Warrena Bowlby,
Rooks Co. Home,
Plainville,
Kansas 67663
Dear Mable and Family: 1/13/79
Thanks for the pretty handkerchief.
Didn’t your mother used to make all that tatting for various things? Grandma
Shuey used to tat a lot, mother never made very much of it. Also thanks for the
card. The girls who work here had a little party for me, cake and coffee.
We are in the clutches of an old Kansas
blizzard, zero, with high winds, Bus loads of basketball teams stranded all
over the state, regardless they must play ball.
Storms like this always reminds me of
the time we got stranded at Parkers, I won’t say anything about the storm that
was in the book, but I will say that was the first winter Archie worked for us.
He held the fort at home there was no way to communicate, the phone lines were
all down. Another storm hit the middle of Mar. not nearly as severe as the
other, but the cows were beginning to calve, so there were quite a lost. I
guess Archie thought he had just about had it. That was in 1919.
Ralph was 89 in Nov., Angie is still
with him, takes good care of him, he has failed a lot of last 2 or 3 years, but
does well for his age.
I feel about as usual, some days not so
good, other days a let up on the worst of the hurt. My liver still gives me a
lot of trouble.
I don’t really have too much news, we
are getting so many here from in and around Natoma, Mrs. Tichenor, Renee Snapp
Ekey, their minds are about gone, come up with some weird stories, there are 12
others here from Natoma. A Mr. Anold came in yesterday, I suppose he is the one
who used to have a shoe shop there.
Xmas wasn’t much, didn’t even have a
good dinner which was unusual.
Of course before Xmas people brought in
junk to eat or look at, I ate the last of the candy yesterday.
Guess that’s it, thanks again for the
card and hankie, Love to all, Warrena
(signed)
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