Julia: July 11, 1926 Lake Forest, Ill.

Dear Friends,
I hope you had a good weekend. Mine was short. I had to work on Sat. Which means I had to do housework when I got home because on Sunday we went to our daughter's house to help put in a window. On Monday I had to start an hour earlier so that makes getting to sleep on Sunday night a little harder for me.
Well, that's enough whining from me. Here is the next letter from Julia.

For those who find it hard to read here is what it says:

                  Lake Forest, Ill.
                  July 11, 1926
Dear friend:
   Did you think I
was ever to answer
your letter? Well, its
just this I've neglecting
writing more now than
ever. Getting more lazy I
suppose. Ha.
  This is drawing to
a close of a busy day for
us. But this just happens
to be my night on duty.
and in, altho it's just
an ideal evening for
taking a walk or bicycle
ride. Still it isn't half

bad. I'm only on duty every other
evening until 9:20. It seems
often enough to me. to day we had
a large Luncheon party on
quite natural so Sunday is
really the hardest day for us.
  Two of us girls went with
Peterson& family ( leh auf feur) to
some kind of a social at a
Methodist church about 10 miles
from here. Had a real nice time.
  Well wow what are you
doing for excitement? Lots of
good times eh?
  I think of your mother
so much as Freda wrote she's
not feeling so well. Surely is
too bad.
  Over the "fourth" a girl
friend & I spent up at a
cottage at Diamond Lake.
only a short distance from
here. About 1/2 hours ride on the
electric car. Had a nice time.
Reminded we of so much the
times we used to motor out
to Harper, Spirit or Worester Lake's
up home. Those were the swell

old times.
  I suppose you get to
see my folks quite often. Was
to write Ed a letter if I'd
only get to do so.
  Quite an incident happened
last night. At the church we
were at they have only a
young student as pastor. He was
asking where I was from as
everybody is so curious. Well
Ogema sounded familiar to him
He knew Skakerberg's from
out at Spirit. Also Mrs. Lundberg.
This world is large, but oh!
How you run up against
people.
   Leaving this to a
close, that these lines will
find you as good as ever
Kindly remember me to
          your Mother.         Julia


I think Julia must have worked at a restaurant or something along that line.
I guess no matter where you go you always run into someone that knows of someone from where you are from.
I know I got a few of the words wrong. They could have been maybe Swedish.
The lakes she mentions are all around by Rib Lake. I think I got the spelling of the last one wrong. or maybe she did. But I think it was both.

Here are a few random pictures for you to look at.

This is a cousin of my dad, Lois Marie. I don't know what year it was taken.

 Darlene. Someones classmate from 1956.

Just one of the many portrait pictures that I have but do not know who they are. just another reminder, "Always put names on the back of pictures so one hundred years from now, a name will at least go with the face.

Well that's all I have for you today. i hope you will come back again soon for more faded history.
Till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy