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  • . ··- (Bl&) Mary Catherine (Hammell) Pinaon, daughter of (Bl) Jane (Pattillo) Hammell, born 1858, diecl 1940, aarr1ecl Pinkney Jon•• P1naon, Deo. 1880. their ohildren Bla I-~-lthel Jane Pinaon, born Oct. 25, 1881, married Thomas K. Athey 1 Bl& II--Lee
  • ·w,. havo long been ,miti.ng for soma o...'tmtun:bion ·bo :.tr . Jones with. •· 0 pe...·ngra· h in lt,..ii;ters to ;\or hoc.l· abo1.it you tIU:1:.11 me .. m.1U t ll 1;hen., ·to t 1-~e effeo t . thu!:.is.~:c1 aud that old fi -htin e hQttin~ someth
  • who pJtovi..ded PJtv.Ji__deni Kennedy wilh a A chedul.e .to keep 7. -~~---?, him phft1i..'C!.a1/_y tu. ljou have no appoi..nimeni/.J unLil 70 amJ on a i t 4z tr,. ]Jti..day o~ W• J:#'1Jff;..r:1::ii/aij1""-1!iifaiJJ;rd~;,/Je ,~ J l tnC"e'• ... ,DJt
  • to be worked on. C i'lliD,Ji;D LIB. Ii Sli UATI{;. ~sooe &1 gi.1ed the oo ntr-«1.ct for f.l two y tr 1,eri(;d. It is ,.,95 por. ;1 onth fo:r th o two roar period. ( l told you i noorroctly when I said $100 per 1no nth tne fir st year and , 96 per mon th
  • -:, renaining laundry tiiere i3 here, somG mab:-.zines, and I will tn 1re r.. chec 1
  • ;on o.nd give ua a: yea or no answer. I rea.d all his materie.l from oover to cover and it 1s splendid. Willard may leave something to be desir•d 1n many •ysbut not in the line ot his work....... in All his letters of reoormnendation there ii not a shadow
  • that' ^ ^ » . ' : • ii. > - i ^ ^ ~" . A lic e B ro w n ’s plane s e t down about 10:00 b rin ging Ma co n d a and N an cy 'i ' who so o n d ep arted fo r San A ntonio, and H erb ert Wel l s , h er d eco ra to r from ( , H o u sto n . -A nd w e spent the liv e -lo n
  • s~e a movie· and i:alk and : belongs to us. );~ ~ ~ ~ .... ,. be with friends, to exercise and to catch up -on the thinking work that • ii-- ,. ~-. .- a day full of appointments ·does not permit. .... .-This day b_egan early .with-~going
  • , or ayb we 1.•ould b .1 onl1 stet1on to c rry lt. II to thinks e should spend about 500, as follO~ia: l. 2. dv rt1 in in he uat1n•Anter1oan, e out 1300 Advertising in about 15 oountr1 new papers. which w1ll get 11 our prim ry coverage, bout "'12!5. 3
  • out to be one of the g a y e st And Noel and J o e C lark - - I w as happy to ; g e t the opportunity to w h isp er to N o el that I n eeded h er h elp on our p la n s fo r th e C apitol G rounds. 'G o v ern o r J a ck B u rn s of Haw a ii, L in co
  • to be ready to supply hbn in the short at time poaaible in antioip tion o a y•a answer on the pr1oritiea. 4. Jlr. Eaooe had not yet got ott the registered letter to Jlima Radio but aaaur•• me he will today--and I a1-.ll aee that he doea. It ii
  • .~., I hav• dug up a cop~r and shall enoloss in this 0110. And nc\ii·., t1;,r dear, [;O0dbye and all my .love,
  • MEMORANDUM Q THE WHITE HOUSE S a t u r d a y , F e b r u a r y 5 , 1966 WASHINOTOH Page 1 L y n d o n ’s d e p a r t u r e to H a w a ii - w o u ld I a l w a y s b e s o r r y t h a t I d i d n ’t g o ? I t w a s t o t a l l y s e r i o u s
