Love Sweetie Podcast

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, Sweetie writes to her family two letters from late May and early June 1952.  She recounts her attempt to get her roof fixed, as the company that had supposedly fixed it some time earlier had not done a complete job.  Her interaction with the men at the roofing company surprises them, and they agree to return to fix their earlier work.  Sweetie also writes of plans for her parents to visit the family in Doylestown, but does not know when they might do so.  And once again, Sweetie gets into the poiso...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, Sweetie writes about what was occurring at her home in Doylestown in May 1952.  She provides updates on the work that she and her husband, Lew, are doing on their property - specifically filling in an old well that had become a hazard to others, regardless of the protest of Miss Darst.  Then we review three postcards from Sweetie's father, Chester Demaree, M.D. and finally a long letter that he wrote to his daughter, Lizzie, in the middle of May 1952.  In this letter, Chester remarks on the late spring season in t...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, Sweetie writes about what was occurring at her home in Doylestown in late April and early May 1952.  Specifically, her sister-in-law, Elizabeth, goes on vacation for two weeks to Florida while her husband is at a newspaperman's convention, leaving her mother (Sweetie's mother-in-law) to take care of her three young children alone in Norristown.  Sweetie goes to Norristown to help the family, and then returns home and attempts to get some more work done on her property in Doylestown.  Notably, Sweetie and Lew continue with their work filling up a big well...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, Sweetie writes about what was occurring at her home in Doylestown immediately after Easter 1952, and then in the second letter, she writes to her family a story about an issue that had been occurring at the Doylestown Public School involving one of Lewis' first grade classmates and their first grade class teacher, Mrs. Houck.  

Finally, at the end of the episode, we get to hear two Mother's Day poems that Sweetie wrote and appended to the second letter.

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Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, Sweetie answers questions from her family in the first letter and in the second letter, we learn that her son, Lewis, had the measles during Easter 1952.  Additionally, we review a penny postal card that Sweetie's father, Chester Demaree, M.D., sent to her sister, Jeanne, and examine his unique handwriting, as well as the postmark and stamps on the postcard itself.

Finally, at the end of the episode, we get to hear an Easter poem that Sweetie wrote (it had been included with the second of the two le...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review two letters that Sweetie wrote in early April 1952.  In these letters, she comments about some of the work that she is doing around the house (including fighting more poison ivy on her property), notes information about a car accident that happened on Main Street., and while she is relieved that her father, Chester Demaree, M.D., is recovered from his health issues of the previous weeks, she is wondering why he is insisting on traveling again to the western part of the United States.  She wants her parents to...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review four pieces of correspondence from March 1952 - we start with two letters from Sweetie to her family, and then two messages from her father, Chester Demaree, M.D., follow.  In the first two letters, Sweetie is clearly trying to convince her father, who was seriously ill in the preceding weeks, to stay in Des Moines with her sister and her brother-in-law, while also telling stories about what is happening in Doylestown.  She also details her ongoing battle with her own property and the poison ivy that she is try...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review four pieces of correspondence from March 1952 - we start with two messages from Sweetie's father, Chester Demaree, M.D., in Lacona, Iowa, and then we continue with Sweetie's narrative on March 20, 1952.  The first letter is her family circular in which she notes what's been happening in Doylestown at home.  However, it is in the second letter (written on the same day) that we realize that the situation in Iowa with regards to her father's health is very bad, as she writes a secret letter to her brother-in-law, Glen, and...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review three of Sweetie's letters from March 1952 that she wrote in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.   Increasingly, Sweetie is becoming concerned with her father's health - that he is suffering from a medical issue in regards to his heart - and she is stressed that she cannot be there in Iowa to keep an eye on him.  So she writes three days in a row to her family.  The third letter is sent specifically to her sister Jeanne and her brother Frank (and their significant others), with a request that everyone communicate as m...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review three letters from February and March 1952 - two are from Sweetie's father, Chester Demaree, M.D., who is writing from Iowa, and the third is from Sweetie, who is writing from Doylestown.  Sweetie writes an update regarding her health and recounts a tale that she hears from Lew about something that happened at the Naval base (NAS Willow Grove).  She then notes they acquired a camera at an antique sale and seem to have made a very good deal.  In Chester's letters, we learn about the "Twins" contest that...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review three letters from February 1952 - two are from Sweetie, and one was written by Sweetie's father, Chester, who is writing from Iowa.  In the first letter, Sweetie updates all her siblings on her life in Doylestown and various activities.  She recounts a particular matter having to do with Miss Darst who invites an antique dealer into her home, which very much upset Sweetie and the rest of the family.  In Sweetie's second letter, we receive many family updates, and while there is happy news in this letter, there is a...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review two letters from February 1952.  In the first letter, Sweetie updates all her siblings on her life in Doylestown and various activities.  In the second letter, Sweetie writes specifically to her sister, Jeanne, and her brother-in-law, Glen, and reveals that her husband, Lew, has been at sickbay at the base.  The doctors there are not sure what is wrong, and Sweetie asks for medical advice from Jeanne on the matter (as Jeanne is a nurse).  

