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Dec. 22,1957. Dear Mother, By the time you recieve this Xmas will be over and I hope you will have had a good time with the family. I certainly am very sad not to be with you. I intend— dd having a letter off to you which would reach you before Xmas Day but as you know this last week has been a very busy one for me. Our meetings were very successful indeed. The nurses all left yesterday except for two. hey insisted on taking me for lunch to—day so I took them for a nice drive beforehand up din the Jura. he snow was lovely and the sun shining and all the time Geneva was covered with cloud and fog. I was glad to get out in the fresh air. But we had such a huge lunch—from 1:30 until nearly 4 that I am very ileepy now. I have just looked at the Church notice and see that at 7;30 there is to be carol singing at the home of one of the members, the Clark's whom I know very well. Although my inclination is to go to bed and get caught up on sleep it will probably be the only time that I can hear any Xmas carols this year so I thShi I shall go. 4!/ill save a space at the end to tell you about it. I have just written to the ^anager of the Bank of Montreal to ask him about the $200 deposit. And also about the $50 which Willa Rutledge said she asked to have transferred. To-morrow I will have another $200 transferred. I hope you have not been short over Xmas. Anyway there is some in the other account you can use until this gets straightened *out. I wonder if it would be a good idea if I asked the bank to send the notice of deposits here and then I can always check. You will still be able to check also by taking the book in. Our Xmas party at Bob Begue's is dwindling. People who did not intend going home for Xmas are doing so. My secretary is one of them. We thought jbhere might be a lot^&f work for her to do after this meeting so she was staying. I could tell that she was beginning to feel very homesick so as we kept the work caught up I let her go.,r|?j3£nanda left last night so I can spread out afeain. Have my den strewn with papers and am getting off last minute Xmas cards. I had anotherletter from Frieda and perhaps you had also, ^he went to the funeral. Sadie was there also, and Frieda said she looked very frail. Apparently she had 3/4 of her stomach remover last winter. Is her Mother still living? I could not remember when I wrote to Sadie*fl Apparently Allie has not been heard of for four yfears and Sadie thinks he must be dead. The nurses who were here took Fernanda to a dinner on Friday evening. It was a very engouable wind—up to the meetings. They gave us wach a nice plant. Fernanda could not take hers with her so I have it here also* Another arrived on my door-step to-night so I shall be well supplied with flowers over Xmas. I do not have very much luck with potted plants. Bought a poinsetta abput two weeks ago. The florist said it would last all winter and then would come up again for next winter* But already the leaves are turning yellow and falling. Later: Just back from the Clark's. xhere certainly were some lusty singers among the forty to fifty people present. I was not familiar with a lot of the hymns and carols—they had a decidely Scottish flavor* I did not know many of the people there but it was nevertheless quite a pleasant evening. I hope there will not be much work this week so that I can take it esy and get caught up with some reading. If the weather keeps 04 getting colder as it has these past few days we may have snow in Geneva for Xmas. I was watching on the way home to-night for lighted windows and decorations. Private homes do not go in for that here as they do in Vancouver* f 'tiftr
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Title | [Letter from Lyle Creelman to her mother] |
Creator | Creelman, Lyle, 1908-2007 |
Date Created | 1957-12-22 |
Sort Date | 1957-12-22 |
Extent | 1 page : typed |
Subject | Nursing |
Genre | Correspondence |
Type | Text |
Format | application/pdf |
Language | English |
Access Identifier | ARC-Creelman-3-4 |
Digital Identifier | creelman_03_04_06 |
Is Part Of | History of Nursing in Pacific Canada |
Source | Original format: University of British Columbia. Archives. Lyle Creelman fonds. Correspondence. ARC-Creelman-3-4 |
Date Available | 2015-03-17 |
Publisher - Digital | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Digital copies are provided for research and personal use only. For permission to publish or otherwise use this material contact the UBC Archives at lib-ubcarchives@lists.ubc.ca |
Catalogue Record | http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/u_arch/creelman.pdf |
DOI | 1.0383277 |
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Title | creelman_03_04_06_001 |
Sort Date | 1957-12-22 |
Transcript | Dec. 22,1957. Dear Mother, By the time you recieve this Xmas will be over and I hope you will have had a good time with the family. I certainly am very sad not to be with you. I intend— dd having a letter off to you which would reach you before Xmas Day but as you know this last week has been a very busy one for me. Our meetings were very successful indeed. The nurses all left yesterday except for two. hey insisted on taking me for lunch to—day so I took them for a nice drive beforehand up din the Jura. he snow was lovely and the sun shining and all the time Geneva was covered with cloud and fog. I was glad to get out in the fresh air. But we had such a huge lunch—from 1:30 until nearly 4 that I am very ileepy now. I have just looked at the Church notice and see that at 7;30 there is to be carol singing at the home of one of the members, the Clark's whom I know very well. Although my inclination is to go to bed and get caught up on sleep it will probably be the only time that I can hear any Xmas carols this year so I thShi I shall go. 4!/ill save a space at the end to tell you about it. I have just written to the ^anager of the Bank of Montreal to ask him about the $200 deposit. And also about the $50 which Willa Rutledge said she asked to have transferred. To-morrow I will have another $200 transferred. I hope you have not been short over Xmas. Anyway there is some in the other account you can use until this gets straightened *out. I wonder if it would be a good idea if I asked the bank to send the notice of deposits here and then I can always check. You will still be able to check also by taking the book in. Our Xmas party at Bob Begue's is dwindling. People who did not intend going home for Xmas are doing so. My secretary is one of them. We thought jbhere might be a lot^&f work for her to do after this meeting so she was staying. I could tell that she was beginning to feel very homesick so as we kept the work caught up I let her go.,r|?j3£nanda left last night so I can spread out afeain. Have my den strewn with papers and am getting off last minute Xmas cards. I had anotherletter from Frieda and perhaps you had also, ^he went to the funeral. Sadie was there also, and Frieda said she looked very frail. Apparently she had 3/4 of her stomach remover last winter. Is her Mother still living? I could not remember when I wrote to Sadie*fl Apparently Allie has not been heard of for four yfears and Sadie thinks he must be dead. The nurses who were here took Fernanda to a dinner on Friday evening. It was a very engouable wind—up to the meetings. They gave us wach a nice plant. Fernanda could not take hers with her so I have it here also* Another arrived on my door-step to-night so I shall be well supplied with flowers over Xmas. I do not have very much luck with potted plants. Bought a poinsetta abput two weeks ago. The florist said it would last all winter and then would come up again for next winter* But already the leaves are turning yellow and falling. Later: Just back from the Clark's. xhere certainly were some lusty singers among the forty to fifty people present. I was not familiar with a lot of the hymns and carols—they had a decidely Scottish flavor* I did not know many of the people there but it was nevertheless quite a pleasant evening. I hope there will not be much work this week so that I can take it esy and get caught up with some reading. If the weather keeps 04 getting colder as it has these past few days we may have snow in Geneva for Xmas. I was watching on the way home to-night for lighted windows and decorations. Private homes do not go in for that here as they do in Vancouver* f 'tiftr |
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