It was an active, busy household. Activities such as Kathleen’s bridge 
     
     games, hockey and other sports, Sunday mass at 11:00, lunch every day 
     
     at noon, and the local TV news gave the comfort of a steady flow to the 
     
     household. The family regularly watched popular television programs of 
     
     the day such as the Beverley Hillbillies and Get Smart. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Michael, Mary/tine and Stephen Wit]! Five of the children horsing around on 
     
    

    
     the family rabbit (circa 1966) a fall day. In the back (lefl‘ to right) are 
     
     Kevin, Danny, Marylane and Michael. 
     
     Stephen is in front 
     
    
   
   
    
     If activities got too hectic, Kathleen would challenge them with another 
     
     game, “Who can be the quietest?” The talking and laughing would then 
     
     subdue abruptly. According to Kathleen, it was good while it lasted. 
     
    
   
   
    
     When the children were younger, Saturday night was bath night. 
     
     Everyone lined up for their turn. Kathleen cut each of the boy’s hair once 
     
     a month with a pair of electric clippers. The clippers sometimes jammed, 
     
     and had to be hit on the end of the counter to get them operating again. 
     
     Kathleen became quite proficient, and learned to hide her mistakes. As 
     
     they got older, Shawn and D’Arcy expressed a desire to have their hair 
     
     cut at Weatherbie’s barber shop instead, pointing out that it cost only 
     
    

    
     50 cents for each of them. Kathleen replied there were only two days 
     
    
   
   
    
     122 KATHLEEN MURPHY, MAITRIARC