Tuesday night

November 2, 1948

Dear Mavis,

We received your letter yesterday. Glad you are back home and feeling better.

I am listening to the election returns - so far there is nothing definite. Pop and I went to vote about nine o'clock this morning. We stayed until 12 o'clock, came home and ate dinner then went back. Pop came home at 2 o'clock and went to work. I stayed on until nine o'clock tonight. I helped count the tickets.

I saw a lot of people I hadn't seen since the last election. I enjoyed seeing and talking with them again. Victoria had a job with the Democrats. She and Bertie used Ken's car to haul people to vote. She said she was to get $25 for the day's work. I think she should have more respect for Buren's feelings. She had asked me to keep the children for her today. I told her I might have to work myself, so I don't know who kept them. I hope Buren had the courage to vote like he wanted to. She made the remark today that Buren didn't have much sense when she married him but she had learned him a lot.

A lot of people ask me about you and the twins and wished you good luck with them. I talked with Paul Cline's wife who has 12 children. Paul is helpless. She has to feed him and help him in and out of bed. Said she had to keep one of the girls out of school to help her. She still looks young and good looking. I talked to Mrs Martin Walter who as you know has 14 children. She looks young yet. Then Mrs LeRoy Dry has 13 children, 10 living. She doesn't look more than 40 years old. So you shouldn't worry if these women have survived so many. You should get along with four. We are going to send you some things just as soon as we can get them together and get them off.

I am glad you changed the babies names. I like them much better than the first. I asked Elsie Cook what a Sonny weighed when he was born. She said three pounds and Franes only weighed five pounds. She said you didn't have anything to worry about in regard to weight.

Mr. Henry Winecoff, who died several weeks ago, left Mt. Carmel Church one thousand dollars. He was a member of our church in his youth. We certainly are deeply appreciative and wish he had given it while alive so we could thank him.

Harding's ballot reached here and was put in the boxes late this evening.

Love to all,

Mother

PS: Tell Johnnie I'll send him something for his birthday, but it won't get there Saturday.