March 4, 1969
March 4, 1969
Tuesday 10:30 P.M.
Dear Larry:
Just got home from St. Ambrose Bingo and thought I would write you a few lines to let you know we are all ok and hope you are the same. I hit for $3.45. I guess it’s better than nothing at all.
As yet, we haven’t had any mail from you. We are wondering if you went on your R+R and all about it. I’ll bet you got back from your R+R in time for the big push they had there.
March 3, 1969
March 3, 1969
Monday Morning 9 A.M.
Dear Larry:
I didn’t have a chance to write to you yesterday because I was pretty busy. I had to help out at St. Ambrose at one of their C.C.D. dinners and didn’t get home till 7:30 and by then, I was too tired to write. I guess they are not going to have any more classes or dinners for the high school age students after next Sunday. The kids didn’t like the idea of being there every Sunday afternoon for 3 hours. So, instead they are going on field trips 2 times a month and they are going to go away with the religion classes. That makes a lof of kids happy, including Carol.
February 25, 1969
Tuesday, February 25, 1969
Time 8:30 night
Hi Larry,
How are you? Fine, I hope. Karl is watching Julia. Gosh! There’s been a lot of new shows that came on since you were gone. There’s Julia, Here Come the Brides, there’s a lot of others but I can’t think of them now. Most of them are good.
Daddy went bowling. Mommy went to bingo, and Carol went to the pep club. That’s something like a cheerleader. The only basketball game that we went to was Madison vs. Anderson. Daddy said, then we could see Anderson, and Madison. Madison Heights didn’t win though.
February 18, 1969
Tuesday, February 18, 1969
10:30 P.M.
Dear Larry:
Just got home from Bingo and didn’t hit a thing (darn it). So I thought I would write you a few lines before I go to bed. Carol is rolling her hair and dad is sitting in his your favorite chair reading the paper and watching T.V.
Dad had to go to the doctor yesterday and went to the hospital today for an x-ray. He has pleurisy and it’s been bothering him all day today. Dr. Wilkinson gave him some pills to take so I hope they help him. He came home from work yesterday because he felt bad, so the doctor told him to take a couple of days off. So since this is his weekend off, he will be off all week to rest up. He said he is going to quit working at the club because it is getting to be too much for him.
January 30, 1969
January 30, 1969
9:30 P.M.
Dear Larry:
Well, another month almost gone, and I am glad of that because it makes it that much sooner you will be getting home.
We went to a game which Karl played tonight. St. Mary’s beat St. Ambrose 32-12. They only have two more games to play yet and their [season] will be over. They play Madison Heights Wednesday and Alexandria on Thursday. Dad, Tresa and I went to about every game Karl played and really enjoyed them whether they won or not.
January 16, 1969
January 16, 1969
Thursday 10:30 A.M.
Dear Larry:
Well, here I am again with a few lines and hoping you are ok. As yet, we haven’t been getting any mail from you. What have you been doing? I can’t understand why you can’t write to us more often. Here is hoping again today that the mailman will bring a letter from you.
Dad worked at the club last night, and this morning, he decided that he didn’t want to go to work. He hasn’t been off for some time, so he called in and told them he was sick. He will probably end up sleeping most of the day.
January 14, 1969
January 14, 1969
Tuesday 10 A.M.
Dear Larry:
Well, here I am again with a few lines to let you know all is well here and hope you are the same. We haven’t heard from you in some time again, but I keep hoping for a letter soon.
It is still cold as ever in Anderson, with snow on the ground and the streets are still slick. The kids went back to school yesterday, but the buses are slow coming around to pick them up. It’s been slick and cold since the first of the year. The weatherman said today that it is supposed to get a little warmer. I sure hope so, then maybe it will melt some of the slick spots. When we go out now, we have to walk on needles and pins to keep from falling. Ha.
January 10, 1969
Friday, January 10, 1969
9 A.M.
Dear Larry:
Well, here it is Friday morning. The sun is shining, but it is a very cold day. The temperature is 1 above zero this morning. The kids where not in school yesterday and again today because the roads are covered with ice and it is really slick. We went to one of Karl’s games at North Side Wednesday and it took about 30 minutes to get there because the traffic was so slow. This is Dad’s week off and he said he was glad because he had a few days of rough driving. He said his truck broke down two times yesterday so he had to work overtime and didn’t get home till almost 7 last night. I had hot vegetable soup for supper and then after supper, he went to work at the club.
January 9, 1969
Dear Larry,
Here it is January 9, 1969. It is Thursday and everybody is out of school because of the slick roads. It rained last night and the rain froze. The roads are too slick for the buses to pick us up. When I go to school, I have to get up at 7:00. The bus picks us up at twenty till eight.
I am sending a clipping of the basketball ratings [not included]. Anderson is doing pretty good. This is the first time they are rated this season. They’re record is 6-2. They lost their first two games of the season to the 2nd and 5th ranked teams this week. Anderson beat teams like Indianapolis Tech, East Chicago Washington, rated 18th, Muncie South and Muncie Central in the holiday tourney, Lafayette-Jeff, and Ft. Wayne-South. Sports writers all over the state say they have the toughest schedule in the state.
Our basketball team had a game last night and we lost 25-8. I have to go for now.
Your Brother,
Karl
January 1, 1969 – New Years Day
January 1, 1969
Wednesday 1 P.M.
New Years Day
Dear Larry,
Well, here it is a new year and is it ever cold outside. The windows are frosted from top to bottom. The temperature was below zero this morning and right now it is 11 degrees above zero, so it is not warming up much. This morning we went to the 10 o’clock mass and we about froze our fannies off. HA. It’s windy out and it makes it feel that much colder.
Well, in a way, I am glad that the holidays are over. Now things will be going back to normal. I can’t believe that in a couple of days you will be in the service a year already. Did the time go by quick for you? In a few months your time will be up in Vietnam and I am looking forward to that day.
