handwritten letter postmarked January 11, 1937

1-8-37
9:15

Dear Bet,
    Received yours of the fourth yesterday and was your mother relieved.  I let her read your letter.  Was that alright?  She was getting rather worried.  She said that letter saved you a phone call or something.
    Our thermometer said one below this morning.  Nearly every one in town has frozen pipes.  We worked tell after nine last night but stayed home tonight.  I made out some statements (my bookkeepers job) this evening and fell asleep.  After a short snooze I resumed my duties till 9:30 and here I am in bed with a hot iron on my feet.  I have chilblains too!!!! I can't say that I enjoy them either.
    Ray Hauxwell made a contraption that we are using to thaw pipes.  It is an electrical device and works swell.  Nearly every place there are some broken pipes or fittings and it takes time to replace them.  We have thawed out Holbrooks three different times.
    We worked last night at the telephone office trying to thaw some pipes and I noticed that Geo Billings had asked to have there phone taken out.  You won't be able to talk from there no more!!!!
     I am getting sleepy again.  Can you imagine it?
     Good night

Sunday
10:45

Dear Bet,
     How's every little thing this evening?  My intentions were to add a bit and have that letter in the mail.  Maybe you'll get it sometime.
     Don't they have a saying something to the effect that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions? It looks like I must be helping in the good work!!!?????!!!!
     Saturday I came home from work, read till I was sleepy, took my bath and was in bed before nine o'clock.  I did not get up till eight this morning.
     This afternoon I took a group of kids for a joy ride.  Donald Chamberlain, Frank Markheart,  Dean Blatchley, Dean Stephens, Eloise Skinner, & Barbara Horner.  We went out by rock hill but the snow was sorta melting and not very good sledding so we journeyed up above Sodaville just below Bert James.  The snow is about seven or eight inches thick but not very good sledding.  Eloise and Dean Stephens ended our sledding party by cracking up against a boulder (buried in the snow) completely demolishing Franks sled and hurt a foot for Eloise.
     We are starting to build up our C.E. We had 12 or 14 counting Mr & Mrs Stephens tonight.  Maybe if we get it built up you might enjoy coming to CE?  Well, be careful
      Sincerely,
                            Lee