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Five Cousins Growing
Up Together
BY LOU ANN GOOD
NEW DANVILLE Five cou
sins growing up together—what’s
it like? FUN!
Five-year-old Duane Stoner and
his four-year-old brother Lamar,
play everyday with their cousins,
Jercd, 5; and Joel, 3; because their
daddies farm together. Four
months ago, the Stoner brothers
got a little sister name Rachelle.
All the boys like to push Rachel
le in the stroller.
When she is sleeping, they play
with iheir kitties, Fluffy and Snow
ball, and their dogs, Sport and Rus-
This summer, Jered and Duane
learned to swim and jump off the
diving board.
The boys like to ride their big
wheels on the macadam, but they
are careful to stay away from their
daddies tractors and other
equipment.
-lie gets plenty
of rides from her eager
brothers and cousins who
enjoy pushing her stroller.
Here, Duane takes his turn.
This ia-the farm, which thfe He§s and Stoner families farm together,
Sometimes the boys are eager to
grow up. Then they try to do some
things that are too hard for them.
One time, they put feed in the
calves’ water bowls. The water got
sour and the calves got sick. Two
of them died before their daddies
discovered what happened. The
boys will not make that mistake
again.
What do they want to do when
they grow up?
Jered said, “I want to be whatev
er my dad is.”
“I want to milk cows,” Duane
said.
Lamar said, “I want to drive a
combine.”
“I want to be a fisherman,” Joel
said.
Watch out daddies Dale Stoner
and Joe Hess. You arc going to
have lots of help when these fel
lows grow up.
Four cousins, almost the same size, never need to ask
their mothers what to do. One of them always has an Idea.
Accompanying them In almost everything is their dogs,
Sport and Rusty, and their kittens, Fluffy and Snowball. Sit
ting left to right, front row: Joel, 3; Jered, 5. Back row, left to
right: Lamar, 4; and Duane, 5.
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The swing set with its sliding board, rings and parallel bars pro'
entertainment for the cousins.
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The large macadam driveway allows the cousins lots of
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