1982
LOOKING BACK ON 1982 |
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| Mary Ethel and Walt (Gale) took a tour (by car) of
the southern states in the summer, visiting friends and kinfolk in N. Carolina, Georgia,
Texas, Oklahoma and Illinois. David and Phyllis are into their second year in Saudi Arabia. They were in the States for a month while David served in the Army Reserves. Laura returned with them to spend the summer in Saudi Arabia. Barbara Ann, Hugh and Miriah (Gibson) enjoyed visits from Jonathan and Marlene, and Mary Ethel and Walt. Barbara Ann and Miriah went with J.D. and Mary to Canada in July. Mark, Becky, and Greg went with J.D. and Mary to Alaska in May. Mark earned his M.Ed. degree in August from Harding. Greg is in kindergarten and playing soccer. Becky has become owner and manager of a Mexican restaurant - a new and challenging experience! |
Jonathan and Marlene still live and work in
Nashville. They made two trips to the World's Fair, one with the Gibson's and one with
Mark and Becky. Robin and Mark (Kirk) are enjoying their own home in Tulsa after apartment living. Mark passed the CPA exams and still travels to distant cities to do audits for his accounting firm. Grampa Smart passed away in June after a long (almost 88 years) and full life. He had been with J.D. and Mary in Searcy from June 1980. J.D. and Mary are keeping busier than before retirement - J.D. writing, counseling in person and by long-distance telephone; Mary also writing (letters to scattered children!). They enjoyed the trip to Alaska by car, boat, train, and plane. Then came a trip to Canada for Grampa Smart's memorial service in Beamsville on July 4. |
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1983
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HIGHLIGHTS OF 1983 January - Mary flew to New York to visit Mary Ethel and Walt (Gale) on Long Island. David and Phyllis also stopped by en route to Washington state from Saudi Arabia. February - Mary drove to Illinois to see the Gibsons, Barbara Ann, Hugh, and Miriah. March - Time to visit Robin and Mark (Kirk) in Tulsa. J.D. spent 8 days in the hospital with internal bleeding that damaged a nerve in his right leg. He walks with the aid of a cane and brace. Since his typing hands were not affected, he continues his writing long hours every day. May - J. D. and Mary went to Atlanta to attend the 50th anniversary reunion of his high school graduating class. Barbara Ann and Miriah came to Searcy so that Barbara could attend summer school at Harding for 5 weeks. July - Mary and Mary Ethel flew to Spain for 2 fascinating weeks touring Madrid, Toledo, Seville, Granada, and Torremolinos, with a side trip to Morocco, Africa. August - J.D. and Mary drove to Washington, D.C. for an anti-Communist conference, then to Shelter Island, New York, for a relaxing few days, stopping overnight with Jonathan and Marlene in Nashville going and returning. November - J.D. and Mary drove Robin and Mark (Kirk) to Huntington, W. Virginia where they were to pick up a car and drive back to Tulsa, and to spend Thanksgiving with Mark's folks. J.D. and Mary went back to Illinois to be with the Gibsons for the holiday, along with Mark, Jonathan and Marlene. |
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