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Object Name |
Letter |
Description |
Letter, with birthday card and envelope, from Raymond Imus to Hannah House, on the occasion of her 90th birthday. The letter reads: Dear Hannah: A lot of water has gone down the old Columbia River since that day in Kiel, Germany where you were born. My hearty congratulations to you on reaching your ninetieth birthday! Few people ever enjoy this distinction and privilege. You came from good vigorous Viking stock and hae also lived a good life. I knew both your father and mother when your family lived out past the Shoffler place and east up the old Wickstrom Mill road. Your mother was a great help to my mother whose health was not good in those early days. I remember them telling about how your mother would buy a large sack of flour for a dollar at Lyson's Store and carry it on her shoulder six miles east to the farm beyond the Gore place. How many women in Kalama do you suppose could do this today? Mrs. Holmes, mother of Anna, Francis, Charlie, and John, started writing poetry when she was eighty. Each year after that she wrote a poem on her birthday of good quality and philosophy. These were all printed in the Kalama Bulletin and make very good reading. For you to have outlived your brother Peter and your sisters Frieda and Tilly shows the Lord has been real good to you, and you have a family of five sons and two daughters of whom you can be very proud. Futhermore how many people have 14 grand-children and 10 great grandchildren of whom they can be proud. This should be a great day for you, Tuesday January 20, 1970. What a magnificent view and grandstand seat you have there beside the grand old Columbia as the ships of the world pass to and fro as he rolls to the sea. Our best wishes and kindest thoughts are with you always but particularly on this important day. Sincerely you friend, Raymond Imus |
Date |
Jan. 17, 1970 |
Dimensions |
W-3.25 L-4.25 inches |
Place of Origin |
Kalama |
People |
House, Hannah Bengtson Imus, Raymond |
Search Terms |
Kalama people |
Catalog Number |
2013.0006.0052 |