[Four pages of typed and hand annotated instructions for the sitter on how to take care of 3 kids and 1 cat. Also a receipt for gifts bought in the hotel. — Editor.]
JGC Sitter Instructions Puerto Rico Feb 1970.pdf
Puerto Rico Gifts Feb 1970.pdf
Highlights:
- Jeb wore a tie to church. Carol wore green stockings.
- Ted did not have to go to church.
- Ted was not to cross the street.
- Carol’s friends behaved better in the house than Jeb’s.
- No kids in the basement without an adult.
- There were workmen in the basement.
- Jeb bathes one night. Carol and Ted the other.
- The heat was set to 65 degrees at night.
- Bedtime was 8:30 school nights.
- Pajamas can be worn three nights before being washed.
- Lunch was 35 cents.
- Milk was 5 cents.
- Ted had two friends: Chris Garies and John Seelke.
- Jeb was in cub scouts. Dues were 10 cents.
- Thelma, the maid, came on Wednesdays.
- We did not have to make up our beds on Wednesdays.
- Bacon grease went in the brown jar. Other grease went in the red can.
- The cat slept in the utility closet.
- The milkman came on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays.
- Mr. Logan was in charge of the workmen.
- The kids’ happiness and contentment was more important than the rules. [This is the first I have heard of this. — Editor.]
