Dot's departure

Dear Daughter,

It certainly has looked rainy all day, but, to my knowledge, it hasn't rained a drop.

I went to the grocery and then on to the Mall. They certainly don't have anything for sale at Dillard's, so I just looked around and didn't even attempt to buy anything.

Daddy went with me to the Fire Prevention Week talk this morning. It was nice, but we certainly didn't learn anything. We sat very near Lacey Love and intended to ask her about Sarah Sue, but, when the meeting was over, Daddy said she whispered to him that she had taken a diuretic before coming to the meeting, and she had to hurry and get away, and that she would talk to him later.

Last night while Dorothy Clay and I were waiting for the bus, a little crowd gathered around us, talking about Dot leaving the Manager position. Helen reminded me of what you had said. She said Dot thought the position would be an easy way to earn $20,000, but Helen said it was not as easy as she thought, and so it goes - I was talking to Linda today, and we were talking about Dot and she said that Dot was going to stay on the job until after Christmas. I guess the office wanted her to do that, while they will be looking for someone else to fill her vacancy.

Daddy went down to take the garbage this afternoon, about 4:30. He said when he got there, it was just like they were having a party. He said Tom insisted on taking out the garbage. He said they were asking about me, and, if still walked, and he told them it was hard keeping up with me.

This was so funny. I showed Daddy where to get my key that has the key on it to get the mail. He took it when he went down, and, he promptly forgot it, until he got back up here. He told me he had forgotten to get the mail, so he went back another time to get the mail, and when he got back to the apartment, he said, sheepishly, that this was a holiday. So we had a good laugh about that.

How did your work go today? I hope everything went smoothly.

Have a good evening and rest!

Much love, M & D


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Dear Mother:

Your letter was so cute, Mother. I can totally identify with Lacey Love needing to leave the meeting early. That’s the way I feel at the end of a long class!! And it was totally understandable that you all forgot it was a holiday. That’s what foiled our car plans—we told the Ford people we would transfer our money on Monday but we forgot that banks would be closed. I think we’ll manage it tomorrow but it will all be Stan’s doing. I can’t help much unfortunately.

School was fine today although it was pretty busy. The first thing I had to do today was return the van to the bus shop which I did before school. I had my classes but I had forgotten that today was the day we had to have our class inventory turned into the office so I had to do that. Then we had a note from the bookkeeper urging us to get our purchase requisitions turned in so I worked on those off and on all day. In the middle of the day I had to drive to the Square to buy a bridal shower present for one of our young teachers. The school was giving her a shower this afternoon so Gretchen and I bought her a salad plate in her china pattern. While I was out, I was surprised to see that it was raining. We didn’t get a lot of rain but it was nice to get a little. Anyway, that took my lunch hour so I just sort of snacked off and on during the afternoon on nuts. My students were very active although quite happy to be back in Gateway. I haven’t had the nerve to tell my 2nd graders that I’ll be gone again on Wednesday when Gretchen and I take our students on a field trip. I guess I’ll have to tell them tomorrow!

After a long day, I worked a bit, went to the bridal shower briefly, then went back to my room to finish a couple of things. Then I drove home (at 4:00) and enjoyed a peaceful 30 minutes on the porch reading my book before cooking dinner. We have eaten and now I’m going to wash my hair. My intention is to go to bed early again tonight since I’ll be busy the next couple of days. Hope you all have a calm and happy evening.

Bye--Ruth