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Margaret Kephart to Leonard, Lucy, George, and Barbara Kephart, October 26, 1950

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  • Louden-Knickerbocker Hall, Amityville, New York, October 26, 1950. Dear Leonard, Lucy, George, and Barbara: Again I am typing this so that I can send copies to each of you. I think a decision must be made at once. My vote, as I said before, is for Graystone Manor. Barbara says that Mrs. Criss is “on vacation”, and therefore we must wait until she returns before we can know more ^about that situation. Suppose she wants to take a vacation while Mama is with her? Who would be responsible then? Mrs. Criss may seem to be the same kind of person that Mrs. Kirk was, but after all no two people are just alike, and anyone is agreeable when he is looking for customers. To consider such a set-up as Mrs. C’s, I should want her to be an old friend of the family whom we knew very well, and even then I think putting Mama in a private home -- anyone’s private home -- would be a mistake, for Mama’s sake. An institution is planned and run solely from the point of view of the care of the guests, and no one’s home is run from that point of view. Also I repeat my former statement -- that Gray- stone, being an institution would be -- must of necessity be -- under State supervision. I think that is a very important point. The worst evils in the care of any helpless persons ^have been those which obtained in private home care when it was not under State regulation. That is why we have State regulation. I think we could present Graystone Manor to Mama as a home for the aged. That, in fact, seems to be what it xxxx is. I do not think she would object to that. But I do certainly think that Dr. Smith should be the one to tell her, and then let her tell us. It could come as news to us. Barbara could make a show of going to see Graystone Manor to see what kind of place it was, as though she had never been there. I can go to Boonville for one weekend -- that is, for a Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Whether that would be the time when Mama was told, or when she was moved, would be up to Barabra, I will come at the time she needs me most, but it is impossible that I should come both times. I can only get away once I can take a night train which would get me to Rome about 8:00 o’clock A.M. ^Saturday morning and take a night train back Monday night. My suggestion would be that I come to Boonville for the weekend that Mama is moved, because I could give as an excuse that Barbara had told me that Mama was going to move, so I came up for a visit. If I were there at the time ^she was told. It would certainly suggest that I had known that was going to happen. I hope the decision can be made very soon, for Mama’s sake as wella as Barbara’s. The weather will be getting increasingly bad in that district, and I think Mama should be moved while the weather is reasonably good. Love, Margaret
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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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