Dear James,
It is Monday morning. Yesterday was hot and sultry and we spent most of the afternoon reading. I got up early (6:30) and finished some cleaning I hadn’t done on Saturday and the children had their baths and we washed our hair before breakfast. Then I baked an apple pie and some cookies and we had dinner, pot roast and gravy, potatoes, corn, pickles and apple pie. It is so dry the ears of corn are small but they taste good.
We went to town on Sat. morning. There were two truck-loads of CCC boys in town. John got a hair cut and one of the officers in charge of the camp was there getting a hair cut and shave.
Just as we were turning in to get some gas at the Standard Oil station the battery went dead like it did before. There were no cars there so the two attendants got our car into their yard and looked over the starting system and found the cable had worked loose. He tightened them and told me how to fix them if it happened again. The roads are rough and the ends of the wire jiggle loose.
I’m afraid we’re too late for blueberries. I didn’t see any in the stores. Let me know the prices of fruit and I will buy here when the price is right.
There isn’t much news only we all miss you so. We got your letter Sat. but the package didn’t come. John is carving all over the place. He thinks the knife is OK and the chain keeps him from losing it. Ruth made me a little match box and nailed it up and it is really handy.
Some of the paper on the shed roof got loose and I had to climb up and fasten it down yesterday morning. It had been very windy. Mitzi and the cat are better friends but still have to have a round or two to show the other who’s who.
Well this is all. I’m sending my account sheet and it is the last one in the book. Send me a filler so I can use it for the milk. Lots of love from the family, Martha