1984 Catherine's letter -July 9

July 9, 1984

Dear Mom & Dad,

Hi!  I thought I should get this letter off to you right away since I have no idea how long it takes a letter to get to Great Britain.

Things are more lively here in Colfax now that Wendy is home.  She is excited about beginning her swimming lessons this morning.  They run for two weeks from 10:45-11:30.  First is my exercise class at 8:30 – Wendy will go to the babysitter's down the street for an hour.

Your Elderhostel classes sound interesting, especially in combination with the field trips.

We had an interesting trip up the East side of Lake Coeur d'Alene on Saturday before picking up Wendy.  We ate at Tony's which is supposedly the best restaurant in northern Idaho.  We had eaten there six years ago when we vacationed there before moving to Madras.

Wendy has filled this side of the page with her art work.  She is sure enjoying all the toys she brought home from Ohio.

We called the airlines last night.  Her suitcase was located in Chicago and was to arrive on the same flight that Wendy took the day before.  It should be delivered to us today.

Love, Catherine, Gerry & Wendy

1973 MV's letter -July 8

Mary would have been nine-years-old at the time this letter was written, Rob would have been seventeen.  Perhaps Mary intended to write a paragraph to Dad to complete the trio of adressees, possibly to discuss legal options concerning behavior of relatives.

Sunday, July 8, 1973

Dear Mom, Dad and John,

"Hi!  Robbie John – Hi I would rather have you to beat up on me than Robbie everytime everytime I get up he pushes me back down.  And now he is beating up on Aunt Mary.  I am glad to get him off my back.

Mom – Bert and I went shopping friday.  We looked at some sandels.  1 was 2.97 and the other with thongs I liked better were brown and cost $9.00.

[unsigned]

[note in Roberta's handwriting]
found this in ax notebook –– thought you all might enjoy reading it!  [enclosed with letter dated 5/15/74]

1984 Family Letter -July 8

Sunday, July 8, 1984

Dear Family:

The last three weeks have been "super" busy with Roberta, Serena and Wendy coming and going.  We talked with the Morgans today . . . Wendy got along fine on her big trip to Spokane yesterday.  She seems quite mature for a 7 year old [two months shy of seven actually] and adjusted to life in NV very well.  It is now hard to believe that our own children were once that age and younger . . it all flashes back when we retrieved the books that you all had at that tender age.

Roberta is quite a camera bug and we did enjoy seeing the pictures that were taken in Columbus on June 23rd, when we also met X and John for supper.  Hopefully, the Newark Uibles can come to NV for the afternoon of August 19th, when we plan to have open house for Sid and Roberta.  We'd like them to come day before & stay over but at least Sunday if not Saturday too.

Serena told us this afternoon that she has applied for admission to the Rosary Library School in Chicago.  We are glad.  With Serena's love for books she will be a natural.  It was nice that Serena and Greg took time yesterday to meet Wendy at the Chicago airport between plane changes.

Wells has been closed this past week and will be closed this next week for vacation.  However, there is plenty to be done in the office as it is the end of the fiscal year and getting the new 1985 catalogue ready.  We expect to get our new computer by the end of August which we think will be an improvement.

We leave Tuesday for England . . . . schedule enclosed . . . . yes, we would be glad to hear from all of you.  It has been thirty years since we first visited London . . . . another 30 years will put us up with Grandma.  Grandma and M.V. eave on their trip on August 25th.

Wendy kept us on the go to get the many things done which we had planned for her.  The day we took Roberta to the airport we also went to the zoo, Polly Flinders, and the Totes outlet.  Serena, Tom and Ella Guard also went with us so that was super full.  We went out to the Henry Fishers one afternoon and watched them milk cows and saw the baby calves.  One day we had Patty Walker Ryan's two daughters to play and another time Nancy Henderson's great niece.  The New Vienna Fourth of July Celebration took place last weekend so we took in the pet show, penny scramble, squaredancing, fireworks, and dinner served by the Senior Citizens at their center.  I almost forgot to include the big new attraction in our area: the beaver pond built last January or thereabouts behind the Auburn church.  It has been on the TV as well as in the newspapers - people take their lawn chairs, cameras, in order to see the beavers in action – very interesting.  Vanessa joined us with her nephew, Dion who lives with her.  (He is 16 and quite a track star and very good looking.)  Vanessa has become quite a camera bug and she and Roberta compared notes on their hobby.

MV is taking us to the airport after putting in 3 hours of work at Wilmington College and 2.5 hours at the Port William UMC Bible School.  She plans to combine the first two all week.

One of the pieces of Wendy's luggage didn't make it to Spokane but hope that it turns up before long.  We'll be interested in hearing.  She was such a good girl and so mature so we look forward to having her another time – if not next summer, certainly the following.  It really helped to have her aunts here to entertain her but we made up for their company by reading all the children's books here and many from the school library.  Hopefully Wilmington Library will reopen soon for HH has really missed it.

Love to all . . . . .

1964 Postcard to Catherine at church camp -July 8

First paragraph is written by Roberta (?) or Serena (?) or possibly John though at eight he may not yet have been writing cursive.  Second paragraph written by Jean, card addressed by HH.  Scribbles could have happened anytime in the last 50 years.  We all know how precocious he was though. Evidently Marianne came down with some contagious disease at church camp – chicken pox, measles, or ??  It was a big deal to get mail at camp – not everyone did, and mail call was a much anticipated time of day.  Transcription follows.

1964 Postcard to Catherine at church camp -July 8

[July 8, 1964 postmarked]
Hi!  Went to Cinn but it rained, rained and rained until about 1.00.  We saw musseam [sic or mumeam] Enden Park, plus zoo.

Sorry Marianne had to come home but hope she din't spread it over too many others.  Dr. Said for her to stay in 2-3 days.  She's really broken out today.  Stayed all night at our house & Aunt Mary came & got her this AM.  Got your card today.  See you Fri.

1964 Catherine's postcard from church camp -Jul 8

I go to Senior Youth Church Camp in Sabina with Marianne and Weegie among other people. The hypnotism part was memorable. I got the "cure" for nail biting but since I didn't bite my nails in the first place hard to tell about the effectiveness! Another hypnosis option was for eating too much candy/chocolate.  Washington C.H. was where the corrective shoes were purchased.

 1964 Catherine's penny (4¢) postcard from church camp - Jul 8

[July 8 1964 postmark]
Hi!  Last night we saw St. Joan [a play?].  It was really great!  You should have come. You can come when they are here for the second week of Sr. Camp.

I went swimming yesterday afternoon.  The weather wasn't very promising but I went anyhow.  It has rained all day today so my raincoat is coming in handy.

They have 5 ministers here who are hypnotists.  Yesterday they hypnotized some people to demonstrate how they did it.  They can help people break bad habits like chewing fingernails and help with complex's too.

Weegie said it is okay with her if we go to Washington C.H. but Marianne says her mother was planning to pick us up.  It doesn't matter to me.  I guess there isn't any urgent need for my shoes.  Love, Catherine

1984 HH & Jean Westminster Abbey postcard -July 11

HH visited London in 1954, 1984, and 2014 and several other times in between. Here are Westminster Abbey postcards from the 1954 and 1984 visits.

 Westminster Abbey, London postcard mailed 1984.  Captioned: The Twin Towers at the west end of Westminster Abbey were designed by Hawksmoor, a pupil of Sir Christopher Wren, and built 1738-39. The Abbey was founded by Edward the Confessor in 1050.  Our Kings and Queens have been crowned here since 1066.

1984 HH & Jean Westminster Abbey postcard -July 11 mailed to Uibles & Wells

7/11-84
Got here safely.  There's a Woolworth's nearby.  Meeting many nice people with similar interests – actually two groups of about 30 each.

