Katheryn Clary: Oct. 30, 1924 Chicago, Ill

Dear Friends,
I hope everyone enjoyed Thanksgiving and did get to stuffed. Mine was just right. My husband started the day with getting a three point buck so his hunting is done, for now. Are you going to be one of those people that find themselves in the middle of mad shopping they are promoting? Not this kid. I don't  like that kind of shopping. There is nothing I need that badly that I would put myself in that kind of mania frenzy.
Anyway here is the next letter from Katheryn.

I know it's typed but I still like to write it out myself.

                                                       October, 30th, 1924

Dear Howard:-
                       Just tho't I would drop you a few lines in answer to your
letter, I surely was glad to hear from you as soon as I did. I am at work
now, hence, the stationary.
                       The weather here is lovely I sure do wish it was this
nice during my vacation this summer. I am anticipating a wonderful time
next summer and believe me I am going to have it. What do you do all thru
the summer? I suppose you go fishing etc.
                        So they have quite a bit of liquor up there eh? My goodness
that is some place then. Do you have any exciting parties? We just had a
peach of a party at the Edgebrook Golf Club a good time was had by all.
                         I am very sorry to hear that your mother was ill this summer,
and am glad that sh is better. Give her my love and tell her I said not
to do too much work around the house there, to let some of her heavy set sons
do it, ha- ha. I'll just bet "Elmer" is some shiek eh? Are you going to
have a Halloween Party? I have been to a couple of them so far. I bet you have
the real parties when it comes to Halloween out there, with all your pumpkins,
cornstalks and oak leaves. That is where I would like to be for a party like
that some time. Maybe we could get a crowd to drive out some times and we could
arrange to camp close by you, wouldn't that be the berries?
                     Gosh I wish Xmas would never come, it seems that every time
it gets close to the holidays I am always broke. I guess I broke all the time
anyho.
                     Well, Howard I guess I will call it quits for this time,
hoping to hear from you soon.
                                                        Always your bestest friend,

It sounds like the weather was nice around by Chicago when she wrote this letter.
It also sounds like the liquor was flowing around by Grandpa also. I did show you a picture of Grandpa and some of his friends with what looked like bottles a while ago.
She said she went to a party At Edgebrook Golf Club. I looked it up and it still there.

I was hoping to find a picture from the 1920's but could not.

As for Halloween parties in the 1924 by Ogema, I'm thinking they also had a peach of a time.

Here are few random pictures I picked for you to see.

I'm not sure who these people are but they are at a lake.

This Grandpa harvesting what looks like potatoes. I don't know what year this was.

I don't know who this person is but I think it was taken around Halloween time, I think.

Before I go I'll share picture of the deer my husband got.

That's all I have to share with you today. So have a great weekend and please stay safe.
Your friend always,
Sandy

Mary Kauer: Sept. 10, 1924 Rib Lake, Wis

Dear Friends,
How are you? Me, I'm good. The week was the same old same old for me. Are you ready for the change in the weather? I hope you have a good Halloween.
Enough small talk, here is the next letter from Mary.

As always here is what it says:

         Rib Lake Wis
        Sept. 8, 1924
Hello Mr Johnson;
   How are you getting
along and how do you
like the weather? I'm
fine, the same as always.
   I finishes the book
already and I certainly
enjoyed reading it.
   Did you know that Rose
is working at Youman's again?
We were up at Westboro
Sunday, Rose's brother, my
brother, our schoolmarm &
myself. We had one grand
time getting there. We went

thru the hills and in one
place our car skidded so
that it stood crossways over
the road.
   Well, we got there anyhow
and we stayed about an hour.
Rose was out to Riverview
Sat. nite and they had a
couple of flights, same as
always.
   That Finnlauder sweetheart
of yours, Anna R is working
at Youman's too.
   Going home we took 13
but that was almost as
bad, but it hasn't so many
curves. In the evening

we went to Wellington, the
four of us in Anton Kauers
coupe! So you see we had
all the rides we wanted for
one day.
   It's getting late so I'll
close with best wishes from
              Mary K.
I almost forgot to send my
wedding picture, what do
you think of it?

 I think I got most of the words right. But I'm sure I got the name of the business right. I'm not sure what it was right now. I'll check into it a little farther.
It looks like at the time Grandpa was seeing Anna R and that she is a Finnish girl. I'm not sure what Finnlauder is or if I even spelled it right.
She always seams to be on the go somewhere.

I think I have an old postcard that might be of Westboro in the 1920's. Here it is.

Most roads were not paved like they are now so it was very much of a challenge to travel comfortably. And back then there were not seat belts so you can imagine what it was like travelling done most country roads.

How do you her picture of a bride and groom? I think she had a kind of wicked sense of humor from time to time.

In honor of Halloween here are a couple of pictures of Grandpa dressed up for Halloween.

At least I think it's Grandpa. What do you think?

Well that's all I have for you today.
Tell next time.
Good luck and best wishes
from your friend,
Sandy

Katheryn Clary: Nov. 1,1923 Chicago

Dear Friends,
I hope you had a good week. Mine was uneventful. As for the weekend, not to sure what we will be doing. I have to work on Saturday.
Anyway here is the next letter from Katheryn.

I know it is typed but I'll still copy what it says.

                    Nov. 1 , 1923
Dear Howard:-
             I suppose you will be rather surprised to hear from me againe eh,
well I am very sorry that I have waited this long to answer your letter.
How are all the folks including yourself. I suppose you are married by this
time. Well I'm not- is Tom and Elmer? Gosh there are not any question marks
on this machine so you will have to use your imagination.

