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.
December 3, 1968
Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1968
9 A.M.
Dear Larry:
Not much to write about but here I am with a few lines to let you know we are ok and hope that you are the same.
We haven’t had any mail from you for a while. We used to get a least one letter a week, but now we are lucky to get one every 2 or 3 weeks. It seems to me that the Army would give a guy time to write to his family and let us know how he is doing. We got the film yesterday so we will probably have them developed in a few days.
Maybe by now you got the cake I sent you. I am anxious to know if it got to you in good shape. It cost more to send the box than what was in it. The gum and shake-a-pudding was from Tresa. She wanted to send it separate but we thought it would be best to put it with the cake.
November 28, 1968, Thanksgiving
Thursday, Nov. 28, 1968
10:10 AM
Dear Larry:
Well, here it is Thanksgiving Day and it is raining outside. I just finished baking a couple of pumpkin pies to take over to Aunt Mary’s, we are going there for Thanksgiving Dinner. So this year I will have a little rest from cooking. Sure wish you could be home with us, but since it is impossible, I am hoping that you will be having turkey today. We will be thinking of you.
Larry, I have an angel food cake ready and sealed in a box to send to you. It will be your birthday cake from us this year since you won’t be home with us. I didn’t put any icing on it because I didn’t know how it would hold up. I had some people tell me that angel food cakes get there in pretty good shape because they don’t crumple like the other cakes. Tresa also slipped in a box of Shake-a-pudding and some Dentyne gum in the box. I will send you a box every now and then, but it would help if I knew what you would like and want. I am going to bake a cake on your birthday so we can celebrate it too.
November 2, 1968
Nov. 2, 1968
Sat. 9:45 A.M.
Dear Larry:
Even though we are not getting any mail from you, I thought I’d write. The last letter we got from you was written the 13th of October so it has been over 2 weeks since we got a letter. Dad said that you are probably on your R+R and having fun. Aunt Mary is waiting until I hear from you to send you a box. Maybe you might be moved and have a different address. Uncle Ray was over the other day and he said that he doesn’t understand why you didn’t get their box. He felt pretty bad about it and I can’t blame him. The only thing we can figure out is that it was probably stolen. He said that he put the address on it that I gave him so it couldn’t be the wrong address.
October 30, 1968
Wednesday Oct. 30, 1968
7:45 A.M.
Dear Larry:
Thought I would drop you a few lines while everything is nice and quiet here. The kids all left for school, Dad is at work, so I am sitting here sipping some tea and trying to think of what to write to you.
Carol said that she was going to go down Barbara’s house after school. I guess Barbara has “Mono,” some kind of a disease that her whole face is swelled up. So she will have to be out of school for some time, Carol said.
It has really been cold the last few days. The frost is still on the grass this morning. The weather man said that it will warm up today and maybe we will have a nice weekend. There are still a lot of leaves on the trees. The city crew has been coming around and taking them off the street and curbs. Dad and Tresa raked some of the leaves last weekend and Dad burned them.
October 23, 1968
October 23, 1968
Wednesday 8:20 P.M.
Dear Larry,
Thought I would write a few lines even though there is not much to write about. Hope you are ok. Here in Anderson it is really cold now. I took the fan out of the living room and put it down in the basement for the winter. Also I took the screens out of the doors and put the windows in and put the screen up in my storm window. I am not taking any chances because the kids may be out soaking windows since they are out of school tomorrow and Friday. Next week is Halloween and the kids only get to go out one night this year and that is Halloween night. In a way I am glad because I won’t have kids knocking on my door every 5 minutes.
September 28, 1968
Saturday, Sept. 28, 1968
11:20 A.M.
Dear Larry:
Here it is Saturday morning. Dad is at work. Joanna stayed all night with Carol J—– and was supposed to go to work this morning with her. At least I hope she did, because her mustang is parked in our driveway. Carol (your sister) went to Cincinnati this morning with the girls from the [Sophomore] class to see a baseball game and some sight seeing. She stayed all night with a girlfriend and they were supposed to leave at 6 this morning and is supposed to come back at 11 o’clock tonight. Dad is supposed to pick her up at that time.
Tomorrow, Dad, Karl, Tresa, and I are going to Cincinnati to a game to see the San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati Reds play. We are going on a bus with the Meadowbrook team Perfecto that Karl was on and won the Little League Championship.
July 21, 1968
Sunday, July 21, 1968
1 P.M.
Dear Larry:
Well, here it is a hot Sunday afternoon. Dad went to Cincinnati with the St. Ambrose bus association to a baseball game. Joanna laid out in the sun after church this morning and now she is getting ready to go to work from 2 till 10 this evening, Carol went to Lake Webster for the weekend with a girl friend (Carol P—–). Tresa went to Aqua Gardens with Debby and Sara. Karl as yet isn’t home from the 11:30 mass, he was gonna go swimming with Tresa, but they didn’t wait for him. And Mom, here she is at home sweating. (boy is it hot). Karl just came home. I guess maybe Joanna will drop him off at Aqua Gardens on her way to work.
Well, Larry, how is everything with you? I’ll bet you’re sweating it out too. We only had 1 letter from you last week. So here is hoping we get a letter tomorrow.
May 8, 1968
May 8, 1968
Wednesday evening 9 P.M.
Dear Larry:
A few lines to let you know we got your letter today. A short one, I might say, but at least it is a few lines.
Dad is working at the club tonight, Tresa and Karl are in bed, and Carol is cutting out a pattern for a dress for herself. Joanna is going out with Larry L—–, she said he got a new thunderbird and he wants to take her for a ride. Dad and I don’t like the idea of her going out with him. He has been married for one reason and besides, there are plenty of single guys around and why should she go with someone that has a kid and besides that he is a lot older than her.
June 1956 – Cub Scouts Enjoy Trip To Kokomo By Train
This newspaper clipping, probably taken from The Herald Bulletin, shows Larry (middle row, third from the left) and his sister Joanna (to the left of Larry) with their other St. Ambrose Cub Scout friends. On Saturday, June 26, 1956, they took a train trip from Anderson to Kokomo, IN where they went on a tour of the Kokomo Police Station and jail. Click the image to enlarge and read the entire article. Larry was 8 years old in the picture.
