06-05-1924

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                                                            N. Logan Utah R #2 Box 17.

                                                                        June 5th 1924

Dearest Lovis   Your dear and welcome letter written May 29 been recived and we thank you ever so much. It is now noon hour we had our dinner and your Dad just now left for town to pay our water tax so I am here all along and I will stop to talk to you for a while I been bisy all forenoon doing all kinds of od[d] jobs and are tired already. yesterday  I was visiting the sick but as theere is so manny sick in Our ward I did not get around to but a few of them as theere is sick children in every home, Verna is almost better now she is upp but she looks bad, Ellies all 3 children are sick in bed with the measels Ivalo has an awful cauph along with the Measels. Sister Ormond is sick in bed the Dr been out several times he came out this morning at 8 30 she had a bad hart  and she is getting dropsical the Dr says it is a very lingering sickness, I hope she will soon get well as I dont know what I will do without sister Ormond our good neabor.

            I got all kinds of News to tell you and I will begin telling you that last Monday Vanda Nyman runn away and got Married to a Lawrenson in Preston, her Parents did not knew a thing about it,

            last Sarturday I saw Miss M. Nebeker in town and she told me that Darold Merrill runn away from home last fall and been gone all winter without his Mother knew where he was and he just returned here the other week or day. Edla Dallof is dead she been sick for a long time and been in a S Lake hospital she had female complaint she was buried a few days ago. Sister Hopkins is leaving for Los Angeles next Monday and she is going to leave the little girls with Barbara and Wales here to batch it. Well I dont care just so Gorge will stay Away for I am actual scared to death of that boy.

            Well Lovis from what I now have told you shows that the very best of poeple have troubble and worrie. I been thinking then what can be expeckted of me and for me to have but then again I think well the Lord knows my hart and that it is not my fault that Arthur runn Away.

            I am thankful to God that He inspiried you to write such comforting letter to me or to Your Dad & I. We have both read it through several times and last nigth we read it togather  as we were ready to go to bed, I am sorry you been sick and had Dr Hector to cometot see you, I guess you soon got better as you said you were going to Moss Wood Park Decoration Day. Well how is Vanettea Did she come to your place while she was waiting for to be strong enouph to work, and was she in Moss Wood Park on Decoration Day. Mebe I will go upp to Kings this afternoon to se[e] Elisas [Elsa’s] baby. I am glad you feel like keeping on doing the secretarial work I can assure you that with – [no other pages with this letter. . . hopefully, I’ll find it. --CDS]