1924- Betty is born in Roxana
1925- Betty wins second place in a baby contest
1926- Betty moves to Alton after living out west with her family
1932- Betty is shown playing piano with Robert
1934- Betty does a reading of The Days of Long Ago with Evelyn Simmons at a Main Street Methodist Church recital
1935- Betty plays Martha in The Gift at the Alton Recreation Department's 8th annual Drama Festival
1936- Betty does a reading with Geneve McCoy at the MSMC Brotherhood Banquet
1938- Betty submits a joke for The Weekly Whizzer's contest
An earthquake had scared the inhabitants of a small town. One couple sent their young son to stay with his uncle in another district, explaining the reason for the boy's visit. A few days later the parents received a telegram, saying, "Am returning your boy. Send the earthquake."
1938- Betty wins the prize for most original dress at a Halloween party held by MSMC's Epworth League
1939- Betty takes part in a high school commencement program as an East Junior High graduate
1940- Betty attends a Junior Classical Society meeting with her Latin class
1940- Betty dances in Carolina, a play put on by the Rainbow Girls at the Franklin Masonic Temple
1941- Betty is a Rainbow Girls choir member
1942- Betty is a bridesmaid at Helen's wedding
1942- Betty graduates from Alton High School
1944- Betty receives a nurses' aid diploma at St. Joseph's Hospital
1944- Betty starts a cadet nurse class at SJH
1944- Betty receives her nurse's cap that summer
1946- Betty graduates from the Nurse Corps
1948- Betty wins a prize at Mary Zeller's bridal shower
1951- Betty is a courier for Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem
1951- Betty is an instructor for a junior first aid course for 7th grade Girl Scouts at the YWCA, which will last for 10 weeks
1952- Betty gives the Scouts a surprise party to end the course.... and they surprise her with a gift of appreciation!
1952- Betty marries Robert Brda on March 28th in Piggot, Arkansas (which is made known in the paper two months later)
1952- Betty and Robert move to 4143 California Avenue in St. Louis
1954- Betty and Robert are living at 3526a California Street
1954- Betty's first son, Robert Wadlow, is born on August 15th
1957- Betty's second son, John Alan, is born on April 24th
1960- Betty's third son, Kenneth Allen, is born on March 8th (and passes away that same day)
1967- Betty's fourth son, Thomas C, is born on September 2nd
1980- Betty passes away of unknown causes