AFebruary 29 1932
The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Monday, February 29, 1932
18 Babies Born as Others Mark 1-in-4 Birthdays
Twins Among Leap Year Newcomers; Boy, 8 But Only 2, Glad Christmas Is on Steady Schedule
Eighteen babies, including a set of twins, were born in Pittsburgh district hsopitals today, Leap Year's extra day—all doomed to birthday anniversaries only once in each four years.
The 18 newcomers join a sizeable group of Pittsburghers whose birthdays fall on the odd day of February's calendar.
Among those celebrating this one-in-four birthday with parties are Betty Bruce, of McKeesport, and Robert Paul Smith, of Oakland.
The twin babies, who must wait four years until they have a birthday party, are boys born to Mrs. Eleanor Farkas, 145 Freeland Street, in Allegheny General Hospital.
Robert Paul Smith, 231 Oakland Avenue is 8 years old—but it's only his second birthday.
“I'm glad Christmas comes every year anyway,” Robert Said, “because it would be mighty bad when you have to wait four years for a birthday. But then when it does come it means something to you.”
