Milford chronicle., 1952-08-08
1889 Patricia Lane
Houston II, Texas
MI-9-1415
August /. 1852

MI-9-l4l5
August 1, 1862
Dear Friends:
Dinner Wednesday night at Ye
Old College Inn opposite Rice In
stitute terminated three very pleas
ant days with two very pleasant
Delawareans.
Sunday, the 9th of July, we re-
ceived a phone call in the after
noon from a Betty McSpadden at
the Shamrock Hotel. Hayes was a
little nOn-plussed about whom the
caller might be and then realized
that, of course, it was the former
Betty Newton of Bridgeville, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Warren New
ton. Betty and Doyle, her hubby.
have been travelling since early in
July through Missouri, Arkansas.
much of Texas and had just arriy-
ed here when they called.
Monday, the following morning.
we were invited over to the sham
rock Hotel to enjoy that fabulous
pool with Betty and Doyle. Hayes
was flying that day and couldn't
make it and 1 was afraid to take
Lynne and Dawn in a fresh water
pool, so / went over alone. This
was the second time l had parked
our car in the Shamrock garage
and the second time they exclaim-
ed over the Delaware license. Don't
imagine they see too many First
State tags.
The McSpaddens, who live in
Wilmington when they're home
were waiting for me in the lobby
We talked about being together
again and then went up to theiI
green" room and put on our bath
ing suits. l might explain here
that Betty, Hayes and my sister
Anne, all went to the University Of
Delaware at the same time.
Taking the elevator to the lower
level we quickly arrived at the
pool. Admission to the pool is {
dollar per person, even if you are
a guest of the hotel. Admission t.
the pool otherwise, can not b,
bought unless you have a million
aire friend who belongs to the mil
lionaire Cork Club of the Sham
rock. So naturally l was very
thrilled with Betty's and Doyle'
invitation. We were able to ge
an umbrella covered table by th,
pool, then we ordered a lemOnad
and drank in the colorful scener,
and the hot Texas sun. The spa
ciOus pool, to my surprise, was no
> at all hot from the sun, and this I'r
! sure is explained by the cOnstan
changing of water which is done b
the noisy pump we passed in tn
basement on our way to the poo
g l knew this might be my Onl
! chance ever to enjoy all this so
r decided to enjoy it to the fulles
and even made an attempt to div
off the diving boards there. Need
y less to say l didn't try the on
, 30 feet above the pool, that til
! Olympic stars had used just a fe1
, weeks ago. l dove off the very low
est one they had. Oh! we had fu
and if it hadn't been for the chill
\ dren left at home 1 could hav
4 stayed all day.
a About 1890 we had lunch by til
4 pool and Mrs. Reed McSpadden an
s her daughter, Barbara 10 joined l
# for lunch. AS you might have su
i missed Dorothy (Mrs. Reed McSpa
r DEM is DOyle's sister-in-law.
think Dorothy and Reed were qui
r hurt that Betty and Doyle didr
It stay with them Immediately wht
s they arrived in Houston, but Doy
a wanted Betty to fully see the Shan
1t rock during their weeks stay her
l. so they decided to stay over mig
I at the hotel and then JOIN the Hou
O ton McSpaddens for the rest of Il
# week.
t. Lunch, the swimming pool al