NOV. 18TH. 46.
MONDAY….MORNING
(Lipstick kiss print)
“MY DARLING EDDIE”
HONEY, I WAS DISAPPOINTED AGAIN THIS MORNING, I THOUGHT SURE I WOULD HAVE SOME MAIL FROM YOU BUT I DIDN’T….MONDAYS ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE A GOOD DAY FOR MAIL….BUT I GUESS MY HONEY HAS TAKENED A FEW DAYS REST FROM WIRTING TO ME….I ONLY HAD FOUR LETTERS FROM YOU LAST WEEK…HERE IT IS THE 18TH . AND I HAD LETTERS ON SAT. DATED THE 4TH. & 5TH. . SO HONEY I GUESS THERE IS MAIL ON ITS WAY FOR ME…….I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM VINNIE AS YET SO DEAR PERHAPS HE HAS NOT LANDED OR MAYBE HE IS WAITING TO LEAVE JAPAN YOU NEVER CAN TELL ABOUT THE ARMY… BY THE WAY WHEN WAS HE SUPPOSE TO LEAVE WAS IT LAST MONTH. OR THIS MONTH??? WELL HONEY SAT. AFTERNOON I WENT TO ALLENTOWN AND MY GOODNESS DEAR THE PRICES ARE AWFUL..$8:95 FOR A PAIR OF BROAD CLOTH PAJAMAS FOR YOU…I DIDN’T GET THEM..WHY DEAR THEY WERE NOT WORTH. THAT MUCH.. SO HONEY, WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE P.X. IF YOU CAN GET ANY FOR YOURSELF. AND HANKIES, AND UNDERWEAR, YOU GET THEM AS DEAR YOU KNOW YOU NEED EVERY THING… I AM GETTING YOU SOME THINGS TOGETHER AS I KNOW SOME SIZES YOU WEAR. SO DEAR, I SURE HOPE THAT YOU LIKE MY TASTE.. WELL HONEY, I WAS LUCKEY I GOT A SUIT, AND A RED WOOL JACKET. I AM GETTING READY FOR MY HONEY, I AM GOING TO ALLENTOWN AGAIN THURSDAY WITH MOTHER AND DAD. AND EDNA AND SUE. WE ARE GOING TO SHOP AGAIN. GEE DEAR YOU SHOULD SEE THE LOVELY THINGS THEY HAVE IN HESS BROTHERS AND DEAR THEY ARE REDUCED THINGS…. I SURE WAS LUCKEY TO GET MY SUIT AND RED WOOL JACKET FOR ONLY $28.00 NOW THAT WAS NOT SO BAD FOR THE BOTH OF THEM WAS IT DEAR…. I GOT SOME HOSE AND A COUPLE PAIR OF PANTIES…. WELL DEAR, WE THEN WENT TO VISIT SOME FRIENDS OF MARVINS AND WE DID NOT GET HOME UNTIL 11O’CLOCK WE THEN CHANGED OUR CLOTHING AND WENT OVER TO THE V.F.W. GEE DEAR WE HAD FUN.. WE SAT AND TALKED.. AND SNOOKS WANTS TO GO TO CAL. I TOLD HIM THAT YOU AND I WOULD GO WITH HIM…. HONEY, I HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH THEM. IT WAS JUST THE THREE OF US. MACKIE WOULD NOT SIT WITH US AS UNCLE JAY WAS UP FOR THE WEEK END BUT WE ALL ENDED UP AT THE LUNCH WAGON AND HAD SOMETHING TO EAT….. WELL HONEY, I NEVER SAW DON H FEELING GOOD. BUT I DID SAT. NIGHT. HE SURE HAD A PACKAGE ON… HE CAME IN AT THE V.F.W. I WAS TALKING TO HIM..BUT NOT FOR LONG.. I SAID. TO HIM. DON I HAVE NEVER SEEN YOU IN THIS CONDITION HE DID NOT SAY ANY THING. BUT HONEY, TRUELY DEAR, HE SURE HAD ENOUGH.. I GUESS HE IS HOME UNTIL JAN THE 14TH. SO HONEY, YOU MAY GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HIM… HE ASKED WHERE YOU WERE AND WHEN YOU EXPECTED TO GET HOME… BUT HE DID NOT ASKED THAT SAT NIGHT AS HE HAD TOO MUCH IN HIM. HE ASKED ME THE OTHER DAY DOWN IN WYCKOFFS. HIS DAD IS IN THE HOSPITAL.. BUT MAYBE HE WILL BE BETTER WHEN HE GETS OUT THIS TIME…AS MRS H SAID DON IS A GOOD TREATMENT FOR POP……….. WELL DEAR, YESTERDAY BEING SUNDAY I DID NOT DO A THING. I CLEANED OUT MY DRESSER DRAWERS AND FIX MY STOCKINGS AND DID SOME THINGS IN MY ROOM BUT OTHER THAN THAT ID DID NOT DO A THING I LISTENED TO THE RADIO AND TALKED TO YOUR MOTHER ON THE PHONE AND TO EDNA ON THE PHONE… SO DEAR I HAD A GOOD DAY’S REST…….. I HAVE NOT PLANNED TO DO ANY THING TO NIGHT ON LESS I GO TO A MOVIE PERHAPS I WILL DO THAT I AM NOT SURE.. OR I MAY EVEN GO UP