Grainfield, Kans
June 28 (1943)
Dear Archie & Mable
I see your nice long letter and was sure glad to here from
you. Geo sent me this letter you wrote to him. And I intended to write to you
but I had been pretty busy and never got around to it.
We are still in Grainfield have been here 5 years but don’t no
how long we will be here. The Fellow that owns it is trying to sell it, so we will
have to get out when ever he sells it. The Boys Harold & Clifford wants us
to come to Siverton Colo where they are. They both work in the Pride of the
West mine.
Harold has been making over $600 a month. He runs a machine.
And Clifford makes between 4 & 5 hundred a month. He is
married again. He got married last Nov I and Bess was there and went to New
Mexico with them to get marrid. Silverton is only 75 or 80 miles from New
Mexico we were out there & over in Utah to Geo for 2 months last fall. I
went hunting Deer with Geo and got one the first day and Geo got 3.
Bobs oldest Boy Bobbi is in Australia he is in the Navy and
Harold Alice second Boy is in the Solomon Islands he is a Marine.
And Geo Cliffords oldest Boy is at Tasal Utah forman of the
Cross H Ranch. He married the Bossis niece and has a good job. Marold got
killed in an Auto Accident out there three years ago in Sept.
Bob lives down buy Sludley he run the Robinson Elevator
there a year. He quit a month ago and is working in the Oil Field in the Pratt
Ranch at Studley they have brought in two dandy good wells. They run 12 to 14
hundred Barells a day.
Alice just has 1 Boy at home he is about 14 years old. And his
Girl has been working in Wichita in an Airplane Factory.
John & Syliva still live out there where they did when
you was there last. We had the Bigist Hail storm through here a week ago last Thursday
nite. It reached from Alakley to Salina and it was from 10 to 12 miles wide. It
just mowed everything down.
We had the finiest Garden that we ever had and it just
ruined it.
Rawl Alice & Bird and the two Sylvias & Johny came
in yesterday and had my Birthday Dinner. My Birthday was last Thursday and your
mother a week ago to day. She would have been 66 if she had lived. I was 69 that’s
getting pretty Damed Old. I don’t feel so good
but have been working all spring I may drive Johns Truck in Harvest.
Rosa lives at Atwood. Curry runs the Port of Entry and sells
gas & Oil and Baldwin Combines.
Alice Rosas Girl works for JC Pennys in Topeka. She is 19
years old Geo is still in his Ranch in
Utah he has 3 boys. He is doing well.
Harold has 2 Boys Billy & Darell.
Rosas Boy finished High School this year. She has another
Baby Boy born the 9th of March.
The 2 Red Headed Girls looks like Twins Shirley is a little taller
than Bessie Jean and a couple of lbs heavier. I had a letter from Netti. She is
not very well. I have not seen Geo or Wm since last Sept. Wm three Girls are in
California.
Did Irvin have any children from all his wives. Why don’t he
even write to me. Tell hm I would like to here from him.
Well I guess I had better ring off Aunt Bess sends her love.
Be sure and write.
Love
Uncle Fred
