Expected One, Got Three Big Family No Problem, Says Mother of Triplets, 7 More Standard Exam Oct 23 1945 North Ogden Community TRIPLE ACTION Mrs. Lester Hodson coaches her 3 year old triplets in piano. The youngsters, a surprise package since she was only expecting one, are Dawn (left), Brian and Nancy. By MERLE SHUPE NORTH OGDEN Its a surprise to expect one and get a pair, but just plain unbelievable when the doctor announces its triplets. After the initial shock, however, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hodgson of North Ogden were delighted when exactly that happened to them three years ago. They arrived at the hospital prepared to welcome their seventh son or daughter, the Hodsons recall. After his examination, however, the doctor said twins were likely. The stork knew differently all along and swooped down carrying two girls and a boy. The girls are identical. Mrs. Hodgson, who has added another boy to her family since then, says that taking care of a family of 10 is no more work than two or three. Oldest Is 15 Oldest in the family is Stephen 15. David is 14, Bonnie, 11; Sidney, 9; Michael, 8; Christine, 5; the triplets, Nancy, Dawn and Brian, 3; and Benjamin, 1. Triplets are tougher in the respect that theyre more expensive all at once. Clothing was the first problem, naturally. Nurses at the hospital where Mrs. Hodgson had graduated came to the rescue on that score with a baby shower. Then LDS Church members helped out too, and Mr. Hodgsons fellow mail carriers did likewise. That took care of that. Plans for all 10 of the children to attend college are being worked out. The parents figure that they will get the two oldest boys through first. Then they will have to take over and help carry the education load from there on. As each child leaves school, his job is to help the next brother or sister coming along. The older youngsters are already planning to work for scholarships to help them through. Stephen, who attends Weber High, is the only freshman in his geometry class and rated highest in the course and also in seminary. He plays the saxophone and drums. David, who is a student at Wahlquist, plays trombone in the school orchestra. Bonnie who attends North Ogden School, toots the clarinet, and plays the piano. Sidney and Mike are also studying piano. Mrs. Hodgson plays the piano, too. Buy Wholesale The family buys groceries and milk wholesale. When the milk man found out how many youngsters were in the family he offered delivery at wholesale. They use a minimum of eight quarts a day. Mrs. Hodgson says she sticks to plain ordinary and filling meals. Otherwise their grocery bill would go out of sight. And besides it would be too much extra work. The family recently moved here from Galesburg, Ill. Mr. Hodgson was president of the Galesburg LDS Branch and the children have an almost perfect church attendance record since they were babies. They think the schools here in Utah are wonderful, and are very happy to be able to move here. Mr. Hodgson is a mail clerk and Mrs. Hodgson is a registered nurse. She worked quite steady until the triplets came along. Mrs. Hodgson finds that triplets are always doing things together. Brian is larger than the two little girls and looks older. Nancy and Dawn are identical twins. Mrs. Hodson says that Brian just came along for the ride.