March 8, 1974
My dear Mable,
So glad as always to hear from you & all the news. You
mentioned you didn’t recognize people names in the Waldo news of the paper,
well Martin Winder is our next door neighbor & his wife died last night.
Her name is Gwen & she had a lump in her breast & had it removed 7
months ago but it spread all thru her rapidly. He (Martin Winder) says he is a
relative of Archie’s & Albert’s. Seems like everyone around here are
relatives of some kind or another. Del, I believe is getting a little
better since the doctor took him off of
some much medication. We got over income
tax figured & are waiting for results & also waiting for prescriptions
to come back with pharmacist signature so we ca send them in for refund.
March 9
We have our horse boarded out for a month to give our
pasture a chancet come back & to give us a chance to get the fence rebuilt
where she had it all crippled up & broken down this winter trying to get to
the alfalfa. We are building it like this out of one of fours & then
yesterday Del & Lyle painted it white. Sure looks nice.
(Drawing of fence was drawn here in the letter)
I just can’t wait until you come down to see our place &
spend some time with us. Del has to lose some more weight so he has me on a
diet too. I’ve enjoyed the country cream so much since I’ve been here but have
given it up to please him because if its here he wants it, too. There are over
100 relatives expected at the funeral for Gwen Monday so already they have
called everyone in Waldo 7 told them what food to bring. They called me last
night & told me to bring a pie & Mrs. Hubbard to bring a potato salad –
Well Mrs. Hubbard was visiting here with us & she would rather make a pie
so we switched. I can make a delicious pie sometimes but once in a while they aren’t
if I especially want it to be good but my potato salads are always good. I
fixed hot bread yesterday & cinnamon rolls & took them over & today
I’m fixing a lemon pie but won’t take it over unless the meringue stands up.
Sometimes they sand 2” high & other times they just go flat & I don’t
know what I do wrong. I sure learned a
lot about cooking down in Arkansas and helped cook for 600 screaming kids at
the school house.
Last year when we first moved Gwen Winder told me she had just
discovered a lump in her breat & it was extremely sore. Of course I
immediately asked her if she could move it around and she felt & said “No.”
I had several but I could move them & they just cut them out but the doctor
said when you can’t move them they are more dangerous. Anyway, I insisted she
go in & see about it. So she did the next day & had breast removed
& then they started cobolt every day for 6 weeks & told her she was
O.K. but she kept going down hill & I feel so badly because I told her to
havei taken care of. It seems to me that once a cancer is cut on it goes twice
as fast. Maybe if she would of just let it go she’ be alive today. Anyway I
feel badly about it & can’t help it. How is Shirley & family. She was
always so cute & I used to tease her so & am so sorry now but it was
such fun to do at h time. Wilda’s Bahs wife is going back to Viet Nam for a
couple of months to visit er people while he is in some kind of training. Well
I better get that lemon pie made & see if it is going to be pretty &
see if it is going to be pretty & if not I’ll have to think of something
else to take over today. Love & write when you feel like it.
Bonnie & Del
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