Galveston Isle, Volume 1, Numbers 7-8, January-February 1948 Page: 22
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Four of a Kind
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apart and when she asked them if
they’d been, they would reply in
the negative, with the results that
one or two of them would make
two trips.
The four J’s, as the girls are
known, weighed four pounds at
birth, and now they average about
50 pounds. Joan least resembles
her sisters. She is the largest, the
most sensitive and the lone wolf
of the quads. Joyce is the little
spitfire of the four. She loves to
tease and is always getting into
trouble. Jeraldine has the sweet-
est disposition and Jeanette is the
friendliest; she never meets a
stranger.
The Badgetts held the title of
the youngest quads in the USA for
eight years. They are at present
the youngest white all-girl quads.
There is only one other set of
quads in Texas—the Perricones of
Beaumont — Anthony, Bernard,
Carl and Donald. In March of
1939 approximately half of the
existing quads of the world were
on the island. The famous Keys
quads—Mary, Mona, Roberta and
Leota—of Hollis, Oklahoma; and
the Perricones came to visit with
the Badgetts.
Many schools have offered the
Badgetts scholarships, but the
girls will attend Baylor Univer-
sity, where the Keys were gradu-
ated. When Baylor offered them
scholarships, the girls made Bay-
lor their middle name. The four
J’s will occupy the quadruple
suite designed for the Keys. The
girls at present are in the third
grade at Rosenberg, and they are
placed in two classes to prevent
confused teachers from becoming
more confused. They are well be-
haved and above normal students.
Many honors have come to the
Badgetts. They are lifetime mem-
bers of the Pilot Club, and honor-
ary members of the Girl Scouts of
America. In 1946 they were made
Rangerettes by former Governor
Coke Stevenson in Austin, and
were given official certificates
which state they have the authority
to arrest violators of the law.
The girls compiled an enviable
war record, and their bright smiles
and personalities brought com-
panionship to many a lonely G. I.,
sailor, marine and merchant sea-
Monkey Business
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visits to the Psychopathic hospi-
tal grounds. Within the walls of
the hospital was a Mrs. X who
was making rapid progress as a
patient, so much so, that her doc-
tor contemplated immediate dis-
charge. Going into her room one
morning, to tell her the good
news, the doctor greeted Mrs. X.
“Good morning, and how do you
feel?” “Just fine, Doctor, but
you’ll never guess what I saw last
night?” Interested, the doctor
asked, “What did you see?” “The
cutest little monkey who kept try-
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man in this area. They partici-
pated in innumerable war bond
drives, and sang, “God Bless
America” at more than 500 differ-
ent affairs.
The job of rearing quadruplets
is hard work. While Mr. Badgett
works as a construction foreman,
Mother Badgett tackles the job of
dressing, feeding and entertaining
her four daughters. Then when
Mr. Badgett returns home at night,
he lends a hand. When they were
smaller, the girls had to wait their
turn to ride piggy back on Mr.
Badgett. Joan once said, “I wish
we had four daddies.” The Bad-
getts have two other daughters,
Mrs. L. E. Miller who two years
ago made them grandparents, and
Elsie Mae Badgett, age 21.
In 1939 attractive Mrs. Badgett
won the title of “Mother of the
Year,” and has been eligible for
some kind of award for the past
nine years. This is what she thinks
of her famous daughters:
“I wouldn’t want another four
for nine years, and I wouldn’t
trade the four I have for all the
world.”
King Frivilous
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lating Court. Valuable cash prizes
were awarded to the maskers sport-
ing the most beautiful costume, the
most comic costume, the most
original costume, etc. Unlike other
Mardi Gras balls held in other
cities, this was a ball which the
general public could see. This has
long been one of the outstanding
merits of the Galveston Mardi
Gras, that the general public is an
important part of every phase of
the long and exciting festivities.
The guns of war put an end to
the Galveston Mardi Gras and for
years fun-loving Galvestonians
forgot such frivolities in the face
of a national emergency. But now
that the terrors and troubles of
war years are being consigned to
the past, civic minded citizens are
once again talking of Mardi Gras,
planning to revive it, to make it
bigger and better than ever. That
it will be revived, is not to be
doubted. And, as any Galvestonian
will tell you, you’ll want to be on
hand for the next one because
“you ain’t seen nothin yet!”
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Maceo, Sam & Llewellyn, Edwin E. Galveston Isle, Volume 1, Numbers 7-8, January-February 1948, periodical, January 1948; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1427482/m1/24/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rosenberg Library.