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SHENANDOAH, IOWA 45CENTS VOL. 44 AUGUST, 1980 NUMBER 8 PAGE2 KITCHEN-KLAITER MAGAZINE, AUGUST, 1980 Their first trip down here had to be Kitchen-Klatter pretty hasty because they had problems (USPS 296-300) (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.) galore, plus extremely uncertain MAGAZINE weather. First, they stopped for a visit "More Than Just Paper And Ink" with Marge and Oliver Strom. Then they Leanna Field Dri/tmier, Founder came the few doors down the street to Lucile Driftmier Vemess, Publisher my home to tell us a few high points of the Subscription Price $5.00 per year (12 issues) in the U.SA. past several weeks. They had dinner and Foreign Countries, $6.00. spent the night with Marge and Oliver. Advertising rates made known on application. The next morning they stopped by to see Entered as second class matter May 21, 1937, at the post office at Shenandoah, Iawo, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Howard and Mae Driftmier, and Published monthly at consequently managed to cover all three The Driftmier Company Shenandoah, Iowa 51601 relatives' base points before they Copyright 1980 by The Dri/tmier Company returned to Offutt. Their next trip down was much more relaxed because they brought with them Vincent's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent LETTER FROM LUCILE Palo, Sr., of Waterbury, Connecticut. Dear Good Friends: The Palos had driven out from the East Early this morning, when I opened the with a collection of things that Mary Lea door to pick up the morning paper, I and Vincent hadn't wanted to pack on called to Betty Jane: 'Well, there's lots of the enormous moving van which trans humaditty today." ported their belongings, so it gave them a When Christopher and Isabel were in She paid no attention whatsoever be chance to look over Offutt Air Force Florida visiting . with their great grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Julian cause after six summers together she's Base and then come on down here to Crandall, they were fortunate enough not surprised when I say "humaditty" Shenandoah. to visit Disney World. This photo rather than "humidity". However, the We had enough time for a leisurely ~raph of the two children and the wily first time she heard me use the word, she lunch, and the children had a chance to fox" was taken near the Pinocchio Vill~e House Restaurant. The chil was jolted, so I explained why I gave the tear back and forth between my house dren smother and father, Mary Lea common word "humidity" such a and the Stroms' house-no grownups and Vincent Palo, certainly ctJ.ose a pronunciation. tagging along at every hop, skip and delightful moment to take the snap It's been about 34 years now since we jump! Isabel is a quiet little girl with eyes shot for it plainly shows that the chil dren are having a wonderful ti~e go replaced an old feeble coal-burning that indicate she is summing up every ing through this big tourist attraction.. furnace with a gas furnace, and the thing with thoughtful deliberation. summer this work was done we had a Christopher is only three, but from the In Dorothy's letter, she told yo scorcher-soaring heat registered on moment I first laid eyes on him I thought Betty Jane and I finally made it up t eir the thermometers for days on end. I tried that he was four-several months past farm, and my! I cannot tell you wha't an to keep the workmen supplied with big four, as a matter of fact. He talks very interesting and relaxing time we had. Net pitchers of ice water, iced tea or any fluently and is unusually articulate. I'm only did we have the unique ex~~e''' thing cold. One day, when I appeared sure that when they're at home together, of taking the Cinder Path she desc ·. with a fresh pitcher and lamented about the two children probably have the but we ate at the restaurant in De · ., the terrible heat, one of the men said: inevitable disagreements, but there was the terminal point of the Cinder Path. "It's not the heat-it's the humaditty." no clue to any of this while they were been in many and many a restaurant, t To my ears this pronunciation here. None of our black and white maga never have I been in anything like the one sounded much more meaningful than zine pictures do them credit, for their in Derby; and I think it unlikely that there simply "humidity" and as a result I found coloring is beauiful. IS anything else quite like it in our part myself saying "humaditty" frequently Not long after Mr. and Mrs. Palo, Sr. of the country. I ju5t wish that Mother during the summer months. I never really had returned to Connecticut, we had a and Dad could have gone there on some gave it much thought until I found myself lovely note from Mrs. Palo thanking trip when they went to Dorothy's and seated at a dinner table with three Eng Betty Jane and me for a lovely lunch and Frank's farm because they would have lish professors from one of those famous the delightful chance to see Shenan loved it. colleges in the East, and to their genuine doah. She said: "In the years that I've My grandson, James Lowey, has now shock (and my own shock too) I tossed been reading Kitchen-Klatter, I never had his two weeks at the camp in Jemez off "humaditty". After a frozen silence I dreamed that someday I would actually Springs, New Mexico. This stay was corrected myself, of course, but to this be in Shenandoah and meet the different because he had Kenneth very day I still think that "humaditty" members of the family who were in Crouse with him. (Kenneth is from El sounds right to the point. town." Paso, Texas-his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Last month I told you how much we With all of the Air Force bases in this Steve Crouse are old, old friends of Juli were looking forward to seeing Mary Lea country, we still think it's a wonderful ana's and Jed's.) It was the third year for Palo and her family, now stationed at storke of good fortune that Vincent's James at this camp and he enjoyed every Offutt Air Force Base outside of Omaha. assignment brought his family to Offutt. second of it. Now Kenneth is back in El (Mary Lea is Betty's and Frederick's only Not too far from where they live is the Paso, James is back in Albuquerque, and daughter. Mary Lea's husband is Vincent home of Tom, Donna, Lisa and Natalie my granddaughter, Katharine, is having Palo, and their two children are Isabel Nenneman (Donna is Howard and Mae's her turn at the same camp in Jemez and Christopher.) Turbulent weather daughter), so this gives them family very Springs. held them up past the point where we close at hand. Then there are three of us Towards the latter part of July, both couldn't wait longer for my letter to be here in Shenandoah and Dorothy is in James and Katharine will be flying back set into type, so now I'm happy to go Lucas, Iowa, so it's a far cry from being for their annual visit with the home folks back and report that they made the trip assigned to a point where the nearest in Iowa. Their plane arrives at Omaha in to Shenandoah just a few days after I had family members might be several thou the late evening, so Mary Lea is going to written my July letter. sands of miles away. (Continued on page 22) KITCHEN-KLA TIER MAGAZINE, AUGUST, 1980 PAGE3 that she had not been successful in finding the book. No-she wanted me to ... MARYBETH know that she had wrapped and started on its way a copy of Yankee Doodle Boy. REPORTS She apologized beforehand because she -- ~ did not expect it to arrive in Wisconsin in time for the program, but the mail service was nothing she could control. Mrs. •Uear Friends: Scheer did not even send a bill with the This is the first day in three weeks that book because, as she explained, it was there has been sufficient peace and quiet printed in 1964 and the price then was to permit me to hear the thoughts inside $3.95. She said that I should send her my head. The source of all of the noise whatever I thought the book was worth! was the sewer! The climax to the story is that the Delafield has been discussing whether book arrived in Delafield the morning of to sewer or not to sewer for nearly ten the ceremony. I was in Brookfield, fif years. The culmination of the years of Mary Beth and Donald Driftmier en teen miles west, and Paul, who was at debating was finally settled in favor of joy a calmer schedule during the sum home when the book was delivered, sewers. All winter we drove through mer months. Moments when they can hopped in his car and drove to school so sit in their yard are to be treasured. treacherous sections of street which Mary Beth continues her hobby of that the new book could be given to the were only half intact. Finally, one day in knitting whenever time permits. winning student. What a surprisingly and April, we noticed the backhoe, a front unusually happy ending to a story.