We also review in the middle of this episode information about the Demar...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, we review two letters from January 1952.  The first is from Sweetie's father, Chester Demaree, M.D., who writes a brief note to his daughter Elizabeth, and gives a few pieces of information about his wedding in the early 1900's.  The second letter, written by Sweetie in Doylestown, Pennsylvania in secret to her sister, Jeanne, in Des Moines, Iowa, is an emotional letter in which Sweetie details the reality of married life for women in America in the 1950's, immediately dispelling the trope of the 50's housewife.  Sweetie attempts to counsel her...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, Sweetie writes a big letter to her family in January 1952, describing her Christmas holiday in 1951.  We learn more about her home life and family in this episode.

Check out the website at www.lovesweetiepodcast.com for the family tree, overall timeline of her story, and information on the previous episodes to catch up as you are able to - there is something in Sweetie's story for everyone!

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, Sweetie writes a big letter to her family in January 1952, describing her Christmas holiday in 1951.  We learn more about her home life and family in this episode.

Check out the website at www.lovesweetiepodcast.com for the family tree, overall timeline of her story, and information on the previous episodes to catch up as you are able to - there is something in Sweetie's story for everyone!

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, Sweetie writes letters to her family in November and December 1951.  She writes to her father asking for advice on her son's illnesses and the medicine she is using, and then starts to prepare for Christmas 1951.  Additionally, we learn that Miss Darst left Doylestown that holiday season with her nephew, Brower Murphy to spend Christmas with his family in Atlanta, Georgia.  We also learn more about how economical Sweetie is with various purchases for her home life, including canned items that she finds at various sales.

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Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, Sweetie writes letters to her family in November 1951.  She writes first of how her son, Lewis, was very sick that fall, and then she proceeds into a long description of Lewis' experience in first grade at the Doylestown Public School.  She writes of him learning to write, how his teacher (Mrs. Houk) treats him, stories she hears of what is occurring during recess, his interactions with a school bully, and his first report card.  Sweetie then gives an update on her home life, and writes to her family on a vari...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, Sweetie writes letters to her family in August and November 1951, and talks about her life in her new home in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.  We learn that Sweetie's sister-in-law, Elizabeth, has had her third child - a baby girl, and has moved her family to Norristown, Pennsylvania.  We also hear from Sweetie's father, Chester (in Lacona, Iowa), who has just returned from a trip to Chicago to see his son, Frank.  Finally, we learn that Lewis, who has started school that fall, was very unwell in the beginning of November.  

At th...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  In this episode, Sweetie writes letters to her family in August 1951, and talks about her life in her new home in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, as well as her interactions with the individual who is now boarding with her family - Miss Darst.    Sweetie also reflects on her son, Lewis, who will start school (first grade) in September 1951.  Additionally, we learn more about Miss Darst's nephew, Brower Murphy, and his wife, Evelyn.

Check out the website at www.lovesweetiepodcast.com for a family tree, overall timeline of her story, and information on the prev...

Welcome to the Love Sweetie Podcast!  This is the season premiere episode of Season 3!  In this episode, Sweetie and her family move in summer 1951 to Doylestown, Pennsylvania, having taken an opportunity to live in a bigger house that will help them with their growing antiques business.  That being said, the 90-year old woman who had previously lived there, Miss Darst, is to live with their family as a boarder until she passes away, per the arrangement with the seller (Miss Darst's nephew, Brower Murphy).  

In this episode we learn about Sweetie's new home, Miss Darst and her fami...

This is the Season 2 finale of the Love Sweetie Podcast!  This episode features nine pieces of correspondence written by Jeanne, Sweetie, Chester, and Laura in June, July, and August 1951.  In the first full letter of the collection from Jeanne herself, we learn about Jeanne's wedding to Glen Joss, Sweetie writes a letter indicating that her and her family's life in Pennsylvania has changed, and Chester and Laura recount their summer road trip to the southwestern United States (which provides Chester and Laura with some sort of closure on an earlier family tragedy).

Finally, we remark on the be...

This episode features two letters written by Sweetie in March and early April 1951.  In this episode, we get updates about what has been occurring at Sweetie's home in Hatboro, Pennsylvania and her various activities - including searching for more antiques.  Meanwhile, Elizabeth's mother-in-law, Mrs. Brown, passes away after having been at the local hospital for several weeks.  There is also more information in one of the letters about the Demaree family and the Demarest ancestral home in Bergen County, New Jersey.

