The Daily Palo Alto Times, 31 December 1941

Mitchell Sprott Boyds are parents of a son

A son joined the household of Mr and Mrs Mitchell Sprott Boyd (Polly Mitchell) on Saturday at the Stanford Lane Hospital in San Francisco.

The little boy has a sister, Helen Elizabeth, who will be two years old come February 21. He is a grandson of Mr and Mrs Pearce Mitchell of Palo Alto and of Mr and Mrs William Sprott Boyd of San Mateo, and a great grandson of Mrs John W Mitchell of this city.

Robert Sprott Boyd is the name chose for the newcomer, whose parents are both Stanford graduates.