"Letter Styles
It has often been said that an ideal letter should resemble a picture in an appropriate frame, but this is not always practical today because of the many different letterhead styles; therefore, letters must be arranged and typed according to the style of the letterhead as well as the letter style which the company has chosen. Most organizations have a procedural manual for their employees giving the letter style and explaining how they want the various parts of the business letter typed.
The various letter styles being used in the business world are here listed and examples will be shown on the following pages.
Full block style (Letter 1). This style is the full or extreme block style with all lines beginning at the left margin.
Simplified style (Letter 2). This letter style is very similar to the full block letter style with the exception that the simplified style omits the salutation and complimentary closing. A subject line typed on the third line below the inside address in all capital letters replaces the salutation. The writer's identification and title is typed in all capital letters three lines below the body of the letter...
Modified or regular block style (Letter 3). The date line, complimentary closing, and typewritten signature lines begin at the center of the paper and ll other lines begin flush with the left margin...
Semiblock style (Letter 4). This style is very similar to the modified or regular block style letter. The paragraphs are indented five spaces, the inside address is blocked, and the date line, complimentary closing, and typewritten signature lines begin at the center of the paper.
Hanging indentation style (Letter 5). This style starts each paragraph flush with the left margin, the rest of the lines in each paragraph are indented. The date line may be centered under the letterhead or it may be typed starting at the center of the sheet, as is the complimentary closing and the signature line.
Indented style (Letter 6). This style indents all lines five spaces, except for the main body of the letter. This letter style is almost obsolete, but may be encountered by the secretary in letters from foreign countries."
Webster's New World Secretarial Handbook, rev. ed. (1981). New York: Prentice Hall, p. 66-67.
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According to my calendar, On July 11, 1987 I went to a potluck and brought green beans. I don't remember this, however, so I don't know where it was or who was there.
On Wednesday July 15 I had dinner at my boss' house. This would probably have been the first time at their house, although I think I would have met his wife before this, if not his kids yet.
On Thursday July 16 I went to a Bible study. I think the first month I was in Vienna I went to the English speaking church most of the others went to, mainly because I was still just getting settled in and so that was the easiest thing to do. There were several mid-week Bible studies around town from that church and one of my closest mission neighbors had one of these church-related Bible studies, and I'm pretty sure this would have been their Bible study. At the end of my time in Vienna when I was beginning to wear down from the constant pressures from the mission and finally gave in and started going to the English church, then I started going to this mid-week Bible study again too.
On Friday July 17, the next day, I brought garlic bread to a singles dinner two of the single guys on staff were hosting. We all (the singles, I mean) switched around hosting these kinds of gatherings, although I think some of the singles were more geared to entertaining than others.
The next Monday, July 20 I went to the monthly women's meeting, which is surprising to me, because they usually stopped the women's meetings for the summer. These women's meetings were quite the affair though. This was the main event that regularly drew the wives in and they took a lot of responsibility for it and also for the monthly staff newsletter. If I remember right, it was often a soup and salad affair, and it was potluck. But there was a program and decorations, sort of like you'd maybe imagine a women's church luncheon or the like. Complete with all the frills and foofera. Also, each women's meeting had a different theme. The wives also often came to our monthly all-staff meeting, but these women's meetings were something they were more integrally involved with.
Tuesday the 21st I had my first doctor's appointment at 4:00 (door #12). I remember this doctor. He spoke English well and I'm sure someone at the mission had recommended him. In a later appointment I have noted something about a prescription in the calendar, and I just found a xerox copy of some prescriptions from later appointments; they're all for Uniphyl (Unifil in German), which is a bronchidilator - an inhalant for asthma. And it looks like there's a second medicine too, "OP 1 à 50 gr.," which I think would have been the pain medicine for my really bad menstrual cramps that last until I was about 30. I'm assuming the "OP 1" is a type of opiate. The prescriptions are the same for all the appointments.
This information about the doctor is, I think, relatively important, in light of later developments.
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I'm going to end there because the next things that happen will require more explanation. However, again, I'm still reading software manuals at work...
