Macon Co newspaper article - Jun 20 1915


"THREE TWINS" CLUB FORMED 

Great Gathering Occurs Entirely by Accident. 

Robert Pate and his sister, Olive Pate Butticaz of 2235 North Edward Street, 
boarded a street car on Memorial Day to attend the memorial services. The two 
are twins, aged 65, and both have lived in Decatur the better part of their 
lives. The next stop the car made David Rice and his twin sister, Mrs. Mattie 
Hayes, were waiting to make the trip down town. The two are nephew and niece 
of Mr. Pate. 

TWO MORE 

"As they came in I marshaled them into seats," said Mr. Pate in relating the 
unusual incident. "We hadn't gone very much farther when Ida Andrews and Ada 
Lunn boarded the car. They too are twin sisters and nieces of mine. We formed 
a club, calling ourselves the "Three Twins" and I decided that the best thing 
we could do would be to go and get a picture. "We trooped up to Wasson's 
studio and faced the music. 'We're all twins' we said, 'and this is the time 
to celebrate.' 

ANOTHER ONE 

And the queerest part of the whole affair is that when the photographer, who 
aimed his muzzle loader at us, came out from his barricade when I made the 
remark about the twins, and looked us over again. 'I'm a twin myself, said he, 
'and this is Decoration Day and we're all here.' Then he went back into 
hiding and made a good picture." The photographer, John Lindquist, is one 
side of a twin sketch and considered his work on this picture a happy 
coincidence. 

GREW UP IN DECATUR 

Mr. Pate was born and raised in Decatur, and is proud of the fact that he got 
by the enlisting officer of Company I when the call came for volunteers in 
the stirring '60's. He served with he 7th Illinois through the war, 
re-enlisting when the second call came. He is one of the prominent members of 
Dunham Post, G.A.R. 

Decatur Herald & Review - June 20, 1915

Submitted by Pat Hageman