The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-04
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well over a year now My prize ap.
pendix case IS about ready 70 go
home now. He spent two days in
bed after his op. The third day
heard his truck engine start up and
| looked over az the house and here
he was in the cab testing out the
starter. ! thought he was in bed.
The fourth day ! said IT is OK 10
walk a little but don't go far. "Oh,
no." he said i've only been as far
as the water power plant" That
would be a round trip OF 400 yards
or more. | didn't know he had left
his front yard yet. He IS a Greek
from 200 miles up country. lie
moved in like Abraham with wife
and four children plus a truck.load
OF stuff he thought he'd need. An.
other patient, a mission worker
Mrs. Moules, is soon to 20 back
home. Her knee was practically
useless, would lock and cause much
pain. ! took mouse" out OF il
and she seems 10 be OK now. Elk.
cept for a term that has been I'M
ayoidably much too long this would
be a most interesting life. Variety
never ends. We were crowded the
hardest back in April when We had
II whites on the place beside work
ing STAFF. Fourteen were patients,
three attendants. That many at
once plus the natives keeps you
stepping. Just at the moment We
have a total of only eight-only
two OF them patients. The lights
just flicked which means that a
nurse has just started up the gen.
orator. That means also roll.call for
the workmen-a trip for me to the
shop then around to my brick fac
tory, construction gang (masons) -,
a look in at the patients, break
fast, and then get ready 10 do a
pyeiogram (N-ray OF interior OF kid
ney) for a Belgian-an agent Of
the cotton company. Every day
goes thus You just quit when it
gets night and start in the next day.
but always swamped with work.
The kids are learning the three
RS every day. I'm trying to teach
them that and equals 4. Bob
thinks it is 3 and Anne 5. They are
now figuring areas, triangles, rec
tangles. circles, etc. Decimal points
have the habit Of shifting TO right
or left at will. Bob had fellow
transport 100 odd tons of peanuts
at l2 per cent profit and ended up
with him earning a total OF / cent
Charlotte makes no mistakes. We
haven't succeeded yet in getting
her to do anything. Anyway, at 5,
we cant expect too much.
An interesting appendage Of the
letter reads:
"a Mr.. Putnam, American, visit.
ed us a few weeks back and
brought his full-grown chimp along
That animal sat up to the breakfast
table with all the family and ate
his breakfast like a good one. He
ate his porridge with a spoon, his
sausage with fork. He stirred his
coffee well and drank it like we
would. He drank his milk and then
his long arm would reach across
the table to my place for a refill
He came back many times. When
he had finished his meal his boss
excused him and he went down to
the hospital where he scared some
Of the people out of their wits. He
was chained to the root OF a tree
during the day. When it came time
to go. his trainer produced a ring
of keys which the chimp seized and
proceeded with haste to try fitting
the right one into the paddock. He
had to have help here but once the
lock was away he united the knot
in the chain without a wasted move.
went directly to the car. climbed
into his seat and sat there like til,
president Of a corporation waiting
70 be driven away"