3/21/42 EC's ltr. to [
2174]: "Glad to have yours of the 28th
always nice to hear from you. You have certainly been having
some exciting times, yet am sure you have kept as quiet as
you please. The idea of a school at [...] [N.H.] seems just
lovely to me, and while the whole endeavor may offer many
problems of various natures, am sure you will be able to meet
each of them in a satisfactory way, and do a world of good
and that is what is needed at this time, to prepare the young
folks to take hold of the problems that this present
unpleasantness is producing meeting them in the way as to
bring each person as well as the country as a whole the need
and the necessity to getting closer to GOD.
"After all will not be easy to slip out of the work at
[Conn.], even with all its problems, too much of your soul
self has gone into the work there, yet such things can become
untenable and change is needed, and believe you have solved
the problem correctly. Am happy that you are not giving up
the work, for those willing to do their part are needed more
today than ever before in the history of this fair land of
ours. That you have an ideal place at [...] [N.H.] don't
think can be questioned, will take sacrifice and work yes,
much of it but where there is a WILL there is a way, and when
one has the LORD on their side who can be against them?
"Much as has been given for various ones, would seem to me to
indicate that just such a move would come about, and you have
your helpers or many of them at hand, helpers fitted to work
under just such conditions under your directions.
"May His Blessings be with you and keep you always.
"Have had rather a hectic time of it here about, have had one
bad spell some time in Feb. think it was but all pretty well
again, and carrying on. Gertrude has been marvelous, with
all her worry about Edgar Evans she has kept to the line and
is doing well. He is in Training school in N.J. should be
if he able to make the grade through about the 10th of April.
"From his letters believe the training under War conditions
has broadened him and given him an appreciation of daily
living for truth and right, given him chance to compare life
as a whole, and may make him better able to fill his place in
the world.
"H. L. is busy with his recreation work, one gets the idea
the works in Washington has not forgotten the post war days,
and are in some measure - just so far as those handling same
has any vision, preparing for something better for the people
of our land, one gets something of a vision of what is being
thought at least, one may not always agree with methods used,
but as said this depends much on those whose hands it is
intrusted as to what will come out of it all, and so it is
with your school the vision you have the love for mankind the
appreciation for the efforts made, will bring the help as is
needed from Divine sources, am more convinced than ever
without that, we are indeed running round in circles and
getting nowhere fast.
"Am glad you like the information for the young people [
2690]
& [
2691] - just hope it may help in fitting them to meet
their own problems as they arise daily. Interesting what you
say about [
2464] & [
2690], but can see how just such would
supply that stimuli for [
2464] at this time. Give all there
our love. Think of you often...
"Book is being rewritten will be pub. in Nov. this year."
5/25/42 [
2174]'s ltr. from New Hampshire to Judy Chandler:
"Life has been altogether too complex and difficult but with
all thrilling!! And the result is that I am starting my own
school in [...] [N.H.] on my own place and taking a wonderful
faculty with me and we are off & free - and everything is
breaking my way it seems. I can't write the story - it is a
'telling' one but God bless Edgar Cayce who built up the
courage for me.
"Do tell your friends about it. It is going to be unique
with nature all around us and spiritual values in the work.
"I can't tell you what a series of 'coincidences' have played
into my unsuspecting hands. No human mind could have formed
the pattern.
"I have wings."
5/26/42 EC's ltr. to [
2174]: "How are you? heard from Mr.
[
2091] that you went to Texas. How are things going for you
there? trust all is well with each of you we are all able to
be up and on the go. Are to have another wedding in the
family soon. The other boy Edgar Evans is to be married on
the 13th of June - he after receiving his commission as 2nd
Lieut. was sent on to Harvard for further study. Believe
though wrote you that, he will be there for three or six
months - likes it fine and seems to be doing very well.
"Received the announcement of the opening of the [...]
School. This is very lovely. The faculty looks very
imposing it seems to me but what will the other school do
without you?
"Thank you very much for letting us hear from you. Hope to
see the school some day. How are all the folks, do let us
hear from you our meeting is the 19th and 20th of June, can't
you come down? Or are there no one in these parts now that
might induce you to come?
"Love to each of you and please remember us to each one."
5/27/42 [
2174]'s ltr. to EC: "Dear friend: Your letter came
today and seems a little wistful. I am glad to know the
dates of the meeting this year and I was thinking of you
these last two days and so was not surprised to hear from
you. I would love to come down but I cannot tell what life
will bring. I have been serving [?] into a vortes of
activity - all my dreams seem to be coming true and better
than I hoped. I thought I wrote you a LONG letter about
events but it must have been LONG ago. My story is hard to
tell on paper and that is one reason I would like to come
down and talk it to you.
