Warrena Bowlby 1/14/79

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)

card from AW Hackerott Jan 1982

Dear Mable –

Just a note to tell you Aunt Laura passed away after a few ds in the hospital with a blood clot in her arm & leg.

Ralph Taylor’s funeral was 2 weeks before so it has been hard on Francis.

We will all miss her she was like a mother to me.

Love, Jr.

NOTE: postmark on letter Jan 24, 1982

Mamie Williams 1962

Lee Williams

Stockton KS

March 10, 62

Dear Bro & Sis

Hope you are fine. We are so awful Broken up over the Murder of Our only granddaughter Marcies girl.

Will send you some clippings. We flew out to Bend & were their 3 WP Kids came back & stayed I should get in tonight sue did hate C then go.

Would wrote you while I were in Bend but didn’t have you ad.

You probably read about but didn’t know their name. They haven’t found out who did or why it was done. I was in MO with Floyd when got word. He was Bad.

He is able to be up now part time. Got hurt on Job.

Frank Kirk & his wife came to Bend to C us. Geo & Hazle Kirk were over & spent wk end.

Archie I sure do like The Boys seem like you always now them & they fell right at home with me.

In thot of you Kids But have been so broke up you never know what like to give only grandkid you have up & especially the way she went. I’ve cryed enof to float ship think my heart were brock. We love her so dearly.

Well Can’t think anything But sorrow & pain. I know you don’t want hear that. Weather this winter sure been cold.

Rain all day to day. Make you more lonely & Blue. Wish you lived close life is so short. Hear today & gone tomorrow.

Write Me Kids

With all my love,

Your sis Mamie Williams

A W Hackerott Jr. 1981

Date on envelope: Feb 14, 1981

Hackerott Jr.

998 Prospect

Phillipsburg, Kans. 67661

Dear Mable –

This is Lucille’s new address.

                        2600 Prinston Blvd

                        Lawrence KS  66044

We have had as mild a winter that I ever saw for Kans. We also are very dry & the last two days it has been real windy and quite a bit of dust blowing.

I was down to Bob & Lucille’s for Xmas it sure makes a long drive for me now. A little over 300 miles & $52.00 worth of gas. From what we hear gas prices will be higher yet by the n of the year. I had the flu about 3 weeks before Xmas then I caught it again when I was down to there place. The last time I was really sick for a week & I haven’t felt good summer sun to straighten me out.

Your cousin called & told me that you had called about the earth quake. I hadn’t heard it on the news until after she called.

I called & talked to Lucille this morning she said Aunt Laura had had bladder infection but was feeling better now. Grandma Leach is with them now. Francis & Ralph was at there place for dinner one day last week. They had been down to Topeka to visit their daughter Martha.

I have been looking for a motor home but haven’t found one I like so far. All the new ones are very expensive. Maybe I couldn’t afford to go camping with it anyway. We still want to make a fishing trip to Canada or Alaska. I guess this summer or fall we will go to South or maybe N Dakota & try our luck up there.

Well must close

Love, Jr. 

1943 - Attorney for Pearl Wineland

Joseph Choate

Lawyer

530 West Sixth Street

Los Angeles

July 25, 1943.

Mr. & Mrs. Archie Wineland,

857 Thistle Street,

Seattle, Washingon.

Dear Mr. & Mrs. Wineland:

For some time your sister-in-law, Mrs. Pearl Wineland, of Los Angeles, has been conferring with me concerning her domestic difficulties and has at last decided to institute proceedings to obtain a divorce from Ervin Wineland, her husband, o n the groud of desertion. She has told me of your letter to her from time to time since his departure from Los Angeles, and in view of all that has tanspired since hs departure, and from your letters, undoubtedly you are in sympathy with her decision.

First, may I convey to you her assurance and also mine, that there is no desire or intention of proceeding any further than the mere matter of obtaining a divorce on the grounds of desertion. All that which has transpired heretofore is a closed matter so far as she is concerned except that she now feels that she should obtain her freedom after five years.

