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country around Twin Falls, Boise, etc. was beautiful. ty Ann Daniel our oldest granddaughter graduated from
Troy Montana High School the spring of 1963. This year
We reached home around last of March. Really glad to be
of 1965, Terry Holmes graduated from Troy High School.
at home again.
This fall of 1965 Cecelia Holmes and Wanda Plato will be
My hands and feet seemed so swollen so went to Dr. Ed- sophomores in Bonners Ferry High School and oh, yes,
wards, and found my blood pressure was around 190. First Donna Mae Daniel will be a senior at Troy High School.
time to my knowledge I had high blood pressure. From Also Johnnie Daniel and Cheryl Marie Holmes will be
then on to this day I’ve had to take high blood pressure freshman at high school this fall of 1965. The rest of our
medicine. grandchildren will be in school as follows, Donnie Holmes
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an 8 grader, Randy Plato and Nancy Daniel and Larry
We neither one felt good the fall of 62. Otto wasn’t well.
Holmes are all in grade school. Jim is in the Service, joined
Got sick and near pneumonia was in the hospital a few
May 25, 1965. Betty Ann is at East Glacier Park working
days, wasn’t able to do much the rest of the winter. So we
at a lodge.
sold our few head of livestock except three head of young.
1963 he bought (in the spring) several head of feeder calves, June 9 , it’s very dry here – wheat isn’t very good, no spring
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paid too much for them. Sold most of them at a loss August crops either. Will be a good crop of 1 cutting of alfalfa.
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3, 1964. Haven’t owned any livestock since. We had a few
See by my diary I haven’t written any since June 9, 1965.
chickens – over a hundred, so still sell eggs to customers
Otto had listed our place to a real estate man, Irvin Din-
we’ve had for years. This spring of 1965 we got 100 pullets
ning in the spring. In August, he brought a young man by
and 25 cockerels. So that’s our chores now.
the name of Jerry Rice to look at our place. He and his wife
During these late years, Jimmy Holmes our eldest grandson Norma liked it so much they bought it in August (around
graduated from Troy High School in 1962 in May. Bet- the middle of August). We had only 30 days to find some-
