I will write what I can so Liz can get her rose. Liz was the quiet one, Kitty's shadow. I first met the twins when they moved to Marin c.'55 and entered St. Anselm's 8th Grade where their first cousin, Mary Ellen MacKenzie, had gone for all 8 yrs. Their mothers, sisters, were very close and religious and every female generation had to have at least one Mary. At first I thought it was Mary Elizabeth Yore and called them both "Mary" but she didn't correct me, Kitty did.
On beginning school both twins were very animated, outgoing, even Liz, and enthusiastic, greeting the other girls as though they were in an election. Both loved free-dress days and were the most feminine with about 27 petticoats each. (In those free dress days, if you wore a straight skirt, you were a cheap, "bad" girl; if you wore a full skirt with petticoats, you were a good girl but we couldn't hear each other for all the crinkling.) I remember once in the 8th Grade they lived in an apartment in that round bldg. (now a retirement home) atop a hill over the slough in Greenbrae and they had a costume sleep-over. I had spent the night previously at Moona Neiderholzer's and we both went as Tinkerbell. So original!
I didn't know them well at MC but Liz did what Kitty did. She seemed to be Kitty's pet chameleon and adored her sister. Even their yearbook entries are about the same: "Sodality, Drama Club, GAA, Pep Club"-the same for both only two out of order. Liz's Likes could apply to anyone "...bike rides in the park..." But not "Dislikes: boy's lunch and speedball."
After high school I was kept in touch with them by my mother, who played bridge with Mrs. Yore (Mary?) for about 25 yrs. 2 or 3 years after getting married, one twin with two children got divorced and moved back into her parents' then a couple of years more went by and the same thing happened to the other twin with her two children. The whole family lived together like this several years then Kitty got remarried and moved out with her kids. Liz lived on with her parents for several years then she had to get her own place. I don't know if her children were grown by then or not. Peace, Liz. S.H.Y.
Suzanne Helms (Yanok)
I will write what I can so Liz can get her rose.Liz was the quiet one, Kitty's shadow. I first met the twins when they moved to Marin c.'55 and entered St. Anselm's 8th Grade where their first cousin, Mary Ellen MacKenzie, had gone for all 8 yrs. Their mothers, sisters, were very close and religious and every female generation had to have at least one Mary. At first I thought it was Mary Elizabeth Yore and called them both "Mary" but she didn't correct me, Kitty did.
On beginning school both twins were very animated, outgoing, even Liz, and enthusiastic, greeting the other girls as though they were in an election. Both loved free-dress days and were the most feminine with about 27 petticoats each. (In those free dress days, if you wore a straight skirt, you were a cheap, "bad" girl; if you wore a full skirt with petticoats, you were a good girl but we couldn't hear each other for all the crinkling.)
I remember once in the 8th Grade they lived in an apartment in that round bldg. (now a retirement home) atop a hill over the slough in Greenbrae and they had a costume sleep-over. I had spent the night previously at Moona Neiderholzer's and we both went as Tinkerbell. So original!
I didn't know them well at MC but Liz did what Kitty did. She seemed to be Kitty's pet chameleon and adored her sister. Even their yearbook entries are about the same: "Sodality, Drama Club, GAA, Pep Club"-the same for both only two out of order. Liz's Likes could apply to anyone "...bike rides in the park..." But not "Dislikes: boy's lunch and speedball."
After high school I was kept in touch with them by my mother, who played bridge with Mrs. Yore (Mary?) for about 25 yrs. 2 or 3 years after getting married, one twin with two children got divorced and moved back into her parents' then a couple of years more went by and the same thing happened to the other twin with her two children.
The whole family lived together like this several years then Kitty got remarried and moved out with her kids. Liz lived on with her parents for several years then she had to get her own place. I don't know if her children were grown by then or not.
Peace, Liz.
S.H.Y.