August 10, 1966 "Jim has been busy today repairing some of the electrical appliances"

P.S. We’ll be here until Tues Aug 16^th, Regards to all the family                 

August 10, 1966, Pana, Illinois

Dear Mom and Dad,

We drove down yesterday in Bob and Tala’s car in exactly 2 hours. I know the kids are growing up because no one complained or fought the whole trip. We are having a nice visit – the kids are really enjoying themselves. Davy spent the night here and the boys really hit it off fine. B has been behaving like a real lady the whole trip. You know how well she can do when she tries  -  helping with the baby etc.

As luck would have it – Lorraine and the girls are in Pana too spending a week with Mrs. Millot. 

Jim’s mom and dad are both looking well and feeling o.k. too. His mom was telling me they have some new treatment for emphysema – but she can’t take it because it contains penicillin. I wish Julius could get it though. 

Last Monday Douglas’s girlfriend got baptized and Mildred was her godmother.

Jim has been busy today repairing some of the electrical appliances around here.

All the things we sent his mom really look pretty. The curtain is just beautiful. I’m sure yours will look wonderful too. I especially like the wood carving from Mallorca. It is so beautiful. They also received the mantillas we sent.

I’ve been trying to track down the things we sent and most of them have arrived. Anita K___ received her guest towels but her mom’s did not arrive and I sent them a month sooner.

Tala still did not receive the beaded bag either. The Sadies are going on their Gary, Ind. Trip this weekend. Mary Chick called me before we left. Your old barber Lucas died this week also.

We still have so much to do. When we get back Jim must look in his safe deposit box. I still have to get the kids shoes, get over to Dover Pl., call Sr. J.J. and get out to Fontbonne.

The biggest laugh we have gotten so far is that, except for Helen and Rudy C., no one has asked us anything about Europe. No one is the least interested – and I can understand it.

Received a letter from Don – He spent a month in Campinas and found a month’s mail waiting for him. He said he received your letter from London, Dad.

More Later,

Love

Dina