Siam: Margaret and Kenneth on Peggy and Bill

Siam: Margaret and Kenneth on Peggy and Bill

Kenneth inaugurated a system of smiles with the two children. One day, when Peggy was fussing and crying, with the tears running down her face, her eyes all red, Kenneth shouted at her to "Smile. Smile!" Peggy couldn't manage it, though she tried hard, so to obey her Daddy, she put a finger at each corner of her mouth and drew it up so that she would look like she was smiling while continuing to weep. Kenneth couldn't help laughing "at her invention." Margaret felt the regular sunbaths the children were taking were improving their health. She tells of Peggy and Bill on vegetables. What rules Kenneth and Margaret had, they enforced. Their philosophy was not to have too many rules, but to enforce those that they had.

Landon, Kenneth (1903-1993)
Landon, Margaret (1903-1993)

January 1, 1930

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Over a course of 13 years Kip Landon (Kenneth Landon Jr.) began recording stories from his parents, Margaret and Kenneth Landon, resulting in 95 hours of recordings. Beginning on July 20, 1976, recording finished in June, 1978. The project resumed again in 1982 for a few months. After a long break, the third recording period began in 1988 and concluded in March 1989.

Kenneth and Margaret Landon

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Box 78 Oral History: "The Landon Chronicles" Tapes 55-60

Hour 57, clip 11

Sub-Series 8: Audio and Video

Series 1: Biographical