September 15, 1944 Bonnie Takes a Job, B Takes a Job, The Hurricane and The Unnecessary Raincoat

 Dear Mother & Daddy,

"A week of school has gone and it hasn't been hard at all.  My schedule is not as heavy as it was last year and I think it's going to be much easier.  I have 4 classes Monday, Wed. and Friday mornings and one class on Tues. and Thurs.   I did have one class in the afternoon three times a week but I dropped that because I have taken a job.  It sounded too good to be true but this is how it happened.  The supervisor of the college's training schools sent for me and I didn't know what was wrong.  Then he said he had a call from the Woodbridge Country Day School asking for a girl to help with some children.  He didn't know exactly what the job was but he thought it would be good experience for me so I went to see about it.  I teach 7 children for three hours every afternoon (5 days) and get $25. a week.  It is 6 miles out and I have to drive but she (the head of the school) will pay all car expenses.  Yesterday was my first day and I did have fun.  It is a private school and I can do just about what I want to and how I want to.

B is going to teach history and reading at Hopkins this year.  His salary hasn't been assigned yet because their school hasn't started but we expect it to be about like it was last year.

We had a card from Mabel today.  She is in the hospital but hasn't seen a specialist yet so treatments haven't been started.  She stays in bed all day and sleeps and eats then she can see Stevie and her mother in the evening.  Mrs. Sellars has an apartment.

I guess you read and heard about the hurricane.  That's all we heard on the radio Thursday evening.  I said it was like a football game being broadcast the way they reported on it every five minutes.  There was lots of wind and rain but the bad part of the storm missed our street, thank goodness.  We stayed up until the report came that it had passed the city.  It wasn't that we were scared, we were just curious and didn't want to miss anything.  Ha!

It rained almost all week so I bought a raincoat and it hasn't rained since.  I haven't got to wear it yet."

                                                   Lots of love,

                                                                B & Bonnie

NOTE from Ann:  The Great Atlantic Hurricane of Sept. 15, 1944 was rated Category 3.  The main impact in New Haven was flooding which followed torrential rains, in addition to the expected power outages and interruption of public transit.  Two deaths were reported in the city, both related to contact with power lines.  Serious damage to coastal New England occurred,  as well as damage  inland to many forest and agricultural areas which had escaped damage during the 1938 hurricane.

http://www.hurricanescience.org/history/storms/1940s/GreatAtlantic/