Dear Sis,

It was such a pleasure hearing from you again. I'm so glad that things are going well for you at your job, but I still can't fathom how a pretty young gal like yourself can live alone in a city the size of San Francisco.

Our summer is off to a fun start already. Ed and the kids and I took part in an auto-caravan to the Strawberry Festival down in Bellevue. The paper said that there were 125 cars involved, but it sure seemed like a lot more to me. Anyway, we all drove there for "Kirkland Day". We had a big banner for Kirkland, and we were all tooting colored horns. We were so well received, that when we all pulled in, a crowd of handsome young men gave out three resounding cheers for Kirkland!

Of course, seeing all those automobiles got Ed going again about wanting a new car. He keeps trying to tell me that even though the cannery's been automated, there's no chance of him losing his job. But, like Momma always said, you can't be too careful. I'm not about to see him spend six or seven hundred dollars while we've got a perfectly fine car already. He keeps bringing it down to Blau Chevrolet because they've got a new pressure-washer, but I know he's down there gawking at the latest models.

We're sure looking forward to when you travel up north next month on your vacation. That new park at Juanita Beach that I told you about is opening at the end of the month. Ed and I drove by it recently, and it's a honey! It looks like a regular little Coney Island! They've even got a 5000 square foot maple dance floor. Who knows what kind of nice people you could meet there on a warm summer night? Hmm?

Before you get here though, I will warn you that things might be jumping when you arrive. It seems that Sister Aimee may come up from Los Angeles for a revival meeting. Now I grant you, when we went to California a few years ago to visit Auntie Marg, we saw Sister Aimee's temple and I was moved to tears. It was so beautiful. But after what happened last summer, I can't for the life of me understand how anyone can trust that woman. From what I've read in my magazines, she's far from being as lily-white as she led people to believe.

Nonetheless, we're anticipating your visit. I sure wish that I could convince you to move out of the city and come live up here, but you're strong-willed like Poppa, God rest his soul. But I have to tell you, up here you can still enjoy the hustle-bustle of the city, and still live in a nice small community like we grew up in back East. They're paving the ferry slip, so going into Seattle is getting easier all the time, and I doubt that you can rent a house down there for $20 a month. Besides, with the Navy building that new base across the lake, you might get lucky and find a man in uniform in your future!

Well, I could go on all day, but we'll have to talk more about this when you get up here.

Love and Kisses

Mary Jo

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