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Eight or so decades ago, Eilleen Webster was working a math problem on the blackboard of her Dayton, Ohio, classroom when an eraser bounced off a few feet to one side of her. The eraser had been launched by a classmate, Jim Dicke, who with characteristic directness had decided this would be a good way to gain the attention of the young woman standing at the front of the class. It was a hit or miss proposition, so to speak, but it succeeded. Eilleen and Jim became virtually inseparable as they dated through high school and on to college until Eilleen left college to marry Jim. When Jim left Dayton for the military she followed, traveling as a young bride from military base to military base, setting up impromptu living quarters at each posting. Post-war, they joined a tiny family business in the small town of New Bremen, Ohio.