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Addie tells us that the Blake house stood the storm all night. but the house this side of it was hit hard. lucky we sent the brushes Monday did you get them?

Stoughton September 23rd 1938

Dear Folks, 
Finee our gale of the the 21st we have had mild sunny days. in looking around town and reading the news papers, we are lucky to be alive. Seares street is still without electricity and lights. that great wind that fell down over to our old place, rests on the wine we called up the head of the town highway (Waller) the wife announced she said they had been informed and her husband had been working on the town highway night and day but he would attend to it as soon as possible. We got our electricity turned on after seven last night, so we had it to listen into the radio, through the evening and it seemed good to have the light to turn on in the evening. our two apple trees and the pear tree are demolished also the cherry tree and an elm are blown down. old Drake stood the storm. a tree went through Olmas house Gertrude was there all alone. her husband was not home frome[[from]] work. Gertrude Ballentine takes him in town. he broke his leg and he has it in a plastec[[plastic]] cast but stills keeps going. She [[missed?]] to hide back and forth with him and now she drives the