Franklin, Pa.

Nov. 13, 1944

Mon. eve.

 

My Darling Jimmy, xxxx

I was very much surprised today when I got home from work at 3:00 because there were letters for me today.  They were written on Oct. 29th, 28th, 30th, and 27th so now I have them all for Oct. except the 31st.  I sure was very glad to get them and they were all very good ones today.

I went to bed last night at 10:30 and then I couldn’t go to sleep for quite a while.  I laid there and thought of you and of what you might be doing.  I suppose you was busy working.  I then shut off the alarm this morning and it was 6:30 when I got up, but I still got to work on time.  I was sort of busy all day today and I was glad when it was over.  When I came home from work I read your letters and then I washed my hair and dried it.  Then I thought I would dampen some clothes and then iron them tonight, but here Helen didn’t wash today as she said she was going to do.  I then went upstairs and cleaned up our bedroom and that took me an hour to do that.  It was then after 5:00 and I decided to get my supper, so I got it ready and ate and then I washed the dishes.  I was going to read the paper but here it hadn’t come yet, so I went upstairs and put my hair up.  By that time it was almost 5:30 and I came back downstairs and I decided to write my letter to you.

I am feeling just fine today and I hope that you are the same.  I hope that you stay always in the best of health.

It was very cold out this morning when we went to work.

I am all alone tonight because Helen and Pauline are working these two weeks from 3 to 11, so that [leaves me] alone for these two weeks.

I found a note when I got home this afternoon saying that they were going to Pittsburgh tomorrow morning on the “Moonlight” and they wanted to know if I was going along. I don’t think I will.  Helen got word today telling her she had to go down and find out if she will pass yet for the Marines.

Darling, I told you in a letter the other day just how I feel about you, and I don’t care if you get a new rating because I love you and not the ratings.  Honey, I sure do miss you, and I wish that we could be together.  I am storing all my love and kisses up for you, and I hope we get to be with each other real soon.

You mentioned about wondering why Helen wasn’t [going] out with Dick. Well, she is, and she has been for several months now.

You mentioned your mother writing and saying she thought that Orval might be on his way home, but I don’t think he is because they finally [got] some letters from him and he didn’t say anything about coming. I know how you would feel when you got that letter because he has so many more advantages [than] you and I don’t blame you for feeling the way you do about it.  But Darling, just you wait, and I feel sure that you will get your chance to come home real soon also.  Just try to cheer up Honey because I don’t like to have you feeling so down in the dumps.  Just try to think of the time when we will be able to finish our plans and we have our baby girl, which I know that you want as much as I do.

I see in the paper today they must have passed that law about a veteran being able to get a loan up to $2000 in order to build a home, and so if they have I know we will be able to build ours some day too.  Just like you and I want it!

Honey, you said that you didn’t want me to get the license for the car, but now you said you want me too. But I didn’t know how they could drive it because you had said the battery wasn’t any good.  And when Walter did drive it that once he must have put his battery in it.  I am also afraid they wouldn’t just use it to come up after me if I got the license because your Mother said that your Dad’s car was so hard to start, and he would no doubt  want to drive it.  So Honey let’s not get the license so I won’t have that to worry about.

The work has been getting sort of slack the last month and they have been laying so many people off up here at the plant lately, for maybe a week and some of them off for good. So I don’t know just how long I might have work either.  Everyone seems to think they won’t have girls working there much after Dec. but no one knows for sure because it is all talk.

I bet you would like to see 10 ft. of snow because it sure has been a long time since you have seen any.  I know how anxious I was to see it the time I got back from staying that winter down at Orlando, and I couldn’t wait until the next winter came. That was the winter I started to go with you.  And Honey you know that you were the one that asked me and that I didn’t have to ask you to marry me.  You were really the one that asked me because I would never want people to think you didn’t want me.

There were five pictures in the one letter I received today which I don’t think you sent because you didn’t mention anything about sending them. They are pictures of planes and some of the names on them are “Little Mike”, and another one says “Homesick”.  So you recognize either of the two names I mentioned?  If you want me to send them back just write and say so and I will.

I also received a card from Bud today which he had written on Oct 13th and in it was a picture of the Panama Canal.  But now he is in New Guinea and he thought he might get to see you.  I sure hoped that he would.  Then when he got back I would know just how you were. 

I sure wish that you could gain some weight like you said some of the fellows do when they come back from there rest-leaves.

Darling, I am sure hoping and praying that you do get sent home when your 18 months are up because you are all I live for.

Since you mention about your Mother saying that she thought I might have been going to have a baby when I came back from Florida, I do remember her saying something about it to me, and I am glad she thought it best we didn’t have one because I do want you to be with me when I am going to have it because I know I will sure be scared, and if you are there I won’t be.

Grandma also happened to say something about how she thought maybe she might have been a great-grandmother by now when I was down there on Sat. I know, and am afraid our little Jo-Carrol is going to be spoiled because your Mother and my Mother and Grandma and everyone are going to want her and will probably spoil her.  She is going to be so cute with her curly hair like her “daddy”.  I think he is very cute and handsome myself.  I will always be true to you no matter how long you have to be away.  So you don’t need to worry about me not being so because I love you from the bottom of my heart and I always will.

“Sweetheart”, take good care of yourself and be very careful.

I am yours forever.

Your Faithful Wife,

“Ruth Alice”

 

[Here she had drawn a heart with “X”s around it. Inside it says “I Love You!”]

 

“I Love You”

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