On October 28th [1924] - a son who we finally agreed to call Russell Lee, Jr. made his appearance about 6 A.M. on a Tuesday morning. He weighed 10 lbs so never seemed like a little baby. He had colic for 3 months and cried every evening from about 6 till 10 so we knew he was around. When he was a month and a day old we had word that Grandpa Roberts [Albert Monroe Roberts] had passed away with a heart attack. He had gone to the outside toilet before breakfast and when he failed to come back Grandma R. went to check on him, couldn't get the door open and called for help. He was 62 when he died in 1924. He was buried in the Campground Cemetery at 75th and Allisonville Road. Later moved to Union Chapel [cemetery]. Grandma decided to let Alice and Chester Morgan move in with her and she visited with the children that winter. She stayed with us a lot of the time since Russie was a baby and she loved taking care of him and spoiling him about right. She said our home was more they theirs had been than any of the rest and that we lived more like they had so liked staying with us. One thing I remembered about Grandma Roberts was that she didn't believe in waiting on meals. She thought if you had a meal at a certain time you should sit down and eat and it was up to the men to be there for it. We got along fine together and I always loved and appreciated Grandma because of losing my mother at 13. I know we got along better than she and her own girls.

On September 23rd 1926 Edith [Edna's twin] and A.J. [Spaulding][Rev A.J. Spaulding started Goodwill in Central and Southern Indiana in 1930] were married. He had been the Methodist minister at Broad Ripple when his wife passed away and was at East Park [Methodist Church, New York Street and Belmont Avenue] at this time. He had two children, Floy who was quite a young lady and Earl a little fat chunky boy. Edith and A.J. went east on their honeymoon and stopped in to see us on their way back. We added Floy and Earl [to] our family circle and they became a part of our family. I remember so well the first time we visited Edith and A.J. at the East Park parsonage on New York Street. She entertained the family and used all the crystal and all the silver and all the sherbets China and glass salad plates and everything else she had, I am sure. I can still see that long table and how pretty it looked. We washed dishes and more dishes and kidded her so much about it that I can't remember she ever repeated that act in such a grand manner.

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