Joyce, you're welcome. I made a copy of the front page of the August 10, 1934, KC Star which I'll mail to you. I also made a copy of July 20 ..... temperature on that day went from 93 to 84 to 91 to 98 to 105 to 108! If you would like me to get July 12 (the date of her letter) let me know. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "roger.joyce lawrence" <rjl@fone.net> To: <KansasCity-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 8:15 AM Subject: Re: [KansasCity] 1934 Greater KCMO Heat Wave > BEDELL, CAMPBELL, SALTAR, BROCKMAN, KELLAR, LOVETT, JACKSON > > John, thank you so much for the heat wave information and temperatures--and > most especially on the day Mary SALTAR died! It is long lost personal > information such as this that makes compiling family history so much more > fulfilling, and your assistance is really appreciated. > > I found the letter Mary E. (BEDELL) CAMPBELL SALTAR wrote to her son Joe B. > CAMPBELL in KCMO on July 12, 1934 and here is the part about deaths at the > Odd Fellows (IOOF) Home in Liberty, where she spent her last days: > > ".....It sure has been hot here. I have felt it very much. Everything is > burning up here, too; and it seems to be everywhere. We will have no > vegetables to speak of this winter; the hot, dry weather has burned the > gardens up. This hot weather has been very hard on old people. We have had > six deaths within a month. Mr. BROCKMAN and Mrs. KELLAR...Mrs. LOVETT, Miss > JACKSON...and two other old gentlemen whose names I do not remember." > > Mary SALTAR died August 10, 1934 and is buried at the Odd Fellows (IOOF) > Cemetery in Liberty, Clay Co MO. > > Joyce Lawrence, Dolores CO rjl@fone.net > > > > ==== KansasCity Mailing List ==== > USGENWEB SEARCH ARCHIVES > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >