~ Hidden Timber, South Dakota
1934: Harry, Louise, Harley, Dorothy Mae and Fred came to spend the day and get an engine. Fred came out in William Whiting’s car. They brought us 2 qts. of grape juice, and Will traded one of our sows for one. Harry will butcher soon, and he is to keep the one he gets from us to raise pigs.
Postcard from April of 1910, sent to Miss Mary Whiting (Hattie’s sister), Spencer, Nebraska
Hello:~ Why don’t you write? Better come up and see me! Lovingly, Lois
1957: The Program “Our Gal Sunday” is changed from 11:15 a.m. to 4 p.m., so I forget the new time, but Will remembers in time.
Lisa’s Note: According to Historical Dictionary of the 1950s, “Our Gal Sunday, which premiered on CBS radio on March 29, 1937, survived as a daily 15-minute weekday melodrama for the next 22 years, broadcasting its last episode on January 2, 1959. It was based on the most improbable of stories, which is probably why it survived so long on radio. The lead character, a young woman named Sunday, an orphan, comes from a poverty-stricken background and married Lord Henry Brinthrope, a rich English aristocrat whose family owns silver mines. They settle in Virginia and raise two adopted sons, but their lives are complicated by blackmailers, kidnappers, conmen, impostors, and the insane. The series survived throughout the 1950s, but as daily soap operas became staples of daytime television, Our Gal Sunday lost listeners.”
My aunt remembers watching Our Gal Sunday with her mother (Louise), and notes that Sunday lived in “a little mining town, Silver Creek, Colorado” rather than in Virginia as noted above. Listen to a free sample episode here: http://www.otrcat.com/our-gal-sunday-p-48877.html
My name is Roszelle. I am named after a temptress after Lord Henry on Our Gal Sunday. My mother was not sure of the spelling, so she made it up. I am curious if this is a true story. Was there really a Roszelle on the show?