The rains have come and make everything look nice and green. Water is very essential to keep the landscape green.

Talking about water, a note or word from Haiti by way of Andy, a student, says, “A well was drilled in our school-yard in memory of Mrs. Willis Miller. The hand pump is directly in front of our kitchen and has been used every day since it was drilled.” I think the people are very grateful for all the wells dug in Haiti.

The secret of economy is to live as cheaply the first few days after payday as you did the last few days before.

Did you go by Vernon Yoder’s on Thursday, May the 6th? Their daughter got married and the yard was full of buggies. A tent was put up to help with the flow of the crowd.

The other day in Wellman, Glen Guengerich, Glen White, Clayton White, Wilbur Swartzendruber and George Yoder joined us. Conversation flowed rather freely.

Fred Miller lives in Nashville, Arkansas, not Tennessee. Cleola is married to Albert Yoder, not Simon. I hope we didn’t mix up the family too bad.

It seems birthdays are in order at the Coffee Clubs. Two Frytown boys treated. May the 4th was Lester Yoder Day and May 5th was Robert Fisher Day. Bob treated on the 6th, however. Bob was a former student of mine in the 1941-1942 school year.

The picture this week is a member of our family. Her birthday is May 27th. I won’t reveal her age. If you send her a card, don’t mention you saw it here. She did serve us a good Mother’s Day meal. She is employed at Crooked Creek Camp.

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

A note was made last week on Velma Spicher who moved to PV Home recently.

She said she made many friends and had a lot of Stanley Home Product parties. She did this to make a living. Many people from Williamsburg, Washington, North English, Riverside, Iowa City and Amana had parties for her. A lady from North Liberty came and gave a party and Velma started in the business.

One year she had 300 parties. Some had 4 parties a year for Velma. Her parents, Burr and Erma, assisted at home with the family. She did run a coffee shop for 4 years in the Reif Building. She started in 1946 and is still now finishing it up. She would have dealer meetings at the Townhouse and a lot of orders were brought in. Degreaser, bubble bath and other cleaning products were sold for the attic to the basement.

During the years, she traveled a lot to California, Massachusetts, Canada, Florida, Hawaii and New York. She was in New York during a black-out; the only lights were car and bus headlights. She had an all-purpose room at her residence for Stanley products.

She enjoys Pleasantview very much and still attends the Methodist Church. She has 18 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren One great-grandson will be going to West Point for college.

The Word for the Week is Callow. It means lack of maturity or experience. Maybe we could say the callow youth giggled throughout the ceremony. Anyway, as they mature, they can leave the callow stage.