April 25, 1967

3819 E. Farr Place

Tucson 85716

Dear Family,

The above address is the “sus Casa” the telephone number is 326-0665. We were reluctant to move into this house as it put us in a Ward we did not want to be in. The house is owned by Brother Jesperson and he would almost give it to us rent free so that we could be close to them. He completely renovated the house. Installed a new bath, (shower) and bought new dressers etc. We just did not have the courage to tell him no. Mother as usual when something like this happens, had almost worked herself sick, but she does have the place looking somewhat like a home and has unpacked some of her “chivas” that have been in storage. We will stay here until we go on our trip with Lloyd in June, so you all have an address and there is no excuse for not writing. This house would not be too bad except for the neighbors on both sides. One of them, a Mormon is semi-retired and spends a lot of his time looking for bottles in the desert. His house looks like a tribe of drunken Indians lived there . Bottles, bottles, bottles. Bottles piled high in the patio, bottles on the roof, bottles in the driveway and bottles in the windows. I would not be surprised if he had bottles in his bed. On the other side is a Mexican Family. We had scarcely unpacked our suitcases when the little Mexican Girl came to the door to borrow a piece of soap. I imagine it was just to check us out. We must have looked pretty poor as she has not been back since.

We spent a couple of days with Marta and Bob, trying to help them finish their move. I was not of much use as it was raining and I had a hard time doing anything except breath. Lloyd and Carol were coming over but Mark came down with some ‘bug’ and was running a high fever. Hope you are better Mark. We missed seeing Brian. Lloyd and Carol sent us some precious pictures of “Himself” just before we left Hawaii. How about some late pictures of Lloyd Edward? He must be big enough now to dig potatoes.

The paper last night indicated that it was raining in Hawaii, San Fran, and L.A. and snowing in Lake Tahoe and Utah. At least we have sun here although it takes Mother quite a while to become reconciled to Arizona. She stops speaking to me when we reach Yuma and says nothing pleasant when she does talk. She is getting acclimated again though. We played golf to-day for the first time in months.

Lloyd, while we were in Hawaii, Rina was given an exercise board for holding some sort of “hen” party, (like Tupper ware). Mother used this board and it seems to have done her back a lot of good. We cannot find one here. The only name she could find on the board was “Fun Board” made in Compton California. It is a composition board and about 12” square sitting on a base board about 10” square with ball bearings between the two boards. You stand on it with hands against the wall and twist the body through the turning of the board. I understand Compton is near you. We would appreciate it if you would try to locate this company and ascertain where we can purchase the board. We hope and pray that Mark has recovered.

All our Love,

Dad