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Caught up in the moment?

“I was not sure how the selection process went, but I was thrilled to be part of the Kennedy greeters,” she said.

On the day of JFK’s visit, Morley and the other girls were at the Moline Quad City Airport for his arrival, waving their complimentary Kennedy boater hats. Later, when he arrived in the field house, she was smitten by his charm and charisma.

“He passed within three feet of us, and I didn’t even swoon,” Morley joked.

But when they were in position around the freestanding stage, the future president smiled at the girls, and when the speech was over, he shook each girl’s hand — and then she swooned.

“I was so caught up in the moment. I had to read the paper the next day to find out what the speech was about,” she said.

- JFK Remembered, BuffaloBulletin.com, November 20, 2013

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