1922-1928

On a vacation in Biarritz, France  little John Carter, brother of Mimi and Shirley, contracted diptheria and died.  Although the story was always veiled, it was said that being a Christian Scientist, Auntie Mimi hadn’t allowed the children to be inoculated with the diptheria vaccine, which had been recently developed.

The family has told of  what a wonderful little boy he was, very talented musically. He took classes with Nadia Boulanger, a famous music teacher, as did AMB.  Then Granny up and had another baby at age 35 – Unk!