KENNETH:
During the Second World War, the Farm Credit Administration was moved to Kansas City, Missouri to make room in Washington for the several wartime agencies.
In 1941, Mary and I and the boys moved to
6140 Morningside Dr., Kansas City, Missouri which we rented for five years from the estate of a prominent builder. This was a beautiful three-story colonial mansion with large rooms and spacious porches and deck. We held many delightful parties there for our Farm Credit friends.
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| "Mary E. and James Mitchel Scott at the front door to welcome all." (Caption in Mary's handwriting) |
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| Recent photo of 6140 Morningside Dr. Courtesy Gerald L. Scott |
Gerald, Richard, and Walter were members of the famous Southwest High School Marching Band. Gerald became drum major.
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| Gerald and Richard at Morningside Drive, March 5, 1946 |
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| Gerald and Mitchel, Morniingside Drive, March 5, 1946 |
During these years, Mary often played golf and became very good at it. I played very little golf after we moved from Pocatello.
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| Kenneth and Mary with golf clubs |
MARY:
When Mitchel was four years old, during World War II, we were transferred to Kansas City, Missouri, and lived there for four years.
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| Gerald and Richard (standing), Walter, Mary and Kenneth (seated), Mitchel and Wayne seated on floor |
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| Richard and Gerald (standing); Walter, Mitchel and Wayne (seated), in Kansas City, Missouri |
Richard began his high school in Southwest High, Gerald also. He had R.O.T.C. in Washington before Kansas City. Walter now had taken up the tuba and belonged to the grade-school orchestra. Wayne was taking piano lessons.
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| Richard with clarinet, Gerald with gun. March 1, 1943, Kansas City, Missouri |
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| Caption on back of above photo in Mary's handwriting |
Our home was full of different music, you can be sure. Often orchestra practice was held at 6140 Morningside Drive in Kansas City. There was a marching band and the three boys were members. The Tooters Club was formed so the parents were as involved as the students. We met many of the people and enjoyed them very much.
I often had the Tooters mothers meet at our home. It was a central place and we had plenty of room with a beautiful colonial home, three stories with white columns going to the second floor, and believe it or not, it cost only $100 a month. Our living room was 38 feet long, a beautiful sun porch, and a large screened porch out back, wide entrance halls, large dining room, break fast room, nice kitchen on the first floor, a large bed room and baths on the second, and the third had a large bedroom with full bath. I did enjoy the place!
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| South side and front "profile" of 6140 Morningside Dr., July 25, 1942 |
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| Sleeping porch, living room and window to Richard's room, July 1942 |
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| Wayne and Mitchel outside the side porch |
In Kansas City we had some real good times with our friends we made at the office. The yearly parties were usually held in our home because we had plenty of room in which to entertain. The boys enjoyed it also for they had a few class dances and birthday parties here, too.
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| Mary and Kenneth in their bedroom at Morningside Drive, Feb. 27, 1943 |
On the back of the photo above, Mary wrote:
"Our bedroom--showing just about half of it. It's such a nice room. You can't see any of the furniture except in the mirror--but the bed is opposite the fire place--and alongside from the arrow is K.L. chest of drawers--then the french doors at the end opening on the deck, then K.L. dressing room or clothes closet--then the bed around to my dressing room--
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| Mary in the dressing area at Morningside Drive, Feb. 27, 1943 |
Mary continued on the back of this photo:
"--which is where I am now. Its quite a place and has so many places to put things away. The door with the mirror goes to the bathroom. It's not too clear as it's a double exposure. We had the picture of the bed and that seems to be the one with this."
Clearly, Mary and Kenneth and the boys loved this home!
