Ithaca, New York
Saturday afternoon, November 1938
Dear Folks,
I just received your letter on my return from work so will answer it right away. It snowed here yesterday and this morning, and the trees and shrubbery were beautiful while it lasted.
I am sorry to hear that Pop and Aunt Julia are not feeling too good. It is very changeable weather and one has to be very careful the way he dresses.
It's too bad that so many cows went, but you are much better off potentially and the loss will pay for itself in a few years. It will be important to see that the cows get all the hay and silage that they can eat, as long as you will probably have more than enough. A cow is the only animal alive that will utilize all the feed it eats.
I don't know just when I will be home for sure, maybe not until late Wednesday night. If I get Catherine Robinson to let me off at Keller's it would save any confusion, and I would call up the next morning. I haven't even seen her yet, but have been in contact with a boy from Poughkeepsie who is going home with her.
I have been invited over to a fraternity for supper Tuesday night so will sell my ticket at the Coop to somebody else, as that is my last meal. It will seem nice to get away from the place for a few days.
We had our pictures taken for the Annual at the 4-H meeting I went to Monday night. I also sent in my project record sheet as soon as you sent it to me to fill out.
Wednesday night they had a celebration for the 12th anniversary of Willard Straight Hall. They had the large memorial room all decorated up and a huge 50 pound birthday cake with 12 candles in it. The head of the board of directors of the hall and Mrs. Day spoke for a few minutes. There were about a thousand students who attended the celebration. Afterwards they had dancing, but I came home as I had a lot of work to do.
One of the boys who rooms across the hall went down to the Infirmary with jaundice a couple of days ago and is quite sick. Irving is going to stay here over Thanksgiving as he has a lot of work to make up, and it is only about three more weeks until our Christmas vacation from the time we get back. I'll bring my dirty clothes home with me when I come and then will have enough to last me until Christmas.
Please don't go to any extra work for us as I probably won't have much of an appetite after riding all the day before, and I don't imagine Martha will. Is Catherine going to be home?
Well I still have some studying to do so will get at it. Hoping to be seeing you soon.
Lovingly, Hall
Gilbert Hall Flint was born August 14, 1918 and raised on Flint Hill Farm in Amenia, New York. His formal education began in a one-room schoolhouse in Smithfield. He graduated from Amenia High School in 1936 and from the Cornell University College of Agriculture in 1940. He taught high school agriculture from 1940 to 1944, served in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1946, taught high school agriculture from 1946 to 1963, and finished his career as a school principal from 1963 to 1975.
Gilbert Hall Flint passed away on December 16, 2009. The letters are published in his memory. To view the letters in chronological order, please click a timeline label from the side bar menu, scroll to the bottom, and read up.
Gilbert Hall Flint passed away on December 16, 2009. The letters are published in his memory. To view the letters in chronological order, please click a timeline label from the side bar menu, scroll to the bottom, and read up.