Bouncing Betty
When Mary was writing down her memories of 431 Hilltop Road last week, she got me thinking about our mother, Elizabeth or Betty as she was widely known, Mary remembered when Mother climbed out the bathroom window when she was accidently locked in. Here is a picture of the back of the house so you can see what climbing out the window entailed. She was about 50 years old then. (This is a picture of the house before we bought it so it looks filthy.) Anyways, it was a good ten foot drop from that window. Probably six feet if you are hanging down the side of the sill. But I wanted you to appreciate your great-grandmother. She was quite a gal. My friends called her "Bouncing Betty, the working mans friend!" Not sure where that phrase came from, nor can I believe anyone told her that we called her that, but she knew! Anyways I want to fast forward to about 1969. Mother was now about 72. She had throat cancer, from smoking. They had treated her with radiation initially