           Lamberts just got back from Hayward the other nite but they did
not stop off any place cause they made the trip in one day. Maybe if I go with
them next summer we will stop off and see the whole buch and play Bunco again
how about it?

         Do you go to any dances? I suppose you will be ice skating
soon now. The weather is just getting cold here, but I hate the winter
I wish it would be summer all the time don't you?

        Did you go to any Halloween parties? I went to a couple of
them and we gave one in Theresa Lamberts basement while her mother was away
and it was keen.
         All I have been doing is dancing lately. Thats about all
I think of. I hope you answer this letter sooner than I did cause I am very
anxious to hear from you, do you think you will?
       
      I am at work now and have not much to do and have been think-
ing of you lately so tho't I would write you a letter. You know I am not sure
who wrote last so that means you better answer this right away.

        If you have any pictures taken recently I would like to have
a couple of the whole gang to put in my album, as I have almost forgotten what
you all look like.

          Well I guess I will close hoping to hear from you
           real soon.
                                                     Your friend,
                                                       Kay
Miss Kay Clary
3510 Southport Avenue
Chicago, Illinois.

It looks like Katheryn and Theresa are once again friends, for now. I wonder if they stayed close through out their lives or if they finally grew apart in the end.
She mentioned Halloween so I found a picture of Grandpa dressed up for Halloween.

At least that's what it said on the back.

I decided to do a little research on where she was working at the time. Johnson & Higgins insurance.
It started in 1845 as Jones & Johnson. In 1854 it became Johnson & Higgins.
Today it is the 5th largest insurance brokerage firm in the world and the largest that is privately owned.


She said she wanted pictures of the whole gang because she was starting to forget what they looked like. I'm not sure what group they are but here is a group from about that time.

Maybe some day someone will be able to tell me if they know anyone in this picture.
Here's an other group of six guys.

No clue who any of them are.

Here is another random picture that could have been taken in the 19 teens.

One of the neighbors that I'm sure a number of people know of.

Well that's about all for now.I hope everyone has a good weekend. I'll try but like I said I do have to work tomorrow.
So till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy

Theresa Lambert, Oct 6, 1919 Chicago plus more Winter pictures

Dear Friends,
How are you doing in this winter to remember? Me? Bad case of cabin fever.
Any way here is the next letter from Theresa. It's a longer one then the last few, but it has lots of information.

In case it's hard to read here is what it says:

Dear Howard:

I am answering your letter wich 

I received several days ago. Just as usual,

Chicago is still as exciting as ever. It is pretty 

cold out here, how is the weather out there?

Will you please make or send me a few

of those pictures we had taken on the small

pile of hay that time. You know where 

Kathryn, my two sisters, my brother and 

myself are laying on a hay pile? Well

about three will be enough. I lost all of 

those that I had. I have been going to dances

every Thursday night and am having a swell

time but I wish I was in Hayward. The city

is all right but nothing like a small town

for me. How about it? Did I ever tell you about 

the man who tortured a little girl and then

buried her half alive in her own basement in

a coal pile. They looked for the girl four 

days and he knew it all the time. I don't

see how he could stand it. Well he is going 

to hang at sunrise to-morrow. I imagine it is

awful. Another murder was committed Sunday

morning in the loop. A man killed two men

with an iron bar. The police have not found

him yet but I guess they will. Because two 

or three men saw him before he killed the 

men. Nobody knows why he killed those

men or anything. Say listen can you

make those pictures of me any brighter? But

I suppose it is to much trouble. I am

working in this office and so is Kathryn. We

are doing office work. We have a lot of 

fun with one man. He is Irish and full of

develment. By the way we are going to 

have a halloween party in one girls basement &

we are going to decorate it all up. Write soon

and tell me about your Halloween party.

Well so long for this 

time.

T. Billy Lambert 

Here is the picture they both seam to like. Maybe it's because they are all smiling.

She had a lot of information in this one. I wonder if the person she mentioned killing the young girl is the same one she mentioned in the other letter about the race riots? If it is, that was swift punishment. A whole lot faster then they do now a days. 

Plus she has her first job working in an office. I wonder if this place is still in business? She sounds like she is really enjoying herself. I wonder how her Halloween party went? I also wonder what kind of party Grandpa went to that year?

Well with winter being so hard on so many I've found a couple of pictures that could almost have happened today.

The one on the left says:
Ranger Edward Jones is shown rescuing a deer stuck in the snow at Bear mountain park, New York.
The one on the right says;
The deer were so cold they welcomed companionship one day  recently when Dr. William J. Hanley formerly of Milwaukee and captain at a CCC camp at Gwinn. Mich., approached this pair.
 

 If this garage at 1947 N Thirty- fourth st. could just have held out a little longer some of the snow might have run off in the form of water. The roof gave up, or rather gave in at 2:50 p.m. Sunday. It belongs to Edward Wolke.

Snow on the roof of this garage at 1945 N. Twenty-eight st. owned by Walter Voelz, caused the roof to collapse. Three cars were inside.

I put these pictures put there because my husband said that he saw three sheds that have collapsed roofs from too much snow between our place and town. Now we don't live that far from town so that is a lot of damage in a short distance. 

Well that's all I have time for now so I will close.

Till next time.

Your Friend,

Sandy