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1960, Sammy Mark was born to Edward and Dot on Sep- Otto’s brother’s, Fahey and Mabel at Utica, Kansas. While
tember 14. Edward, Dorothy, Jim and Terry joined the LDS there, we visited many various friends and our nieces and
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church and were baptized on our 41 wedding anniversary nephews at Gove and Utica.
(1958). I was very happy about this. Then Cheryl and I
We drove to Wichita for the Reunion. Had a lively time –
were baptized January 14, 1961 in the LDS Church. Gale
all there but Don Walt and Fannie Chandler. From Wichi-
and Ramona and Wanda also joined the LDS Church and
ta we went to Delia and Holton, Kansas; visited my young-
were baptized March 4, 1961. Randy was baptized Septem-
est sister Alberta at Iola on the way. We visited Aunt Dora
ber 28, 1964. I’ve never regretted joining this church and
Lewelling at Holton, and Fannie Lewelling Decker and
do enjoy going to Sunday School and Sacrament.
husband near Holton, and Ray Lewelling and wife near
Otto makes up our winter’s supply of wood during the late Delia, then we drove to Topeka to visit my sister Hazel. We
spring months as it’s green wood and has to season. went to Kansas City by bus from there to visit two of Otto’s
nieces and family there – Wanda Wheatcroft Willette and
My sister Blanche Evans and some of the others planned a
husband and son, and Ethel Elaine Burlingame and hus-
Walt Reunion for the year of 1958 – month of November,
band. We came back to Topeka and stayed with Hazel and
Thanksgiving Day at Wichita, Kansas. We planned and got
Charles (her son), a day or two then we drove back to Utica
to go. We left here the evening of November 4 , stopped
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to Fahey’s again. Stayed there until the 1 of January. We
overnight at John’s and Larena’s. We visited Reba and Don
drove to Dighton, Kansas to visit friends for a day or two.
Regli and family near Lewistown, Montana, Dale and
Grace Maag and girls at Fort Collins, Colorado, our niece One cold morning aways below zero we headed south for
Louise Evans Pearce and family at Wallace, Kansas, also vis- Arizona. Was cold all day. Friends of ours from Gove, Kan-
ited Blanche and Bill at Aurora, Colorado for a few days. sas, Charles and Clara Hefner also went (met us at Digh-
nd
Just short visits at the others. We visited several weeks at ton). The 2 day we had warmer weather. We reached Ar-
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