Second Grandchild

The same year Leon was born so was Allan and Helen Martha's daughter, Martha Jean. This time it was greeting cards that made it different. My sister and sister-in-law had the first same name so until my sister was married we had two Helen Burkhardts. My sister was dating a young man at college who lived in Centralia, Kansas. One weekend in October they decided to go to Centralia to see a baseball game. It was dark and when they were going north a car had had trouble and was stopped on the highway. Bill was driving and did not see it in time so he hit it. They went down in a ditch. Helen was hurt. I don't remember if anyone else was. They brought her back to Topeka to Stormont Hospital. At that time the other Helen was in the other Topeka hospital to have her first child. When the mail was delivered full of cards Helen, my sister-in-law, received several of my sister's cards. Saying "Sorry to hear about your accident". My sister-in-law did not think her new daughter was an accident. I don't remember if Helen, my sister, received birth congratulations or not. My parents had 15 grandchildren and I do not remember anything different about the rest of them.