Pop writes about the icebox of Connecticut and his distaste for FDR.
St. Patrick’s Day
In the “mornin”
[1963]
Mr. Harold Lufkin, V.P.
Newton Mfg. Co.
Newton, Iowa.
Dear Mr. Lufkin:
Thanks for your nice letter and before I forget I will send you Pete’s address, it’s—Mr. Pete Sinclair, 719 Grand, Laramie, Wyoming. Don’t know where he got all his brains. From [...]
Continue reading about Pop’s Letters – St. Patrick’s Day – 1963
This is one of a few letters that is incomplete. It still is informative about battleships and yachts. In regards to me being sick, I recall being absent from school for typically about 30 days out of the year in elementary school. That lessened in high school, while my year between high school and college [...]
Continue reading about Pop’s Letters – Washington’s Birthday, 1963
This letter relates Pop’s beginning as a salesman during the Depression.
Mr. Harold Lufkin, V.P. Nov 10, 1962
Newton Mfg. Co.
Newton, Iowa.
Dear Mr. Lufkin:
<The beginning relates to Newton business matters>
I was very sorry to read in our local papers that you lost a valued citizen of Newton in Fred Maytag. Did you know that the first selling [...]
Pop writes of the virtues of pluralism and self-reliance.
Norfolk, Conn.
August 16, 1962
Dear Beth:
Thanks for your nice letter and the nice things you said in it.
I guess the best way if I ever decide to write is for you to take some occasional letters that I write and put them together. Believe me you have my [...]
This is a letter from Newton, once again suggesting Pop write a book. The son who won an award for poetry was Pete.
Mr. Leon Sinclair August 4th, 1962
Box 473
Norfolk, Connecticut
Dear Mr. Sinclair
Thanks so much for your letter about what you seem to consider the improbability of your writing a book. However, it seems [...]
It’s apparent from this letter that Pop is responding to the suggestion from Newton that he write a book. There’s a bit of name and place “dropping” in this one.
Beth Murphy Norfolk, Conn.
Newton Mfg. Co. July 18, 1962
Newton, Iowa.
Dear Beth:
What a lovely compliment, and one that most certainly deserves an answer. I think though that [...]
I removed two parts of this letter to make it a little shorter. A part at the beginning just spoke of business matters and the part at the end was, well, let’s say not culturally correct.
Mr. Harold Lufkin, V.P. Norfolk, Conn.
Newton Mfg. Co. April 24, 1962
Newton, Iowa.
Dear Mr. Lufkin:
I have just been reading in Newsweek [...]
It’s been a couple weeks since the first part of this letter came out. That included a funny story about Pop saving a dog.
I will never forget the Tides in Nova Scotia either. Have you ever been there? They rise and fall as much as 60 feet, I believe it is. I know we tied [...]
Continue reading about Pop’s Letters – February 21, 1962 – Part 2
I’m back from vacationing in Florida where two of my brothers have homes in Venice. It was a good week to get away from stormy Norfolk, but I was basically sick the whole time. Oh, well. Here’s the next installment of Pop’s letters. This will be in two parts; the first [...]
Pop tells of his varied experiences as a sailor and of his first jobs as a youth in Maine. He also worries near the end of the letter that circumstances may prevent any of his sons from getting college degrees. For the record, this proved to be one of many instances of needless worry for [...]
