Ida's account of life with Walter Smedley , Undated, before 1942

Manuscript written in a spiral notebook before her second marriage in 1942. Describes her honeymoon in Europe and apartment in Philadelphia. Farm house in Middletown ("Oak Lawn" had been rented, and when it became available, they moved to Media. Oldest part of house had been used for Middletown Meeting, so it needed to be completely remodeled before they could move in. Grant Malin had managed the farm but he not interested in Walter's plan to raise cows and was unhappy to be pensioned off. Walter hired William Smedley to take charge of the herd and shared a bull with Louis Cole Emmons of Swarthmore. Dairy never made money. Her mother came to live with them in 1926. Market crash in 1930 brought financial disaster mostly collateral on Pocono Manor and Walter's stroke. Ida was able to save the farm which was deeded in her name. She sold the cows and went back to teaching - free tuition at the Haverford School for her children. Walter died in 1939.