"I don't know what the other school will do without me
frankly but they put me out; at least they told me I could
teach (and well) and could give money but that I could have
no voice in how the money was spent and they told me and the
faculty in good Nazi terms. The situation was untenable. So
I resigned and let them run things as they wanted. You see
they thought I was grabbing the school away from Miss [...]
and it never dawned upon them that I would stand by what I
said and really meant what I said. They did not know what
they were doing but I gave them what they asked for. The
only difficulty for them was that when I resigned so did
other members of the faculty. So I told them (the faculty)
that what we had been working heart & soul on could NOT die &
that I would take them as a group to [N.H.] and that is how
it all began. I have a tremendous sense of freedom I KNOW
that I have been liberated karmically.
"But the others are pathetic - there is no unity of purpose
and a great deal of emotion including hatred. Now they know
just what they really have. But the thing they are going to
miss most was all the little somethings [?] over all the
little executive things that got done - jobs - relationships
- and no word said. It is very hard to sit quietly and watch
them try to manage the thing they asked for. What a test of
people it has been - and they are all showing in their true
light. These times are a testing ground for each and every
one of us. You MUST come some day - any day you can. For we
will now be all the year around in [N.H.] - what fun. All my
family - and my things under one roof - all my interests. My
family all LOVE it and - [
2464] will teach. Son [...] (from
Alaska) is cheering [
2627] - [
2425] & [
2607] there and
feeding us. And Son [...] at Harvard only 50 miles away.
"I do hope Edgar Evans has chosen as wisely and well as Hugh
Lynn.
"Give my love to everyone - I don't forget - and I'll try to
come down.
"Do you want to send [
1208] to me now? I can guarantee what
things will be - I am FREE and I'll take him any time. When
and if you think best."
6/10/42 EC's ltr. to [
2174]: "Thank you for yours of the
27th do hope it will be practical for you to get down for the
meeting. Would like very much to have a talk with you
regards all the developments. Think it so marvelous the
school at ... what a great source of good that can be made
to be and just the ones about you to help make that a reality
is wonderful.
"Just hope the other school will fill what ever place it has
at this time - but feel sure you will be missed as many have
never dreamed you would be. Think it so wonderful that you
have all of your family in accord with the movement - for in
Union there is strength - and with the ideals and purposes
you have am sure - God's Richest Blessing will attend the
every effort there in ...
"We are all agog here just now over the wedding this weekend
- E. E. flies down from School Friday night - marries Sat.
afternoon at 3:30 and both leave on plane just after ceremony
for Boston - Gertrude is taking this much more serious than
she did H. L.'s too am sure she doesn't think so. The little
girl Katherine Bane is a very sweet level headed little girl,
very lovely family and feel sure she will make E. E. a lovely
companion - she is his first sweetheart - and her first beaux
- how such work out do not know. Lets hope all is well -
readings say they will be good for each other.
"Will talk over the matter regards [
1208] when you are here
- been some changes there but there is needed such training
now for him more than ever would be a wonderful experiment -
and I believe his salvation.
"Thanking you and hoping to see you next week.
"With love from all - asking to be remembered to all."
8/42 [
2174]'s ltr. from New Hampshire to EC: "I have just
received a telegram from Mr. George Marquess stating that he
will be in Va. Beach on Tuesday. I want him to have a health
rdg. He may have already written you except that he can't
write legibly and therefore hardly ever does. He is my mad
Texan who is managing the Carmerson deal. He is completely
enatie [?]. I had a rdg. about him in Rye [2174-4] - Myers &
Marquess - look it up. Call him up at Essex House & say I
said to if you do not hear from him - any way be nice to him.
He is devoted to me (by the way) as a contact. I think you
will see his quality.
"We progress but it is a mad house some of the time. Hold
your thanks and your thoughts for us. We have thirty two
children."
8/10/42 EC's wire: "Much impressed with Marquess. Do you
feel my making a trip to Texas now could possibly aid the
situation?"
8/11/42 Reply by wire: "Seeing Marquess Washington Wednesday
night will know more then."
8/27/42 EC's ltr. to [
2174]: "Two weeks or more ago when Mr.
Marquess first showed up here, was never more surprised in my
life. Felt possibly you had sent him or suggested he come.
Glad he came to ask me only one question, and that was a
funny one - asked if I knew Edgar B. Davis - and when I said
yes he said well that is all I wanted to know. Then he wired
me to come to Texas last week. I arrived in Gladewater early
in the morning he met me and took me over the East Texas
field including the new one at the north and west of the
Carmerson property, then we drove over that, went to Tyler
and had dinner then he drove me back to Gladewater and I left
on the afternoon train, got back here Tuesday evening late,
as stopped to see folks in Tenn. and Ky. Today had wire from
him asking for me to tell him if he had the right location
for the operations, as he is moving in on same this or next
week. Don't know what he will have for me to do next, but
said you and I would have to meet him in Memphis or he would
come on here.
"So there you are. Now this is all crazy - but I just love
being crazy. Years ago when the Co. [Cayce Petroleum Company
- see [
3777] series] as had my name failed, a reading said
one day the way it could have been successful will come back
to you - so when saw it was a certain Co. paying my expenses
to travel - it being the same well I went. So do not know
what is happening, but something is on the way.
"How are you? How is the school coming and how is everybody?
