creelman_03_04_05_001 |
Save page Remove page | Previous | 1 of 1 | Next |
|
Small
Medium
Large
Extra Large
Full-size
Full-size archival image
All (PDF)
|
This page
All
|
Loading content ...
^eneva, L>ec. 8,1957.
Dear Mother,
I intended staying in to work most of the day but got invited out to lunch ahd that
has taken a good share of my time. Sir Andrew Davidson is the retired Health Officer for
Scotland. I have met him on several occasions and he is here with W.H.O. doing a special
job *or a month. I invited him in to dinner a week ago so he was returning the hospitality,
•Jfe drove to Annecy--it was raining and a bit foggy §|ut by the time we had dinished lunch
it was clearer and the Lake was very beautiful. We had a four course lunvh which lasted
from about 1 to 3 P.M, ^o I am certainly nit ready for much supper. We got back about
5 P.M. and wo ha I have been doing some work since. No doubt I have accomplished more in
these two hours than I would have if I had stayed in a! 1 day.
Last night I invited in the nurse who is here from England and who is going to
Iran, an American girl from California who is going as a laboratory technician to
St. Helena (poor girl she has no4 idea what she is on for or how lonely she will be as a
young American in that small British colony) and ti-ejr AmerieJ|||friend who is a schoolteacher in Germany, I wanted to try the famous cheese fondue dish. It turned out very
well so now I know I can serve friends who have never had this dish very easily at home.
It is quite a novelty as every one dips his bread on the end of a special fork into
bubbling hot cheese. It is a good mixer. I don't know why I have not learned to make
it before this.
lone Ripley from our Washington office arrives$|to-morrow afternoon. I do not know
if she will be here over Xmas or not. I really hope not. Fernanda arrives onWed. and
will be staying with me. I shall be glad w|jen Xmas comes and the rush is over. *hen
I will have to get caught up on all the routine which will have to be set aside for the
next two weeks. I know however, that I would not be happy if I did not have attot of work
to do so this is not complaining. »
I am glad you are going to Hazel's for Xmas. I think you will enjoy it better than
going over to Mary's, I am glad to hear that Billie is^oming to England, How long is
he planning to stay? I don't suppose he will be coming this way, I shall be in London
a couple of days on my way home so perhaps if he is going to be over here that long and
will not be home while I am there next year I could meet hime there. I have looked at
your letter again and see that you said Billie would likely stay away the six months that
he can and still recieve the Pension. It is nice that the Pension has gone up, but then
so has the cost of living.
I think your suggestion of getting tea or a nice box of biscuits to take to the
family at Vas is a very good one. I thought once that I might telephone home to you
but I don't think it would be very satisfactory so have decided not to do it and to save ^
the money it would take to buy you something when I go home,
I have just listened to the B,B,C, news but there does not seem to be much of interest*
That was a terrible rail tradegy in England last week. Many of our secretaries frere
anxious until they heard from home as many of them come from the areas e» whichlpeople
on these trains oSShW However I have not heard of anyone here who was affected.
I wonder if the U.S. will go more quietly about the launching of the next test
satellite, -^his has been a big set-back and disappointment for them. Our two Russian
doctors have returned to Moscow. It would be interesting to know what they Report about
their three months with W.H.O in ueneva. or one thing their English improved greatly.
I have all my Xmas cards ready now, and already I am recieving them from people to
whom I did not send any. B0 you ever hear from Anne Radcliffe. I haven't recieved a
card from her yet, but have sent her one. I wonder if she is still at the Genetal Hospittf
Her life has certainly not been a happy one.
Have just been reading an article on the Duke ©f Edinburgh's trip last year. I woul^'
love to see and hear the broadcast of the Queen's speech this year but no opportunity
here.
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | [Letter from Lyle Creelman to her mother] |
| Creator | Creelman, Lyle, 1908-2007 |
| Date Created | 1957-12-08 |
| Sort Date | 1957-12-08 |
| 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_05 |
| 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 | 1.0383282 |
Description
| Title | creelman_03_04_05_001 |
| Sort Date | 1957-12-08 |
| Transcript | ^eneva, L>ec. 8,1957. Dear Mother, I intended staying in to work most of the day but got invited out to lunch ahd that has taken a good share of my time. Sir Andrew Davidson is the retired Health Officer for Scotland. I have met him on several occasions and he is here with W.H.O. doing a special job *or a month. I invited him in to dinner a week ago so he was returning the hospitality, •Jfe drove to Annecy--it was raining and a bit foggy §|ut by the time we had dinished lunch it was clearer and the Lake was very beautiful. We had a four course lunvh which lasted from about 1 to 3 P.M, ^o I am certainly nit ready for much supper. We got back about 5 P.M. and wo ha I have been doing some work since. No doubt I have accomplished more in these two hours than I would have if I had stayed in a! 1 day. Last night I invited in the nurse who is here from England and who is going to Iran, an American girl from California who is going as a laboratory technician to St. Helena (poor girl she has no4 idea what she is on for or how lonely she will be as a young American in that small British colony) and ti-ejr AmerieJ|||friend who is a schoolteacher in Germany, I wanted to try the famous cheese fondue dish. It turned out very well so now I know I can serve friends who have never had this dish very easily at home. It is quite a novelty as every one dips his bread on the end of a special fork into bubbling hot cheese. It is a good mixer. I don't know why I have not learned to make it before this. lone Ripley from our Washington office arrives$|to-morrow afternoon. I do not know if she will be here over Xmas or not. I really hope not. Fernanda arrives onWed. and will be staying with me. I shall be glad w|jen Xmas comes and the rush is over. *hen I will have to get caught up on all the routine which will have to be set aside for the next two weeks. I know however, that I would not be happy if I did not have attot of work to do so this is not complaining. » I am glad you are going to Hazel's for Xmas. I think you will enjoy it better than going over to Mary's, I am glad to hear that Billie is^oming to England, How long is he planning to stay? I don't suppose he will be coming this way, I shall be in London a couple of days on my way home so perhaps if he is going to be over here that long and will not be home while I am there next year I could meet hime there. I have looked at your letter again and see that you said Billie would likely stay away the six months that he can and still recieve the Pension. It is nice that the Pension has gone up, but then so has the cost of living. I think your suggestion of getting tea or a nice box of biscuits to take to the family at Vas is a very good one. I thought once that I might telephone home to you but I don't think it would be very satisfactory so have decided not to do it and to save ^ the money it would take to buy you something when I go home, I have just listened to the B,B,C, news but there does not seem to be much of interest* That was a terrible rail tradegy in England last week. Many of our secretaries frere anxious until they heard from home as many of them come from the areas e» whichlpeople on these trains oSShW However I have not heard of anyone here who was affected. I wonder if the U.S. will go more quietly about the launching of the next test satellite, -^his has been a big set-back and disappointment for them. Our two Russian doctors have returned to Moscow. It would be interesting to know what they Report about their three months with W.H.O in ueneva. or one thing their English improved greatly. I have all my Xmas cards ready now, and already I am recieving them from people to whom I did not send any. B0 you ever hear from Anne Radcliffe. I haven't recieved a card from her yet, but have sent her one. I wonder if she is still at the Genetal Hospittf Her life has certainly not been a happy one. Have just been reading an article on the Duke ©f Edinburgh's trip last year. I woul^' love to see and hear the broadcast of the Queen's speech this year but no opportunity here. |
Tags
Comments
Post a Comment for creelman_03_04_05_001