Sitter Instructions – Puerto Rico Feb 1970

[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.]