The 6¾ hrs on the plan went quickly, but not too much sleep.  We liked our special order meals.  Meals here are good – buffet bkfst & lunch & sit down supper.  Hope to go to Church here on Sunday.  –– Jean & Harold

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As a special blogpost bonus a 1954 postcard of Westminster Abbey is also included –

Westminster Abbey, St. Margaret's Church & Big Ben, London Postcard sent to Catherine & Roberta - May 12, 1954

1994 Catherine's Colorado postcard -July 9

 Colorado postcard mailed 1994. Captioned: Colorful Colorado Eagles' Nest Wilderness, Central Colorado, Photo: Ken Fucik

Catherine's postcard written after the 1994 Estes Park Reunion

7/8/94
Today we head back to Phx. Thanks for a wonderful vacation/reunion.  We had a great time – definitely a trip to remember and what a great place for a family get together.

7/9 - Now back to work – we had an uneventful trip home and Roberta picked us up at the airport.  Not much new here.  Thanks again for all the expense you went to in order to make the trip to Colorado a "go" for all of us – and thanks for providing such a great family!

Love, Catherine, Gerry & Wendy

1974 Fawley's Home Center invoice -July

Fawley's Home Center located in Blanchester provided supplies and labor for a kitchen upgrade in 1974.  Earlier in the year, Roberta had talked up the wonders of the microwave oven which she had seen in action in Florida.  The charges are broken down on four separate sales slips after a deposit was paid on July 2, 1974.  Summary follows.

1974 Fawley's Home Center invoice for home improvement - July

1974 Micromatic Range Ad

$935.95  - $899.95 for a Micromatic Range + $36 tax (4%) – microwave oven on top of conventional oven

$668.66 - flooring 44 sq yards @ $12.70 + 3 gallons adhesive ($10.70) and $77 installation

$1472.92 - included $1248 for cabinets, top & sink + tax, $175 labor

$56.64 - misc. plumbing supplies, cords & switches.

1964 MV's 4-month Doctor's Visit -July 2

Mary visited the Doctor (probably Dr. Fullerton) in early July for her 4-month old check-up, during which she received an updated feeding schedule and a list of solid foods (on back of form) which were now allowed.  Transcription follows.

FEEDING SCHEDULE

For Baby Mary Uible Date July 2, 1964

Age - 4 - months     Weight - 17 - lbs. - 4 - oz.     Length - 26¼ - in.

24-HOUR FORMULA

- 13 - ounces Carnation Evaporated Milk.

- 18 - ounces water.

Divide into  - 4 - bottles of - 8 - ounces each.

Feed at  when hungry

Fruit Juice or Vitamin C   daily

SOLID FOODS (only as instructed)

• Precooked cereal
• Strained Vegetables
• Strained Fruits
• Egg yolk (Hard-boiled)
• Strained Meats
• Soups made with meat

Not yet allowed:

• Dry toast, Zwieback, etc.
• Puddings
• Potato

1994 Estes Park Family Reunion -July 2-7

1994 Estes Park Adventure Reunion -July 2-7

1964 Kim letter -Jun28

6-28-64

Apt. 1 2560 Eden Ave.

Cincinnati, Ohio 45219

Dear Mr. & Mrs. Uible,

I am wondering how you are getting along?

I hope since our visit to New Vienna the month have found you and your family all well in good health.

Please forgive us our long silence but we've been thought [sic] about you and wanted to visit you again so much.  When we were [at] your home we really enjoyed every minute, and we shall always be very thankful for the generosity and hospitality which you have extended to us.

It was really too much for us, but after baby arrived we thought somehow needed a car.  It was very handy and convenience but we couldn't handle and getting worse, finally we sold our car a few weeks ago.

How is a little Queen Mary Virginia?  We rally hope she's getting along fine and how much she weigh now?

Our Mie Young also doing very fine.  She eats a lot of food . . . .  stays up practically all day long . . . . but she sleep all night long . . . . she still drink Mommy's milk a little but she drink regular milk & a different juice also . . . . I think she weight now 18 lbs . . . .getting big & heavy every day.  Well I must stop . . . . .

