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4.9.1997 DEAR STEVEN, I RECEIVED YOUR LAST LETTER LAST WEEK SO I HAD BETTER TRY TO UNTANGLE SOME OF THE CONFUSION I CAUSED BY REPLYING WHEN I WAS IN A HURRY. I DON'T ACTUALLY REMEMBER YOUR GRANDFATHER CURTIS BUT MY MOTHER TALKED OF HIM AND MY UNCLE TOM HUGHES BEING PALS. MY TOM HUGHES' WIDOW IS STILL LIVING OUT THERE IN WASHINGTON AT SPANAWAY OR ROY IN A NURSING HOME. I WOULD HAVE TO CALL MY SISTER UP AT BOW, WA, TO FIND OUT WHERE SHE IS FOR SURE. MY UNCLE FRANK HUGHES AND UNCLE TOM'S FAMILIES LIVE OUT THERE AT ONE OF THOSE TOWNS OR CLOSE BY. JOHN AND MARTHA GILCHRIST LIVED AT EDISON, WA, NEAR MY SISTER AT BOW. SHE SAW THEM AT TIMES. IT IS TOO BAD YOU DIDN'T CONTACT US BEFORE MOTHER PASSED AWAY AS SHE HAD A GREAT MEMORY OF THOSE DAYS. MY SISTER WHO LIVES NORTH OF THE CEMETERY IS 6 YEARS YOUNGER THAN I SO HAS NO MEMORY OF THE GILCHRISTS AT ALL. MY OLDER BROTHER IN SPOKANE MAY HAVE SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF TOM & CURTIS BUT I AM NOT SURE OF THAT. ARAGO WAS THE POST OFFICE FOR OUR AREA UNTIL THE SIXTIES WHEN IT WAS CLOSED AND EVERYONE HAD TO START USING PARK RAPIDS AS THEIR ADDRESS. GERALD KNIGHT'S ADDRESS WOULD BE: RIVER HEIGHTS APTS., PARK RAPIDS SINCERELY, ETHEL MASSIE
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