No. 170

Dear Billy:

I received your letter of April 19^th this morning. The service certainly is excellent right now and judging from your letter, the mail going from here over to you is just about as good. I wish the delivery of packages was a little better. When you were in England some of your packages reached you in as short a time as three weeks and it never took more than a month.

My package of March 14^th should be reaching you soon, if you haven’t received it by this time. My next package was mailed on April 6^th and then the sneakers were mailed on April 20^th. I’m glad you have received one of the packages of tennis balls from Heltie. There is also another package of six on the way. He sent you a dozen altogether. I hope they hurry with the package containing the sneakers. Then you’ll be all set.

Mary got me a pound of butter today so you shall be having some “Cookies by Squeek” before very long. I shall make them over the week-end and shall send them to you next week. I want to get some candy and other stuff to put in the package so it will probably be the end of next week before its ready. I shall let you know as soon as I have sent it so you can be on the look-out for it.

I saw a play called “Dear Ruth” last night. It was very good and we just about laughed ourselves sick.

Head was over for supper on Sunday night. A I think I told you some months ago, he sold his place and is now living with one of his aunts. His father went down to Texas to get with Millie. Head doesn’t like living with his aunt and consequently stays home as little as possible. He comes over to our house quite frequently on Sunday afternoons and then stays for supper.

Heltie thought maybe Head wouldn’t want to sell his car for a couple of hundred dollars, so when he was over on Sunday we told him about Heltie’s car burning and said we hoped he would be able to get another one somehow, etc., etc., but Head didn’t say anything at all, so I guess that’s out. As a matter of fact, I managed to get back to the subject of Heltie’s car several times during the course of the evening, and gave him several openings to say something if he were so inclined, but he didn’t say a word. Heltie is getting, should I say, hopes to get, a Furlough the latter part of May. Maybe he will be able to do a little shopping around then and find something. Bye for now, Honey Lamb. Let me know if you want anything.

Squeels

P.S. Ask me for another fruit cake.