“Emma Gene,” she began sternly. “I am so concerned about health hazards in that area of impurities. Why don’t you get those children out of there!! The entire family should get out, at least until sewage is corrected all over the area. Come home and stay until conditions are not so conducive to pestilence. And if you don’t come yourselves, please send those children!” The kids’ well-being was paramount, Den insisted; Genie shouldn’t take any more chances with their safety. “Please do something,” she wrote.
