Letter from Billy to his Aunt Eva: 12/30/1931
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A Christmas thank you letter from Will's 14-year-old son Billy in Atlanta, Georgia, to Will's younger sister Aunt Eva in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Billy is 14, and Roger is not quite 11. I think it's nice that they're playing backgammon together.
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334 Eighth St. NE.
Atlanta, Ga.
Dec. 30, 1931
Dear Aunt Eva,
Thank you very much for the ties and handkerchief.
We went down to the station on Monday and saw Aunt Alma.
Two weeks ago we saw the “Akron”. On Monday we saw an auto giro. We saw one Sunday also. Early in the school year the Los Angeles came over the city.
We went to see the “Spirit of Notre Dame” yesterday. It was a very good show. The theatre was crowded when we arrived and we had to wait to get in.
The key which you will find enclosed is one which Aunt Alma gave us to give to you. I think it is the key to the laboratory.
She is going to be in Atlanta on Saturday.
We have had a lot of rain lately. It is raining this evening.
Roger and I have been playing Backgammon lately. It is a lot of fun. Aunt Ruthie gave me a set for Christmas.
I hope you had a Merry Christmas.
With love from,
Billy
Atlanta, Ga.
Dec. 30, 1931
Dear Aunt Eva,
Thank you very much for the ties and handkerchief.
We went down to the station on Monday and saw Aunt Alma.
Two weeks ago we saw the “Akron”. On Monday we saw an auto giro. We saw one Sunday also. Early in the school year the Los Angeles came over the city.
We went to see the “Spirit of Notre Dame” yesterday. It was a very good show. The theatre was crowded when we arrived and we had to wait to get in.
The key which you will find enclosed is one which Aunt Alma gave us to give to you. I think it is the key to the laboratory.
She is going to be in Atlanta on Saturday.
We have had a lot of rain lately. It is raining this evening.
Roger and I have been playing Backgammon lately. It is a lot of fun. Aunt Ruthie gave me a set for Christmas.
I hope you had a Merry Christmas.
With love from,
Billy
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1.
Thank you very much for the ties and handkerchief.
Eva gave Billy a tie and some handkerchief the following year. See:
2.
We went down to the station on Monday and saw Aunt Alma.
Alma had gone through Atlanta just a couple of months before - see:I know that you must have enjoyed your visit with Alma. I wished so much that she could have spent more time with us, but we were grateful for the two days.
I wonder where she was going these two times.
December 30, 1931 was a Wednesday, so it was on December 28 that they saw Alma at the train station.
3.
Two weeks ago we saw the “Akron”.
Wikipedia says:
USS Akron (ZRS-4) was a helium-filled rigid airship of the U.S. Navy, the lead ship of her class, which operated between September 1931 and April 1933. It was the world's first purpose-built flying aircraft carrier, carrying F9C Sparrowhawk fighter planes, which could be launched and recovered while it was in flight.
and:
Akron was destroyed in a thunderstorm off the coast of New Jersey on the morning of 4 April 1933, killing 73 of the 76 crewmen and passengers. The accident involved the greatest loss of life in any airship crash.
So why do we remember only the Hindenberg?
4.
On Monday we saw an auto giro.
Wikipedia says:
An autogyro (from Greek αὐτός and γύρος, "self-turning"), or gyroplane, is a class of rotorcraft that uses an unpowered rotor in free autorotation to develop lift. While similar to a helicopter rotor in appearance, the autogyro's unpowered rotor disc must have air flowing upward across it to make it rotate.
5.
Early in the school year the Los Angeles came over the city.
I couldn't find anything that fit this.
6.
We went to see the “Spirit of Notre Dame” yesterday.
A 1931 football movie with Lew Ayres.
7.
The key which you will find enclosed is one which Aunt Alma gave us to give to you. I think it is the key to the laboratory.
Does this mean that Eva is in South Hadley?
Thank you very much for the ties and handkerchief.
Eva gave Billy a tie and some handkerchief the following year. See:
2.
We went down to the station on Monday and saw Aunt Alma.
Alma had gone through Atlanta just a couple of months before - see:I know that you must have enjoyed your visit with Alma. I wished so much that she could have spent more time with us, but we were grateful for the two days.
I wonder where she was going these two times.
December 30, 1931 was a Wednesday, so it was on December 28 that they saw Alma at the train station.
3.
Two weeks ago we saw the “Akron”.
Wikipedia says:
USS Akron (ZRS-4) was a helium-filled rigid airship of the U.S. Navy, the lead ship of her class, which operated between September 1931 and April 1933. It was the world's first purpose-built flying aircraft carrier, carrying F9C Sparrowhawk fighter planes, which could be launched and recovered while it was in flight.
and:
Akron was destroyed in a thunderstorm off the coast of New Jersey on the morning of 4 April 1933, killing 73 of the 76 crewmen and passengers. The accident involved the greatest loss of life in any airship crash.
So why do we remember only the Hindenberg?
4.
On Monday we saw an auto giro.
Wikipedia says:
An autogyro (from Greek αὐτός and γύρος, "self-turning"), or gyroplane, is a class of rotorcraft that uses an unpowered rotor in free autorotation to develop lift. While similar to a helicopter rotor in appearance, the autogyro's unpowered rotor disc must have air flowing upward across it to make it rotate.
5.
Early in the school year the Los Angeles came over the city.
I couldn't find anything that fit this.
6.
We went to see the “Spirit of Notre Dame” yesterday.
A 1931 football movie with Lew Ayres.
7.
The key which you will find enclosed is one which Aunt Alma gave us to give to you. I think it is the key to the laboratory.
Does this mean that Eva is in South Hadley?
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