18 Beech Street
Woodsville, N.H.
July 13, 1940Dear Bessie,
Thought you might like the enclosed picture. [no longer with the letter] Though it isn't very good you will doubtless recognize it as the leader with his Cubs.
How has the summer been treating you? Are you working in the bank as you thought you might?
Life here doesn't make anything very exciting to write about, but I've kept busy right along and had a good time doing it. Mostly I've been doing such prosaic stuff as the daily housework and I did thoroughly clean my room. Of course, I've been seeing the old gang that I hadn't seen since Christmas.
Been to any movies of late? I've been more since coming home than all year at college - - - because other people have been taking me! We've seen "Abe Lincoln in Illinois", "Susan and God", "Three Cheers for the Irish", and "Rebecca", and are going shortly to "New Moon".
Do you remember that I purchased and read "Jeeves" at college? My brother read the book when I brought it home, and he was so intrigued by it that he has read nothing but Wodehouse since. I'm perusing the "Code of the Woosters" at present. Also am reading some of Tolstoi. If I live long enough I may eventually get his complete works read.
I was away a week as the delegate from our church to a religious education council in southern New Hampshire. It was held at a YMCA camp so we enjoyed regular camp life and had lots of fun . . . classes in the morning, supervised recreation, studying, etc., in the afternoon, and each evening a program with a speaker and discussion. There was a private swimming pool, tennis and badminton courts. They had a horse there for a couple of days and for the first time in my life I rode on a horse.
Next week and the following one our minister is holding vacation schools in two towns near here and I am to have the oldest class and will attempt to give them a course in church history. I'll also have charge of part of the handwork.
Have you heard from many of the kids? I have from quite a few. Tillie Parker is at Middlebury summer school studying French. Sylvia seems to be busy carrying on with the housework at home. Jean deVed and I hope to get together sometime, either up here or at her home, but our plans are still very indefinite.
Next month my brother and his wife are coming for a visit from Iowa. I can hardly wait to see them as I haven't seen my sister-in-law in three years. If Hitler keeps on, fathap we'll be refugee-ing our way out there to see them and Sally. I wonder what Mr. Bailey is doing.
Mother sends her regards to you. Please remember me to your folks.
Love,
Lisa