In January of 1960, Loran and I
decided we would move back to Arkansas.
Danny was 4 in July and we were thinking of him. Soon he would be old enough to start to
school. We had wanted a larger family,
but so far we had only been blessed with our Danny.
On Loran’s
birthday, January 6, I went to the Doctor and he told us that he thought we
were expecting again. We were so excited
and now we were sure we needed to come back to Arkansas. So the last of February 1960, we headed
south. We loaded up our 1956 Pontiac and
a two-wheel trailer and we headed home.
Our possessions were one portable black and white television, one baby
bed, one automatic washing machine, our dishes and cooking utensils, clothing
and bedding.
The first
day of March we bought our first furniture and moved in our first house. We bought a new kitchen stove and a used
dinette set, buffet, and china cabinet.
We also bought a used couch and chair but we bough new end tables and
coffee table and three new rugs. Finally
we bought a used bedroom suit with box springs and mattress and a wood burning
heating stove. From the first day of
March till the 15th day of April, we used five rank of wood and still though we
were going to freeze to death.
Once here,
I went to see the doctor again, and Doctor Bradsher tells us for sure that we
are going to have a new baby. He called
it a premium baby because we had waited so long. Loran went into business in an Esso gas
station with Herb Shelby, but business wasn’t very good. However on September 13, 1960, we had our new
premium baby, Dennis Dewayne. With our
first, we had picked out the names of David Loran or Donna Kay. With the second, we had picked out Danny
Edward or Donna Kay. But with the third
we had chosen the names of Dennis Dewayne or Susan Lynn.
