This house is on Van Dyke St. and same time period - not the exact house.
Image below is the U.D.C. emblem.
4637 Van Dyke Ave.
San Diego - 16
California
Mrs. J.D. Spennetta
Box 429
Orange, California
Dearest folks:- I do so hate to ask you to do that shopping for me, but I am really not able to navigate the crowds. I sent in my magazine subscription, among them Post for Jess. All the stores down here, except Sears and Wards and they had two or three. I thought you might get it at Sears. The black board for Sally and Jessica is they folding kind. The one, here, I had in mind is $4.50. Lynn is using the one I got fo David years ago. Get somethingf for Susan. I suppose you got something for Betty from me. I will pay you next month.
The package sent by express is for you and Jess from Dorothy, Miriam, Virginia J., Bobbie and me.
Sharon's young husband, Carlton Dietrich was about to be taken in the service so he enlisted in the air corp and is to leave right after Christmas for Texas from training. They have made no plans so far for Sharon. She may go in with her mother.
Lynn was eight last Sunday. I went down to see her Saturday and stopped by to see Mrs. Lykins on her way home. Her birthday is 17th also. Wrote air mail to Helen and sent her a gift air mail.
She writes her father and mother are spending Christmas with them.
I am surely behind with my Christmas greetings. Had fifteen left from last year and got them off. Had cards from Mrs. Domain and Mrs. Haughton.
My cold is better but still not over it. Could not go to U.D.C.* [[logo pictured] Christmas party. They send me some of the dessert by Mrs. Neely.
Ann caught heel on stair rubber, fell down stairs and sprained ankle. She is serving on jury. All join me in love to you all.
Mama
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Sallie was a dedicated member of her U.D.C. chapter. Per Wikipedia the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) is a women's heritage association dedicated to honoring the memory of those who served and died in service to the Confederate States of America (CSA). UDC began as the National Association of the Daughters of the Confederacy, organized in 1894 by Caroline Meriwether Goodlett and Anna Davenport Raines. It traces its lineage to older heritage associations such as the Daughters of the Confederacy in Missouri and the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Confederate Soldiers Home in Tennessee. The National Association changed its name to the UDC in 1895. It was incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia in 1919. Its motto is “Love, Live, Pray, Think, Dare”.
Membership in UDC is open to women at least 16 years old who are of lineal or collateral blood descent from veterans who served honorably in the Army, Navy, or Civil Service of the CSA or are current or former members of UDC.
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