1981 Family Letter -Apr.12

 

Sunday --
April 12, 1981

Dearest Family,

Another week has passed so quickly since we last wrote and it is really getting pretty with the trees budding and grass greening up -- Jim Wise has already cut his backyard to try out his mower but cut it so short we can wait a week before our mower would be even with what's cut.

Dad and Mary Virginia met the new minister who will be coming to New Vienna in June.  Guess he is older (around 50) with grown children -- or at least college age.  He and his wife came here tonight at church for the Pastor-Parish Relations Committee meeting Monday night.  They now serve a church which is a suburb or quite near Dayton on the West side called Liberty.

Tuesday night Laura Hughes and I entertained the Mothers Club down at Ginny's Restaurant -- had dinner there, election of officers and then played some games including the Ungame (had three sets of it so there were five at two tables and six at another.  Mary Virginia had track relays at Blanchester and got home just before I did about 10:20 and hadn't had any dinner.  She told us the next morning that she was quitting track -- she hadn't really enjoyed throwing the disc and the shot put.  And hadn't felt like studying when she got home that late so that was it.  We thought we had talked her out of it at least temporarily but she did go to practice that day and then game them the word.

Enjoyed talking to Wendy and Catherine on the phone Tuesday morning -- hadn't been expecting their call and it took me a few seconds to realize it was Wendy on the phone.  She tried to show me how her chicken pox was coming along -- she had gone back to school the previous day and I'm sure she shared with them about it too.

Wednesday afternoon I entertained the Womans Club here -- thought for a while I might have to take them down to Ginnys for had a terrible cold but felt better by then so did have them.  Had a good sized group as four of the associate members came plus about 20 of the regular members.  

That night we went to Wilmington to see Richard Blake on the stage of the Murphy Theater who has over an hour's monologue on Lincoln and really gives you the feeling of Abe himself and his times.

Thursday the four of us plus the sr. Wises went to the Christian Womans Club Guest night and had a real nice evening.  Stanley Tam of Lima, Ohio spoke who owns a plastic business near I-75 and the bldg has a huge sign, "Christ is the Answer".  We bought a paper back book "God Owns My Business", that he has written.  He struck a chord with Mie Young as the Tam's had recently been on an around the world speaking trip, including a couple of weeks in Korea.  The CWC have a well organized group and program, including a monthly theme and even suggested questions to get your conversation underway.  This months question to someone -- How did you and your wife meet?

Last night we were on the committee for the "All Nighter" Square Dance which did end by 2 A.M.  Had a huge crowd so had no trouble in getting in a new square each time.  MV spent the day at Ohio Northern as their Jazz Band performed there.

Mie Young took her initial driving test Friday and passed, so she drove us home from Wilmington.  In the morning the girls had prayer breakfast at 7 A.M. in Lees Creek.  There is an article in the April 9th issue of the Christian Science Monitor, byline of New Vienna, about a local farmer's schedule.  Serena's alertness caught that item.  She would make a good lawyer with her love for books AND attention to detail.  Guess Roberta is getting a lot of practical experiences in their real estate transactions.  Had a nice letter from Joe Horton and his thoughts on changing jobs . . . ten years ago we were in Dakar.

[Love, etc.]