Helen Nadine with Grandpa Philip Gottfried Back easting watermelon. The family tradition was to cut the first watermelon of the season on Helen’s birthday of August 9. This picture may be commemorating Helen’s favorite childhood memory.

At PG Back’s home in Billings.

At P. G. Back home in Billings, Oklahoma. About 1920. The swing on the left porch still exists at the house (2019). Front row Merlin Emil Back, Francis Wesley Stephenson, Jr., then William Philip Stone. Second row: Helen Nadine Stone, Anna Helen Back, Louise Magdalena Meisburger, Philip Gottfried Back, William Thomas Stone, Hannalou Estelle Stephenson. Back row: Marquerite Viola Stephenson, Francis Wesley Stephenson, Maybelle Margaret Back, Maybelle Alliance Jones, Philip Back, Emil Philip Back (1883-1929), Mary Nadine Back. Sadly all are gone.