1977

A New Year

Dad liked the Mixon-Mixson Family genealogy book so much that Mom sent a letter to John Leslie Mixson in early December of last year to get the Mixon-Family Volume II but it was out of print so Mom received an autographed copy of Volume III instead which she gave to Dad the first of January.  Enclosed with the volume was a letter from John Leslie Mixson stating that the Volume II was out of print at the time but would send one to Dad when he printed some more which Dad got later in the year.

Mid-January I received a letter from Elizabeth in which she said she was still looking for a job.  She had got fired from her medical transcription job at Sands Hospital.  I’m not sure what happened but it was not the first nor would it be the last job she would get fired from a job or leave on a sour note.  She said she did get $50 in food stamps, but was frustrated because she didn’t need food. She thought she would get back $200 from her taxes but she didn’t know when it would arrive. Several jobs she applied for didn’t work out and she closed with “The situation is getting stupider.”  I felt like she was asking me for money but didn’t come out and say it.