A Letter Written on Feb 9, 1965

Tues. Feb 9
Dear Sioux Sue and Larry,
To the one who gets the original of this letter and finds the "Dear..." typed twice - the one on top didn't go thru on the carbon. [Sue Ellen got the carbon copy]
Mommy wrote you long letters Sunday. From now on she probably won't be able to write as often or an [sic] long because this course she is taking at State requires a lot of reading. It look s [sic] like a hectic time around here for several months.
Ray and Rosella flew to Florida Monday p.m. Arthur, Brenda and the Bergs are there. Ray will come back a week from Thursday.
Grandpa is here and very lonesome. He spends all day in the house alone. This Friday I'm not going to work, but will drive to Amsterdam, leave Grandpa in the store, and go to Johnstown to have the rug fixed in the rear of the Buick. They have a new rug for us. I don't know whether we'll stay in Amsterdam all day or not. Mommy doesn't work Friday and Rose will be here to clean. So it's a good day to get Grandpa out of the house and change his scenery after a whole week in the house.
There is nothing new at the VA. We have not heard anything since the message of last Friday to "cease and desist". In the news broadcast today we heard Pres. Johnson say that they were going to close the selected hospitals in spite of Congressional opposition. He didn't say anything about the Regional RO. I had an interview late this afternoon with the Administrative Officer at the New York State Department of Law. He called me in as a result of a letter he had received from Guy Graves, Schenectady County Republican Chairman. He said that he doesn't have anything now, but wants me to file a complete personal history, with complete emphasis on the legal experience. Then he wants me to bring it to him again. I will wait until the official announcement of the VA closing, as there is nothing much I can do until I know exactly when I can retire. I never thought I'd "retire" at such an early age!
(I interrupted this letter as we just phoned Larry to find out why we hadn't heard from him in 10 days.)
Mommy is downstairs now clipping the newspapers. Grandpa just watched a TV show and is also sitting in the living room. We have the TV in Larry's bedroom so Grandpa can watch it there.
I went to work at 7 this morning so that I could l pick up an hour which I took off at 3:30/ [sic] I'll go in tomorrow at 7 and again Thurs. so I can get 2 hours more compensatory time. When I take Friday I'll be charged with only 4 hours annual leave because I will have accrued 4 hours compensatory.
Don Gillespie, one of our senior adjudicators, got himself another job and has left already. He only had 10 years service and doesn't want to go to NY City. So he quite He'll be an administrative assistant to the president of Albany Business College. It will pay $2000 less than he has been receiving at VA, but he's unmarried, and happy to change jobs. I hope to see him from time to time.
There's not much more news to write. I've been home both last night and tonight. Wed. is K and bowling. Thursday night I have a Kiwanis finance committee meeting to attend. Friday I expect to go to Johnstown and Amst. And that about covers the week.
Love from
Daddy [Arnold J. Friedman]
Mommy just reminded me that we didn't stay home last night - we went to Troy to visit Aunt Daullie

KIWANISKA NEWS February 11

OUR GUEST THIS WED.--- will be Charles John Stevenson. Mr. Stevenson is well known as
the Chanticleer of WGY. Although he recently retired from his
regular broadcasting program, he may still be heard every Sat.
morning and as a substitute for vacationing announcers. Mr.
Stevenson is in great demand as a speaker. We are fortunate that
he will appear before our club February 17.

OUR CLUB FINANCE------ Committee will have our budget ready for approval of the Board
of Directors at the next Board meeting. That will be the March 3
meeting and will be the date of the official visit of Lt. Gov.
Samuel Coppola to our club.

LT. GOV. SAM COPPOLA-- has organized a Mohawk Division Council, consisting of Club
Presidents, Division Committee Chairmen and past Lt. Governors.
The first meeting of this council will be held later this month
in Schenectady. The goal of the Mohawk Division Council is to
help maintain an efficient and aggressive Division.

IT IS WITH RENEWED---- vigor that our Membership Development Committee, under the
Chairmanship of Bill Starr, has set out to establish our goal of
a net increase of five new members this year. Last week you
received a full report on how to propose a new member. Let's
follow that procedure. Your officers have signed a membership
agreement with Kiwanis International and we hope to reach our goal.

THE FINAL COUNT FOR--- 1964 shows there were 5296 Kiwanis Clubs, 2676 Key Clubs and
573 Circle K Clubs.

THE FIFTH OBJECTIVE--- of Kiwanis International for 1965 is "Build the highest standards
of morality and integrity by encouraging organizations, businesses,
professions, labor, and news media to adhere to self-regulated
codes of ethics."

MUST WE REMIND YOU---- that St. Valentine's Day is Sunday, February 14?

THE EVEREST CLUB OF--- Schenectady has asked us to publicize a modern jazz concert by
the Randy Weston Sextet at Linton High School March 7. Donations
are $2.50 each, with proceeds to be used for their scholarship
fund. The Everest Club is concerned with the advancement of
education, incentives and attainments of the Negro youth in
Schenectady. Your club president has tickets for the event.

SIGN IN A GIFT SHOP--- "For the man who has everything: a calendar to remind him
when the payments are due."

See you Wed. at 6:15
Arnold

OUR GUEST THIS WED.---	will be Charles John Stevenson. Mr. Stevenson is well known as the Chanticleer of WGY. Although he recently retired from his regular broadcasting program, he may still be heard every Sat. morning and as a substitute for vacationing announcers. Mr. Stevenson is in great demand as a speaker. We are fortunate that he will appear before our club February 17.
OUR CLUB FINANCE------	Committee will have our budget ready for approval of the Board of Directors at the next Board meeting. That will be the March 3 meeting and will be the date of the official visit of Lt. Gov. Samuel Coppola to our club.
LT. GOV. SAM COPPOLA--	has organized a Mohawk Division Council, consisting of Club Presidents, Division Committee Chairmen and past Lt. Governors. The first meeting of this council will be held later this month in Schenectady. The goal of the Mohawk Division Council is to help maintain an efficient and aggressive Division.
IT IS WITH RENEWED----	vigor that our Membership Development Committee, under the Chairmanship of Bill Starr, has set out to establish our goal of a net increase of five new members this year. Last week you received a full report on how to propose a new member. Let's follow that procedure. Your officers have signed a membership agreement with Kiwanis International and we hope to reach our goal.
THE FINAL COUNT FOR---	1964 shows there were 5296 Kiwanis Clubs, 2676 Key Clubs and 573 Circle K Clubs.
THE FIFTH OBJECTIVE---	of Kiwanis International for 1965 is "Build the highest standards of morality and integrity by encouraging organizations, businesses, professions, labor, and news media to adhere to self-regulated codes of ethics."
MUST WE REMIND YOU----	that St. Valentine's Day is Sunday, February 14?
THE EVEREST CLUB OF---	Schenectady has asked us to publicize a modern jazz concert by the Randy Weston Sextet at Linton High School March 7. Donations are $2.50 each, with proceeds to be used for their scholarship fund. The Everest Club is concerned with the advancement of education, incentives and attainments of the Negro youth in Schenectady. Your club president has tickets for the event.
SIGN IN A GIFT SHOP---	"For the man who has everything: a calendar to remind him when the payments are due."