Thank you. I guess I was confused by the name changes. So, Harold R. (I assume that's R for Robert) renamed himself Robert Henry "Bob" and John W. became Joe? Do you know what became of Maude? Bob Mizer achieved a level of notoriety in Los Angeles. This might explain who the "several unrelated lodgers" were:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_MizerBruce