chicken coop building. There\u2019s a cash register, table, a couple couches and chairs. He put our money in the till and says \u201cFollow me.\u201d<\/p>\n
We walk through a dark narrow passageway connecting one chicken coop to another and walk into a brightly lit kitchen with maybe 20 girls fixing breakfast, washing dishes or eating. Immediately upon seeing this guy they all stop what they\u2019re doing and line-up against the wall. \u201cOK,\u201d he says, \u201cpick the one you want.\u201d I started to freeze remembering that I hadn\u2019t put any underwear on that morning. I was an early pioneer about not wearing underwear but I always made sure to wear underwear on gym days. Getting dressed that morning it hadn\u2019t occurred to me that I was going to be undressing in front of someone.<\/p>\n
So Aho picks this one. Then Delton points to another, and everybody looks at me. I\u2019m still frozen speechless and afraid, so this guy says \u201cWhat, you want her too? You can have her second!\u201d Everybody laughs, but me. \u201cWhew,\u201d I thought, \u201cI can get out of here.\u201d [I was still a virgin and would be for another three years.]<\/p>\n
Footnote: I have come to understand using the the term “whorehouse” is demeaning and most young women in prostitution are exploited and victimized. I tell this story from the perspective of a teenage boy in the 60s.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow: Surprise Ending<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There\u2019ll be none of that! It was the Friday after Thanksgiving, 1966. No school the day after Thanksgiving. We were all at Bill Newman\u2019s house wondering what to do with our day off. Out loud I remembered what Barney Kazmir … Continue reading