Procrastination Again

Vol. 27, No. 9 [Helen] 

July 19th ‘47 

Dear Paulie and All— 

As you can see by Gee’s letter, the delay was caused by Ann not being home. And since so much time has been lost now, I have decided to skip taking it out to Aunt Ellie this time, and anyway it would be rather difficult to read it to her while the controversy continues. I do not mind in the least the effort expanded in getting it out to her. The pleasure she derives will more than compensate for any trouble it may be. It is almost impossible to concentrate but I am going to dash this off, as I know you will be accusing me of procrastination again. 

At the present time, Dolly Spellman is here. She came out Saturday to spend a few days with Aunt Ellie, then we persuaded her to take an extra day so that we might have a little time with her. 

Gee is coming over today and we are having a nice little get-together with Sadie. It is such a pleasure to have Sadie here and inasmuch as her time seems to be pretty much her own, we have had many nice and interesting visits. We had a glorious time in Michigan. The weather was delightful and it was a complete rest for all of us. One day we drove up to Sault Ste. Mare. 

Most of you remember the Maloneys and know how often Mother and Dad visited them. Mary is the only one living there now of all their big family. Her husband, Bert McCarthy, was Chief Engineer when the Locks were built. We called them and Bert met us and explained the details of the construction, as he walked around the locks with us. We went out to their home for a few hours and enjoyed talking over all the old times. 

You undoubtedly all heard about David’s jaunt to California. He was gone for a month and I only wish you could hear the tales of adventure. He is ready to settle down now and plans to take his pre-law at University of Dayton. He found a nice job for himself with a construction company and is determined to earn enough for his tuition. 

Howard, your letter was most interesting, and I am sure everyone enjoyed it as much as we did. Have had at least a dozen interruptions since I started this letter, so I am going to give up and hope to make a more interesting contribution the next round. 

How about all of you who can, plan to meet in Anderson in August? Paulie, we are looking forward to seeing you in just a few weeks now. Will write in a few days giving you our plans. 

Dearest love to all, 
Helen

in the present day...

I have been really busy preparing for an annual event at work. Some events in the past couple of days have basically put us back as square one. I guess if it were fun, they wouldn't call it work!