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Audio Tape relating to the trip to Hawaii. Walter & Norma
Robbins, 1978. Acc000534 Extracts
from audio Recording:
9 July 1978 (Sunday)
- Left Indianapolis Airport at 730 am
- the plane flew at 20,000 feet
- Arrived in Chicago at 815 am
- They had a layover of 1 hour and 45 minutes
- They had met a nice gentleman on the plane who worked for Goodwill
and he showed them how to navigate the O'Hare terminal and find
their way around to their next flight
- Left Chicago at 10 am and flew at 39,000 feet
- Arrived in San Francisco, California at 215 pm
- It had been a 4 hour flight
- Olive and Joe met them at the airport - They visited with Olive
and Marjorie and families for the next few days
11 July 1978 (Tuesday)
- Boarded flight to Hawaii at 1045 am and arrived in Hawaii at 3 pm
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- They traveled at 465 mph ground speed
- When they arrived at their hotel there was a bottle of champagne
- Their room was on the beach and Diamond Head was off to the left
- There were 32 floors in the hotel and they were in room 1404
12 July 1978 (Wednesday) - Free Day
13 July 1978 (Thursday)
- Circle Island Tour ($16.50 each)
- Dinner in the evening
14 July 1978 (Friday) -
- Rented a car in the morning
- Evening - a show ($18.00 each)
15 July 1978 (Saturday)
- Rented a car
- Evening show ($19.00 each)
16 July 1978 (Sunday)
- Luau ($18.00 each)
17 July 1978 (Monday)
- Pearl Harbor Cruise/Tour ($10.00 each)
18 July 1978 (Tuesday)
- Had to be out of the hotel by noon
- after their luggage had been picked up they spent time walking
around town
- The tour company transported them to the airport
- The flight left Hawaii at 430 pm
- They flew over San Francisco and Norma remembered seeing a large
Christmas Tree on top of a building
- The arrived at O'Hare Airport in Chicago at 5 am
- They took a 35 minute flight from Chicago to Indianapolis
The trip had cost them less than $2000.00 including all expenses -
Norma was quite pleased at the cost
(End of Audio File Notes)
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Notes:
1. Norma and her sisters, Olive and Marjorie, created these cassette
tapes talking about their activities
and what was going on in their lives. They used these tapes in
addition to frequent letters and occasional phone calls
as another way to keep in touch. Olive and Marjorie both lived in
the San Francisco area. They had both been the Navy
during WW2 and stayed there after the war.
2. Mabel and Charlie Gilliatte accompanied them on the tour and
Norma mentioned them on this tape several times.
Charlie and Walter had worked together at Chevrolet Muncie and were
best of friends. |
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Correspondence: Letter from Marjorie Haas VanCouwenberghe,
13 July 1978, to Walt & Shirley Robbins. Acc002936/Doc1869.pdf
Transcription:
Answered 8/17/78 7/13
Dear Shirley & Cliff,
Your Mom & Dad are basking in Hawaiian sunshine about now. We
took them back to the hotel at 6 o'clock Tues. morning & saw them
off at 9. IT was so good to see them again but the time was so short
it seemed like we no sooner said hello than it was time to say
goodbye. They are talking about coming back to Colorado & Calif.
Next year - sure hope they do. They both have such a good sense of
humor. The tour started out with a comedy of errors but they just
took it in stride. First of all two people on the tour got lost, I
guess they never did find them. Then they lost one man's entire
luggage & he was so mad he was ready to punch the tour man, he said
he was going back to Cleveland - he was a little more than upset.
Then the airlines ruined your Mom & Dads garment bag, probably on
the conveyor, so they took it for they airlines to replace it. And
of course they never got it so we gave them one of ours. Then as the
bus took off & was half-way down the block the 2 tour men came out &
went running down the middle of the street shouting & waving their
arms, it was so funny, like a Laurel & Hardy movie. So they did
finally get their bag - a little late but better late than never I
guess. I'm not sure I would want to take a trip with a tour group. I
don't think my good humor could hold up that well.
Olive was in surgery for 3-1/2 hrs. yesterday & is doing just fine.
I saw her at 4pm & she was still half asleep. When I see her today
she will probably be already moved from ICU back to her room. She's
taking 6 wks. off work to get really back on her feet again.
I'm sending you a copy of the land grant certificate & a copy of
the Madison Township map. I got the map from the Indiana Historical
Society Library but had to wait for a geodetic map from Denver to
get the street numbers. I also sent a copy to William & gave him the
location of all the towns around it, hoping he will be able to tell
us who Geo. Free is or which of our relatives might have lived
there. It is so interesting. I hope he can tell us something about
it. I hear anything about it I'll let you know.
Hello to Kelly & Kevin - will write more later.
Love, Marj. & Frank |
Doc1869.pdf |
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Document, Misc, Travel Notes, Hawaii Trip, Written by Norma Haas
Robbins, July 1978. Doc3887.pdf. |
Doc3887.pdf |
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Airline Ticket Stubs, Norma Haas Robbins, Hawaii Trip -
Doc4769.pdf |
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Trade Wind Tours - Itinerary, Tour Information, Hawaii Trip,
Doc4770.pdf |
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