Tuesday, September 16, 2003
The Old Place on US 41;
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September 16, 2003
Terre Haute, IN
Joe Bill -
I hope everything is going ok with you in Missouri. It seemed like a short summer. Deer season will be here soon and, after that, Thanksgiving and then it's time for us to go to the desert for the winter. We had not planned to go to California at Thanksgiving time but the kids are trying to change our minds. We'll see.
When you and Brenda and Judy's Mom visited in June and drove out to the old place on North US41, I know you wanted to see more than you did. Judy and I caught the owners outside Sunday afternoon and we dared to say hello.
Your sister began to introduce herself by saying that she had lived at that place fifty years before and that her name was Judy....
And the owner, Margie, finished your sister's sentence... Hart. Told us that her mother bought the house, and then got married to a Pennsy Railroad man who had known your dad. Margie was born there 48 years ago and has lived there since.
The house was in the shape of an H when you lived here. The open parts have since been filled in to make a large square. Some of the windows that were exterior in the H structure were moved to the outside of the square. Marge says one or more of the H walls were removed to make a large open concept area inside around what was once the crossbar of the H. She didn't invite us to see.
Here are the pictures I took while your sister was talking to her.
