Friday, January 16, 2015

Linnea Gord's Diary, Friday July 11th, 1930 - Vörå Concert With Blanche

FRIDAY, JULY 11th, 1930 -- MALAX, VASA, AND WÖRA, FINLAND

Market in Vasa

Got up at 5:20--awfully sleepy--and caught the six o'clock bus to Vasa.   When we got to town and arrived at the market place everyting had a deserted look because it was so early in the morning.  But one by one the wagons came and torget began to fill with booths of all kinds.  It was interesting to watch the wagons come in.

I got to Vörå about 9:45, after a very wonderful ride through parts unknown, and Blanche met me at Vörå Handelscompanie.  We went to her uncle's place where I was to stay.  All we did for a while was eat.  At 11 we had coffee and coffe bread, at one we had frukost and at three we had dinner.  Blanche has three little cousins, Kjerstein, Ingmar and Stig.  They were amusing and I got a great kick out of them.  The girl and the littlest boy didn't seem to mind me, but Ingmar kept saying "Du far gå hem".
That afternoon we practiced at the hall for a while and then came home again to telephone.  Blanche had been telephoning all over the country to try and find Arnold, but he coulnd't be found.  She telephoned to Vasa, Orawais, Munsala and Vörå, but nobody knew where he was or where he had been.  He didn't show up for the concert either. 

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