In March Kenneth was still looking for a church to lead. He recalls receiving letters from two of the churches he had written to, but there were no firm promises yet at this point.
While at Princeton Seminary Kenneth had trouble with Robert Dick Wilson's daughter, Ann, who kept writing him letters, apparently in need of some type of counseling. Kenneth answered only the first of her letters.
Kenneth was given money from the church to pay the note off on his car and take it with him to Siam. Mrs. Ridgeway presented Kenneth with the gift and tried to make a speech, but she began to weep instead. Other people in the congregation began to…
Kenneth was close to his mother and inclined to care for her. She was often sick and Kenneth would help her out, doing massage therapy using something called Viavi salve. He remembers buying his mother a new muff and fur piece and charging his father…
The brothers were actually quite close. Kenneth gave him a fine clothes brush once, and an expensive watch he had won playing craps at the railroad shop. Margaret remembers how, when she first met Kenneth, he would talk often of Bradley, and warmly.
At age three Kenneth thought the train was going to run him down when it swerved as it came into the station. He took off, running out of the station and then home. Nobody could catch him, so the family had to have the train held until Kenneth was…
Kenneth was a good preacher who had mastered the techniques of preaching. He never wrote his sermons and learned very early how to hold an audience. He was so comfortable with his audience that Brad wondered where he had gotten it.
Margaret reads a letter to her mother telling her that Kenneth's visit to the passport office was not fruitful because her birth certificate wasn't worth anything. The letter explains to her mother what needed to be done so that she can get proper…
While at Princeton Kenneth received the visit of his father, Brad, and the two traveled to visit Brad's brother, Ed. He was a bachelor living in the old house, and Brad would do anything he asked, at Kenneth's amazement.
Kenneth recalls his time in Wilkesboro visiting with Uncle Henry and several of his cousins. Henry was a Colonel and Kenneth enjoyed going around with him because people were friendly and respected him.
Kenneth loved Necco wafers--the old, large size ones--and he would eat two after breakfast, two before lunch, two after lunch, and three after dinner. His brother Bradley would steal some if he found them.
The Landons had returned to Chicago and Kenneth was out one night, speaking at a church. He was on his way back when he ran onto a middle-aged lady and began talking with her. The two were well into the conversation when they suddenly realized that…
As a young boy, Kenneth used to travel by train to New York, using his pass and spending time with his aunt Maude. He enjoyed riding the ferry, the street car, and the horse trolley across the city. Aunt Maude was his great favorite.
Kenneth talks about taking Margaret out for a walk every day pretty much against her will. "I guess I'm incorrigible; I never improve," Kenneth says. Each day they would walk farther and Margaret was getting stronger.
Margaret reads a letter from Kenneth to her mother telling her that Margaret was the best wife in the world. Kenneth writes that he loves Margaret more than when they first married, and he reveals the things that he likes the most in Margaret.…
In January (six months before their wedding) Kenneth wrote Margaret that their first address was to be 21 Edwards Place, Princeton, NJ. Kenneth was always way ahead of time in his plans.
Kenneth tells about the houses he lived in as a child: the house in which he was born, the houses on N. Main St., Park Ave., Baldwin St., and Randolph St., as well as some of the events associated with the time they were in each one of them.
Kenneth and his friend Bill Gale arranged to steal the junior class' "donkey," and Ken was supposed to run away with it while Bill blocked the way to the group. They succeeded, but Kenneth got hurt badly at the ankle
The last issue of Kenneth's parish paper stirred up a "rumpus" all over the countryside among hard-boiled farmers. They were all talking about how to be square with the Lord about their money. Many told Kenneth that he should be a missionary right…
At Princeton Kenneth started a business auctioning books. He gained a reputation from that and managed to build his library. By the time he graduated he had an excellent theological library.