Alene, Delbert, and Dora came to visit Edwin and Denece
while they were living in El Paso, Texas.
Edwinna was about a year old.
They brought Grandma Baty with them.
They all went to Carlsbad Caverns.
Delbert was carrying Edwinna and she liked to lay over his arms. People would comment, “look how that man is
carrying that baby.” So he’d try to hold
her another way and she would howl.
While going down into the cavern, Lettie Baty started to lean
backwards. Her son told her she was
leaning and to stand up straight. She
said, “I am, Delbert. I am standing up
straight as I can!” A tour guide said they should take her out of the cave
before she fell over backwards.
(1953 Denece Perkins, Dora Argyle, Lettie Baty, Alene Argyle, Edwinna Perkins, and Delbert Argyle)
(1953 Carlsbad Caverns Brochure)
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