Dearest Family --
Catherine, Gerry and Wendy are on their way east as I write this and I do hope their train ride will be a pleasant experience. They were really looking forward to it and then of course their stay in Maine. Wish that they had longer but thankful for the few days that we will have with them. Wish you could all be home at the same time. If all goes well we will stop in Newark on our way back from picking them up in Cleveland so Carol and John will have a little visit. I think Elizabeth Johnson may go up with me as Dad would only have one day at Wells otherwise since we are taking off the latter part of the week to go with the Morgans as far as Chicago. H seems to be enjoying his job as county commissioner but two days a week does eat into his time considerably. Gee Gee Walker who has been working for him since the middle of January seems to be working out real well as she is most efficient especially with the tax work.
Mary Virginia graduated with her square dance class last Thursday night -- they had a potluck before hand and then dance and awarding of diplomas, etc. later. Everybody seemed to have a good time.
Last night we went up to Highland as they were having a benefit dance (hoe down square dancing) for the park there. Even Mie Young got out and danced and thought it was fun but it is much more strenuous than our western style square dancing. Both are fun but western taxes your mental abilities more as it is continuous and you must listen to the caller. We took MV, Mie Young, and the Robert Terrells and some young friends of MV and MY met them there. We won two cakes in the cake walks!
Jane Ann Hause was at church with some boy she introduced as Greg -- who looked quite a bit like her -- some people didn't know she was divorced. Our Sunday School and Church attendance has been on the upbeat this Spring, we are going to try doing away with opening exercises as an experiment for a month so that there will be more class time. Once a month they have been having profiles in Sunday School, where they hit the high spots of a person's history and then see who can guess first who it is.
Yesterday was a pallbearer at Virginia Carter's funeral . . . she is the one that sold her house to Elizabeth Johnson thru Dad's contact. This afternoon we were back in Wilmington for a tea at the hospital in memory of Oscar Hackney, whose county job Dad took. Mr. Fenwick is getting along fine after his operation. We also visited with Mrs. Matthews and she always enjoys having items out of the Guidepost magazine read to her.
This evening Tom Salisbury showed a film put out by the Wycliffe Bible Translators on their missionary efforts. We did have a good turn out and a social hour afterwards. This morning Tom spoke at a church in Johnstown, Ohio.
Rather, old news, but we did call Chauncey Hinerman on our way back from N.Y. Said he is staying in West Va. this winter so that he can keep warm, as he has a new furnace in his house. During our phone conversation he told us about this relative who is head of the Federal Reserve System office in Chicago and how we should look him up, etc. etc., that thought hardly got our metabolism moving any faster. Anyway, a couple days later Chauncey called both us and John to tell that he had given us the wrong name.
Had a pleasant surprise Wednesday evening when a college friend of your Mother's stopped on their way south from Michigan. People that you see infrequently seem to age faster than we think we ourselves are (wow, what poor grammar). Do want to comment that the lady uses "G.G." not Gee Gee in lieu of Geraldine. We do need some young blood at Wells.
[Love, etc.]
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