Dear Family: The BIG event of the week has been the Hortons visit . . . . they arrived Wed. P.M. from Lancaster. Cris had driven up with them from N.C. to Lancaster and he is getting settled in Statesville, N.C. On Friday the Hortons and Grandma went to Cincinnati to have lunch with Melissa Holbrook (the gal that Joe use to date and who he had not seen for 9 years) and her husband and two children. They all enjoyed the visit. Melissa's husband also graduated from the conservatory of Music and gives music (primarily piano) lessons for a living at the rate of $14 an hour. He has 60 some students, tho not all take an hour's lesson.
Friday night we had turkey burgers (from Bernard Turkey farms) plus home made ice cream with an asst of fruits from the deep freeze . . . blueberries, raspberries and strawberries. Joe said that strawberries in Arabia are like $25 a pint. The Hortons left early Sat. A.M. and Joe goes back to Jedda this Thursday. He is really happy with his painting activities. His Trans-Am car seems so out of character but then all of us are only young once.
Friday night was E. Clinton's last football game of the season and they beat Blanchester, who had not lost a home game for some twenty games. It was a short night for M.V. as Saturday was Slave Day for the band members and she worked from about 10 to 4 on that. We had two girls here from the band working on the storm windows.
Last night we had an invitation to the Donald Bernard's for chili, who also asked us to bring pictures of our trip (take your choice) but as it turned out we were glad that we did not take any pictures for when they had finished showing pictures it was after 11 and Mildred Terrell and her daughter, who were also there, had brought pictures and it was a close contest to pick up M.V. at midnight in Melvin, at the Methodist Church, where she had been invited. Mildred Terrell's daughter, Rosemary, is married to an executive with Abbott Lab who has been in Tokyo and now are living in Germany. We were interested in the story about the new president of Abbott Lab who about 15 years ago took off a year from work to study various companies as to which company would be the best prospect for him to join -- he chose Abbott Lab.
Back to the Bernards -- last summer Shirley had bought two raffle tickets and gave them to her parents -- as it turned out they were lucky and went on this cruise from San Juan. They came home via El Salvador, where Bernard's son and his family still live, tho with the political unrest have had some anxious moments.
Today in Hillsboro, were calling hours for Frank Hiestand, who passed away yesterday. Grandma recalls his birth, as he came into the world the month that she graduated from High School. Frank had cancer, so his death is a blessing. A happier occasion this afternoon was going to the Clark Walker's (Jack's brother) 40th wedding anniversary, where M.V. had been asked to help pick up dishes etc. The Walker's granddaughter is Kelly, who is one of M.V.'s good friends.
This next Tuesday is election day and N.V. does have some activity in that area with two candidates for Mayor. Larry Akers who moved back to N.V. last summer, he has numerous signs around town -- like . . . "You tried the rest - now try the best - vote Larry Akers." Another of his slogans is "Vote for Akers if you want progress in process." Hope that slogan has more meaning to him than it does to us.
Akers opponent is Jim Curtis, our present fire chief who has been handing out "propaganda" door to door. He has a ditty of using the first letter in CURTIS to make six words that extol his virtues.
Even the local school board has five candidates for the two positions. One of the candidates, Wendell Compton, told somebody that the reason he is running is that it would help his wife, Linda Eltzroth Compton, get a teaching job. Got to give him credit for honesty, tho it is nice to think that candidates would have a higher motive than that of personal enrichment. Also of interest is issue No. 1 which would require a deposit on pop bottles. E.C. voters also have a bond issue and an operating levy to vote upon.
M.V. took upon herself to write a letter to the Editor of the W.N.J. to vote for the school issue. The first we saw of it was in the News Journal. It was good. [Where's the copy that should have been in the files??]
Last Tuesday we went to Wilmington on some courthouse business - your Mother helped me some in the Recorder's Office and then for lunch we splurged with a stop at McDonalds. The Homer Williams were also there so we made it a foursome. They used to go there most every evening they were in Wilmington but they now stop at noon and take advantage of the free drink for senior citizens.
Mary Virginia is busy baking cookies and has made a mammoth card for the rest of the Spanish class to sign - all for Mrs. Woodruff's birthday tomorrow - she is the former Beth Harper.
Wish that you all could be here to celebrate Thanksgiving dinner with us - the only ones we have invited are John and Carol and Mrs. Matthews. We have thought about asking the Baines family but his mother has been with them. She is leaving tomorrow for Lancaster PA to visit friends and imagine will be going on back to England from there.
Do hope that all goes well with Gerry Tuesday for the milogram (spelling?) and if surgery is recommended that is most successful in getting rid of all that pain in the legs and back. I do wish that we were close to lend some assistance but our thoughts and prayers are with you, Gerry.
Any more bee stings, Roberta? Do hope you are carrying your kit but won't find it necessary to make use of it. Ann Pratt told me that she had shots to be de-sensitized. Her family had bee hives in their yard. Did the doctor suggest this? (desensing?)
Thins are still up in the air about Thanksgiving weekend. So we will probably wait until Christmas time now Serena, to see you if you don't come home - wish you would come with Debbie for Thanksgiving. Is Steve going to New Jersey? He is welcome here if you can wangle him a ride but would like to know ahead of time. Hope we haven't upset your Thanksgiving plans, Carol and John, but just took it for granted that you were coming Wednesday. We would like you to go with the Go-Getters too if you can work both out.
With much love to each one of you - Dad & Mother
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