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Erie, Pa.
Sunday, Sept. 11, '38
Rog had a slight cold today so Bab was the only good Christian in the family and went to Sunday School. I worked on Uzzell most of the morning, when not acting as chauffeur. This afternoon, Willie and Bab went to see Sonja Heine's latest movie, and Mother, Rog and I went "esploring" - out the Wattsburg road, then off cross country past Lake Pleasant and through Arbuckle to Waterford and home on Route 86, I believe. It was a dull, cloudy day but we did enjoy it immensely. Rog and mother occupied the rear seat and seemed to have a good time together, finally undertaking to see a [[underlined]] white [[/underlined]] cow, horse, chicken, cat, dog, pig, duck and goat. They saw all but a white goat - a black was the best they could do on that. I enjoyed especially the signs of fall approaching - the golden rod, yellow and feathery, the lavender chickory with the golden rod, the meadow grass turning brown, fields reddish with buckwheat stubble, the corn stalks turning maroon and yellow, grapes heavy on the vine, red apples, and the turning leaves appearing red, yellow in splotches among the green. I think my resumption of writing is developing an appreciative eye and teaching me to get much more out of life.
 
Expected to be alone on the train tonight but ran into Roy Sjoberg, on his way back to New York after a weekend in Erie with Zelma and Joanne. He told me all about his new job with J.G. Brill, as assistant to "Silk" Corlette, manager of bus sales for the New York District which includes New York State and northern New Jersey. Roy hopes to make a lot of money out the job mainly because above his salary, which is more than he got with us, he gets a 1 1/2% bonus on all he sells above a "floating bogey" which, I take it changes every year. He says Corlette's bonus this year will be over $10,000. I wouldn't say Roy appeared particularly happy about everything but he

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