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[in pencil] Meador, Geraldine L. 1/17/80 Dear Jack & Gladys -

I was delighted to get your after Christmas letter - its nice keeping in touch.
I hear from Don occasionally - and from time to time I get news of others at Standard. Emil Zunker's God-Mother is a friend and from her

I've heard that he's had rotten luck - couldn't find an art director job, his only child turned our more of a louse than Emil (if that was possible) - and at last report his wife was supporting the family with a catering business. (Couldn't happen to a underlined: nicer guy!)

I'm living with Sally and her family. That explains the change of addresses. My son in law is a U.S. Marine helicopter pilot and is on the selectee list for Major

this spring. Sally is taking a fun business courses at the local college and I have a 6 year old Grand-daughter in first grade.

Re: loose oysters. Down here you can go out and gather your own oysters only they are a shore type bivalve called "coon" oysters (probably because the

underlined: darker element got them because they were free). Our local grocery ads aren't fun like the Penna paper carried. Here its collard greens, chitterlings, fresh side meat and the big social events are