that they buy student body tickets, price $1.00, which entitles them to great privilegesl He is a Scout and takes great pride in his patrol and company, doing extra work in vacation: leather, printing and so on, thereby earning merits. His hat, belt, trousers, hobnails, etc., make him look so old I am surprised. Takes lessons on the obo(e) (oh dear), getting ready to play in school orchestra, & Elisabeth saws the violin and is a Blue Bird, wears a big blue hd'k round her neck with a big yellow bird in evidence in the corner. She has quite a knack of sewing and yesterday spent much of the day making, with great care, a "pa jama beach suit copied from Vogue" for her Patsy doll. I must say it had a real style. Pen takes them to pictures and lec- tures that she thinks good for them. She herself is awfully busy as she helps the boiling pot by coaching and doing substi- tute teaching in Piedmont schools, all the way from 1st grade to Algebra and Geometry in the High School. It's a great life if you don't mind, as I know you are already finding out. Your job as yet is the tub, the strained food, better naps, etc., etc., but that does not last forever. Do you know about the prepared vegetables now on the market? If not ask Pen. She gives them to mel Often they make it a little easier. My health is what they call good, but I am not up to much. I can only hold things down, and with the help of Finnish girl one day in the week, we keep "carrying on." I could go on all day talking about us, but I refrain. I only expected to write a short note telling you how nice the M's all thought the chil- dren, you, and your husband--and here it is goodby, dear. I shall always feel an affection for you all because I did enjoy your mother so much. tidbit from Newmark: the 1st roller skating rink was opened n February 1871; soon afterwards, a second was opened plus another n El Monte. "In time, the craze waned..." Maybe I didn't dream he roller skating story. Newmark, p. 426 With reference to the Nadeau Hotel Site (see obit, page 1 of this set), Newmark mentions the hotel briefly several times. He says (p. 385) that Nadeau bought the 1st and Spring site, "wheee A. Bouelle, father of Frank A. Bouelle, had formerly kept a little grocery story in an adobe." -Ae makes no further mention of thi Bouelles. On p. 513, he says that Nadeau paid $20,000 for the property (he thought Nadeau was crazy but says that "later events showed him to be rightY). On p. 518, he says that in 1880 the adobe was still there, that construction had not yet begun. On p. 534, we learn that construction of the hotel began in 1882; it was to be the first 4-story structure in town. He says it became a posh and popular place. Note b to p. 143, Newmark, says that the Security Bank and First National (originally the Commercial Bankl merged in 1929 to become Security-First National Bank. 6 , OCR Text: that they buy student body tickets, price $1.00, which entitles them to great privilegesl He is a Scout and takes great pride in his patrol and company, doing extra work in vacation: leather, printing and so on, thereby earning merits. His hat, belt, trousers, hobnails, etc., make him look so old I am surprised. Takes lessons on the obo(e) (oh dear), getting ready to play in school orchestra, & Elisabeth saws the violin and is a Blue Bird, wears a big blue hd'k round her neck with a big yellow bird in evidence in the corner. She has quite a knack of sewing and yesterday spent much of the day making, with great care, a "pa jama beach suit copied from Vogue" for her Patsy doll. I must say it had a real style. Pen takes them to pictures and lec- tures that she thinks good for them. She herself is awfully busy as she helps the boiling pot by coaching and doing substi- tute teaching in Piedmont schools, all the way from 1st grade to Algebra and Geometry in the High School. It's a great life if you don't mind, as I know you are already finding out. Your job as yet is the tub, the strained food, better naps, etc., etc., but that does not last forever. Do you know about the prepared vegetables now on the market? If not ask Pen. She gives them to mel Often they make it a little easier. My health is what they call good, but I am not up to much. I can only hold things down, and with the help of Finnish girl one day in the week, we keep "carrying on." I could go on all day talking about us, but I refrain. I only expected to write a short note telling you how nice the M's all thought the chil- dren, you, and your husband--and here it is goodby, dear. I shall always feel an affection for you all because I did enjoy your mother so much. tidbit from Newmark: the 1st roller skating rink was opened n February 1871; soon afterwards, a second was opened plus another n El Monte. "In time, the craze waned..." Maybe I didn't dream he roller skating story. Newmark, p. 426 With reference to the Nadeau Hotel Site (see obit, page 1 of this set), Newmark mentions the hotel briefly several times. He says (p. 385) that Nadeau bought the 1st and Spring site, "wheee A. Bouelle, father of Frank A. Bouelle, had formerly kept a little grocery story in an adobe." -Ae makes no further mention of thi Bouelles. On p. 513, he says that Nadeau paid $20,000 for the property (he thought Nadeau was crazy but says that "later events showed him to be rightY). On p. 518, he says that in 1880 the adobe was still there, that construction had not yet begun. On p. 534, we learn that construction of the hotel began in 1882; it was to be the first 4-story structure in town. He says it became a posh and popular place. Note b to p. 143, Newmark, says that the Security Bank and First National (originally the Commercial Bankl merged in 1929 to become Security-First National Bank. 6 , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Names of People about town,L through M File Names,Murdoch,MURDOCH_013.pdf,MURDOCH_013.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: MURDOCH_013.PDF, MURDOCH_013.pdf 1 Page 1