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hundreds of rugs, and purchased one for shipment to Arabia. This is the
rug we have used in our family room in Lafayette. We went to a local
Christian church where I served as best man when Craig Wayman mar-
ried Meg Burr. After the wedding dinner that night, we parted, as they
were going on their honeymoon and we were going to meet Helen and
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able to exchange dollars for francs and get a taxi to our reservation at
Hotel Reynolds. The French taxi driver, with usual Parisian discourtesy,
found it almost impossible to understand the hotel name. Upon our ar-
rival, the desk clerk denied that Helen and Stan had arrived. Nonethe-
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from Stan. They had been there despite the desk clerks denials.
We spent several days on tours in Paris, Versailles, Fontaineb-
leau, etc. The architecture in Paris on some of the main streets is mag-
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under my coat. We began to learn that what we then thought to be un-
usual coincidences will occur periodically in life. In the elevator in the
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to go to the Folies Bergere. We bought our tickets and sat down. Soon,
Craig and Meg Wayman came to the Follies on the same night, sat on
the same row, just two seats away from us. A French couple between us
agreed to swap seats so that we could sit together and talk as we enjoyed
the show.
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ley. A week before we were to return to Arabia, Jean became ill, weak
and nauseated. Grant advised that she was pregnant. I was due to work
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ry had invited us to stay with them in their new home in Westchester
County. Jean felt so badly the entire week that she hardly got out of bed.
The Corrys were very kind and hospitable. I was concerned about Jeans
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felt well. We tried to see sights in London for a couple of days but she
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