I am very sorry to inform you that we have had difficulty with our financial condition for the past few years.  Because of my financial difficulties, I was unable to return to school last semester.  (In the meantime I have completed almost half of my graduate work at Xavier University here).  Therefore, my student visa expires this summer.  (It's pretty hard to renew our visa again.)  Finally we decided to go back to Korea coming September.  I have been writing to an American-Korean Foundation in New York, and we have [been] granted a little funds from them for our transportation.  Current planning is Sept. 21 leave this country from San Francisco by ship.  The sailing time is approximately three weeks.  We've been packing our used clothes & some kitchen utensils, etc.

Our parents expect me to finish my graduate work and expect us to come back before long but we couldn't stay any longer since I couldn't go back to school, etc.  We really hate to leave this country but we must . . . . . of course we are planning to come back again [to] this country somehow . . . . governmental service or some import or export business.  Our friendship is forever . . . . we hope . . . .  Mie Young is still American Citizen  At least we like send her[to] college in this country.

We would like to visit you next month sometime but I don't know this is going to turn out.  But of course before we leave we will stop [in] New Vienna and spend a while and go . . . go . . . . . probably go by Greyhound bus to West Coast . . . .  We have to be [in]  San Francisco by Sept. 15 sometime!!

I really don't know what I told you about this letter . . . .  Well I will tell you more about when we see you again!  I am so busy for every thing now.

We are really looking forward to see you again before long.  If any chance come down to Cinti please stop our place and see us.

May God richly bless you, and I send you my best regards for the health and best wishes to all your family.

Very cordially yours,
Kyung Ho Kim

1984 Roberta Letter - June or July

6 or 7/––/84

Dear Family,

Hi!  Wanted you all to 

Dear Family,

Hi!  Welcome to the Uible-King photo lab!  Got all the pictures back today that I had taken in OHIO – except for the roll in the camera. (Beaver bridge)  It seems I'm still missing 1 roll of film – might it be in New Vienna?

I've sent John/X, Hortons some pictures.  Tried to divide up for Wendy Jean – but I'll let you all do that.  These are your pictures to keep – so fell free to pass around or keep.

We are about to do our exercises – it's busy time of month here – pre news letter!  It will be another great issue!

Had my class at the hospital today – Medical Terminology.  Sure not what I thought it would be  – but good!

Found out today that Ann's position to be filled – by someone that Head of Dept. of Health  [Esscenestes?] hired – not Phil Hamilton (Long term Care Director).

Sounds like idea of expanding Sr. Village – other locations – might once more be a reality.

I'm sure you all are enjoying Miss Wendy Jean.  What have you all been up to?  Been to King's Island?

Love, Roberta & Sid

1974 MV's Old Testament Booklet -June

Most likely a 1974 Vacation Bible School project, three pages of Mary's six-page booklet are scanned below, including the title page, The Books of History and The Books of Law

1974 MV's Old Testament Booklet Cover Sheet -June

1994 MV's note -June

[6/ /94]

Dear Mom & Dad –

Found these in my office – sorry you didn't get them sooner.

Don's first Sunday went very well and he seems to be enjoying Burnside very much.

We're looking forward to seeing you next week.  Roberta asked if we would pick her up @Airport, which we will gladly do.  We will also bring Ginny;s new car seat.

My concert form Aug. 7 has been moved to Sept. 18 at 7:00 p.m.  Hope you'll be able to stay for it.

Love – M.V.

1974 Catherine Letter -Jun25

June 25, 1974

Dear Mom, Dad, Roberta, John, and Mary,

Hi!  Thanks for your last letter.  You left us in suspense as to what happened to Dad, John, and the truck.

We have had quite a bit of damp weather (in fact, it's raining right now) but we are making very slow progress on the house.  It is taking quite a bit longer to get the forms ready for the foundation that we had thought.  They are going to be four feet deep and 16" wide which is quite alot of cement so we want to make sure the forms are well braced.  It would be quite a mess if the forms don't hold.  We will be pouring it in two sections.

I probably mentioned in my last letter that David Stone [friend from college] is here.  He is really a big help.  If I were the only one helping X things would be moving even slower.  We also have another friend here in Sanford who has been coming up one or two mornings a week and helping us.

