Item - January 28, 1938 - Letter from Evan to Demetrius

1 letter, 1 pp.

Blairmore, Alberta,
January 28, 1938
Dear Uncle and Auntie:
We received your card today, and thank you very much fo [sic] it. We are deeply impressed over your condition, but we feel certain that you will recover. Say is there any chance of a bloodtransfusion [sic] helping you? I’d sure like to help you. More cures are wrought by faith than by any other method, just remember that.
As for us children, Nadia stays home to take care of the house.
I (Evan), have finished my schooling here, and since then have successfully completed a course in Technicoloring, Photo Oil-Coloring, for which I received a big diploma from the National Art Schools of Chicago. Right now I’m learning to retouch negatives, make copies and enlargements. Also I do framing, violin bow re-hairing, general violin and cello repairing, and help my mother with amateur developing and printing.
At the festival last November, I played the Viola and came second, with 83 marks, beaten only by one mark. Polly didn’t win on the piano, but she received a very good criticism. Paraska came first in her grade. Pete didn’t play because he was sick right up until a week before the festival, but we got him a complimentary ticket for all the sessions. Father was the vice-president this year. I like the Viola and have been playing it in Moser’s Symphony Orchestra for the past five years. Pete also plays the Viola, and he’s good too – he’ll be starting to play in the Orch[estra] again next week, because Dr. Borden said that he may take lessons again – he has to tell the Doc everything he wants to do. Moser’s orch[estra] practices in our studio, the only available place in the Pass. There are about 30 of us, and we meet on Tuesday evenings from 8 to 10 P.M. On thursdays, there is the Sunday School orchestra practice. We play at the morning Sunday School session, and at the Evening Services, A. E. Larke, is the minister, and he told us that he saw you at the San. [?] on [?] [?] [?] – too etc.