Would like to see you and talk it all over, but the well may
be in before we have a chance - for feel sure it will come in
this time.
"Let me hear from you."
8/27/42 See
1561-20.
9/01/42 See
1561-21.
9/15/42 EC's ltr. to [
2174]: "Thanks for yours of the 11th -
had wire from Mr. Marquess asking me to go to ... to see you
and to take the maps he gave me. Did not know what for -
wire yesterday asking that I meet him in N.Y. before the 22nd
- wired him the 18 or 19th would suit me best or the 20th.
Letter from him today dated the 13th said another field had
come in west of the property you are interested in - and when
could I meet him in N.Y.?
"Now about [
1208]. Guess Miss [
288] has written you - His
mother [
934] has gone back on everything she said, and is not
willing for him to leave so that is that. Why some things
aren't different and why some people do as they do can't ever
say - but who am I to judge.
"Mrs. Cayce is in Ky. first time she has been home in two
years or more. Sally is looking after the place, she seems
to be getting on fine is expecting the little stranger the
first weeks of Oct. We are being kept busy - haven't had as
yet as many requests for the special edition of book as had
hoped. Am sure there are several hundred who intend to buy
but for some reason the notice didn't take effect at once -
they will want it am just egotist enough to believe, for so
many have said so that haven't heard from and the time is up
now this week - but believe H. L. wrote you or did he?
"If come to N.Y. suppose will see you hope so anyway if it is
possible. IF IF they drill that well am sure your school
will have all the funds it will need.
"Write me with love to all - how is the young man [
2607]?"
10/19/42 [
2174]'s ltr. to EC: "Well - my dear, its a long
time since I have written but things have been most
particularly busy. Launching a school is somewhat of a job
as I have found out. But all is going amazingly well - it is
really more beautiful and successful than we had dreamed.
You could not imagine a happier and busier group of children
than we have.
"It is TRAGIC that [
1208] is not with us. Is there someway
in which his mother could SEE it. How can a person know what
it is like unless they see it? Even we who should have known
did not realize what it was going to be. He will come
through sometime.
"One of the most exciting things is the way the children have
[fit] into the farm work. We are now organized into groups
and do apple picking - corn husking - grape picking - potato
digging. We have taken picture!! And then to have the
president say that that is what high school children could &
should do - and we had been doing it all along.
"Oh there are small headaches but they are getting worked out
one by one.
"We have a fine kitchen staff and the FOOD IS GOOD. Most of
the children have gained from 3 - 8 lbs!!! 48 children! The
lower school is full. They are a darling group of 12
children and they come up every day to lunch - piling in out
of the station wagon.
"How about Texas. They seem to be hung up on court probate
on the Startus land. Oh dear - I do wish they could get on
with it. Something will come out of Texas the question is
when.
"And now this morning the news from Sally & Hugh Lynn. And I
want more details of course.
"A word from you would be cheering."
10/23/42 EC's ltr. to [
2174]: "Just lovely to have yours of
the 19th - have thought of you quite often, yet felt all was
going well, but am really happy to hear such grand news from
you as to just how it is all going. Am glad you are pleased
with the progress of things thus far. Can't imagine a more
ideal place for a school with all the surroundings to make
the place ideal, then the spirit of those in charge their
ideals and purposes. How fortunate it seems to me every one
is that are privileged to have their children under such an
environment.
"Am sure each child is happy and just hope each instructor
sees their ideals working in the lives of the pupils.
"I could never put into words how disappointed I was that
[
1208] didn't start off with you there, and the less I say
about those things as caused the change in the attitude of
the Mother possibly will be better, but the father [
391] is
now in England, while true they are separated, yet that fact
possibly had much to do with her decision of not sending him
at this time. Maybe he will come just hope so for his sake."
11/23/42 She requested a Check Life Reading on a problem as
follows:
"You will have before you the entity, [
2174], born ...,
August 28, 1890, in Canton, New York, who now seeks a Check
Life Reading with information, advice and guidance
specifically regarding a situation which has arisen in ...
School, ..., New Hampshire, centering around ..., a member of
the faculty. You will correlate the past associations of the
entity with [...], and advise what they are working out now.
You will answer the questions that may be asked:
1. As [...]'s personal problems have become an integral part
of this community, both socially and academically, it is
obvious I must move. What can be done to better her
relations with the faculty?
2. Can I help the situation with her husband and son?
3. There have been fears of an unbalance. Is there danger?
4. Can she be worked into a more complete asset to the
school?
5. Can anything release her abnormal necessity for
cleanliness?
6. Should I move directly and give her a picture of herself
as others see her, or will life otherwise take care of the
situation?
7. In either case, what should my fundamental attitude be?
"The problem of the Rdg. is very complex and goes deep and
long ago even in this life. It is not just a school problem.
Since it was hurled at me when the [...]'s first came over
and now it is here again, it seems to be partly mine. Mrs.
[...] has certain similarities to Miss [...]. How they
follow me. It's interesting - not easy."
12/02/42 See
2174-5.



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