Dear Mother and Daddy; It is pouring rain out today, the first rain we have had in 40 some days. Your nice letter came yesterday and we were so glad to hear that daddy is getting along so well and that he liked your new hat. Did you wear it to church Sunday? Have you [...]
Archive for June, 2009
From Patricia Sherman, September 13, 1955
Posted in 1950s, letters, Pat Sherman on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From Lillian Bradley, Friday AM – Sept. 2 – 1955
Posted in 1950s, letters, Lillian Bradley on June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My Dearest Daddy, Well my time here is getting pretty short. Only two more days, and I will be almost home when you get this. How are you to-day? The sun is bright first thing this morning and its supposed to go to 80 or 85. It’s been really hot in Calif. Yesterday it was [...]
From Lillian Bradley, Wed. PM – August 31, 1955
Posted in 1950s, letters, Lillian Bradley on June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My Dearest Daddy, I received your nice letter this morning and was glad to hear from you. How are you? Is everything OK? Only a few more days and I will be home. Yesterday Diane, Cindy and I picked some black berries, great big ones, I guess they were thimble berries, right at the corner [...]
From Lillian Bradley, Tues. AM – August 30, 1955
Posted in 1950s, Images, letters, Lillian Bradley on June 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My Dearest Daddy, I didn’t write last night it was 10:30 when Patricia and I got home from Seattle. We drove up instead of taking the bus. Dale was late getting home and we thought we could make better time to drive. We had baked salmon for dinner last night and it sure was delicious. [...]
From Lillian Bradley, Sun. PM – August 28, 1955
Posted in 1950s, letters, Lillian Bradley on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My Dearest Daddy, How are you tonight? We are all fine and had a wonderful day. Patricia’s friends Mary Ann and George came over this morning at 8:30 and we all went up to Deception Pass, 104 miles from Patricia’s. We crossed the Sound on the ferry and then drove some more. It was a [...]
Finally, Some Updates
Posted in Family Tree, Images on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve decided to try and get back into the swing of the letter writing, among other things, but first I’d like to share a collection of photos sent in by reader Nicole, who happened to be in the cemetery where the Aray family were buried and was kind enough to share: She adds: The text [...]