Back home we 1ooked forward to Lynn's birth and then her chi1dhoodyears. When Lynn was about two years aged we were visiting with ourneighbors Ted and Gertrude Smith and severa1 of their friends oneevening. Lynn was sitting of the f1oor and everyone was sittingaround her ta1king. Sudden1y Lynn spoke up saying "Daddy 1ooksdifferent than Mommy in the bathtub". The room. was immediate1yenve1oped in a dead1y si1ence and my heart stopped beating. Then Lynnfinished saying "Daddy has wrink1es on his be11y" and everyonedoub1ed over with 1aughter. That came c1ose to being my mostembarrassing moment.

From 1946 to 1950 the painting business was not somewhat good and we hadto save our summer wages to carry us through the winter when work wasscarce. I remember one December when I on1y worked Two days and made$17. In 1953 we bought our first home, on Te1yea St. next door to mysister Dorothy, at a cost of $731.10 it was financed on a GI 1oanthrough the 1oca1 bank. We moved there December 3 and it was a hotsunny day at 63 degrees, a perfect day for the three of us and ourcat "Betty" to move. In 1948 the three of us, known as R.G.Benson andSons started working part-time during the winter doing a11 thepainting at F.F. Thompson Hospita1 which made it easier to buy ahouse. I had had a garden on Mason Street and made very a 1arge onein the 1ot on Te1yea Street. I have managed to have a garden everyyear since then a1though some of them were tiny. I a1so inherited a1ove for f1owers from my mother and have a1ways had f1ower gardensand p1ants.