Mary Kauer: July 27, 1925 Rib Lake, Wis.

Hello Friends,
I hope you had a good week. it looks like the weekend for me will be short, I have to work Saturday 6 hours. I just wish it could be warmer. This whole month has been below freezing and a lot below zero. I sure hope spring will spring a lot sooner then last year. Right now it doesn't look good.
Enough of my whining, here is the next letter from Mary:

As always here is what it says:

            Rib Lake Wis
             July, 27, 1925
Hello Howard:-
    Well, I don't know
wither you'll get this before
Wednesday or not but its
the best I can do. I got
your letter this morning
and and I'm answering it
this afternoon. That's pretty
good don't you think?
I realy ought to get a

prize of some kind for
it. But honest, I told
you I wouldn't answer
and this is the last
time that I will. Cro
(Cross my heart & gizzard)
We were to a picnic
at Harpers Monday and
I went swimming and
almost drowned. Wasn't it
to bad I didn't? Just think

what a lot of worries that
my mother would have
been rid of.
  But I didn't mean to
say that I went swimming.
I just practiced and went
out too far.
  Say, I'm anxious to
hear that dream you
had. I've got a dream book
so I'll have to look it
up and see whether it's

good or bad luck.
  oh say, I've got a girl
for your brother. I don't
mean that I've got her but
I know her real well and
she's a peach. In the first place
she's an awfully good girl, she's
nice looking, good natured
about 5ft. tall has brown hair
real blue eyes and she's about
18 yrs. old. But she's got a
brother that's always got an
eye on her.
                Mary

I wonder what kind of a dream Grandpa had and if Mary was able to interpret it?
I like the way she said,"Cross my heart and gizzard". most of us do the cross your heart part but this is the first time I've heard gizzard. She could be such a silly girl with an off the wall kind of humor.
I wonder if Uncle Thomas and this pretty girl ever got together?
I hope she was able to learn how to swim.
In honor of swimming I found a few pictures that have water in them.

This is a postcard of Copper Falls by Mellen Wis. Sold at the Mellen Drug Store. No idea what year.

This is a picture that was taken at Copper Falls. It could be Grandpa and Mary.

I can't make out who this is but I think they were camping by water. if you look behind him there is someone sitting next to the water.

Well that's about all I have for you today.
So stay warm, and enjoy your weekend. Mine will be a little shorter then I like.
Your friend,
Sandy

Theresa Lambert: Dec. 15, 1920 Chicago

Dear Friends,
I hope you had a good week. Mine was quiet. I'm looking forward for the weekend though. In the last letter I forgot to comment on why Katheryn had so many different jobs. I wonder why she had so many different jobs in a matter of a few months. I guess she was just young and when your young you want to flit around as much as possible. Just  a thought.
Now on to the next letter from Theresa.

It's a little hard to read in places so here is what it says.

Dear Howard:
     I suppose you thought
I had forgotten you but
I haven't. I or rather we
have been so busy moving
and everything that I have
not had time to do anything.
This fountain pen writes
awfully heavy I know but
I got it from one of the
sailors and thought I would
make use of it. We are
getting a little Victrola, it
is a good one for camping
and things of that sort.
How is my friend Henry
Ford? Still humming eh? Well
the little Chevrolet is still going.
Just built a nice big garage
for it. I am going to a dance
at the Edgewater Beach

Hotel this week. You tell'em
How exciting. Thrilling isn't
it. Well guess I will close
hoping to hear from you
sooner than you heard
from me.
            As Ever
               Theresa Lambert
               2245 Farragut Ave
               Chicago Ill.


Well it looks like she is still in the process of moving. I wonder how long it took them to get settled in.
I wonder what her new Victrola looked like.

 I wonder if maybe it could have looked something like this one. She seams to like doing things outside  and was a kind of a party girl. I can see her as a flapper, how about you?
I looked to see if I had a camping picture and I think I found one. It's from 1964.

At least I think it's someone camping somewhere but I'm not sure.

As for Henry Ford, I think I'll show you another picture of what could have been Grandpa's car at the time.

 As for her little Chevrolet, maybe it could have looked something like this one.
 
It kind of looks small but what do I know.

She said something about A Edgewater Beach Hotel. I found a good postcard on the internet of it's ballroom.

I hope she had a good time that night.

With summer here I thought I would include another summer picture.

This one is also from 1964. Remember I was 2 at the time.

Well that's about it for now. I'm so glad you stop by for visit and I'm looking forward to having you drop by again and again.
So till next time.
Your friend,
Sandy