  • LYNDON II. JOHNSON TID(A8 ~ ~tatn ~mah . ~.. . "- .... ~1,1. f·. :--i ~ .,. .... .: . , .:,,·;.... ., . ,. .- . CDffite of tlJe~emomdic ~ff ~ulJinpm, ~ GL April 11, 1959 .. Dear Virginia: I don't believe that any man is "in the running
  • was among them. A ft e r v isitin g with them , I went to the m o vie theatre and saw f i l m s taken at the ra n c h -w h e n the children w e r e young, Lyndon during W orld War II, a ll of which I soon re c o g n iz e d with dism ay w e r e just the lea
  • n. The s t o r m h a spased. She r e s e n t s th e s h a r p th in g s h e s a id ab o u t h e r ta k in g a job w ith th e S h e r a to n in H a w a ii, o r a t th e W o r ld 's F a i r o r a t an y job she co u ld g e t a n y w h e r e , b u t
  • in g th e m a ll. T hink i t w as d e a r of W rig h t to do it b e c a u s e a s L y n d a s a y s " th is town w as d e s ig n e d II f o r C o n g r e s s m e n and t h e i r w ives and not fo r c h i l d r e n and c h i l d r e n s e ld o m jo
  • ~s:htnr:; if I hadn't wanted to et on ith T'J.'J letters. 1 wrote rather nioe letters to Ben Bric · · c ok Sood" and 'fr. E. Ii. Perry--my little "introduotoryu etter"S,. you know. /;1.1$0 n Mrs. R. L,. BP'l
  • 49:) 1 30th .t lace , N. Washington, ) . C. , July 14, 1947. 'f T. , Dearest Lyndon : I talkf)d to Uncle John Hill o.bout noon today. I am sorry I can ' t tell you that I got the answers :'ro1-ii his own lips in the exact fom you outlined, b11t I
  • n d tw o; and T . J, II, C h ris tin e and N ancy and S ally , and we a ll s a t down to lu n ch . - 1 - ^ 1963 T u e sd a y , D e c e m b e r 31st A fte r lunch, the n u cleu s of u s - - th a t is , Tony and T, J, and I, to g e th e r w ith
  • n c o s t u m e o f th e g a y ' 9 0 s c l i m b e d in to a sw in g t h a t h u n g o n a r e d v e l v e t r f ------ ---------------- -— ......................................................................... ^ >,. . ii^np . ^ ,,iw _ ii
  • d t o J i m m y I o a w J o e K e n n e dy ge.t h im a jo b w it h lli5 ' Itq u u r -ii ii g xtist'a a r e t r y i n g t o do i t t o s o m e of m y s t a f f . n i g h t i s n ’t d o i n g a n y goo d. T h e y '^ ^ ' T h i s goin g out t o a p
  • e on th e g r o un d , to (3 s h a r e h e r p r e d ic a m e n t. w.«iiapip"jiwp > III J i l W f |i,ii I ii iiil I I M W I W i i p i l MEMORANDUM ^ THE W HITE HOUSE WASHINOTOM S u n d a y , A u g u st 1, 1965 : Page 5 A nd so th e c ro w d
  • n c e d a t a f i v e - t h i r t y p res s D ) -ii- c o n f e r e n c e i n h i s b e d ro o m t o a s m a l l g r o u p o f newsp a p e r men. Sim ply s a y in g t h a t th e d o c t o r s h a d warned him a g a i n s t g o i n g " o n t h e
  • a d been a member of a gang of r obber s . io ld u y i. ii? He h a d been aAji.e.Aied AeveAjil. iijne.A, i k e leadeA. D id he ik -in k he w o u ld be o.ccuAAed. o^ k a v in g A io le n 3 do n o i know, b u i oJL ang A a ie , he w o a (^uieJL a n d
  • M EMORANDUM T H E W H I T E HOUSE WASHINGTON F i r d a y , A p r i l 17, 1964 T h i s m o r n in g I spent with M r s. J. L e e Johnson - Ruth C a r t e r ii // Johnson, daughter o f A m o n C a r t e r -a ca n -d o w om an , v e r y m uch h e r
