[Editor’s note: I scanned Aunt Lolly’s story in from the copies that she gave me, and had the computer change it back into text. The computer is usually pretty good at that, but sometimes it makes mistakes, so any typos are my fault, not aunt Lolly’s]
My earliest memory is May 23, 1943. I was 5 years old. I jumped out of bed. Someone told me Mother had a surprise for me. I ran down the stairs and found Mother in bed. In her arms was the most beautiful baby boy! You can’t imagine how thrilled and happy I was. I spent many hours at her bedside watching that beautiful baby brother, telling Mother over and over what a pretty baby she had. When this pretty baby got to be 4 or 5 years old, he would spend hours and hours sitting on the porch building things. He always said, “I’m going to build Mom a house someday!” If you got too close to his construction or bothered him, you would get a swift blow to your toes with his hammer.
Aunt Lolly says
I don’t remember anything from then on until he learned how to walk a year later. He had on adorable red bib corduroy pants with a little white top. and he was walking out in the yard. My next remembrance of him was the morning he stepped in the rake out in the yard. It’s funny how good remembrances. seems to disappear from your mind. Kind of sad. He was an adorable little man.
Naomi Vetter says
I remember how Lolly and I would vie for Lloyd’s attention for him to play with us, and Lolly, being more creative than I, always got his interest and playtime. One time I started a club called the Green Lantern club. I think I used a tin can for the lantern. Lolly came up with something better, I’m sure because I didn’t get his attention for long. This was a few years after he was old enough not to hit us with a hammer 🙂 makes such good memories!!
julie baker says
Happy Valentines Day!
Nathan says
Can anyone locate which house on Dunklin Street has familiy ties? I remember hearing once that is was far east, very near Lincoln University. Does anyone have a house number or a sense of which side of the street & description? Who lived there? Am I correct thinking it was my great-great grandparents? I heard stories about watching the Capitol building burn from the home. Also, I saw reference to “Cedar Row”… what/where is that?
julie baker says
Grandmas side lived in town some of the time and in the country some of the time. Ceder row was their country home. She told me when we were driving by the place where she lived in town that that was where her house was. There is a bank there now. Facing towards Lincoln, it is on the right iam on break right now but I will try to google map it for you later.