Christie's Diary

"5" written at top of page 187

1964

Aug 19 Effie Weiland admitted to hospital for operation Monday morning 20th. was released on Monday afternoon 27th Mary came down and took her home.. stayed till Thursday AM 30th then Effie went home with her to stay then she went to Ann Arbor Wednesday 5th Aug for more tests to see if another operation is possible.

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One thing I remember about Aunt Effie is that she had an old black car that sat in the garage, and she only drove it when she had to go out of town. Bangor was such a small town that you could walk to all the stores and to church and wherever else you had to go in town. Grandma & Grandpa Thomas lived about 3 miles out, so Effie would drive her car when she went to visit them. 

Sometimes Aunt Effie would take me to church with her. She went to the Methodist Church, and walked right past our house on her way there. I don't think I went with her very often -- only a few times. Most of the time I went to my Burford grandparents' house on Saturdays and went to the Church of Christ with them on Sunday. The main thing I remember about going to church with Aunt Effie was that they sang the Doxology (Praise God from whom all blessings flow...) every Sunday. Every time I hear that song I think of her.

PHOTO: This is a picture I downloaded from the internet. It says M.E. Church, Bangor, Mich. I think this is the church Aunt Effie went to, but wouldn't guarantee it. I don't remember much about how the building looked -- from my perspective at age 5. That was a long time ago.

As best I can recall, Aunt Effie's car looked similar to this -- except it wasn't a police car, of course.

The man in this picture is Larry Cramer.