It is my understanding that Jim commissioned the house to be built, but I could be wrong. Period photos seem to indicate the neighborhood was under construction at the time and lots around the house were vacant available for purchase.

I am not knowledgeable about how long Mary stayed there but experts here probably know.

Much controversy surrounded her second marriage. Too much for me here.

But one interesting thing for me was that the legal wrangling with Mary and her new husband and his business settlement involved Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger. I was Police Chief in Holyoke Massachusetts and had dealings with Harshbarger. Was unaware of the Mary Reeves connection at the time or even if it was in progress vintage 1991. Discovered it later.

The older we get (75), our brains focus more and more on events from the past. Unfortunately a lot of my memories usually pop up bad ones. Don't know why but it is disconcerting.

I was living in Sacramento California during the Cuban Missile crisis in a mobile home with my mother, grandmother, and sister age 11.

If war broke out we were finished. I grew older, moved back east, got married and purchased a home in 1976. I checked into a bomb shelter as well, but it was not feasible, then or now.

I rely on living a good life and faith.