With this assurance coming from her I am writing task if you will assist her in serving upon her husband, Ervin Wineland, a copy of the Complaint for divorce? She has not known of his whereabouts since his departure and is not interested in his present whereabouts but as you undoubtedly know, under the law, a person must be personally served with a copy of the Complaint by any person over eighteen years of age, or it will be necessary fro Mrs. Wineland t go to the added expense of publishing for a period of three months, the fact that said complaint had been filed in the Countyof Los Angeles. In order to save Mrs. Wineland the cost of this publication I am writing you to ask if you will do her the favor of serving a copy of the Complaint if the copy is sent to you, or if you wish to have someone else serve it upon him will you see that the Complaint is put in the hand of someone else for service. All that needs to be done is to hand it to him personally.

In the event Mr. Ervin Wineland I not in your vicinity, then, if I sent you a copy of the Complaint will you send it to the Constable of the town where he resides, so that it may be served upon him? Whatever expenses are incurred in making the service will sent to you immediately after the service has been made, so that you will not be involved in any expense.

This procedure is suggested because your sister-in-law, Mrs. Pearl Wineland, thought that you might not care to disclose to her where her husband now is, and as I have said, she is not interested in his whereabouts only that she would like to have him serve personally rather than incur the expense of publication.

If you can assist Mrs. Wineland in this matter it will be greatly appreciated. I am enclosing a self-addressed, stamped envelope for your reply, and if you will assist her in this matter we will send to you by return mail a copy of the Complaint with instructions.

Thanking you for your early attention to this matter, I am

Very truly yours,

(signed)

JC:M

1962 - Geo & Ila

Osborne, Kansas.

Dec, 13^th. 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 25^th 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 3^rd and got my fifty year Masonic pin. I was in fifty years in June 1961 but dint get my pinuntil the 3^rd. 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

1950 - Archie Wineland?

10 – 16 – 1950

6336 – 32^nd – SW

Seattle, 6 Wash..

Dear Uncle Geo, and Aunt Violet,

Got your nice letter so will answer before I forget. Aunt Violet, that was a nice newsy one you wrote Shirley. Glad you got to take a trip, and I know you Folks enjoyed it. Did you get to see the Building at Coz Geos, that they used in taking the Picture? I got quite a kick out of that. Quite a country out there isn’t it? I don’t believe I’ve seen Lucille since we came west, yet mabe I have, any way I’ll bet if I met her I’D know her for sure. You wrote about the Deer hunting in Utah, ts about the same situation here, Irv and I were out opening Day up over the pass, and we never saw one. Ran into lots of Elk sign, but no Deer Probab ly too high up, but down lower there were too many hunters too suit me. The Game Dept estimates theres over 100,000 hunters that went out of Seattle. There has been 6 killed so far. (hunters) Very few Bucks so far. Irv and I plan on Going this Wk end. Ha an Elk hunt all fixed up, but the Fellow I was going with called up and decided he hadn’t better go ashe would loose too much time from work. Since I’m working too, it isn’t so disappointing as we can go over east from of the Mts and take in a Sat and Sun and loose no time. Next door neighbors Father killed a bear yesterday, and his 12 year old grandson killed the young one. Old mother bear weighed 175 and small one 75, I’ll bet the grandson feels big. I saw a black bear that was killed yesterday, and it was awful thin. Theres lots of bear in this country.

See by the paper they had a big rain around Natoma, bet the wheat is big enough for pasture. Would like to be back there, I’d go after that buck I saw. Hope Ralph got the alfalfa sowed. I wrote Warrena, but haven’t heard from her. Guess I’l have to write Ralph and find out what kind of a deal he will make. Mom and Shirley say they will be back, but mom says she wants to know what the set up is before she quts her job to go. What do you think would be a good and fair deal for both? I know one thing for sure, if I ever go back to the Ranch I’m never going to come back to this contry. I do think tho that it would be a better deal than working. Cattle are going to be high, and every thing else for