Mom & Dad
Summer 1978
The first letter I received after moving from Springfield, Massachusetts, to Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
It was good to get your call and to hear that have a place to live By now you are moved in and enjoying it...and the job, too. [As Head of Extension Services at the Oshkosh Public Library.] Barb [my sister] was thrilled to hear you want her to come out and has already started to pack. Dad will take her out and Lar [brother] will ride along. The last week of the month is the best for Dad so the dates are 26-28. They will leave the 26th, a Tues., stay a day and come back on Thurs. Barb looked over her things in the attic and got them packed better and some are waiting for the date. They will rent a U-haul. She will take her dresser, the old desk of yours and the nite table and a single bed mattress. She wonders about the colors as she has the rug she wants to take. She wants you to call so she can ask you questions. She is hoping you call today - if you don't call when you receive the letter. She is busy sewing - will have completed 5 blouses and has material for 2 dresses and has a jacket to finish. Fri. we stopped at ShopRite material store and they had smoke damaged material and we got some good buys. Cotton materials only 79 cents yd.
Last Mon. nite we had our union mtg. and we passed the contract. [Mom worked in the cafeteria of Beaty Junior High School in Warren, PA.] We get a 35-cent hr. raise this year and 30-cent next year. School opened on Tues. so I've worked 4 days and all is going well. The desserts have been easy - fruit or ice cream. Made cookies one day and put them in the freezer for Silver B [student award] doings later on in Sept. So I'm sure all will go just fine and I like the job and the hours will be all right. I have to get up early for Dale [the youngest of the 4 Nelson children] regardless and it is only about 1/2 hr. earlier.
Yesterday was a beautiful day and today it is raining but we need it and tomorrow is supposed to be nice again. Fri. was a lovely day and after work Barb and Lar went with us to Jamestown. We ate at the Muskie Lounge in Lakewood and we had the nicest meal and not that expensive. We all had fish but Lar and Barb had the broiled fish and mixed fresh vegetable. They really liked it and the atmosphere is nice, too. Then we stopped at the Mall and Barb did some shopping. We just got toothpaste at the Health store.
Meetings start this week and I have one Thurs. nite. The Literacy council. But I teach at Judy's that nite so I'm out already so that isn't too bad. And after work I get my hair done so I feel good.
Dad wrote to Dickinson Homes with a few questions and we are waiting for the answers. The time this figure (cost) will be in effect, etc. So he is thinking if he would have to, he could drive to I.M. [Iron Mountain, Michigan] that Wed. he brings Barb out in case there would be anything to sign. We are definitely hoping we can swing the deal, even if it has to be built for next summer. If so it would save us the cottage rent and we could spend a month up there. If you come up, it will still be easy to get to the lake for a swim and sunning.
[Mom and Dad considered retiring in Iron Mountain, where two of Dad's sisters, Stella and Signe, and their husbands had relocated.]
Lar is leaving - they watched an Abbott and Costello movie. Now he is going to get ready to play soccer.
Will write a letter to Gen. [Mom's younger sister. She and her husband Ed and 16-year-old son John live in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts]. She called Mon. nite while I was at the union mtg. She asked about you, etc. They were painting the house and not going anywhere on vacation. Maybe they went somewhere during this weekend. I hope so for her sake. All is well here and I know things are great for you.
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