After a post-high school year at home, Edna went to South St. Paul in hopes of finding work at the Swift Premium pork processing plant. She rented a room and did housework -- as her sister Thora was already doing -- until she got on at Swift. On May 7 of that year, Grandma Paulsen sent a letter that is the first one in this collection. Read all 72 letters from 1942 here.
Monday, October 3, 2016
Letters from Grandma: 1942
After a post-high school year at home, Edna went to South St. Paul in hopes of finding work at the Swift Premium pork processing plant. She rented a room and did housework -- as her sister Thora was already doing -- until she got on at Swift. On May 7 of that year, Grandma Paulsen sent a letter that is the first one in this collection. Read all 72 letters from 1942 here.
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