Ethel writes to Hannah Beards in Balboa with a week's worth of small news from the Canal Zone. She mentions a strong Sunday sermon and a good church crowd, Elmer's return home weak and starved, and the birthday club gathering on Thursday. The note keeps returning to absence: "I miss you at home & I miss you at church" and "The whole family misses the Beards more than we can say." Carl's cute sayings and Everett's visit round out a domestic round of church, family, and neighbors.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Dear Hannah: - Sun P.M.
I miss you at home
& I miss you at church, a
splendid sermon this A.M. & good
crowd. Elmer came home this A.M.
but weak & starved. I just cant
get over this week, but here's
hoping you'll see enough of the
birthday club folks on Thurs
(I suppose it's that day) & that
you'll be staying all night
Thurs with us. Of course I dont
think you'd wait to be invited
but I do hope you can stay
with us. The whole family
misses the Beards more than
we can say. When I told B.
about Carl putting down some
as boy next to him she said
We're going to miss a lot of his
cute sayings. Everett is here for
a few days. I'll have to get
over next week Love Ethel.
Handwritten message side; circular Cristobal, Canal Zone postmark and wavy cancel; no picture or printed caption visible.
Postmark: CRISTOBAL CANAL ZONE OCT 15 8 PM 1933. Undivided back ("THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS"), green 1¢ Canal Zone Jefferson indicium, purple OCT 16 1933 receiving stamp; light toning and a few foxing spots.
Cite this card
Postcard message to Hannah, Balboa, Canal Zone, 1933, postcard, c. 1933. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/postcard-message-to-hannah-balboa-canal-zone-1933. Accessed November 2, 2026.