TO SUE FS ONE NEVER KNOWS.. AS I HAVE NOT PLANNED ANY THING…. WELL MY DEAR, I GUESS I WILL CLOSE FOR NOW AS I HAVE TO GO TO THE POST OFFICE AND I WILL BE BACK WITH YOU AGAIN TOMORROW REMEMBER MY DEAR, I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART AND ALWAYS WILL MY DEAR.. AND DON’T YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS AS HONEY, IT IS YOU AND ME ALONE THAT I WANT WANT… JUST MY EDDIE….. HONEY, I AM WAITING FOR YOU AND I DON’T WANT YOU TO GET ANY OTHER IDEAS IN YOUR HEAD AS DEAR. I WANT ONLY YOU…. I AM A GOOD GIRL AND I LOVE YOU AND I TRUST YOU.. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TRUST YOU AND YOU TO TRUST ME.. I NEVER WANT YOU TO LIE TO ME AND WHEN WE HAVE ANY THING TO SAY WE MUST SAY IT TO ONE ANOTHER.. SO HONEY, WHEN EVER YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON YOUR MIND JUST LET ME KNOW AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT IS ON MIND……..THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS I HAVE TO TELL YOU BUT I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THEM WHEN I SEE YOU DEAR.. NOW DON’Y WORRY IT IS NOT ABOUT ME…. IT IS SOMETHING ELSE….BUT TO TELL YOU IN A LETTER WOULD TAKE A BOOK SO I WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE DETAILS AND SUCH WHEN YOU GET HOME TO MY ARMS.. IT IS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, BUT IT IS JUST SOMETHING TO TELL YOU WHEN YOU GET HERE, THEN YOU WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO TALK OVER WITH ME I JUST HAVE AN IDEA DEAR AND IT CONCERNS YOU AND I.. HONEY, I SUPPOSE YOU ARE THINKING ALL SORTS OF THINGS NOW AND I WANT TO GET SOMETHING SETTLED ONCE AND FOR ALL… YES DEAR, I LOVE YOU AND ONLY YOU AND IT DOES NOT CONCERN ANY THING ABOUT US PARTING AS I WANT TO END MY DAYS WITH BEING MRS CHESTER.. I LOVE YOU DEAR AND ONLY YOU BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOMETHING BOTHERING ME FOR A LONG TIME AND I JUST WANT TO GET IT SETTLED ONCE AND FOR ALL MY DEAR….. I AM WAITING FOR THAT DAY TO HAVE YOU WALK INTO MY ARMS AND I WANT TO NEVER BE PARTED FROM YOU AGAIN… AND IF ANY ONE COMES IN THIS TIME.. WELL DEAR I JUST FEEL SORRY FOR THEM.. AS FRAN IS NOT THE SOFT FRAN SHE USED TO BE.. OH NO NOT ME ANY MORE….. FROM NOW ON I TAKE NO S--- FROM ANY ONE…. AND I GUESS YOU KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT…… NO ONE IS GOING TO COME BETWEEN YOU AND I……. YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU LOVED ME DEAR AND THAT YOU WANTED ME THE REST OF YOUR LIFE HONEY, YOU KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT ME. WELL DEAR THAT IS JUST THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT YOU.. I NEVER COULD BE HAPPY WITH ANY ONE BUT YOU AND DEAR I MEAN IT….. WELL DEAR, I MUST CLOSE NOW AND I WILL BE WITH YOU AGAIN TOMORROW MY DEAR.. HURRY HOME AND I PRAY EVERY NIGHT THAT MY EDDIE WILL BE HOME FOR XMAS…. OH HONEY TRY REAL HARD… MOTHER AND DAD AND YOUR FRIENDS ALL SEND THEIR BEST AND WRITE MY DEAR… BY THE WAY DEAR… I AM LOOSING WEIGHT… AND I LOOK MUCH BETTER… KEEP WELL AND COME HOME SOON MY DEAR………..
WITH ALL MY LOVE YOUR HONEY, FOREVER I MISS YOU SO DEAR
I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART ALWAYS……..JUST YOU DEAR.
ALWAYS YOUR HONEY,
WITH ALL MY LOVE
ALWAYS YOUR LOVING WIFE, “FRAN.”
I LOVE YOU
“MY DEAR” XXXXXX
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