A MOVE TO EAST MCKEESPORT CAME NEXT AND IN 1923, BROWNIE WAS BORN. MY FATHER HAD A NEW BRICK HOUSE BUILT FOR US AND HELEN WAS THE FIRST BABY TO BE BORN THERE, IN 1926; AND THEN MEL CAME IN 1930.

BY THIS TIME THE GREAT DEPRESSION WAS IN PULL SWING AND FAMILIES HAD A HARD TIME OF IT. MOTHER HAD A FEW CHICKENS IN THE YARD AND ALWAYS HAD A GARDEN. WHEN MEL WAS BORN MY DAD BOUGHT MOM A STRING OP NICE PEARLS AND I HAVE THEM. AS A YOUNG LADY MOM BELONGED TO THE CIRCLE OP SERBIAN SISTERS AND I HAVE THE SIGNET PIN THAT SHE WORE.

DURING WORLD WAR I, SHE WORKED AS A RED CROSS VOLOLUNTEER. AND WRAPPED BANDAGES FOR THE WAR EFFORT. THERE IS A PHOTO OF HER IN HER UNIFORM SOMEWHERE IN THE FAMILY.