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June 2, 1958

Dear Mother & Daddy,

We had just about settled down for a good,
long wait when No-Name decided to show. At 5:00
A.M. Sat., I started having periodic backaches, easily
relieved by trips to the John. We thought it was just
gas from a Memorial Day feast of salami for lunch &
chili for dinner. Later we grew suspicious, & about
12:30, I began to feel like climbing the walls. Jim
managed to rub my back, dress me presentably, & assemble
the hospital gear, all at once. When we got there, not
much was doing so he was able to be with me most of the
time. No-Name pooped around a while & then all of a
sudden stuck the head in the hole & sent out a water
signal & at 9:45 they took me to delivery. She was facing
up instead of down & the doctor got her about half turned
before she called halt. So I pushed, he pulled & the nurse
cheered, & like a champagne cork, she was born at
10:01 P.M. I don't think she had a chance to get her bottom
slapped before she started to howl. He held her up & said
"inside plumbing" He's already told me that she has a lot
of dark brown hair like Jim's & mine. She kept up the
howling after they got her wiped & wrapped & took her out
to show Jim. He said that she kept on howling all the
way down the hall to the nursery. When they brought her
in this morning at 5:30, she woke everyone up before she