We started a book sale at the library yesterday.  We had about 1200 books which had been discarded during the past six months which we are trying to sell for 10¢ each.  So far we've made almost $40.00 And for every 10 books you buy you get one free.  Shall I save you some?

I read "Malabar Farm" [by Louis Bromfield written in 1940s about an organic farm in Ohio, Malabar Farm State Park is in Lucas, Ohio, SW of Wooster]  I would have enjoyed going there.  Have you read any of his novels?  I think I read "The Green Bay Tree."  The scene alternated in it between urban Ohio and Paris.

Did I tell you that Sanford has a new discount department store?  It is where the Giant store used to be.  Ames [company founded in 1959 in Connecticut, became defunct in 2002] is the name of it and it seems to be quite a bit nicer than Giant but perhaps that is an unfair comparison because we only saw Giant in its dying days.  I have only been in Ames once briefly so I can't tell you if they have any Wells products.  I'll try to make it a point to check the next time.  I think they are centered in Massachusetts.  I do know that this is their first store in Maine.

I made a new couch cover out of pieces of old towels cut into 12" squares.  One of our puppies developed a real taste for the old cover and it was ruined before we were even aware what was going on.  You can tell Grandma her sewing machine got a real work-out as it seemed to take me hours and hours to get it done.  At least it helped to reduce our supply of old towels.

Alot of people do grow strawberries here.  I know of two places where you can go and pay to pick them and there are plenty of wild ones.  Last year I must have picked quite a few quarts of wild ones but this year for some reason I just haven't had time.  The season here is just now beginning and will probably peak in another two weeks.  And then comes the blueberry season which is real big thing.  I don't think there is anything much better tasting than fresh blueberries and yogurt.

It's getting late and I'm going to have to get up early in the morning so as to wake everybody else up so we can go to work on those forms somemore [sic].  that is assuming that it quits raining by then.

Write again soon!  I don't guarantee that you will too much from us during July but I'll do my best.

Love, Catherine & X

1954 Chevy Purchased -June 23

1954 Chevy 2-door car pictured from the internet.  Ours may have been a dark blue like the one shown at left.  Current value of this car restored in good condition is $45-50,000. Original purchased price with accessories plus $65 tax and $3 license was $2258.65.

In 1954 Wells Mfg. purchased a new vehicle, a (blue?) 1954 Chevy 210, 2 door car and traded in a 1940 Ford Coupe which had a trade-in value of $400. The new vehicle list price was $1564 but then there were accessories, some of which would seem fairly essential, such as

• $128.00  Federal Tax (~8.2%)
• $51.75 Freight
• $25.00 Dealer Handling
• $16.75 Signal Light
• $12.94 Two tone paint
• $84.45 Heater & Defroster
• $14.75 Oil & Fuel Filters
• $8.95 Back up Light
• $3.75 On-dash (?) mirror
• $4.25 Non Glare Mirror
• $25.00 Undercoating
• $178.35 Power Glide (?)
• $72.00 
• Radio

Plus $65.70 in local taxes, $3.00 for license and registration for a total of  $1858.65.  No dealer is indicated but the salesman was Roy Bernard.

1954 Chevy Order Form -June 23

1940 Ford
Most likely not the one traded in 1954 for the Chevy, a car of this vintage can be purchased in 2014 for anywhere from $5000 to $135,000 from ads seen on the internet.

1984 Catherine Letter -Jun23

June 23, 1984

Dear Mother, Dad & anyone else who reads this,

Hi!  Well this is the big day for Wendy the traveler.  She told me she "didn't want to see any tears at the airport."  I don't know who she thinks is going to cry – me or her.

Besides the arrival of DeeDee (date not yet set) the other two events that Wendy is involved in this summer are swimming lessons and day camp.  

They have a very nice swimming pool here.  We paid $30.00 for a family season pass and then she gets her lessons free.  I signed up for a two week pool exercise class which started last Monday.  It was rained out two days though.  Wendy's lessons will start July 9.

