NOVEMBER 14^TH. 1946

THURSDAY***** ****

MY DARLING HUSBAND:

HONEY, I AM WAITING FOR THE MAIN MAN AND HE SURE IS SLOW TODAY I GUESS THEY HAVE A NEW ONE ON AS HE IS NEVER THIS LATE ONLY AROUND THE HOLIDAYS………….I AM SO ANXIOUS TO KNOW IF HE HAS ANY MAIL FOR ME FROM MY HONEY……..I SUPPOSE JUST BECAUSE I AM LOOKING FOR SOME HE WILL SAY “NO” MAIL TODAY FOR YOU..THEN I GET MAD…WELL MY DEAR IT WONT BE TOO LONG BEFORE WE WILL NOT HAVE TO SAY THE THINGS WE HAVE TO TELL EACH OTHER IN LETTERS WE CAN SAY IT TO EACH OTHER…JUST THINK HONEY HOW MANY LETTERS WE HAVE WRITTEN TO ONE ANOTHER… I HAVE EVERY ONE AND I SURE AM GOING TO KEEP THEM AS THEY ARE LOVELY LETTERS…HONEY WHEN YOU RETURN TRY TO WRITE EVERY DAY ALSO ABOUT THE THINGS YOU DID ON THE SHIP DAY BY DAY AS THAT WILL BE INTERESTING FOR YOU TO KEEP AS I HAVE THE LETTER WITH WHAT YOU DID GOING OVER…IT WILL BE A NICE MEMO FOR YOU WHEN YOU GET OLDER MY DEAR…SO WRITE EACH DAY AND WHEN YOU ARRIVE IN CAL, OR WASHINGTON SEND IT TO ME MY DEAR…..AS YOU MOST LIKELY WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE COMING HOME THEN YOU DID GOING OVER…….

HONEY, AS YOU KNOW, LAST NIGHT I HAD CARD CLUB AND THEN AFTER CARD CLUB, I WENT OVER TO THE V.F.W. WITH GEORGE AND BLANCHE, BUT DEAR AS I HAVE TODL YOU I AM NOT DRINKING, I HAD A SMALL GLASS OF WINE AND TWO GLASS OF WATER. SO DEAR SEE, I AM GOING TO LOOSE WEIGHT OR NO THE REASON WHY…I TOLD MACKIE, NO DIRNKING UNTIL SAT. HE SAID OH NOW COME ON …YES DEAR I STILL AM WAITING FOR YOU TO COME HOME AS I KNOW THEN JUST WHAT THAT WILL BE OUT EVERY NIGHT…SO HONEY, I AM TAKING GOOD CARE OF MYSELF FORYOU..

HONEY, THE MAIN MAN JUST CAME AND NO MAIL..SO I JUST TOLD HIM OFF NO SENSE IN THIS “NO” MAIL BUSINESS SO HE SAID HE WOULD SEE WHAT HE WOULD HAVE FOR ME TODAY LATER ON…….GEE DEAR I JUST GET SO ANXIOUS FOR MAIL FROM YOU AND TO HAVE A LETTER SAYING DON’T WRITE ANY MORE HONEY AS I AM GOING TO BE SENT HOME…GEE DEAR THAT WILL BE THE DAY……..MACKIE AND I WERE TALKING LAST NIGHT AS WE WERE STANDING AT THE BAR…I LOOKED AROUND AND SAID, GEORGIE I GUESS YOU WILL BE GLAD WHEN EDDIE COMES HOME SO YOU WILL HAVE SOME ONE YOUR OWN AGE TO TRAVEL AROUND WITH AND SOME ONE THAT HAS THE SAME THING IN COMMON..HE SAIDH YOU BET I WILL “FRAN”…I TOLD HIM I WAS WONDERING WHO HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU COMING HOME THE MOST HE OR I HE JUST LAUGHED BUT DEAR I BELIEVE IT IS I THAT IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT DAY..DON’T YOU THINK SO HONEY……..

WELL MY DEAR I GUESS I WILL HAVE TO CUT THIS LETTER SHORT AS I HAVE A TREATMENT COMING IN NOW AND I MUST GET TO WORK WITH HER….IT IS A RATHER HARD ONE…I GUESS VERNA AND DAVID WILL BE DOWN TO DAY AS IT IS THEIR DAY OFF….I SUPPOSE I WILL MEET THEM IN WYCKOFFS AT NOON I USUALLY DO…TO*NIGHT I AM GOING UP TO SUE FABELS FOR THE EVENING. HONEY, I AM ON THE GOD EVERY NIGHT IT SEEMS……WELL DEAR I MUST SIGN OFF FOR NOW AND I WILL BE BACK WITH YOU AGAIN TOMORROW..REMEMBER MY DEAR, TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR SELF BUT IN CASE YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IT AGAIN..IT IS MORE THAN ANY THING IN THE WORLD MY DEAR ONE……GOD BLESS YOU DEAR AND TRY TO GET HOME WITH ME FOR THE HOLIDAYS..I MISS YOU SO MUCH DEAR AND I NEED YOU SO MUCH ALSO…..I AM STILL ON MY DIET DEAR, SO WHEN YOU COME BACK I WILL TRY TO BE A NICE FIGURE FOR YOU…..HONEY, HAVE YOUR THEETH TAKENED CARE OF AND I HOPE THIS LETTER FINDS YOU WELL….I HAVE NO HEARD FROM VINNIE AS YET AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE PACKAGE AS YET EITHER…….WRITE OFTEN DEAR AND I WILL BE BACK WITH YOUAGAIN TOMORROW HONEY…HAVE FUN BUT BE A GOOD BOY DEAR, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT YOU GETTING ME A WATCH IN THE P.X. IF YOU CAN PLEASE..NEVER MIND THE UNDERWEAR..AS HONEY, JEWELREY YOU CAN KEEP FOREVER..AND UNDERWEAR IT WEARS OUT…………BUT HONEY, YOU HAVE GOOD TASTE AND WHAT EVER YOU WANT ME TO HAVE I WILL ALWAYS TREASURE AS I LOVE THE THINGS YOU HAVE GOTTEN ME SO FAR IN THE YEARS YOU HAVE GIVENED ME THINGS…..BY FOR NOW DEAR, AND WRITE..HOW ABOUT THE NEXT LETTER SAYING HONEY, I AM ON MY WAY HOME..O.K.DEAR…..BY THE WAY CAROLYN GOT HER MESSAGE. I AM SENDING YOU HER CARD. SHE SENT ME. WITH ALL MY LOVE YOUR HONEY FOR EVER. LOVE “FRAN”