We defied the odds and made a safe trip to San Angelo to celebrate the Kelton's 60th anniversary. More traffic deaths occur on July 4 and secondly on July 3 than any other days of the year. You would think drinking on New Years Eve would be the deadliest day.
We didn't fully participate. We got the the Cactus Hotel early and found that it is the parking lot for the United Methodist Church. We didn't know it, but the Kelton's were renewing their vows in the Methodist Church at 5 p.m. At 5:30 they came into the large downstairs foyer of the Cactus for a program. Lou most enjoyed the entertainers singing Edelweiss requested by Austrian, Ann Kelton. They said Elmer's favorite was Streets of Laredo, but opted instead to sing a love song that was more appropriate to the occasion.
We had hoped to see a lot for Folklore members, but we were fortunate to run into Elaine and Blaine Williams from the Writer's Audio Workshop in Austin. They had picked a table overlooking the foyer area. I spotted my LIVESTOCK WEEKLY editorial boss, Steve Kelton and went down to meet him and get introduced to his new wife. She was on crutches from an accident in their new swimming pool. We hoped to see Fran Vick and Judy Alter, who told Lou they were coming but if they were there we missed them. The crowd seemed largely to be Elmer and Ann's friends all about our age. Didn't see Preston and Harriet Lewis. We did see Ross McSwain and his wife who are from San Angelo. Ross has been active in the Folklore Society for years and a writer for the Times.
The dinner was a special chef preparation. For Elmer there were fajitas and for Ann apple strudel. The dinner wore us out so we opted out of the huge open air celebration by the San Angelo Symphony orchestra playing patriotic tunes with a finely timed fly-over by a B-1A from Dyess Air Base plus cannons at the appropriate time all followed by a huge fireworks show. It looked like there would be rain, but the paper said there was a small shower about 30 minutes before the concert that cooled things off and was appreciated. The program was dedicated to Ann and Elmer and the servicemen. We read about it in the San Angelo Times the next morning. We drove back under clouds but only ran the windshield wipers a few miles with no heavy rain. Our creek is still flowing.
We didn't fully participate. We got the the Cactus Hotel early and found that it is the parking lot for the United Methodist Church. We didn't know it, but the Kelton's were renewing their vows in the Methodist Church at 5 p.m. At 5:30 they came into the large downstairs foyer of the Cactus for a program. Lou most enjoyed the entertainers singing Edelweiss requested by Austrian, Ann Kelton. They said Elmer's favorite was Streets of Laredo, but opted instead to sing a love song that was more appropriate to the occasion.
We had hoped to see a lot for Folklore members, but we were fortunate to run into Elaine and Blaine Williams from the Writer's Audio Workshop in Austin. They had picked a table overlooking the foyer area. I spotted my LIVESTOCK WEEKLY editorial boss, Steve Kelton and went down to meet him and get introduced to his new wife. She was on crutches from an accident in their new swimming pool. We hoped to see Fran Vick and Judy Alter, who told Lou they were coming but if they were there we missed them. The crowd seemed largely to be Elmer and Ann's friends all about our age. Didn't see Preston and Harriet Lewis. We did see Ross McSwain and his wife who are from San Angelo. Ross has been active in the Folklore Society for years and a writer for the Times.
The dinner was a special chef preparation. For Elmer there were fajitas and for Ann apple strudel. The dinner wore us out so we opted out of the huge open air celebration by the San Angelo Symphony orchestra playing patriotic tunes with a finely timed fly-over by a B-1A from Dyess Air Base plus cannons at the appropriate time all followed by a huge fireworks show. It looked like there would be rain, but the paper said there was a small shower about 30 minutes before the concert that cooled things off and was appreciated. The program was dedicated to Ann and Elmer and the servicemen. We read about it in the San Angelo Times the next morning. We drove back under clouds but only ran the windshield wipers a few miles with no heavy rain. Our creek is still flowing.
posted by Dr. Rodenberger at 4:51 PM
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Charles,
We didn't make it. Fran's trick knee gave out and she wasn't up to the drive, but we much missed being there. Glad to have your report on the event.
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