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By CHARLES KENNETH BROWN of the Staunton, Va., Leader
sired dress became a reality.
The early life of William Haines was lived in rather adverse circumstances, so far as his father and mother were concerned. At one time his father became ill and continued so for a long time, thus thrusting a further burden upon the mother and children.
"I always said William would be one of two things," a friend of the family told me, "either a great actor or a great scamp. He was eternally up to tricks of every conceivable kind, not mean tricks, but those full of real mischief and fun."
As a youngster Billy disliked very much to have his picture taken. He would always "make a face" of some kind, just as the photographer snapped the camera; or stick out his tongue, or perpetrate some freakish stunt.
The historic old Trinity Episcopal Church, in Staunton, where William
Haines, at the age of eight, was baptized. Here at thirteen he was
confirmed. Back in the Eighteenth Century, this beautiful edifice once
held the sessions of the Virginia Legislature.
IN the little city of Staunton, Virginia, nestling at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Shenandoah Valley, William was born on January 2, 1900. His parents were George A. and Laura V. Haines; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Haines. William's mother, before marriage was Laura Matthews, of Staunton.
William had two brothers and two sisters: George Haines, Jr., and C. Henry Haines (the baby of the family) ; the sisters, Lillian and Anne Foulkes, both now married. Lillian, the elder, became Mrs. James Stone, of New York City; Anne Foulkes is now Mrs. James Langhorne, of Richmond, Virginia.
Top, right, the North New Street home of Haines' parents. It was here that William was born. At the immediate right is the North Coalter Street boyhood home of William Haines. In this house Mrs. Haines conducted her dressmaking business.
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lliam was the eldest child. Friends of the family relate that Lillian was his chosen companion of the kids, and it was mainly for her that he made so many doll clothes. He loved to tease Lillian and always appeared to be ready to spring some new trick on her.
At the age of eight, William was baptized Charles William Haines, in historic old Trinity Episcopal Church, Staunton, by the Rev. W. Q. Hullihen. He was confirmed in the same church, at thirteen, by the Jate Bishop A. M. Randolph, of Virginia. Records secured from this beautiful edifice, in which were once held the sessions of the Virginia Legislature back in the days of the Eighteenth Century, show that William was baptized at Easter time, March 27, 1908, and confirmed, April 13, 1913. A. P. Bickle, of Staunton, now in the retail grocery business, is a godfather of the movie star, and an aunt, Mrs. Mary Haines Fifer, of Washington, D. C, is his godmother. The
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