Day Camp is sponsered [sic] by the county for 1st-4th graders.  They bus the kids from Colfax & Pullman to Klemgard State Park for three days.  The fourth day they stay overnight at Kamiak Butte Park.  This takes place July 23-27.

I have been taking exercise classes at a workout center near our house.  I'm trying to take advantage of the extra time I have this summer to do some things I've been wanting to do.  The workout center also has a jacuzzi and a locker room with showers which is nice since we only have a bath tub at home.

We found out our house recently got a new foundation so hopefully it is stable now. (It's built on a slope.)  We hope the cracks in the walls and the crookedness of the door frames doesn't get any worse!  It does have aluminum siding & storm windows.  The owners live somewhere near Seattle.  They are asking $28,000 for it.

Joke from Wendy:  

• Knock Knock
• Who's there?
• Daryl
• Daryl who?
• Daryl never be nicer grandparents than you

It is a nice sunny day here after 3 days of clouds and rain.  Have you had alot of rain?  The green hills of the Palouse country around Colfax are nice to look at after all the sagebrush of central Oregon.  The main crops here are wheat, lentils, barley, garbanzo beans.

I have been to the library in Pullman twice.  I hope to go a few more times.  I figure being familiar with the place might help me during the job interview.  I have also been studying some books on children's services, books, etc.  There is a real good one Mother might be interested in called This Way to Books by Bauer.  I think it is an expensive book so I don't know how easily available it is.  I borrowed it from the "office collection" of the Whitman County Library in Colfax.

We are in Spokane now [where Wendy caught the plane to Ohio] so I better close.  We'll talk to you tonight!

Love, Catherine, Gerry & Wendy

1964 Golden Lamb Menu -Jun21

Golden Lamb does not appear prominently on this menu for Sunday Dinner, June 21, 1964.  However there are clues such as:

• Golden Lamb Cocktail Sauce with Chilled Fresh Louisiana Shrimp – 60¢
• Country Fried Half Chicken, a Golden Lamb Favorite – $3.10
• Deep Fried Jumbo Shrimp, Golden Lamb Cocktail Sauce [probably what I would have ordered] – $3.25
• Golden Lamb Cheese Cake [no price listed, dessert may have been included, as were two vegetables and salad, hot rolls and preserves]
• Pfaelzer Steaks selected in Chicago for the Golden Lamb – $5.25 includes Filet Mignon or Strip Sirloin, Mushrooms, or onion rings, vegetable, salad and dessert.
• Serena and John would have qualified for the Children's portion of the menu – $1.50.  Mary may have gotten the softer parts of other people's food. 
• We can assume this special dinner was in honor of Grandma's birthday.

1964 Golden Lamb Menu - Sunday Dinner, June 21

1984 MV petitions Wilmington College -Jun22

Mary decides to concentrate on attaining her academic goals. An experience many of us have dealt with in various ways. Transcription follows.

June 22, 1984

Academic Appeals Committee
Wilmington College
Wilmington, Ohio 45177

Academic Appeals Committee:

I am writing this letter as a petition for academic probation for Fall term, 1984.  In asking permission for the probationary period, I would like to explain how I plan to better my academic standing in the future.

First, I will quit all part-time employment; over the past three terms I have held 2-3 jobs each quarter off campus.  In so doing I will allow myself much more study time.

Secondly, I plan to cut my course load from the previously registered 20 hours to a maximum of 15 hours, if granted academic probation.  I believe that would be a more realistic approach to my studies and a much easier goal to attain.

In closing, I regret no having completed the required 36 hours in the past three terms.  But, I would like to petition the committee for an academic probationary period, in order that I might apply myself and return to good standing academically in the near future.  Thank you for your time and interest.

Sincerely,


[MV]

1974 Catherine's letter to MV -Jun19

June 19, 1974

Dear Mary Virginia,

Hi!  Thanks for the letter and for the post card from Lakeside, it didn't smear too much.

What are you doing now that you are on vacation, besides mowing the lawn?  I'm sure Mom probably thinks up lots of things for you to do.

Will you be going anyplace special this summer?  Do you go to Girl Scout camp or church camp?  I always liked church camp but I never was a Girl Scout so I can't say about that.

