A Possible Buyer

Friday, August 8 1952

Dear Andrew and John,

More of nothing about the house - the present one that is. Mrs. Burton said the new one is all ready (I worked out their house yesterday) and we have switched over the electricity to our name so the people next door don't go waterless. The telephone is to be put in on the fifteenth. I 'phoned the Postmaster out at Hydes yesterday, a pretty nice fellow named Sewell, who also has a general store. He promised to hold anything that might come in from you or anyone else till we get there. Mrs. Burton says if we are not able to rove on the 18th we can make it any succeeding day, as soon as we sell the place.

During the last 30 hours this is what we have learned. We found out the name of the young couple who want the house - it's Herrig and she used to be a Morsberger. They had an appointment with Trail at the bank yesterday but couldn't get anywhere. Ann called Schatz yesterday and talked to his niece, Marion, who said they were putting an ad in today's paper and there were still several people who were anxious to get the place. This morning I called and talked to one of the Schatz Bros. who said there didn't seem to be any other prospects at the moment. Mrs. Bellis told Ann again yesterday that they hadn't heard anything from Cimino, so in order to put on a little pressure, I told Schatz we were thinking of renting the place and would like to know something definite by the week-end, and then finally, as though an afterthought I said I wondered if Mr. Cimino would be interested in our place as he was considering the house next door. Mr. S. said he knew about that and after a pause said Cimino had made them an offer of $7,300 and he was sure he could get the same offer for our place. I called Ann end told her and she went right over to tell Mrs. Bellis, who said positively they had not made any offer and, of course, they wouldn't accept a figure that low. So Ann started to get mad and called her friend, Mr. Williams, who was her guardian when her parent's estate was in trust and she lived with him for several years when she was about 12. He is about 80 now and has been a lawyer and real estate dealer all his life; also owns a lot of land around Baltimore and other points. He said it was his opinion they were trying to put the squeeze on us and it was his suggestion that we try to have Schatz terminate his contract if he will let us out and go up the 10-cent store and get a For Sale sign for which you don't have to pay a commission and get as much action if not more. Ann called me back and told me all this and that's the last I heard of her shortly after lunchtime. She said she was going up to see Schatz and do just this and then see whether he would have anything to say. I forget to mention above that there was no ad in any of today's papers that I can see.

END OF LETTER

Editor's Notes:
Charles' family is moving from Catonsville.
The Bellis' live next door.

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