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Leonard Kephart to Laura Kephart, November 11, 1948, page 1

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  • November 11, 1948 Dear Mama, I returned from New Orleans the other day to find several letters from you. Many thanks. I like to receive letters even if I dont write many - a common failing I guess. Also I dont know just where my account stands with you. I’ve been away almost constantly since shortly after the Boonville wedding and I’m not sure whetherKF. [sic] has sent your checks or not. She is out this evening so I’ll enclose $30.00 as down-payment until I find out. I’m sure its more than that and will send the balance as soon as I can get things straight- ened [sic] out. I’ve not seen George and Pauline for weeks. They moved into an apartment after the least [sic] on their house ran out in September and I dont even know which apartment house they are in. Roy phoned last night and told F. that his parents were to move into an apartment here in Takoma Park shortly so I guess we’ll get that, too, straight before long. Its hard to keep track of things when you are always on the go. I dont know whether I’ve told you the Weed Section has increased by several hundred per cent in the last three years and that means a lot more supervision and administrative work. For years there were only four [?] men and one stenographer to do all the weed research for the U.S. Now we have about 20 men and several clerks. If Congress gives us this year what they promised last year it will be still larger. All of which is exciting and satis- fying but it sure means work. I’ve begun to look toward retire- ment even though I’ve a good many years of work left in me. Actual- ly I could retire now but it would be at a considerably reduced annuity so I want to hang on for at least three years more to get the maximum benefit. It all depends on what turns up in the meanwhile. I’ve had several offers from chemical companies to retire and go to work for them. But I just dont have any enthusiasm for commercial work after thirty-five years of working for the Government. In commercial life you have to think constantly for the “profit” motive and I’m afraid it would be impossible for me to do that after all these years of thinking only of the “service” motive. I still think the best idea would be to wait until I have enough retirement to live on and then quit and join Buddy in his hardware store. I’d get a big kick out of that. I was in Montgomery, Alabama, last week and spent an afternoon and evening with Jane, Barbara and the children. It was the first time I had seen Jane and the children since they went to California a year and a half ago (except for one day when they were here on their way south.) It was fine to see Dicky and little Tootin again. They have both developed tremendously, of course. Dicky could not come down with his mother to meet me at the yrain [sic] because “We have reading at that hour and I mustn’t miss any.” But he sure came a running as soon as school was out and we had a fine time playing football that afternoon. He’s a very affectionate, sweet youngster quite unlike Buddy’s boy who is rarely demonstrative. The two little girls are more alike. Both are full of spirits and energy and both like to be fussed over. Jane’s children are small-boned and on the light weight side while Buddy’s are both big boned and inclined to be heavy. Apparently the other side of the family contributed heavily to the children’s characteristics in both cases.
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Horace Kephart

Background and Early Career Horace Kephart was born in 1862 in Pennsylvania, but spent much of his youth in Iowa. He went on to achieve success in two careers. Trained as a...

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