Milford chronicle., 1957-12-20
2S06 McAlister
Topeka, Kansas
December 16, 1857

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Dear Friends:
I've lust been doing some mend
ing in the closet, in the garage
storage closet no lessI Last week
Hayes saw a sewing machine ad-
gertised in the local paper and the
price for the second hand dream"
was ten dollars. We got in the car
and went to investigate. OF course,
t wasn't what we had pictured, but
since we had started we continued
our search and headed toward the
local Singer store. We gave the
terse saleslady our background
was a mother who could not sew,
but | had q ten-year-old daughter
who could and we wanted a ma
chine for her on which to learn.
In the back of the store | saw
what / thought our Lynne should
have for Christmas. There sat
someone's Dream" of 1911 vintage
with foot peddle and all. Miss
Pentz, Miss Smith and Mrs. Wells
all labored to teach me sewing in
Home Ec in Milford High.
/ had completely forgotten how
to thread the machine, how to get
the bobbin out of its cage, how to
get the rope (?) cord CD around
the WHEEL just had forgotten all
this in the past fourteen years
since / graduated. Since our ma
chine only cost $19 | couldn't ex-
pect a group of free instruction
lessons so l soaked up what was
offered and am experimenting with
torn sheets and pillow cases these
last few days before Christmas so
that when Lynne wants expert
advise / can speak with authority.
You are laughing of course
Hayes flew a celestial mission
last Sunday evening and since he
got in quite late, he had Monday
morning off. Here in town we have
a Santa Fe damage freight office
and it is the haunt of many Air
Force wives. We bought an Early
American deacon bench there about
year ago that we purchased for
half price. Other articles we
thought were bargains were linen
lamp shade for soc, a metal stor-
age closet, for clothes that was $40,
bucket rattan chairs for $3.50 and
always good buys on dented can
goods. / was ready to leave the
store Monday morning when out
from the warehouse comes Hayes
with a brass headboard, something
that we had been hunting for for
two months. 1t was exactly like we
wanted with three large brass
rings housed between the two bars.
A local furniture store said he
could order one for about $500. At
the Santa Fe shop we purchased
our bargain for $40.
While Hayes flew another mis-
sion in the AZ on Wednesday l
slipped over to Lawrence, the home
of the University of Kansas, and
the home of some nice campus
shops. We all think we're still col
lege age, don't we? Four of us Air
Force wives had fun doing last
minute shopping, antiquing and
then we had lunch at Ducks. 1t
wasn't place we would have
selected for the exterior nor in
terror as far as that goes but some
one suggested we eat there. We
were all delighted to find the menu
full of seafood. / had soft she'll
crabs that l haven't eaten since
last summer with Mother and Dad
at the Dinner Bell Inn at Reho-
both. They were so good.
Wednesday evening we received
phone call from Major Thomas
Bennett in Kansas City and he said
he had some male there who want
ed to talk to me. l could not guess
who, but was real pleased to find
out l was talking to Mr.. Grier Bay
mum. The Baynums used to visit
on Lake Avenue a lot when Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Davis owned the
home that is now the Avenue Meth