Thursday, Sept. 4th
Dear Andrew and John,
Just got your letter of the 29th, Andrew, and to answer your question first, any taxi you took would probably have to be on a contract basis and I should judge the fare would be around $3.00 from downtown Baltimore. So don't plan to travel that way for the time being. Our transportation problems are working out, but slowly. I told you Arlene's first day of school was Tuesday and I took her home. Yesterday she had a half day and went to a Towson show till I picked her up. Today was a headache but I hope it's solved. She has a full day of school but I have to teach tonight and tell B. Herbert I'm going to resign with due notice. I was on the 'phone all yesterday evening but it wasn't till we went down the little store for bread that we met a mother and her Towson Catholic son in Arlene's class. It's my opinion we made arrangements for Arlene to get a ride with his rider as far as Glen Arm this afternoon and then his father will come get them from there-about four miles. Tomorrow I'm sure I'll be able to take care of and through talking with Father Doran (haven't met him in person yet) and a Sister Placidius I understand starting Monday the county school bus stops right outside our door and a new law passed last year compels them to carry Catholics as well as the public school students and FOR FREE. This I gotta see. We thought sure by now this Father Doran would drop by the house one day, especially since we were up there but he was out. Another thing, the sisters don't live in or near the new school. We noticed them beating back and forth on Long Green Valley Road in station wagons but thought they were out riding. Now they tell me they live at Notch Cliff, up pass Glen Arm on the way to Baltimore and come back and forth each day. If you still have that old map I sent you I may have marked Notch Cliff on there.
We were only out in the country for a few days when we noted Mrs. B. had a green fad on this year. She put several pieces of this rustic wood furniture in the yard and painted it bright green. The porch furniture that came with the house ditto and while the Baldwins next door were away (from Aug. 15 till Sept. 2) she had their lattice work, cellar door, backyard summer furniture as well as our own painted green. She also donated a trash can and a garbage can which were smeared with the same color. We had on hand at Bloomsbury a 20 gal. trash can from Sears which we brought with us loaded with dishes and breakables. As soon as that was spied, she had Richard, the maintenance man, slosh it green. We got a kick out of Mrs. Baldwin beating around the back yard yesterday talking to herself and caught the words, "You go away for a few days and come back and find everything green; two new trash cans---green!" as she booted the lid off so as not to take the green with her. Finally, Ann was washing dishes yesterday afternoon and you remember those nice natural colored peel cane chairs Ann picked up last summer which we used inside during the winter; well, she saw them bob past the windows and when she went to the back door Richard just looked at her and said nothing but carried them out to his truck; she tells me on the 'phone they came back this morning....green. We met the Baldwins Tuesday evening when they returned from two weeks in Ocean City. They seem nice, around thirty, with a boy age 7 and a girl, 4. She has spoken to Ann several times but haven't seen him since we shook hands. I understand he has a real estate and law office in Towson which he is just getting started and I may have told you he is Streett Baldwin's son which we hope will keep the roads open hereabouts.
I talked to Abe on Tuesday. His father is better and at home now which is why he hasn't been able to get out. He told me they had a SOLD sign on the house and as we hadn't heard a thing about the settlement, I called Schatz first thing yesterday morning again and he still says no word other than he's sure the loan has been approved.
The bridges were repaired yesterday and we could take the shorter route into Towson this morning. By the time you get here maybe the new bridges will be up as I understand they can't begin work on them until the bids have been posted for a certain length of time. I found out a little more about the schedule and the price on the Ma and Pa R.R. In the event we can't meet in town or Towson any friend who wants to visit, the Ma and Pa leaves the station there at North Avenue and Howard Street each morning at twenty minutes to eight and gets to Hydes at 8:25 a.m. In the evening it comes down from York and gets to Hydes about 5:20 for the trip to town. It's $1 a round trip but 69¢ one way.
The little Baldwin boy was over playing yesterday. The day before Mr. Hahn contributed an old three wheel bike of his grandson's and a bus with a seat atop that Kathy seems to like. The Baldwin kid called to his sister, "Come on over here if you want to see something sharp", and Mike ran after him saying, "No, no, it won't cut you". Mike just ain't up on his slang.
They're coming out tomorrow and Saturday so I may have something more interesting to report.
END OF LETTER
Editor's Notes:
Charles also teaches night courses at B. Herbert Brown's Baltimore Institute.
Mr. Hahn also works for the Burtons.
The Baldwins live in the other half of duplex that is The Inn.
Next Posting: September 8, 1952
Copyright 2012 Stephen A Conner
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