Arthur Joel, Ruth May, and Eleanor Frances Cummings circa 1921

This photo comes from the digital files of Ruth May (Cummings) Sorofman, which she has so generously shared with all of her family. Here, she is shown with her older brother and sister, Arthur Joel and Eleanor Frances. Arthur has already been featured in another post, Oleo Acres…One of the Cheaper Spreads.

In her notes, Ruth identified Eleanor Frances as “Boots”, a family nickname. According to Ruth, she was always embarrassing Boots with her hijinks. Then she went on to describe a dance contest in which she won with a less than respectable dance partner. Apparently Boots was very unhappy with her younger sister. I don’t have anything further about the dance contest. I wish I’d asked for more of the story.