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between Columbus and Atlanta. Uncle Willie met us at the station and took us over to his house. We had lunch with him and his family. He had eight children -- six girls and two boys. They were all young at the time. There was Inez, Willie, Minnie, [[stikethrough]]Labert[[strikethrough]] ^Lavert, Bessie, Marvin, Ermone, and Charlton [[strikethrough]] (?check the spellings) [[strikethrough]]. They were all born in Columbus except the youngest boy Charlton, who was born in Atlanta. Inez wrote Alma saying that she always remembered that [[strikethrough]] Labert [[strikethrough]] Lavert and Alma were born on the same day and almost at the same time in Columbus. The youngest girl [[strikethrough]] Irmon [[strikethrough]] Ermine and I ^Maurice were born about 6 months apart. I was born in July and [[strikethrough]] Irmon [[strikethrough]] Ermine in January. We spent the day with them until it was time for us to [[strikethrough]] catch [[strikethrough]] board the train [[strikethrough]] to [[strikethrough]] for Washington. In that day, the Negro car was right behind the engine. You had no air conditioning, of course. The windows were all opened; all the soot and cinders from the engie back on the colonel coach. It really was a mess, but anyway we got here. Alma would look out of the window at the trains going south and how fast they were moving. We were on a slow train. It was [[strikethrough]] almost [[strikethrough]] a local. It seemed to stop at every little cowshed [[strikethrough]] all [[strikethrough]] on the way. Alma would say, "Oh, when I go back, I'm going to ride on one of those ^fast^ trains [[strikethrough]] that goes fast [[strikethrough]] not ^one^ like this. [[strikethrough]] Alma says that [[strikethrough]] When we crossed the Potomac River, it was a very beautiful sight, It ws about 4:30 o clock in the [[strikethrough]] evening [[strikethrough]] afternoon. [[strikethrough]] t [[strikethrough]] To look out on to Potomac at [[strikethrough]] all of those [[strikethrough]] the little sail boats [[strikethrough]] the [[strikethrough]] and the other boats, and the ^lily^ pond, was a beautiful sight, [[strikethrough]] as you crossed the Southern Railway onto into [[strikethrough]]