October 8, 1967
Dearest Catherine,It was good hearing from you so soon again – we were afraid you were snowed under up there after the first letter was a week in coming. We read it on the way to Westboro to their semi-annual Smorgasborg at the Methodist Church there. The ticket taker there asked if our eldest daughter wasn't missing.
We had a surprise Friday when Mrs. Beers called up to ask if she could come over for she had something to show us – I feared trouble but when the doorbell rang there she stood and behind her was your boarding school sister [??]. She had wanted to surprise us so had called Beers and made arrangement for them to meet her in Wilmington. So you weren't wrong in starting to address the envelope to her too though you caught it & crossed it out. We had just written her a letter that morning too and had sent your letter that we had received on to her but guess you two have been corresponding and don't want to stop that. I told your granddaddy that she heard that he was treating us to come all the way from Barnesville. Mr. Nichols was asking about you there) – he started talking to Roberta and asked if she was girl taking Math after she told him who she was. Her reply was – "No, I'm the dumb one." She is anything but that for she had to have word from each of her teachers that she had an A average before she could miss her Friday afternoon classes.
There were quite a few in church home from college – Marlena, Patty, – Carolyn is home this weekend but not in church. Wilma said she hopes to work each weekend at the Telephone Company but that was news to me. Her mother (Mrs. Collier) did tell me that she and her roommate are getting along much better.
Mr. Gano told Daddy that Sybie is in with three other girls – one is a 2nd semester Freshman and the other two both flunked out last year and are trying again –"if she can survive her roommates, she's got it made."
Patty was real pleased to have gotten a letter from you but couldn't understand why your classes hadn't begun. We told her you got underway Tuesday.
We are thinking of going on to Expo 67 from Parent's Day at Barnesville Oct. 21 and if all works out will try to work out our plans to come home by way of Kalamazoo if OK with you – that would be about Oct. 27 or possibly the 28th. We had called Aunt Virginia and she offered to take care of Mary Virginia but that way we would have to come back by way of Pittsburgh so may just get someone here for think it would be too much of a trip for her. [Note from HH in margin by this paragraph:] Does K or W.M. have game that weekend that would make motels scarce?
She (Mary Virginia) went & sat with Grandma & Granddaddy after the Children's sermon this morning but after a while worked her way back to us and hadn't been there but a minute but was so sick at her stomach. Everyone around threw Kleenex (good advertising?) and we stayed in our seats but we were a mess. Then on the way home she had trouble at the other end. She slept while we ate dinner and got up feeling fine. Daddy took John and Serena over to see "The Sound of Music" – held over for 3rd week. Then he came back and we took Roberta to Wilmington to catch the 3:10 bus (25 minutes late). They were holding Open House at Pyle Center so after going there and to the King's (Ethyl & Bill) 25th Anniversary celebration at the Home Federal Building were just in time to pick up John & Serena after the movie & then home.
Daddy has gone down to the shop to finish up some odds & ends in preparation for the trip tomorrow. Everything has begun to green up again after the rains that we have had and even the lawn mowers are buzzing again. Heard Rev. Beers with his yesterday soon after Daddy did the tract below the garage that grows when no where else does.
Saturday evening I rode with Roberta over to Sabina while she visited some of her friends. Cathy Cline's sister has been working at that new restaurant at the intersection of 71 and 68. Her mother told me that she had gone along with Debbie Smith when she went to apply not having any notion of applying herself but later they called Sue and Debbie never was called. She is to be 18 next week and may look for a clerical job now.
Today was Layman's Sunday – They asked Daddy to do one of the talks but as he had just done this last year asked for a rain check so he did then read the Scripture. Mr. Collier and Mr. Fawley had the main parts and did very well. Peggy F. had the invocation, Tommy Rudisill the Responsive Reading and Barbara R. the children's sermon. (She has a fall (sp?) but it really blends in with her hair remarkably). Another shock came when Serena marched in with the choir – she had said if Melissa Rupp would join she would but Melissa had gone to choir practice.
Daddy says to tell you that we have not forgotten about your desire for tomatoes but they just aren't perfect enough to trust the mail carrying them thru in good shape – they are either blighted or starting to burst open or something wrong with them.
Grandma, Granddaddy, Serena and John went mushrooming Friday before dinner and brought back a huge bucketful – part of which we ate and the rest I froze so you could have some when you come home. They (all but John) went out again Saturday morning and got alot more and we had more for dinner today and we now have four bags in the freezer. Serena has requested one for her birthday.
Mr. & Mrs. Walker, Jacalyn and Betty Ann were also at the King reception and Mr. W. asked how you ever happened to go to Kalamazoo and repeated the conversation I mentioned in a previous letter.
Did Daddy mention to you that you got a box about the size or note paper or rather stationery (this) that came from the Noble's address. Would You like us to send it on up to you restamped or do you have an idea what is is and not want it forwarded on to you? Have you written to Jenna and told her the coincidence of your roommate's name and how pleased Charlie was to hear the name again?
I've really gone on long enough now and perhaps Daddy will want to add a note or will remind me of something else we had planned to mention. So glad to hear thru Roberta that you went ot church last Sunday even if you did run into Charlie again. Keep up the good work. And do hope you find a minute once in awhile to write your devoted family
Love, and XXXXXXXXXXXXXX,
Mother
P.S. Dr. Read asked us if we were the parents of the Catherine Uible that sent him clippings about his son? How's that for remembering?
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