Monday afternoon 11/6/44

My dear Bobs:

Your nice letter written Wednesday and Thursday just received. I am sure happy that you had such a fine time last week. Glad you have ticket to Oklahoma, and know you will greatly enjoy Jenette McDonald. Glad you got to take in Opera last week. I can imagine you get a wallop out of having officers take their orders from you when on duty. I trust this work detail won’t throw you too much out of schedule on lab work. Yes, I’ll bet that was a thrill of a sight from top of Board of Trade at night. I suppose next letter will tell us all about the party Saturday night. Mother and I were thinking about you at that time, and wondering if everything was checking out as expected. Well, tomorrow is Election Day. I sure hope it goes Republican. Mother is sure jittery. We will go to Republican Club for supper and take Blanche with us. As Mother says she knows she will want company tomorrow night. If the election goes to suit her, she wants to be with fellow Republicans, if it don’t she says she don’t want to be alone in her disgust. We will go to the Denham after dinner, as returns will be coming in all evening. Billy Radcliffe is here on furlough. We didn’t see him at church, but Blanche did and she says he “is a mess.” Don’t see how he would ever pass inspection. He weighs over 200 lbs, fat and sloppy as the dickens. Has rating of Aviation Mechanics Mate 2^nd Class, which I understand is equivalent to Petty Officer 2^nd Class. His job is ground crew on navy aviation set-up. Rex Hield is here on furlough, and I expect he will go to sea pronto now. Stan Salyards expects sea duty right away and will be on board sub-chaser. I went to the cabin Saturday afternoon. I made good headway on Tam-O-Shanter. It’s cloudy today, and snow is predicted. Hope it don’t amount to much. I am installing signal from Projection Room to Living Room, a push-button downstairs and hope to get hold of two-tone chime to put in living room. Have returned Caldbad Film to AT&SF, as say they want to show it around New Mexico for awhile. Baur’s and Kuner Empson have new sound color films I understand. Mother and I went to Phipps Auditorium Saturday night and saw Burton Holmes’s “Colorado” film. Say Mr. Bailey Jones was in Denver a week ago Sunday for visit. Is located at Kansas City, Mo., or maybe Independence, I guess. Eddie Jones is singing on Station KLDS I understand. Ellsworth has been sick for over a week. Chronic tonsillitis, and this morning had fever of over 100. Devitt’s have torn up stepping stones around south side of their house, and have had cement walk put in. Dr. Devitt said water was coming through into his front room in basement. The walk is 3 ft wide and he thinks that will keep water away from house and will eliminate the trouble.

Well, can’t think of anything more to tell you so will get this off pronto.

Adios, palsie, my boy,

Dad