February 7, 1963
Thurs, cloudy, 30 in early am, grew colder all day, zero at night. Wrote to Marylin. Clifton and David fixed the pump so it would shut off. We had about a dozen calls for hay. Junior Losie bought 68 bales and Martin And Sons from East Meredith bought and also, Wally Stryker. I didn’t have prayer meeting at night because of my cold. It was at Madalyn's (Blakesley). Earl and Lillian stopped for a few minutes in their way home from Cobleskill.. We had a radio gram from Doug.
Comment: Apparently selling off the hay because they may have sold the cows to head for California. Not sure. I think they were having problems with the well water pump that would not shut off and they had to fix it before it burnt out.
I think the Navy provided Doug with an opportunity to send a telegraphic message that was decoded from Morse to voice and sent over the phone or a hard copy was printed and mailed. If anybody can shed more light on the radiogram, please leave a comment on the blog.
2 comments:
From Barry Taylor: Gerald. the way of transmission from a land base is by use of radio teletype. A ticker tape of the message is made and sent to a receiving station, then delivered as normal
mail. From a seagoing station it is transmitted by Morse code to a shore station, then the
aforesaid steps are used to deliver it Barry taylor 4946504 Rm2 u.s.n.
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