[Letter from D. W. Kempner to S. D. Coleman, November 17, 1955] Page: 1 of 2
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November 17, 1955
Dr. S. D. Coleman
Navasota, Texas
Dear Dr. Coleman:
I have your letter of November 15th inviting us to
your home either going or coming from the Thanksgiving
game together with any friends of ours that we might care
to bring.
I would indeed relish the opportunity to sit down
with you before a big fire with a sizable bottle between us
and no one else, but unfortunately I don't believe I could
bring myself to go to Plantersville ever again. This is
simply because I fear that I would remember too vividly
the good times we all had cp there in a real old fashioned
southern way with the negroes and whites, the rich and
the poor, and with our good friends whom we met and
learned to love over the past fifty years, because it has
been just about fifty years that we first acquired our Grimes
County properties.
All three of us appreciate more than we can say
your kind note and expression of love and affection, and
if we don't get up there real soon, please remember that
the road to Plantereville is a two way street, and you and
your lovely wife can come here without further invitation.
It was indeed a terrible jolt when I mase up my
mind to dispose of this property and finally decided to sell
our farm and ranch, but these things happen; and I do
feel that we acted-f'i the best.
I am very glad indeed to hear that while you have
been out of practice or two and one half months, you are
improving very markedly. Gladys, Jeane, and I extend
to you and Mrs. Coleman our very best wishes and re-
gretting that we cannot see you at the game, I remain
Yours sincerely,
D. W. Kempner
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Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956. [Letter from D. W. Kempner to S. D. Coleman, November 17, 1955], letter, November 17, 1955; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1344981/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rosenberg Library.