July 21-1956
Dear Dick & Dad:-
I just arrived home from work 2:10pm and found your card “the hot mama” Ruth went up to the harbor this morning with Ralph, Lucile and the kids and I’m going up this afternoon after I eat a bite and do a little yard work. Seems like there is not enough hours in a day for me to get all my work done. I sold our 51 Chevrolet and hope to have a new one I’m trying to get a station wagon as I’ve always wanted one.
They’re pretty hard to get, everyone would get in is sold to
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someone else. Of course by me getting the discount I just have to wait. I sold the 51 about a week ago and have been driving a company car since then.
We haven’t been up to Westerville yet, hope to make it this week. What have you guys been doing to pass the time? Hope you don’t catch all the fish. Fishing hasn’t been any good at Lake Erie so far this year. We covered about 75 miles of water last Sunday and didn’t catch anything only a few little perch–
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down at Marblehead. We were on the North Bass reef, Gull Reef, and Kelly Reef all we got was a lot of boat riding and sun.
Everything is about as usual here nothing new or exciting, nobody had any babies etc. We have had a lot of rain and the weather has been on the cool side about 60° at night and 75° – 80° in the daytime, hope you’re having nice weather.
Ralph had good luck fishing where they go close to Parry Sound lots of bass and pickerel
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Well I finished my snack and have run out of news so guess I better get to work or get to the Harbor tonight.
Give our regards to the Becker’s and ask Ruth if there’s anything she would like for us to get for her if so write and let us know.
It won’t be long ’til August 2 so until then lots of love
Herm
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