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place to move. We got the crop so the harvesting had to this time of year, 26°. We have felt pretty well this winter
be done, as I said before, our crop wasn’t too good. Any- of 1965 and 1966. Take medicine to keep going both will
way we looked and looked and finally decided on a house always have to take high blood pressure medicine the rest
which we bought from Ray Houck, not much garden space of our lives, I guess. February of 1966 has been a very nice
though. The garage needs painting, and quite a lot of repair month, in fact outside of some heavy snows around Christ-
work will have to be done on the house sometime in the mas and New Year’s, we’ve had a wonderful winter.
future. We, with the help of Gerald Bruce, Cecil Holmes’s,
The children and families were all here for Thanksgiving
Gale Plato’s and Thelma and Marilyn (Daniel) moved to
- except Jim who is in the Service, Betty, who is in Arizo-
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town on a Sunday afternoon, 12 of September as Jerry’s
na and Terry who was at Klamath Falls going to school.
finished moving up their household goods that day (Sep-
Now later March 1, 1966, Jim is at Fort Hood, Texas. Terry
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tember 12 ). We hadn’t planned to move until the 14 or
didn’t go to school 2 semester – so is to leave next Mon-
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15 , so Jerry’s moved in as we moved out. Amy Anderson
day for the Service. Betty’s still at Tucson, Arizona, expect-
who was living here moved out just in time for us to move
ing to be home the last of May.
in. Such a day and were we all tired. Ramona and Gale had
us out to their place for supper. Barbara, Ramona, and Lou- Otto goes to town every afternoon – visits, and gets the
ise Zimmerman cleaned the cupboards, walls, floors all day mail. I go to Sunday School on Sundays, to Relief Society
Monday. Glad we moved on Sunday, as it was a lovely day. on Tuesday, and go to the HEO Club out where we lived,
An old neighbor and friend of ours, Mrs. Shelley’s funeral all in all time goes so fast.
was in the p.m. so I went to it while the girls worked.
My brother, Lewis W. Walt, Major 2 Star General of the
Ramona and Barbara came back the next day and cleaned U.S. Marines has been in the news often this past year; as
and waxed floors. Eventually we got pretty well settled. he has been put in command of the Marine forces in Viet-
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September 16 was real cold this year, coldest on record for nam. He has been on T.V. a number of times and has made