{"id":114686,"date":"2022-06-02T14:55:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T21:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=114686"},"modified":"2022-06-02T14:56:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T21:56:46","slug":"letters-to-penny-silver-and-carol-kerns-from-mother","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=114686","title":{"rendered":"Letters to Penny Silver and Carol Kerns from mother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EE-4 g<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Riverside Calif.<br \/>\nJan 20 \u2013 78<\/p>\n<p>Dear family,<\/p>\n<p>Well it has been sometime since I heard from you and I am beginning to wonder why you don&#8217;t write. I wrote a combination letter to all of you like this one will be.<\/p>\n<p>Richard &amp; family spent a few days with us at Christmas time. We really enjoyed having them.<\/p>\n<p>Their house was robbed while they were here. I don&#8217;t know what all they took except some Christmas presents.<\/p>\n<p>We sure have had a lot of rain &amp; of course snow in the mountains which is really needed.<\/p>\n<p>And then he has been staying with me since the 1st of the month but will move the last of the month.<\/p>\n<p>Jeanette &amp; the baby were over Sunday or Sat. before Christmas and took me to lunch. We all exchanged gifts and had a real nice visit.<\/p>\n<p>The baby talks a blue streak. When we would say goodbye to people, &#8220;She would say have a nice Christmas,&#8221; and people would be surprised at grown up talk coming from such a little girl. Michelle talks like that too, no baby talk at all, as their parents don&#8217;t go for it and I don&#8217;t either.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow is Richard&#8217;s birthday 28 years old I think or maybe 30. Come to think of it I think he was born in 1948.<\/p>\n<p>Tommy &amp; Kathleen will be parents in May or June. They are happy about it.<\/p>\n<p>Mavis\u2019s\u00a0 parents are coming for a visit in April. Hope they get to see the new baby. Gotta sign off for now. Write some time.<\/p>\n<p>All my love, Mother &amp; grandmother<\/p>\n<p>[Envelope addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Andy Silver &amp; Carol in Georgetown, Guyana]<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>EE-4-R<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Riverside Calif.<br \/>\nApr 6 \u2013 78<\/p>\n<p>Dear ones,<\/p>\n<p>Well I am finally getting around to answering your letter which was waiting for me when I got home from a month&#8217;s vacation in the <u>North country ha<\/u>!<\/p>\n<p>I visited Phil &amp; Vickie &amp; Timmy for a week and a week with Aunt Helen and family, and two weeks with Jerry and family and Aunt Emma, also 5 days with my friend Frances Mathews and son Robert. They live on Camano Island.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone was so nice to me, I will never forget such a lovely time. I plan on going to Phoenix for Thanksgiving or after the weather cools off.<\/p>\n<p>Phil and Vicki are doing real good and have a lot of nice friends. Ruth Ellen called me last night, she and Bruce had a 6# baby girl yesterday morning. They seem so happy. They named her Katie and I didn&#8217;t get the 2nd name. The family tree is really branching out. We finally got a hard rain which really cooled things off.<\/p>\n<p>Did I tell you that Tom and Kathleen had a baby girl May 23, she weighed nine and a half pounds. Milton and Norine stay well and happy and busy.<\/p>\n<p>Well dear family, I&#8217;ll sign off and try to write to Carol. If she doesn&#8217;t get a letter with yours tell her one will be coming soon.<\/p>\n<p>All my love, Mother<\/p>\n<p>[Envelope addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Andy Silver in Georgetown, Guyana]<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>EE4-x<\/p>\n<p>[Envelope addressed to Mrs. A.M. Silver in Georgetown, Guyana]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Riverside Calif.<br \/>\nOct 4 \u2013 78<\/p>\n<p>Dear ones,<\/p>\n<p>Guess I\u2019d better start a few lines to you so I can mail it tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>I really enjoyed getting your letter &amp; the pictures. Thanks a lot. Milton and Norine like them too and remarked at how nice you looked since losing weight.<\/p>\n<p>Your yard really looked nice &amp; green and of course it is.<\/p>\n<p>No news around here only the eternal hot weather. I thought I had forgotten how to sweat, but not so.<\/p>\n<p>I spent last week in Long Beach with Jeanette and Jafar &amp; the baby. They are doing ok. Just as hot there as anyway worse. I think as they don&#8217;t have refrigeration, only a square fan on the floor. I had a nice time anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Milton and Norine will spend the last week of this month in Hawaii. I am glad they can get away. They both work hard &amp; deserve a vacation.<\/p>\n<p>Did I tell you that Don Ellis died of cancer in May? He didn&#8217;t last too long after he was stricken, which was a blessing.<\/p>\n<p>After the weather cools off I will go to Ariz for a change.<\/p>\n<p>Richard &amp; Sharon have invited me for Christmas and I hope to make it.<\/p>\n<p>I am sure you enjoyed seeing all these interesting men, also reading the good books.<\/p>\n<p>Thu 5th: Do you get to Georgetown very often? And how far do you live from there?<\/p>\n<p>Mary Ware moved to Sacramento to live with her oldest daughter. The City condemned their old house she lived in. Reyna\u00a0 can&#8217;t do any improvements on it on it but can rent it as is, which sounds crazy to me.<\/p>\n<p>Today is dark and gloomy and I hafta go to the PO for stamps before I can mail this. I also have other mail to send off.<\/p>\n<p>Well dear family I&#8217;ll sign off for now and pay some bills.<\/p>\n<p>All my love, Mother<\/p>\n<p>PS Tell Carol I\u2019ll write to her in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>PS again.\u00a0 Your letter was unsealed when it got here. \u201cLick a little more next time.\u201d Ha!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EE-4 g Riverside Calif. Jan 20 \u2013 78 Dear family, Well it has been sometime since I heard from you and I am beginning to wonder why you don&#8217;t write. I wrote a combination letter to all of you like this one will be. 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