Osborne, Kansas.
Dec, 13th. 1962
Dear Archie and Mable:
Got your letter and card yesterday. I
had been intending to write to you for over a month but guess I was just to
lazy.
Couldn’t figure out your letter dated on
July at first and then your last letter was dated on Nov 25th you
must let your letters lay around for a month or so before mailing them Ha.
Well old Kansas sure had a good crop of
every thing this year. Wheat averaged thrity bushels and Oats barley and corn
were good and Milo was the best ever lots of milo went one Hundred and ten to
twenty bushels on dry land and irrigated land as much as one hundred and fifty.
Seemed like we got rain every time we
needed it. Hay and alfalfa and grass. The grass that I planted omy plowed lad
is great, some of the blu steam is as high as the toas the car.
I am building a big dam on the south
west corner of the section. It will be nearly thirty feet deep and will cost
over three thousand dollars. The government pays half you know. Or I wouldn’t have
built it.
I haven’t seen Ablert Hackerott or any
of the bowlbys or Don CHRYSTLER FOR OVER A YEAR. Havent been to Natoma only
once since last Spring. I was there on the night of Dec 3rd and got
my fifty year Masonic pin. I was in fifty years in June 1961 but dint get my
pinuntil the 3rd. Bob McEldowney and I are the only ones left alive
of the ones that were in when we went in.
They said that night that Jay Russell
will get his pin next year but he lives in Old Mexico. Do you remember Jay and
Jess. I had forgotten all about them.
FIfty years is a long time to look ahead
but not so far to look back. Captain
George Craig was the Master when I went in. Bob and Will both belonged Juis
Horn Jim Pooley and Wilson Drake that I remember.
I see Marvin Wineland quite often and
Shorty once in awhile. Shorty must have been pretty young when he got married. Don’t
think he is over 66 or 67.
Gosh your dad must have had quite a
bunch of kids in his three families. Don’t remember if I ever saw him after he
married Roxie.
We a going to calif in January and I
will sure go down to see Irvin and buy some of his cravings if I like them.
Helen will gladly take us dwn to see him. Think that wood that he uses he
shipped from Hawaii. He wrote me and told me all about it.
Now I see that JFK is going to ut taxes.
I suppose it will be as much as fifteen cents per person. I really think that
with in a couple grnerations that the Government will own all the land but of
course they will let the people pay the taxes.
Wm and Katie were here in August for a
few days. He could walk a little better but still has to use a cane. And is
still in CLIF TAKING TREATMENTS> All their kids live in Colo now but
Richard, Kathleen and Elane and they will move to Bolder as soon as they can.
I am glad that Shirley and Husband are
back in US. When will his time be up or is he going to make a career out of it?
And it will sure be nice for you and Mable to have another grandchild. Don’t suppose
I wil ever have another. But it nice ti have several because the e is always of
a chance of losing one or two.
Ada and her husband were here in
September and said they were going to Hawaii in October and wanted us to go
with them and we said we sure would and then Ada wrote and said her husband had
backed out We were really disappointed
because I can hardly get Ila out of town So we finnaly did go to Utah for a few
days. We went with another couple from Denver, Disnt get to see George as he
was on Maoutain rounding up his cattle to sell, but we got to see all the rest
and stopped by and Saw Clifford and Dude.
Well don’t wait so song to write next
time.
Love to both from both of us.
Geo & Ila
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