Letter dated August 25, 1925. 528 Spafford Avenue, San Antonio, Texas.

Dear Nellie,

 Just thought I would drop you a few lines to let you know that we are still in the land of the living, “Texas”. I noticed in the J. C. Republic that mother has been sick for a few days. Hope it is nothing serious and that she will soon be well again. Tell her it is to hot to get sick now, wait until the weather gets cooler. We are having (and have been) the hottest arid dryest summer since we have been here. There is practically nothing growing in the way of crops for miles around San Antonio. Some parts of the state the crops are very good, but we have been in the dry spot. Well we are back in business again. Butcher shop and grocery this time. I am it - the butcher. We get up at 5:30 get our breakfast, drive four miles to our store, stay there until 7 o'clock every day except Sunday. We did open until 9 o'clock on Sunday when we first bought the business, but do not now. Six days are enough for me. It is pretty hard work this hot weather, but hope later on to work it up to where we can get more help. At present we have just one man. Tena takes care of the grocery part and I cut the meat. We have a nice little business nearly all cash and the few we do carry seem to be all 0. K. so far. They were running accounts when we took the business. Don’t want any more credit customers rather do less and get my money. My old boss was determined I should go on the road again this fall. But I turned him down. Too hard work and not enough money in it. He turned down $4000.00 worth of sales last year orders he wouldn’t fill. That was $400.00 off my commission. It hurt. It would have been worse this year. Well I did not intend to write a letter so guess I had better stop. I am trying to write this at the store, its what you might call a jump up letter--write a line and then jump up and wait on a customer. Tena joins me in sending our best love end wishes. I hope and pray that mother will be brought back to health and strength again soon.

     Fred.

Letter dated October 5, l925, same address.

Dear Nellie,

We received the sad news of mother's death last night about 12 o’clk. We haven’t had very much hope of her recovering, since we got Nellie's (Clarence's wife's) letter. Take a person of mothers age, and having been blessed with the health and strength that she has enjoyed all these years does not often recover from such a serious attack. I hope she did not suffer very much, she has gone to her well earned reward. We can go to her but she cannot come to us. Let us hope and pray, that we may all meet, an unbroken family, on the other shore. I shall never forget the pleasant afternoon we spent together, the last time I was in Junction. We drove over through the camp, down across the river, and back over the Fogarty Bridge. Mother did not seem to tire and enjoyed it so much. I can see her now with that smile on her face, and that is the way I want to remember her. I have a tender spot in my heart for the old Lady. There is very  seldom a Sunday, that we don’t take some old lady for a ride. Yesterday we took an old lady, her daughter and son-in-law for a ride. The old Lady is 84 and has to be watched all the time. Just like a little child. She seemed to enjoy the ride very much. And it is a pleasure to us, to see them enjoy it. Well I must close. I am trying to write this at the store, and it is a job. They won’t leave me along long enough to get my wits to working. You have our deepest sympathy; you will miss mother the most, being with her all the time. If there was any thing I could do, or say, to comfort you I would gladly do it, but I can not, There is only one who can do that, and that is Him who gives and takes away, our Heavenly Father. And I know you will go to him.

 Yours Truly,

     Fred

Death of Fred York

(J. C. Union dated October 14, 1928.)

Fred York, for most of his life a resident of this city,  passed away last night at San Antonio, Tex., after a lingering illness. Mr. York was 64 years of age and had  lived in Junction City until 20 years ago when he went to San Antonio with the Ziegler and Dalton Construction Company, remaining there to make his home after their work was completed.

Mr. York is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Tena Thiele, a sister, Miss Nellie York and by six brothers, Al of Kansas City and Will, Clarence, Frank, Ed, and George York. *