July 2, 1944

My dearest Hal,

Yesterday Sam and I went to town with Peggy and took our shots as usual. He went up to Sara’s to tell Elizabeth “good–by”. She left for Richmond on the noon bus. Sara and Elizabeth had spent the week going through Nana’s things and dividing them and packing some of them away.

It would probably would be best for one of them to write you about Nana’s will and just how things are to be divided including the money which is now invested in telephone stock. I might not have it quite straight and so we are anxious to have no misunderstandings. I imagine any settlement they make will suit us all right.

I imagine they will leave things until you are all at home again before trying to make any kind of a settlement. Probably Elizabeth or Sara can explain matters or answer your questions if you have any.

Peggy and Sam went to Sunday School but I stayed home today. My chickens are sick and I’ve been trying to doctor them. Everyone who raises chickens has been having this same trouble and there isn’t a great deal you can do because we can’t get the proper feed for them.

We are getting terribly dry here. We have not had a good rain for over a month and when we do have showers, they come as winds and hail but very little rain falls. The garden is beginning to suffer pretty badly. I guess the farmers are glad of a chance to harvest but the corn crop is being hurt. It is almost impossible to get any help and farmers are having a very hard time. Even if I could get some help I couldn’t afford to pay someone $5.00 a day to work the garden so I have to do what I can my self and let the rest go.

I have had one glad to bloom so far. I do hope you will get here this summer in time to enjoy them. They were lovely last year and I hope they will be again this summer. Darling, I hope you’ll soon be on your way.

all my love,

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