Thursday, July 24, 2014

July 24, 1932 - Sunday


Sunday and my day to sleep. O boy. It’s hard to realize it’s Sunday. True we were a little busier than usual this afternoon. Tonight is George’s night on so we read by fire and got sleepy!

George's letter home:

‘Lo Family,

Things are picking up. Yesterday I boomed into a nice room through the medium of my little pass key, closed the door behind me, started for the windows to wash them, and stopped in my tracks. There lay two very surprised newly-weds. Oh me – Oh my, the things I run into around here: old maids trundling down the halls amid a gale of pajamas, old men hobbling to the washrooms with their third chins peeking over their collar bands, and a hundred more little things to excite great interest in my new job.

Bill Manning and I went to the lake the other day by way of the old trail. When we got there, we very foolishly decided to cross over to the new trail and up it. What a tough time we had, scaling cliffs, hanging by our toes and fingers over the water, saying “hows-do” to the fish, smelling the rock flowers, etc. That trip will not see us two kids for sometime. I thought we would never get there; at that it took us three hours to get back.

This letter is having one hard time right now. I am in one corner of the lobby, at a writing table surrounded by all the kids. They are all wise cracking, and of course I have my little paddle going right in the middle of it all.

I have enclosed some pictures for you, and I wish you would save them for my album. Thank you for sending my sweater, and give the Grandfolks my love.


Love, Hib

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