Letter from friends Alice and Andy to Dr. Wilsey
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[The following is a letter written to Wilsey from Alice and Andy, friends from home.]
Wed. July 18
Dearest Dave:—
We are really having summer
now and everyone is glad.
Wish you were here to help
eat some of our vegetables, every-
thing was so late in getting started
tho I’m afraid the frost will
take the squash and tomatoes.
Andy is busy these days, has
had a man here this week and
last working they have gone
over the field and it’s a big
job especially when its hot.
Think Edyth Greer is back at
work, Dr. Roantree isn’t tho,
guess he had a heart attack.
heard he couldn’t climb thoes [sic]
stairs for a long time so
would just operate. You said
that would happen to him.
[I told Alice & a few other good friends my “diagnosis” pre-Carlisle][1]
We had such a long nice letter
from Emily, Dave she can hardly
[2]
stand in you not seeing and
being able to enjoy Terry,[2] she
mentioned it a couple of times,
he sounds just perfect, my
how we’d love to see him.
Elko seems about the same,
Doris isnt well and has gone
to L.A. to her Dr. there, John
said she had to have a Minor
Operation and maybe another,
she’s been looking tired and
has been too, she’s learning to
fly, all the ranchers are busy
these days and people are
talking fairs now, there’s quite
a controversity [sic] going on, Ellis
(at the Stockmans Hotel) want’s a
Rodeo and he has a lot of backers
in it and Walters + Crunlet dont
think it will go over having a
fair too, the Stockmans is
very nice they are working
on the coffee shop now, I
havn’t seen any of their rooms
but it has all been cleaned
and lots of new furniture bought.
[3]
Mr. C. is very un happy over
the whole deal, and they are
going to do a lot of improving
and enlarging now, Chris is
moving the paper out and
the hotel will extend to the
corner, they are adding more
rooms also. Walters are moving
where Harold [(Adele)][3] Mahons lived
next to the S. Station on Idaho,
Mrs. C and children are here and
I guess she’s made Connie
very upset as nothing is right
at the house. He’s in the south
some place, Mexico I think in
training for over-sea’s duty.
Mrs Cox isn’t very well and
has gone to S. 7. Dick and Jane
took David to S.L. to a specialist
and they can’t remove his tonsils
till he’s built up, he’s had one spell
after another and is very frail looking
but so sweet, Jane is going to
[4]
have another baby [(We iz behind times.)][4] so is Thresia
Comish and she’s been miserable
and still is, & those Mrs (Dr.) Smith,
looked liked she was but Im
not sure, he has some compitation [sic]
now.
Andy had a funny spell one
evening not long ago, had a terrible
pain at the base of his skull,
by evening it was un bearable
and he was frightened too,
we called the new Dr. that
took your place he said
it was a muscle spasam
and worked with him, he
seemed very nice (not as nice as
you tho) and we like him, it’s
a funny thing tho, it Andy has a
ridge now all along his head where
the pain was isn’t that queer?
he was fine the next day tho.
Evelyn and children are in Oakland
for their vacation, they are just
sick about Gary the hearing has
gone completely from one ear, the
Dr. said it would never be
any good, and another said by
[5]
removing an obstruction it
could be helped.
We’ve been fishing a couple
of times not too much luck,
the fourth we went out to
Jeff hunts ranch (he’s sold
most of his tractors ect and
is on the ranch really working.)
Caught some nice fish, had lots
of good eats, butter beef cream
sure tasted good to us.
Well old Dear guess I’ve rambled
on enough, take care of your
self and rest when you can,
Love and Kisses,
Alive and Andy.
(Over)
[6]
The bull said to the farmer,
“if you want beef next spring
“Don’t fence me in,” corney eh?
in case you havn’t hear
“Dont fence me in” is a song.
[1] Bracketed text written by Wilsey in between lines.
[2] Wilsey’s infant son.
[3] Bracketed text inserted into original with a caret, by Wilsey.
[4] Bracketed text inserted into original with a caret, by Wilsey.