Dear Family:
Hope that all of you have been thinking that no news is good news as we just did not get into gear this past week in writing. First was the overnight trip to Cleveland in which Elizabeth Johnson went with your Mother to get the Morgans and who enjoyed the John Uibles hospitality on the way home.
Thursday morning we left Mary Virginia and Mie Young with Ruth Shoemaker (or perhaps we should say the other way around) for Chicago. Our first stop was in Cincinnati, where the Morgans got some things at Velva Sheen (always a popular stop). Then the Hamilton County Court House where I had some papers to file (they won't take them by mail). (Have another estate in Youngstown and fortunately they do accept papers by mail.) We stopped in Greeensburg IN for lunch at Bonanza and right across the street was one of our customers so spent a few minutes talking with them.
We got into Chicago about 5:30 and met Serena and Greg for supper. We were lucky each night in parking on the street for garage parking is in the $6 and up range. Friday we took in some of the high lights of Chicago including the Museum of Science & Industry, Aquarium and the Natural History Museum and Wendy kept right up with us.
The Morgans train left at 6:50 P.M. and had no trouble in getting to see their "compartment" on the train, which was a treat for us. They [are due] to get home this afternoon. Like all grandchildren Wendy is growing up so rapidly and always seems ready to go.
Yesterday we did some shopping around, including a stop at the Library. Last night we went to a movie at the Chicago Art Institute on Alger Hiss, which was interesting in seeing the old interviews of FDR, Hoover, Nixon, etc.
Serena came with us as far as Lafayette, Ind. today so that we could have a longer visit, a look around Purdue Univ. and lunch at a good place there that we had been some years ago. We missed out on Church with the change of time from CST to EST. She would get back into Chicago around 6 P.M.
Roberta, we were interested in seeing the ads on the various houses in the Phoenix area and even more so in seeing you folks and your new home(s) this Mary
Dad has written so much in capsule form -- we so enjoying having the Morgans even if our visit wasn't as long as we would have liked but glad they got to see John and Carol (me too) and also Serena so if Roberta has lived a little further north and G'ma and the Hortons they would have been able to take in the whole family. Wendy saw so many relatives and did so much going -- it will be difficult for her to come back to reality. But she was also looking forward to seeing her friends and teachers at the day care school too and would have alot to talk about -- wonder how much she will remember of the train trip in years to come.
[Personal note, Love, etc.]
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