Harry and Eva Johnson, who live outside Glasgow,  marked their 75th wedding anniversary Wednesday.

When asked how it feels to have a marriage last three quarters of a century, Eva said: “We’ve been used to one another, and we haven’t had a fight yet, so it’s going well.”

Harry said they’re compatible.

“We just get along that well,” he said. “She doesn’t bring up any arguments, and neither do I.”

Harry and Eva’s relationship began in 1941, when they were both seniors at Glasgow High School. Harry’s leg had been injured in a car accident, forcing him to use crutches to get around, he said. One day, Eva noticed Harry was having trouble moving around on the crutches while carrying his books and offered to carry them for him, he said.

“Eva saw what a predicament I was in, and she helped,” he said.

Shortly after that, the couple had their first date, a double date with Harry’s brother Charles that involved driving around Glasgow and stopping for a hamburger and a Coke, Harry said.

Harry and Eva started dating in May. On Jan. 4 the next year, the two were married.

“It was one of the worst days Barren County had seen in a long long time,” Eva said. That morning, rain from the previous night had turned into thick layers of ice over all the roads.

Allen Phy, minister of South Green Street Church of Christ, married the couple at his home, with two of Harry and Eva’s friends present to bear witness.

“We had just the two witnesses,” she said. “Nobody else could get out.”

For their honeymoon, the couple drove their car, trailing cans tied to the bumper, to the Wigwam Hotel in Cave City, paying $3 for a night’s stay.

This was less than a month after the country entered World War II. With the war looming over everyone, the early months of the Johnsons’ marriage were fraught with uncertainty and fear of Harry getting drafted.

“It was rough,” he said. “Of course I dreaded going.”

About 11 months after the wedding, the news that Harry had been drafted came in the mail.

Harry spent the next four years in the Army Air Forces while Eva stayed in Barren County and worked at JJ Newberry’s, a five-and-dime in Glasgow, and later with the Rural Electrification Administration, she said.

Throughout the war, the two kept in touch by writing letters.

“It was kind of hectic,” Eva said. “At that time, you didn’t know where they were and they couldn’t tell you because the enemy could get ahold of it.”

In 1945, when Harry was on his way back to the U.S. for furlough, he learned the war was over and that he wouldn’t have to return to the South Pacific, he said.

He said he was thrilled about being reunited with Eva.

“It was wonderful,” he said. “When I got home, I was able to stay.”

Through the years, the couple remained in Barren County, Harry running a farm and Eva raising their two daughters.

Judy Crabtree, a former neighbor, said the couple is “an inspiration” to her because of their longtime commitment to each other.

“They’re Christian people and they take it seriously, their marriage,” she said.

Eva said she and Harry are kindred spirits.

“Our mindsets are pretty much alike,” she said. “We don’t do any complaining or grumbling at each other.”

When asked about their secret to making their relationship last, Harry said they haven’t needed one to stay together.

“I don’t suppose we’ve got a secret,” he said. “We just love each other and act like it, and that’s it.”

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