Thursday, August 21.
Dear Andrew and John,
I'm not making any more rash statements, but by the time you get this we should have moved; if we haven't, we'll be without 'phone, water or gas and electric. Tuesday night this Corbett of Schatz came to the house with the contract of sale already signed by the Seickes. I was a little reluctant to sign but did so, but first changing the date of "on or before" settlement from September 24 to September 15, which means it has to be settled by then. I also questioned Mr. Corbett further and he said they had not yet approached the B & L Association but would do so on Wednesday; also that if it was not approved, then Schatz would take it up with their B & L and if that fell through, they would declare it no sale and return the cash to the buyers. Well, no sooner had I signed and gotten him on his way when the 'phone rang and Ann talked to Mrs. Herrig, who was happy to say her brother-in-law had OK'd giving them the cash and she wanted the house. She hung up and we were still looking at each other when Mrs. Murphy, another Schatz agent, called and said she had what looked like a definite sale as the people had to be located in Catonsville by September 1. So there you are; stewing over this thing for a month and then three possible sales in one hour. I'm trying to put some pressure on Schatz to hurry this one through or at least find out by the week-end if the loan is to he made to the Seickes so we can let Mrs. Herrig know right away. Her set up, I'm sure, would go through much faster, as is the case when you are dealing with a bank.
Virginia offered to take Ann and the kids for a ride out to the house on Friday and Ann accepted but I found out yesterday that Mrs. B. plans to be at the house all day Friday and wants us to try to meet her out there Saturday afternoon to see what Progress has been made as we have only been inside the house that one time. I dislike the idea of leaving the house on Bloomsbury empty for maybe a week and maybe more but Arlene has to be in school a week from next Tuesday and I guess we can't delay it any longer. As for transportation at the new place, until you pick up your Cadillac, we'll have to make friends fast. The Hyde railroad station is within walking distance down Hyde Road but the darn train makes only one trip north and one trip back to Baltisore each day. It hits Hyde in the morning about 8 a.m. and goes on up to York, Pa. Coming back that same day it stops at Hyde a little after five and gets to Baltimore about 6 p.m. There is a bus that goes from Baltimore to Jarrettsville a couple of times each day but as far as I can determine, it doesn't use any road nearby. But there's plenty of people out that way so they must use something. When we were at Aunt Alice's last Sunday we found out that St. John's may not have a high school but they have a senior social club. They advertised in the Baltimore Sun last Saturday that they were holding a carnival and chicken picnic Saturday and Sunday from morning till night.
Abe had to take his father to the hospital again yesterday. His blood pressure was way, way up and he couldn't speak. They had a night nurse on him and he seemed to be resting this morning, so Abe said.
I'm filling out a forwarding address card this morning for all of us and I see it is for two years so we won't have to worry. I'm also checking the block promising to guarantee postage on any parcel post or other literature in case anyone sends you or us anything.
END OF LETTER
Editor's Notes:
Charles' family is moving from Catonsville. Charles' employers, Dr. and Mrs. Burton, have promised him the use of one of their houses in Long Green Valley.
Virginia is a friend of John's.
Abe Scop is a long time friend of Charles.
Next Posting: August 22, 1952
Copyright 2012 Stephen A Conner
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