Bing Crosby picturedno envelope
October 24, 1948
Dear folks:-
I have written only one letter since coming down here and that was to Ruth Buck. I meant to write to Betty and Mary but could not seem to do it. I was in bed for ten days with that cold but have gotten rid of it at last. My head is much better. I take only two tablets a day once at 6 P.M. and the other at 6 A.M. My stomach has been actring up so have been taking milk of Magnesia. Have not yet been to see Dr. Thelan but will next week. Everett will take me to the hotel and call for me in the evening. I am not yet up to riding the street car*. Ruth has been down town twice since I have been here. Today Everett, Ruth, Bobbie and Sharon have gone to El Cajon to see the fiesta. Something like Orange puts on, the men have been growing beards for weeks. Admission is 50 cts. for adults and 25 cts. for children. Leo Carillo* leads parade. The admission is for programs on carnival grounds. The funds are to be used to build a Catholic parochial school. Bing Crosby* [pictured] is to sing eight songs etc.
Paul has been sick with a cold but is some better. David started music lessons again yesterday.
Mrs. Lykins came to see me week before last and Mrs. Kemper and Mrs. Beckam were here last Friday. Jack, Mary? and Ann came out while I was in bed. They brought the dress Mary Sue wore as bridesmaid and bouquet she carried. Ann went to the wedding.
I really have nothing to write as I have not been any place or done anything.
Irma wrote me such a nice letter. I will write to her in a few days.
I am enclosing letter from Mildred and picture of the bride.
Ruth sends love and hopes you come down for a couple of days anyway.
Lots of love to everyone, Mama
Dear Jess:-- I am going in low gear and keep clear of the back steps. Love Mama
Virginia has a new job paying her more than $200.00* a month.
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Leo Carillo from Wikipedia:
Leo Carrillo
August 6, 1881-1961
Although he played stereotypical Latinos, Leo Carrillo was part of an old and respected Californio family. His great-great grandfather, José Raimundo Carrillo[ (1749–1809), was an early Criollo settler of San Diego, California.[3] His great-grandfather Carlos Antonio Carrillo (1783–1852) was Governor of Alta California from 1837 to 1838, his great-uncle, José Antonio Carrillo, was a Californio defender and three-time mayor of Los Angeles, and his paternal grandfather, Pedro Carrillo, who was educated in Boston, was a writer.
The family moved from San Diego to Los Angeles then to Santa Monica, where Carrillo's father Juan José Carrillo (1842–1916), served as the city's police chief and later the first mayor. His cousin was Broadway star William Gaxton (real name Arturo Antonio Gaxiola). Proud of his heritage, Leo Carrillo wrote a book, The California I Love, published shortly before his death in 1961.[6]
A university graduate, Leo Carrillo worked as a newspaper cartoonist for the San Francisco Examiner before turning to acting on Broadway. In Hollywood, he appeared in more than 90 films, including The Gay Desperado (1936), in which he usually played supporting or character roles.
However, he is best remembered from the television series The Cisco Kid, on which, beginning at the age of seventy, he portrayed the sidekick Pancho, a role that he had previously played in several films. Duncan Renaldo (1904–1980) starred as The Cisco Kid. The popular syndicated series ran from 1950 until 1956, with most episodes in color. After The Cisco Kid ended production, Carrillo appeared in the episode "Rescue at Sea" of the syndicated military drama, Men of Annapolis.
A preservationist and conservationist, Carrillo served on the California Beach and Parks commission for eighteen years and played a key role in the state's acquisition of Hearst Castle at San Simeon, the Los Angeles Arboretum, and the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. He was eventually made a goodwill ambassador by the State Governor at the time.
As a result of his service to the State, the Leo Carrillo State Park, west of Malibu on the Pacific Coast Highway, was named in his honor, and the city of Westminster, California named an elementary school for him. The Leo Carrillo Ranch Historic Park originally Rancho de los Qiotes, in Carlsbad, California is a registered California Historical Site.
Leo Carillo Grave at Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica. He died of cancer in 1961, aged 80, and was interred in Santa Monica's Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery.
For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Leo Carrillo has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1635 Vine Street.
Conversion of Virginia's monthly salary to 2009 dollars:
$200 in 1948 = $1,740 in 2009
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation.
A multimedia star, from 1934 to 1954 Bing Crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings and motion picture grosses. Crosby's early career coincided with technical recording innovations; this allowed him to develop a laid-back, intimate singing style that influenced many of the popular male singers who followed him, including Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin. Yank magazine recognized Crosby as the person who had done the most for American G.I. morale during World War II and, during his peak years, around 1948, polls declared him the "most admired man alive," ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII. Also in 1948, the Music Digest estimated that Crosby recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music.
Crosby exerted an important influence on the development of the postwar recording industry. In 1947, he invested $50,000 in the Ampex company, which built North America's first commercial reel-to-reel tape recorder. Crosby then became the first performer to pre-record his radio shows and master his commercial recordings onto magnetic tape. He gave one of the first Ampex Model 200 recorders to his friend, musician Les Paul, which led directly to Paul's invention of multitrack recording. Along with Frank Sinatra, Crosby was one of the principal backers behind the famous United Western Recorders studio complex in Los Angeles.
During the "Golden Age of Radio," performers often had to recreate their live shows a second time for the west coast time zone. Through the aegis of recording, Crosby constructed his radio programs with the same directorial tools and craftsmanship (editing, retaking, rehearsal, time shifting) being used in motion picture production. This became the industry standard.
... In 1963, Crosby received the first Grammy Global Achievement Award. Crosby is one of the 22 people to have three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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