Letter date 11 April [year not given, possibly 1972] from "Allie and Dave" [Thorne] to Zilla and Lorenzo A. Richards

Letter dated Tuesday, 11 April [year not given, but possibly 1972 or 1978] from "Allie and Dave" (Allison C. and David Wynne Thorne of Utah State University) to Zilla and Lorenzo A. Richards, thanking them for attending a "testimonial" on Friday, March 31 for DaveTuesday, April 11th. Dear Zilla and Ren, We had hoped for a visit from you on Saturday, as of necessity Friday evening we did not get to check on your children, etc. We did appreciate your coming up to the testi­monial for Dave. It was an evening we shall long remember. It seems impossible that 11 days have slipped by since March 31st. Thank goodness Dave hail been good and busy. He says being home, makes him feel like a truant. Thank you for the beautiful camellias, we stil! have three of them in a bouquet. A special thanks for your good letter, your part in the T.V. and the bouquei of red roses. We get excellent reception. We watched the Academy Awards pijgram last evening. The roses lasted until last Saturday. A letter from Margaret said that they would be in New York City 10-11-12, staying at the Taft Hotel, on Times Square. Matt had meetings and Margaret was vacationing. We had rain this morning, in fact almost snow, and more is promised for this afternoon and tonight. We have had some cold nights, and apparently the apricots are hurt again. Forgive my typing this letter and being so tardy, right now I am battling arthritis in my fingers Do come again soon, and next time plan on a longer visit, and eathing lunch with us, even if it is in the kitchen. Our best wishes to you, 7/ky Q _ TyMI Xs -**y U^y