  • ro p in th e o ffice an d s e e . I s u g g e s te d w e ii, A f te r a d r in k we w e n t to th e b o w lin g a lle y , an d she b e a t m e r o u n d ly tw o a n d a h a lf g a m e s ; ^S hooting 137 one tim e to m y 105 o r so/^^^ ^ - A nd
  • o a r d m a rk u p o f the c h a n d e lie r o f w a te rfo rd g la sss -th t haatt On v i iei ta i IC r iu ' i ilp ii H 1 i no1 b i ] ibIIy I is n th t h iin n kki in i g o f g iv in g to th e Wh ite H o u s e ■ • She h a s b e e n our g u e s t
  • e 1865 I n a u g u r a l o f L i n c o l n . (/W . p . 0 ■ W ( ''" /• .= W ' ' II ^ ' J a n u a r y 22 , 1966 S a tu r d a y C o n t. : wh i c h Margy h a d g iv e n u s and t hen a b o u t 1 0 :0 0 we w e n t down t o s e e T h u n d e
  • II I N O T O N W e d n e s d a y , J u n e 10, 1964 Page 4 b o r n to m a n * s m o s t e x c e p t i o n a l o p p o r t u n i t y . Y o u a r e y o u n g e r th a n m o s t of th e e a r t h ’ s q u a r r e l s a n d o l d e r th a n m o s t
  • it y of H a w a ii, a n d she w as going to s ta y on for a w hole w e e k of v a c a tio n - h e r f i r s t t r i p , r e a l l y , on h e r own. O u r f r i e n d . J a c k B u r n s , the G o v e r n o r of H aw aii, w ill le n d a good h an d
  • / T h i s w as p u s h , p u s h , p u s h t h r o u g h m a s s e s of h u m a n ity , w h ic h n e v e r s e e m e d to b o t h e r the e b u l l i e n t Ts ii vanana. And f in a lly a c h a n c e to s i t down at a t a b l e in the end of the r o
  • A N D • U ________ M ; , , UJ, ; II , , . I . . . . . . . . . . . . - r • _ . : ' s' V ' ' ' ' I - - ..‘f \ THE WHITE HOUSE ■ .W ASHI N GT O N S atu rd ay, M arch 18, 1967 •..•■ ■■■-;'•-,,■• Page 5 of the s m a ll tr ia n g le
  • ot the 'y' B r u m id i o ld f a m ilia r on e that I lo v e d i^ ii^ w ith the Bacaiajgysdie c e i l in g s , and P a u l or John b o w in g h o s p ita b ly , know ing e v e r y o n e o f u s by n a m e . B ut a s tr a n g e , w h ite c a ta c ly
  • , I th ii^ it w as around th ree o ’c lo c k , Lyndon w ent o v er to h is o ffic e , and I talk ed to Lynda and to L u ci. Both o f them w e r e e m o tio n a l, L u ci cry in g , Lynda d istrau gh t. ■ th is do to the b o y s? What d oes / ' v
  • e n o t q u ite a c c o m m o d a t e d y e t to the p a c e a t w h ic h L y n d o n ... . ........ ~ ' . . . - ■■IIII | , i , - _ i j 11,11 I , I I III [III ii,iiiT j | | j ) | | i i ( j I j i 111 ......... MEMORANDUM TH E W H IT E
  • Meitner, scientist, during World War II
  • o r b o a t in s e a r c h of L yndon. T hey c o n fid e d th a t L yndon w a s a good w a t e r s k i e r j s a w h im out on s k ii s l a s t y e a r a n d h e ' s p r e t t y good a t it , I G e o rg e R e e d y s a i d - - - " T h e P r e s
  • o r i c l a n d m a r k s p r o v i d i n g the b a c k g r o u n d . ii D i n n e r w a s in the R o s e G a r d e n , one lo n g m a i n t a b l e , the r e s t r o u n d t a b l e s f o r te n . T h e M a r i n e B a n d p la y in g f r o m th