Letter from home, December 7, 2014

Dear ones: The Austin Family Dinner is behind us. We survived another Austin get-together. I got home about 5 pm Saturday. Sunday afternoon your dad and I met ’The Sibs’ at the Windrow. They all had eaten lunch but we got there in time for me to join them for coffee. Afterwards, we all moved the party to the Y where we watched the creston area theatre , the “Regifter”. It was just pretty hilarious and I had worked with one of the actors at Heat Tech. Aunt Mary worked with him too and she said “Bill isn’t really acting. That’s how he is.” which was ‘cheap’. haha

With the ‘party’ done and over, now we ‘girls’ will look forward to seeing the Nutcracker Suite next Sunday, December 15. At Hoyt Sherman. Did you all know Hoyt Sherman Place is haunted? Supposedly. And the house is historic. We should go back someday to tour the original house.


“Hoyt Sherman Place, built in 1877 for Hoyt Sherman who served as a Major in the civil war and started Equitable Insurance of Iowa. The house stood empty after his death until 1907 when members of The Des Moines Women's Club began using it as their clubhouse. The Women's Club added a gallery to display their art collection and thus Hoyt Sherman Place became the first public art museum in the City of Des Moines. The Des Moines Women's Club, always active in the community, invited many guest speakers to Hoyt Sherman Place to entertain and educate. Speakers included: Amelia Earhart, Helen Keller and Grant Wood. Eventually they needed more room for their speakers and activities, and the 1400 seat theater was completed in 1923.”

　

I worked today in the school kitchen, 6:30 - 2 pm. I will work again to tomorrow ‘same time; same place. I am going to decline Wednesday and Thursday but have agreed to work Friday.

And here are some photos from the Austin reunion: 

                                                                                    Until next week,  Love, Mama