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263 Auburn Street
Auburndale, Mass.
April 30, 1948

Dear Mrs. Holmes:
The very first thing, I want to thank you for forwarding my telephone check. It is good of you to take of it for me. I find it does come in handy.
 
What do you think of the weather? it seems to me that I never knew such a winter and spring. I got in some extra coal last fall and thought I might have some left over this year, but it is nearly gone. I let the furnace out several times, thinking I could get along with my kitchen oil stove and the rubbish fires I could make nights and mornings. But the nights were so cold I couldn't keep warm and the days when the sun didn't shine I was cold, so, after a few tries, I gave up and began keeping the fire night and day. I hope the weather gets better before my coal is gone entirely.

A week ago last Sunday, a neighbor of mine came up about 7:30 and had breakfast with me. I made hot biscuits and we listened to Dr. Sockman preach over the radio, and and about 12 o'clock we started out and went over by the river digging dandelions. Afterward we sat on a stump in the sun and picked them over. We got back about 2 or 2:30. We both enjoy getting out on just such tramps, but as she is married and also has quite a number of other friends, we don't get out as often as we should like to. This time she went into the hospital a few days later for an operation. I went down one evening to see her. Now she is home. I went in to see her the second day back and found her sitting up but still not dressed. I haven't heard from her the last two days.