It seemed as though Providence stepped in when it came to the kids getting a kitten. Mattie had mentioned one day to Dorothy Wilfong that they were going to the pound to get one. A few days later, they were out and about so Mattie cell phoned the pound but it was closed. When they got home, there was a message from Steve Wilfong saying he had found a stray kitten in his barn that morning and it had their name written on it! The kids jumped back into the car and hurried down to pick up a black and white kitten. Her full name is Mamie Rose, named after President Eisenhowers wife and Rose Wilfong. Their boy cats were named after U.S. presidents middle names but hey! this one was a girl! Well, the time came when she had to be neutered and they and the vet, Dr. Painter in Wannamaker, decided to also have her front claws removed at the same time. So the running joke among the four Krautheims all the week before went something like this: Mamie Rose is going to get fixed this week! The reply would be,Why is she getting fixed? She aint broke! Poor thing had been so spoiled that she meowed the whole time while there. Mattie thinks the vet was glad to see her go home. Mamie insisted on being carried around at first and would meow all the time. Her volume dial had also been turned up and got stuck there, for instead of a lady-like dainty meow, she would bellow with a gigantic, MEOWRRRR!!