May 2003

This is a current event that is worth mentioning, maybe because I was one of the individual's taking part in the maneuver. Bill Launtenslager, Al Cornwell and myself went on a fishing trip to Berrien Springs Mi. on the St. Joe river fishing for steelhead's, we left Marshall at 3:30 A.M. the 23rd of May and arrived there around 5:00. The captain of the boat we were on was a fellow by the name of Bob Warner, a very capable charter boat individual, we went up the river a couple mile, in fact it was just 24 mile from lake Michigan. We had fairly good luck as each one of us caught two fish with an average weight of 12 lb. each. Goooooooood eating.

Incidently, this is Memorial day weekend and Ardis is setting up her flea market extravaganza at Cornwell's Turkey farm and restaurant, she had made pretty good so far, has one more day to go..

We also received an e-mail from Dick Baker from Florida in answer to one I had sent him several weeks ago, he mentioned that it was or has been for a couple of weeks in the 90 degree temp. range .He and Norma Jean (my niece) live in Titusville, Fl. which is on the East Coast of Florida about 50 mile from our mobile home at Dade City.

Bill said he plans on going up to his cabin at Lovell to-day (Sat.) 25th of May to stay for five days then, coming home for a doctor’s appointment. He's having considerable problems with his lower back. I told him to tie up a big old gobbler for this fall hunt, it would be likely too that he would do that.

Carol's wedding is comming up fast, the 21st of June, we have all the presents; we shopped early for them. It is now 12.:01 Sunday the 26th of May 2003 and my thinker has tinkered out again, except I might mention my old barber (Bob Palmer) passed away this last week, he cut my hair for nearly 40 yrs.

he was 92 yrs old. I went to the family visiting afternoon session, saw Pappy Miller (Wayne) there, he's in pretty tough shape, but I believe he is 91, wow the year's are creeping up on us old farts.

For now, that's it I'm going to hit the sak I'll struggle up some more facts soon as they creep into my noggin. There's a lot of amendments to this thing, I hope the people that read it don't get squirmy and quit, probably would be best to start reading it after you have had a severe nervous breakdown and need the mother of all laugh's to regain composure to start living again.