Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-12-14
MRS. BENNETT-GRIFFIN WRITES
Former Yiroqua Woman Very Serious
ly III for Two Years

I Viroqoa, Wis.
Please find check for Censor. / miss
ed it two years while in the hospital
very i'll, but was very glad to see it
again at our new home here in Long
Beach. My husband and | both were
very i'll with the flu two years ago
and had to leave dear old Iowa in
search of health. AS last chance
we came to the land of sunshine and
flowers. / landed here on a stretcher
two years ago, weighing IS pounds.
Now l am able to do my own work
and am back to my usual weight of
lis pounds and feel fine.
met lot of Viroqua friends at the
Wisconsin and Iowa picnics and had
a nice visit with DIR. A. P. Minshall
and wife, John Casson and wife, Jim
Mccall and wife and many others.
We look forward to the yearly picnic
at LosAngeles to meet and greet the
i old home friends. LosAngeles is a
wonderful city, too large for real COM
fort; and Long Beach is growing so
fast, nearly a million month in build
ing, and no let up so far. They are
building beautiful homes and apart
ments and bungalows, mostly stucco
and tile roofs, all white. We have been
here year last July in the new Bell
mont Heights addition and have watch
ed it grow. We cannot believe it is
the lonely place we came to, three
miles from postoffice Now we have
another city by itself, everything
we have to have, even to Branch post
Office and new pier and bath house and
jitney and street car service and new
steel cars, electric service, building
lots here that sold for 10, Is and $1,000
each now sell for 35, SO and $4,000 and
$4,000. And not but a very few left
at that. There are great many fac
tories coming in here now and the oil
fields too bring good many people.
Everybody is busy and seem to be
working and happy Hotels and
apartment houses seem to be doing
land Office business. People here from
all over the world and on Sunday the
churches are filled and crowded to the
door. They even sit out in the halls
and on the steps. There are more
churches here in Long Beach than
in any other one city in Southern Cal
ifornia and all excellent ministers and
fine music. sure was delighted to
find the churches filled. If you want
to get seat you have to come early
and no doubt you have heard of the
Taubman Bible class. There are $500
men in his Sunday morning Bible class
Now if you would like me to send
you a weekly paper and some news
now and again / will be glad to. You
see have lost two whole years while
sick in bed, but now as | seem to have
a new lease on life intend to get all
| can out of it and do all the good /
can while passing, through a CHEEKY
CnlIIp and q crnnd xYa hnr Ielan
does a lot of good and costs nothing.
Now about my three boys | want
to let their school chums and all our
dear friends who were interested in
me and mine know where they are
and what they are doing. Royal, the
oldest boy, who won honors for High
school at Lacrosse is still with F. w.
Woolworth Co. is at present in Little
Rock, Ark, manager of the store
there. He has been with the COM
pany now IL years, since he left Viro-
qua. The company gave him a ten
day trip to New York with all ex-
penses paid for being highest in sales
manship in his territory He stopped
at the Hotel Pennsylvania and had a
fine time. On his return trip he stop
ped in Washington, D. c., to visit his
brother Earl, who was on submarine
chaser during the World War, and
one year ago was taken to St.Eliza-
beth's hospital with serious nervous
breakdown. He is getting better slow
~ and is up around helping in the
doctors Office. We hope he will be
able to go home soon. He is married
and his wife lives in Norfolk, Va. He
was General Quarter Master F. e.
Bennett. He has been in the navy ~
years and wanted 70 stay 20 years so
he would draw good pension, bus he
will draw 500 per .nonta now any,
way for disability, the rest OF his life.
Donald, my youngest boy is here in
LosAngeles, q Ford rnachinest. He
has gotten out few patents and is
on the road selling them, doing pretty
well. He too is married The boys
all went to school in Viroqua and have
many friends there.
| had my little tea, coffee and ice
crem store in the old Tate building
which stood where the new Library
building now stands. That of course
was before your time as Editor of
the Censor.
Jim Mccall and wife were here to
dinner the first day l received my
Censor, We both read it and had a
5VON biAlC IdlhlllB VI IIG uedI OH
friends and good times we used to
have there. Especially at our meet
ings of Mystic Workers, when Jack
son Silbaugh was Project and /, your
humble servant, was secretary. look
back with great pleasure to the years
spent in Viroqua and hope to visit
there this coming summer when go
to see my son Earl in Washington, D.
C.
/ trust everyone is well in J. Fl.
BENEFITS family and Frank Williams.
Remember me to all friends through
the Censor. Trusting this will find
you and family well. You had better
come out for a winter. We need that
fine voice of yours here during music
week. Sincerely and fraternally,
MRS. C. NJ. BENNETT RIFFIN
ga Grand Ave-, Long Beach, Cal.
Greed for American Business Men
"We are American business men.
"We have confidence in the products
we sell and in the men who make
them.
"We believe in quality above every
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