There are two boys who live near where we are building who come over and help us sometimes.  One is nine and the other is twelve.  The one who is twelve just got a brand new 10-speed bicycle for his birthday.

I am drying my hair as I type this and since my hair is about dry I guess I better quit typing.

Write again soon!  Love, Cathy

2004 Family emails -June

Today marks the 122nd anniversary of Grandma's birth in 1892 but we missed the 102nd celebration of Gladys & Cecil's wedding anniversary which is mentioned in the following emails. Modified transcriptions follow.

From: Harold & Jean
To: Serena, John, Roberta & Sid, Don & Mary, Gerry & Catherine, and Wendy.
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004
Subject 6 10 04

HI:

92 years ago today your Uible grandparents were married.  Yes, we recall the open house on their 50th anniversary and John comment on why we did not keep the front door opened.  It must have been a cool day.  That 1962 week also marked our departure for the five week out west trip, where we made the grand swing and met the Schamauns in Seattle for the Worlds Fair..

Today we are resting up (??), though we got off to a good garden start this AM with rhubarb, asparagus, peas and broccoli out of the garden.  This PM we went to Wilmington for a Doctor's help on Peach'seace's [sic] ivy itch.

Spoke with Bob Gooding this evening, said the accident happened in downtown Dayton when they were en route to Lisa's house for Sunday lunch.

Anxious to hear from MV as to her northern trip and looking forward to the families return trip later this month.

Speaking of reunions, it would be nice to get together in Newark for Kate's performance at Thanksgiving time.  You are welcome to come here to New Vienna but if you only can come for a short time perhaps Newark would be best.

Cris Horton also wrote us about getting together.  Any thoughts about this from the Newark Uibles?  I'm sure you all would be welcome to join us if you could see the light to do this.  Do let us know if you would consider this!!!!!

Dad says to send this before it disappears.  Love to each one of you!!!!!!  Mother and Dad

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From: Roberta
To: Harold & Jean
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004
Subject: thanks
     for the email, Mom and Dad. How bad is your poison ivy, Mom?  Any idea where you picked it up?  I do remember the Open House for Grandma and Grand-dad.  It was a real Kodak moment.  I have a plate that Grandma bought 92 years ago!  It is just one shelf above the chamber pot in the china cabinet!  Would be neat to have a Uible get together in November!  It is too early for me to be able to ask for time off form work, but by October I am hopeful that we will have another staff person so should not be a problem!  So far I do not have any furniture there [at work], but I do plan to hang two of Joe's paintings before Monday!  They will go directly from one office to the next.

Am watching Larry King so more later.  Tim Russert is on . . . . . I do have lots of empty space in the email area now.  Hint, hint, Love, Roberta.

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From: John
To: Harold & Jean
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004
Subject: Re: 6 10 04

July would be the best month for us.  Do you have any plans next weekend for Father's Day?  We could meet you some where Sat. evening or Sunday afternoon if you are free.  We have a wedding this afternoon in Knox County near Gambier.  Talk to you soon.  Love, John

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From: Harold & Jean
To: John
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004
Subject: Re: 6 10 04

We are open for next weekend, but please do not feel obligated as we had a get together earlier this wee.

On the Horton meeting, the weekends of July 24 and 31 are fine with us.  Would you mind checking with Cris as to those weekends.  Was it Bellefontaine that we met last year?  I recall Cris had another place in mind, but the water level in the lake was too high.  Thanks.  --Dad

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From: John
To: Harold & Jean
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004
Subject: Re: 6 10 04

Dad and Mom,
I talked with Cris this afternoon and he still prefers Mary Rutan Park.  He is looking for you and Mom somewhere between 1-2PM near the entrance to the swimming pool.  Since no shelter houses are available, please bring a card table and your chairs so we can have a place to set food and sit down.  We should arrive around 2 or 2:15 since I work until noon.  In case of rain, we can eat at either Ryans or Homestead, both on U. S. 68.  See you tomorrow - call if you have questions.  Love, John