681 4/23/1951 Helen Carlson to Sadie Erwin

Helen Carlson 4008 Randall Avenue, St. Louis Park, Minneapolis 16, Minnesota Monday, April 23, 1951

Sadie Erwin Box 44, Enumclaw, Washington

Dear Folks, I just finished the dinner dishes so will answer your letter that came this afternoon. That is wonderful news about Stella coming, although I won’t believe it until I hear she is actually on the train. Both Jim and Mary are terribly excited about seeing Sandy. What is Bernice going to do. We will sure have a busy time and I just hope the weather is nice. It was wonderful out today. Really, the first nice spring day. Elmer quit his job last Friday and started at the new place today. He had met a classmate on the street and this fellow asked Elmer if he knew of a structural engineer who was looking for a job and Elmer said he was interested if they paid good enough. He went over and talked to the men and they offered him 75 a month more than he was getting with Magney-Tussler and Setter. Elmer told Mr Magney and he said he would like to keep Elmer but they were not able to give him that much of a raise. Elmer quit then but Mr. Magney told him if he ever wanted to come back there to work they would always be glad to have him. It’s always a good idea to leave on friendly terms I think. Elmer is still interested in other jobs, however, but this one will be better than what he had until something else comes along. His hours are better on this job. He gets out at 4:30 instead of 5 o’clock. The 75 dollars raise really isn’t so very much more after they take out for income tax, but it will all help. I took Davy down to see the practitioner as planned. Our appointment was for 1:30 and ordinarily that time would be o.k. but he decided not to sleep much that morning so by 1:30 he was really sleepy and he didn’t want to sit still or anything so we didn’t stay very long. Mrs. Bruff would like me to bring him down and leave him alone with her for about an hour but I don’t know how that would work out. He sleeps so much that it is hard to plan anything with him during the day. I thought Davy looked pretty good today but Elmer thought he looked green. Thanks for the birthday card with the dollar to Jimmy. He loves to get money as he is on an allowance so he really watches his nickels. He said he was going to write you a letter and thank you for it. I think it is just a shame that that darn Ralph causes the kids so much trouble. Isn’t there some way they can get rid of him? He is spoiling things for himself. I’m glad Stella and Ruth wouldn’t play golf with him. Mrs. Dahlstrom called me up the first thing in the morning after he had called her. She said he thinks they should fly out. They are kind of thinking of doing that because their car needs repairs. She talks about all the cooking and baking she will do for Ralph and he is hungry for so many things, so he said. She had better let Glad and Cully in on their plans as she hopes to have one of their cars to use if they should fly out. After supper tonight Mary and her girl friend took Davy for a ride in his buggy. When they brought him home I gave him a warm bath in the bathtub and got him ready for bed so he should sleep good tonight. Mary is trying hard to go to sleep now but she keeps saying she wants Sandy to visit school one day. Jimmy is just as excited as Mary. Stella and Sandy can have the kids room and Mary and Jimmy will sleep upstairs. Sandy can sleep up there with them if she wants to. We moved the studio couch up there and there is another bed there and I have fixed it up pretty good so the kids like it at least. Well Folks I had better stop for now and get this right in the envelope and addressed so I’ll be sure and have it ready for Elmer tomorrow. I thought the lesson was awfully good last week. Mrs. Bruff works for Davy every day, of course, and I’m sure Elmer will think he looks better one of these days. Love, Helen