Sam Mar's Family (1950s in Wichita). Standing in the beige jacket is Junior Mar and his wife ("mumu" to my brothers and me). For Ken and me, Junior and Mumu's house was a second home. Our parents were close to them. One of the cousins made a coffee table in junior high (I think it might have been Robert, the one on the far right). He brought it over to our house for storage until he had a chance to get it home. The design had all four legs angled out (about 45 degrees). The legs broke as soon as the table was set in the entryway room. Mom, who was always quick to offer an opinion, commented, "don't ever make a table like that when you take shop." My first project was one of those pine foot stools. Straight legs, but it still cracked within a few weeks.. Eventually, in 9th grade, I made the desk I still have today.