Sunday, August 20, 1989
Dear Family:
This is our latest hotel paper . . . really had a nice trip to Oahu and Kauai, which is the most northern of the four major islands. We had a car there and took in the sights. Yes, we did in fact visit the library there. In Honolulu your Mother had a bus pass (because of her magic age) and the ABA had a good bus service between the hotels. We were just a short walk from the beach and that was part of our daily routine. Dad did not wear a tie during the whole meeting. Next year's meeting is in Chicago.
Our house is now "hooked up" to the N.V. sewer and we have a big ridge of dirt from near our bathroom window to the street. It looks like it will be "years" when things are back to normal.
Glad to hear that John and M.V. got back safely from their respective trips to Europe and S. Carolina. MV will be here this next weekend and John the following week. Believe that is the same week that Serena uses some of her vacation to go to Washington D.C.? to visit friends. Gee, Oct. 8th will be here soon when MV has her recital, when we hope to see most all of you. The Hortons are going to Santa Fe on Sept. 8 and return 20th and then stay here until after MV's program.
We are also glad that Wendy & Roberta are going to Santa Fe the same time as the Hortons as well as coming here in early October. Bet the Morgans are busy with Wendy about to start a new school year.
John just called on the phone and so good to talk with him making plans to meet him on his birthday (Oct. 4) and later the same evening meeting Roberta when she comes in from PHX - St. Louis. He is to talk at our church on Sept. 2 and at Everett Bailey's church at Butlerville Sept. 17. And also at Jane Ann Hause Cothern's church on Sept. 15 so his calendar is filling up with activities and plans to go water rafting Sept 7th weekend.
We had lunch (buffet) at the Parker House in Hillsboro today and it was very good and reasonable - much better than last Sunday at the Wooden Spoon. The Hortons saw quite a few of their friends and acquaintances there. Last night they were invited down to Helen and Wib Carr's for dinner.
The George Shaffers and Jimmy Allens drove in here and we drove them in our van down to Carole and Harry Allen's in Madeira -- and they have a lovely home there. We had a lot more reminiscing about our picnics at the Shaffers pond. They all wanted to be remembered to all of you.
Linda Shaffer C----- teaches at Southern State and has two bright red-haired children about 15 and 13 and is expecting another child - girl!!! in December. Her husband teaches in the Greenfield system at Rainsboro. Janice teaches in Hillsboro a special program trying to keep junior high students in school in AM and a special work program in the afternoon and it has been quite successful. Her (& Tim Hughes) twin boys go to school in Fairfield (Highland) and Tim teaches at East End in Wilmington so the Shaffers try to keep up with the six schools. Their youngest daughter Leslie is a junior I believe at Rio Grande near Gallopolis -- not far from the family camp we attended at Frances Asbury years ago. Both the senior Shaffers are retired -- and are enjoying a motor home having just gotten back from Las Vegas where they attended a reunion of students and teachers from the school for American servicemen's children in Japan where he taught about 25 years ago. Imogene has quite white hair -- I almost didn't recognize her. We are invited to their farm to see the changes some time in October.
Dad is patiently waiting for me to finish this so we can take it to Wells (plus get some exercise walking). All this past week we have enjoyed produce from our garden plus the Salisbury's -- corn, beans, squash, broccoli. Plus some of our own beans, tomatoes, peppers, raspberries and black raspberries. We remember Wendy's helping pick berries and for some reason they are much larger and nicer this time around.
It was good talking to Mary Virginia upon her return from the beaches of South Carolina on Saturday. Think she had a nice trip and vacation with friends getting more tan. She will be home next weekend to sing at Ken Colvin's church at Lytle near Waynesville and that evening at Port William. We hope to get to hear her at Port William anyway but have to be here for Promotion Sunday and Sunday School Picnic at our church. Afterwards there is to be a Songfest but a little of that goes a long way.
I think we are finally getting caught up on our sleep from the jet lag -- don't know how the jet set can do it.
[following handwritten note is written to John]
Good to talk to you on phone and looking forward to seeing you Sept. 2nd.
No signs of any lawyers from Licking County that we had heard of [at ABA].
Love, Mother & Dad
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