Tue 11 Oct 1921
Mary's Journal Entry
Ironed. B & J stayed to Roy’s last night. Commenced to pack. another hoter day
Letter Sent Home
Dear ones at home.
yours of Oct. 5 at hand. address first so we wont have to wait so long to hear from you. Los Angeles, California General delivery. we leave here in the morning if all is well. 430 miles there & Bill says we ought to make it in three days (Maby) we can never get started mornings before 9 or 10 o’clock or at least that is the way it has been it may go different farther west. we are all feeling pretty good if my teeth were not so sore I would feel better I ironed our cloths this A.M. so we start with clean cloths. I am wondering if you hear from us every day that is the way I have been writing ever since we left home only a few times I have missed writing & another thing is whether the post cards are to pale to read. I am going to write Hattie i soon maby before we get settled in Cal. don’t know where we will park our Fords untill we get there. Oh dear so much farther from home. we are in stew we might as well go there. hope it will be cooler in California the heat here sure gets me. how is everybody I write so often I can hardly find any thing to write about how was the dates they look queer growing. I smell fried chicken & I am hungry. I have a new hat a kaki oh you know a yellow one. write as often as you can what’s the weather &c.
Best wishes to all Ma & Pa
Some school tax I should say. Mr. Carter’s daughter ii goes to high school I expect. they tried that stunt on Pa but it did not work hope the district gets enough of it. I ought to write about 40 letters don’t have time
Oh yes they have the joke on me Juanita & all the rest give me the slip & went & saw all these things they bro’t some Olives & Juanita says to me “here are some olives there is not enough sugar in them to hurt you” & bitter oh nothing in York state like it but Quinine. we are sending a pict. see if Fern & Wilfred iii can find Grandma & Grandpa. oh my but its hot chickens & turkeys in yard with mouths open & wings out dinner dishes done & ironing all done we have green corn cooked ready to put in cans for our lunch chicken to fry this P.M. so it will be cold & land knows what else to be done & so hot. well I must get get at it (is that gets enough) well this is quite a letter after all.
Love to all.
Well as Mother has written all the news I will try to say a few words as to sending check you can put it in Wilson Bank & I can draw checks on it as I want it. think I told you that in other Letter but keep me posted as to how much you put in so I do not over draw will need some money soon after reaching Cal - bought new tires all around in Carthage car has run fine Hattie & Wilf iv sure banged theirs up to spend $250.00
forget what I wrote before it sure is hot here in day time cooler at night set Cabbage plants last Friday lots of Oranges Grape Fruit & Dates grown here & Olives oh my you ought to have some
Love to all as ever Pa