Item Item: - Three entries: Bender and Elizabeth Bender<-->Walter and Helene Landes, May 4, 1961-July 21, 1962.

Bender and Elizabeth Bender to Walter and Helene Landes, May 4, 1961 [to Willenbach, Württemberg Germany]: great disappointment not only at your being unable to come to Mennonite World Conference but also at not being able to have you to come by us...; mention the risk being so large; [more exchange between family friends]. CONTIGUOUS, Helene and Walter to Bender, July 17, 1962 [from Willenbach; penciled “Landes”; in German: 65th birthday greeting; at Thanksgiving Day we greet you, Elisabeth [sic], and your children, and the grandmother; some sentences on thanks to Jesus our Savior, etc....; news about Otto Funck and Rudolph Schmutz; wishing God’s grace and blessing on all aspects of Mennonite World Conference.... <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> <font face="Courier New, monospace"><font size="5" style="font-size: 20pt">CONTIGUOUS, Helene & Walter to Bender, July 21, 1962 [penciled “Landes”; Helene Landes, Walter Landes]: today had heard that because ill, Harold was behind in his work preparing Mennonite World Conference; a statement of encouragement and sympathy in view of Bender’s illness....</font></font>