Mrs. Culp Revisited: May 2, 1937

The President goes fishing

“Stayed home all day,” Mrs. Culp wrote, noting that poor Walter had to take a C.R.C. pill again for his stomach. There was heavy rain in the afternoon and evening, another good reason to stay at the Bay View.

There was also rain and rough seas off the coast of Texas, where President Roosevelt was on a fishing trip on the USS Potomac. He was an expert dee…