22 after we were married one month, i got a letter from captain greer in illinois. he asked me to come work there. i quit the job in port arthur and irene and i went to weeks island. we had about $100. we then headed for illinois after making a couple of pay- ments on a car i had bought. it was about 11 days until payday. we rented a room for a dollar a day. it was an upstairs apt. with a grocery below owned by the man who owned the apt. he took the last of our money for rent and said we could buy groceries on credit until i got paid. bobby was born august 11, 1933. beulah came to stay and help irene when bobby was born. beulah attended at the birth of all my kids. grand- ma crochet made her go every time. after the job was finished there, we left for a job in corpus christi. irene was pregnant again. the NRA was in effect then, and a person had to live a certain length of time in a place before getting a job. i had a rela- tive who signed some sort of affidavit stat- ing that i was a resident of texas, so i didn’t have to wait to go back to work. maxine was born in a motel on Nov. 16, 1934. 22 maxine was born in a motel on Nov. 16, 1934.