Monday Oct 23-45
#82
Dear Son,
Received your letter #71 Saturday morning, so you had a day
off, what is this? I hear you are now a
cook. Imagine it would be nice after these crates all the time. It is something
different for a change. But it is too bad you had to be cheated out of your
rating. Well don’t feel too bad about it, maybe you will be out shortly if
Emily and our plan works out to get you out of the army. Emily went to see
someone and we have to go and get two certificates from the doctor stating we
are not so well, your pa anyway, because the help he has don’t amount to
anything and he really needs your help. I guess Emily wrote you all about it
Sat night as she told me she was going to and we have to send the letter and
certificates to your commanding officer, so I hope it will all work out
alright. And we will send you a copy of everything so you will know what it is
all about. Emily is going to have supper with us tonight so we can get
everything straight, then Saturday we can go and see this party she was talking
about. Well I had company Thursday, you remember Elsie Olson, well she called me up the day before and asked me if I were
going to be home. I told her I was washing so she said well she would come over
on Thursday. Her son Bud has a baby boy. They are staying with her. They have
been married 5 years and they are building their own home out south, so she
wants me to come out next week and have your pa come for supper. But you know
him, he said I can stay and he will fix his own supper. Well I won’t stay as long as he won’t come
out. John was here Friday. He stopped at
Mother + Dad
P.S. Bill how is it that Emily don’t
get any mail from you? Aren’t you
writing to her?