Cousins of my Mother and her sister

These two darling little girls are Ona Mae and Marian Ricketts. They were the daughters of Sam and Ruby Ricketts, cousins to my mother, Anna Louise Ricketts.  They were very close in age to Mother (Anna Louise Ricketts) and to Elna, Mother's sister.

According to Mother, the four cousins were almost inseparable growing up.  Often one cousin would "choose up" and so Anna and Marian might spend the weekend at Sam and Ruby's house in Howe and Elna (mother's sister) and Ona Mae would stay at Donald and Ruth's (my grandparents.)