[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mary Jean, July 11, 1956] Page: 3 of 4
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AIR MAIL
You possibly know that Jesse Jones died a couple of weeks ago. Mrs.
Jones, Lena Carol and Mrs. Joe Evans were down for luncheon on yes-
terday.
The Oleanders have never been as beautiful than those on Avenue 0, or
rather, on our block. They are the prettiest I have ever seen. My lady
gardener seems to be turning out alright.
Manie's sister in Louisiana, who is 94 years old, was taken to a hospital
in Louisiana on yesterday, but Mamie rightfully decided that she was too old
to help or to do anything helpful, so she is not going to leave. Hazel is still
not back.
The gardens here, as well as everything else in Texas, are burning up
due to drouth, but the cotton crop, so far, seems to be holding up fairly
well. At Paragould, where they have had some rain, the crop is doing
nicely, but owing to the steel strike, there will be a shortage of cotton
bands for the baling of cotton, as there are not sufficient bands available
to bale over sixty per cent of the crop.
Nothing else to tell you except, love
F r o m
* Should be 250, 000 tons a year for five years or 1, 250, 000 tons.22
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Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956. [Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mary Jean, July 11, 1956], letter, July 11, 1956; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1031043/m1/3/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rosenberg Library.