(Mrs. R. A Diebold)
Biographical Note:
See husband’s note below.
Editor’s Note:
The Diebold family wrote the following letter in 1918:
Hunter, Arkansas
January 27, 1918
Editor Press:
“We are still at Hunter, where we are in the sawmill business with the Mushrush Lumber Co., in which we have had in very good and prosperous year, and are looking forward to a still better one this year.
We have had a nice fall and winter up until about three weeks ago and since that time we have had lots of snow and some ice. Although it has been very cold, have been logging some.
We like the place and country fine. Our two oldest children, Leslie and Violet, are in school and little Lloyd, four years old, and little Leo, seven months old, make plenty of company for their mother at home.
My wife's father, Chas. Heath, is here and will bring his family from Chaffee Missouri, very soon, and will make their future home here. They are all former residents of Sumner. Vernon Diebold, my brother, is here with us.”
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Editor’s Note:
Photo of Mushrush Lumber Company in Sumner published in the 1917 section.
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Hunter, Arkansas
January 18, 1917
Sumner Press:
I thought I would write a few lines to help you with your Pink Press and to let my friends know where I had wandered to.
My maiden name was Emma Heath.I was born and raised near Westport, Illinois and when I was 18 years old, I was married to Robert Diebold. We lived near Sumner, Illinois until last July 1916, when we decided to make a change and we moved to Arkansas where my husband is in charge of one of the Arkansas Mills belonging to the Mushrush Lumber Company.
We have four children. The two older ones are both in school and Lloyd is a sweet little boy, three years old and is plenty of company for me while the rest are away. We are all satisfied here and have had good health since we have been down here. Hunter is mostly made up of people of Illinois, Kentucky and Ohio, and I think we shall make our future home here, for we are now building a new bungalow, which will be ready to move into in a short time.
There are several people here from Lawrence County, but I will not take up time to name them. Also some from other parts of the state, but I will not name them.
I will close, by hoping to see many letters in the Press from my wandering friends and relatives.
When you start to Arkansas, come all the way. Lots of people come down into the northern part of the state, where the railroads sometimes run through the roughest and poorest country, being disappointed at the looks of the country and turn back. When you start, make up your mind to come all the way and we promise you a genuine surprise for you will find a beautiful country, a fertile country, plenty of rainfall and pleasant climate.
Yours truly
Mrs. R. A. Diebold
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Mushrush Lumber Company in Sumner
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Hunter, Arkansas
January 18, 1917
Editor Press:
As you are calling for non-resident letters, I will try and write you a few lines as Sumner is my old hometown and it is just like getting a letter from home every week when I read the Press.
I was born in Petty Township and raised in the vicinity of Sumner and I lived near Chauncey Illinois. Last July, I moved to Arkansas accompanied by my wife and three children. Came to Hunter, Arkansas, where I am now in charge of one of the Mills belonging to the Mushrush Lumber Company.
I can truthfully say that we all like the new country and I can also say we are having good health down here, so you can tell all of them that Arkansas is all right and that they ought to quit knocking on it.
Sawmilling has been good for the last six or eight months. We are doing nice business and we expect a much nicer business this coming year, which I feel assured we will get.
Yours truly,
Robert Diebold
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Saint Joe, Arkansas
January 23, 1917
L. M. Wood and Sons:
I did not intend to write for the Pink Press but I received a letter from my mother and she said I had better write as she did not test her writing this year.
My mother is Mrs. Philo Bell, and my father lived many years in Sumner in on a farm one mile west of town. I have lived away from old Lawrence County many years. My husband, Almond W. French has been dead five years, and I live with Mrs. Daisy French Peterson in the winter months and then to go to my other daughter’s, near Nevada, Missouri. I visited in said Sedalia last summer with my mother and sister, Effie, who married Dr. E. F. Staats, of Lawrence County.
I always read the Pink Press and will enclose 10 cents of a copy of the next one.
I have many old friends in Sumner and many who have moved away, so I hear about them by reading the Pink Press.
I like this part of Arkansas and the H. C. of L. don't bother us much down here.
Emily B. French
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(Robert Diebold)
Biographical Note:
Robert Adolf Diebold was born in Lawrence County on May 10, 1888 to Michael and Josephine Bowen (nee Lake) Diebold. On May 9, 1909 he was united in marriage to Phoebe Emmalene Heath , daughter of Charles J. and Hetty l. (nee Goff) Heath. Phoebe was born January 27, 1891 in Lawrence County. To this union the following children were born: Leslie Robert (b. Dec. 1909); Violet Irene (b. May 1911); Lloyd A. (b. Jan. 1914); Leo B. (b. Jun. 1917); Lewis W. (b. Nov. 1925).
Phoebe died December 2, 1974 and Robert died March 23, 1976.
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