Awake: 5:40am Temp 66 sleep 6+27 sunny overnight @ Nicktown, PA.
K & I drive separate cars, attend 8:00 am Mass & then join the Koffee Klub. Kathy leaves early to visit the Foote family & do some much needed cooking & baking in prep for the party following the Baptism of Nathaniel on Saturday. They also plan to take the boys to the Indiana County Fair in the afternoon.
Meanwhile, Roger & I stay later with the KK & then, tour the nearby towns of Spangler & Barnesboro to renew Roger’s memory of yesteryears. We even peruse Paul’s Shoe Store in Barnesboro that has been a mainstay in town since the early 40’s.
Next, with Roger as my guest, we attend the Thursday Rotary meeting & have lunch. After that yummy & comfortable experience, we fulfill Kathy’s grocery list by shopping in Ebensburg @ the Wal-Mart. After properly placing the groceries in our refrigerator in the bus, Roger & I visit Dick K. who lives only a few blocks from our motorhome. Dick quit school right after 8th grade but has done very well for himself & his family. We spend over an hr talking & updating each other on the porch & then I return Roger to his sister’s home.
Dinner: BLT’s & corn on the cob from Flossy.
Kathy’s day was delightfully busy with the boys, baking & cooking and going to the fair. The fair is set up @ 4 blocks from the Foote house but it’s definitely a slow & exploratory walk with the boys. They enjoyed the kids section with all its activities, esp. the tractor riding. It was a hot day so Kathy treated the boys to ice cream cones which melted faster than they could be consumed; the boys, esp. Andrew, wore as much as he ate!
Evening movie: “The Great Lie” with Mary Astor, Bette Davis, George Brent, Lucile Watson, Hattie McDaniel, etc. Brent marries Davis when alliance with Astor is annulled. He is lost in plane crash, leaving Davis & pregnant Astor to battle each other & the elements. 1941. Not too shabby of a story. Astor does her own concert pianist playing & won an Oscar by doing so.
Lights out: 11:33pm
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