December 26, 1981 Aunt Estelle wrote

Sat.  1981  Partly fair. 

Gene Lipps was in.  Bob Ratliffe and Ruth Reasor was in.  I was over to Ruth's, Mrs. Green's , down to Va. Shulers & up to Lizzie's.  Charlie & Jean Slemp had a baby boy today. 


Footnote:  Gene Lipps was a friend.  Bob Ratliffe is the husband of Hattie Frances, her niece.  Not sure who she is referring to as there were two Ruth Reasors in the neighborhood.  When she said she was over to Ruth's, I think she is referring to her sister-in-law, Aunt Ruth who was married to Estelle's youngest brother.  The other Ruth Reasor was a neighbor and I think she was a school teacher.   Mrs. Green was a neighbor and Virginia Shuler was her first cousin, actually a half first cousin as Estelle's mother, Lula was a half-sister to Virginia's mother, Aunt Rose Baker Slemp.   I think Charlie Slemp was the son of Herbert Slemp.  Herbert Slemp was Virginia's brother so he was a half-first cousin to Estelle too.  Did you get all that???