Concord, NC

February 12, 1948

Dear Mavis,

I received your letter today and also had a letter from Harding and one from Aunt Lole. This is Thursday and the first day the mail came since Monday. Monday morning it looked like snow so I carried in a lot of wood. It began snowing about ten o'clock and snowed all day and all night. Pop went to work Monday evening and I haven't seen him since. (I suppose he is staying at Muriel's). None of the folks around here went to work Tuesday. Buck and Dulcie haven't worked since Monday unless they worked today. I think Dulcie worked for she would have been to see me. The snow was 8 inches deep and was drifted some places to 18 inches. I shoveled a path to the well and the barn. I didn't try to water any of the stock Tuesday but fed them. Yesterday I carried water to them. Today I turned the cows out and they drank water in the lane.

It poured down rain all last night and until nine o'clock this morning. It is warmer and the snow is soft and slushy, but still plenty on the ground yet. I have not been lonesome so far. You know I enjoy listening to the radio and like to read and can find something to sew. I went down to Dulcie's yesterday evening after I had done the feeding and made a sheet out of some white feed sacks. They were not at home, but the door was not locked so I went in and had been there an hour before they came. They were at Mr. Towell's but hadn't seen me go in. Dulcie had been making herself a ddress she had it finished. It is a dark brown. It was dark when I had my sheet finished. They wanted me to spend the night but I thought it best to come home. I wouldn't let them come with me. I told them I would walk slowly and as soon as I turned on the light they would know I was at home. The snow made it light and I had no trouble reaching home.

Harding came home last Friday night. Sunday was a very nice day and we had Sunday School. The sun didn't shine but it didn't rain. After church we went to town to get Muriel and a card on their door said they had gone to Wilmington. I had talked to Muriel in the store Saturday and she said she was coming out here. I suppose someone was going down there and asked them to go along.

Saturday was the first time I had been to town since before Chrismas to do any shopping. I got several cocoanuts and was going to bake a cake Saturday afternoon. I had to wash some of Harding's clothes and I was doing that when Buren's drove up. They wanted me to keep the three smaller kids while they took Jerry to town to buy him a pair of shoes. Of course I couldn't refuse so I didn't get my cake baked until nine o'clock that night, but it was the best one I have ever baked. The layers were light and fluffy. I put it together with whipped cream and used plenty of it and plenty of cocoanut - it was pretty. I put 24 candles on it to celebrate Dulcie's birthday. I thought Howard and Ruth were coming for dinner. Howard was at church but he said Ruth had planned dinner at home. They came over Sunday evening. I warmed up stuff left from dinner and they ate supper. I had fried a chicken. Ruth gave Dulcie two pretty blouses for her birthday. I gave her an ice tea spoon in her silver. Buck gave her money for a permanent, a dress and a pair of shoes. They went to Charlotte Saturday night and had supper. They were invited to supper at Mrs. Towell's Sunday night. Harding said it was snowing up there and was 8 inches deep when he wrote. The is not any school in the county this week.

Hope this finds you all well.

Love,

Mother