Additionally, we review what happened in April 1951 - that President Truman fired General MacArthur, and we get...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  

This episode features four letters written by Sweetie in February and March 1951.  In this episode, we finally find out what has caused the tension between Sweetie and her older sister, Jeanne, who is engaged to be married to a man named Glen.  Sweetie writes to the couple, to G...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  

This episode features four letters written by Sweetie in January 1951.  In this episode, Sweetie thinks about getting Lewis' tonsils removed after another trip to the Naval Hospital in Philadelphia, she and Lew consider a new strategy for investment with other sailors at NAS Willow Grove, and we get...

This is a bonus episode catching up listeners who may have missed parts of Sweetie's story in earlier episodes.  In this episode, we review the timeline from 1941 to the early 1950's, and there are some episode recommendations for those who might want to go back to some of the important earlier episodes in Season 1 and Season 2.

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This episode features one major letter written by Sweetie in January 1951 as she writes about Christmas 1950, acquiring a very unique antique, and updating her family about life around Hatboro, Pennsylvania.  We also review what is going on at the time in the Korean War.

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  

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The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  

This episode features one major letter written by Sweetie on December 8, 1950, as she recounts the big storm that affected southeastern Pennsylvania in late November.  We learn what happened to the family in Hatboro as they worked to protect their home and helped the neighbors during the storm, and...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  

This episode features six pieces of correspondence from November 1950, including a letter written that month from Sweetie's father, Chester Demaree, M.D.  As Sweetie prepares for the holiday season, she starts to get concerned that her best friend, her sister, Jeanne, seems to be strangely silent with reg...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  

It should also be noted that the vernacular in the letters, as disclaimed at the beginning of every episode, are part of the real historic text from 1950, and do not reflect the views of anyone associated with the Podcast, including the creator and the hosts.  

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The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  

It should also be noted that the vernacular in the letters, as disclaimed at the beginning of every episode, are part of the real historic text from 1950, and do not reflect the views of anyone associated with the Podcast, including the creator and the hosts.  

Thi...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  

This episode features three pieces of correspondence from late summer 1950, including a description of Sweetie and Lew going to a local auction to sell some of their things and stopping by an antique store on the way home, and then Sweetie tells the story about Lewis' cousin, Li...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  

This episode features letters from late summer 1950.  Sweetie writes about what is occurring at home in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, and notes that she has taken her son, Lewis, to go see Walt Disney's Cinderella at the local movie theater.  Meanwhile, she comments on watching coverage of the United Nati...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  

This episode of the Love Sweetie Podcast begins with a discussion of the start of the Korean War in late June 1950.  Then, we proceed to review Sweetie's letters from late July 1950, after she returned home to Pennsylvania from Iowa.  With Sweetie's husband, Lew, serving in the US Navy...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  

This episode features letters from April through June 1950.  Sweetie writes about how both she and her son got sick with the mumps that spring, how it rained too much for her garden to be successful, and about a trip that she, Lew, and Lewis took to New Yor...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  

This episode features four family letters from March 1950.  Sweetie comments on both the subjects of typewriters and televisions in the first letter.  Subsequently, she notes that Marguerite's mother has become sick, and then notes that she may travel to Iowa in the summer after all.  Meanwhile, Chester (who i...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  

This episode features three family letters from February and March 1950.  We learn from the first letter that Sweetie is determined to stay home that summer and not go to Lacona, Iowa to visit her family for a variety of reasons.  She then writes a more extensive letter addr...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  

This episode features three pieces of correspondence from February 1950, and in the third part, we learn that Sweetie has bought a television set for the first time.  She describes its purchase, how it was set up, and what kind of content was available for the family to wat...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  

This episode features one big letter that Sweetie wrote in February 1950, where she provides information about her family's experience of Christmas 1949, as well as some updates about her house and her plans on gardening in the spring.  We also learn that Lew's brother, Joseph Graham, is appearing on...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  

This episode features four letters - the first from Sweetie's father, Chester Demaree, M.D. in early January 1950 and the last three from Sweetie herself, writing to her family for the first time in 1950.  In Chester's letter, we learn about a trip he took with a patient fro...

The Love Sweetie Podcast is a unique historical project that features real letters from Kathryn Frances Demaree Graham a.k.a. "Sweetie" that were written during her lifetime.  These authentic letters are narrated and commented on by the hosts of the show (who give context on what is being discussed).  

This episode features two letters written by Sweetie's father, Chester Demaree, M.D., and they are the last two letters from 1949 in the collection.  In these two letters, we learn of some events that occurred in Lacona, Iowa, including a fire on his farm just south of tow...