Mrs. Culp Revisited: June 22, 1937

The bottom falls out of the Culps' world

“Sad news — Lease not renewed,” Mrs. Culp wrote at the top of her diary page today. She went on, “We heard the bad news to-day, that the lease on the hotel won’t be renewed.” The owner, an insurance company, decided to run it themselves. “We have to make the best of it and be thankful for what we did have.”

What was the story here? According to a report …