(This is an entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago)
Dad left on the early morning train for Los Angeles., happy as a lark! Surely am glad he has actually gone. Rained quite awhile in the afternoon – letter from Lenore Shaffer in Roswell. Letter from Carsey written Saturday in Tamazunchale, waiting for the river to subside -Nearly all the school was there! Nice of him to write, even if he does call me names! Wrote to Betty in the afternoon
Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today:
The era of swing begins today after a performance by Benny Goodman.
The U.S. Senate passed a bill declaring American neutrality in foreign wars.
![The Amarillo Globe Aug 21, 1935](http://80yearsagotoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/aug11.jpg)