Ithaca, New York
Saturday night, January 6, 1940
Dear Folks,
Well I've been back here almost a week now but the time passes so quickly that it certainly doesn't seem like it. This weather we are having is cold enough to freeze an Eskimo, and I bet it is pretty cold and windy there too. We don't have very much snow but what we have is pretty well drifted.
Herman got here OK on Wednesday and made all of his connections. I wondered whether he would. I got the box today. Thank you very much for doing everything up so nicely and for the apples.
Did Andy get Mandy's letter alright? Tell him that I hope he can manage to keep warm and that he should drink plenty of good-hot-milk-Postum in the morning. How much longer does Katie have for her vacation? I hope that she has entirely recovered from the trouble she had before I left.
I didn't tell you that the morning I took the train from Amenia I almost missed it because I was over in Philip's store keeping warm since the station was unheated. It was the first time I had ever been up that way to Chatham and the scenery was quite nice.
This is about all there is for now.
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.
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