Dearest Mother, Daddy, & Mitty,
Received your grand letter and glad to know you are well, even though worked till you are so tried that sleep come too loosely.
Yes, I guess right now the Coders are so busy that a second should be an hour. Well—in a couple of weeks, it will be all set and then you can rest and a badly needed one too. Do you now every day I find myself figuring about what the home will look like? I know you are fixing this one up just about the way you want it and although the outlay maybe more now—it will be less later on so put in what you want. Life is too short to wait.
Somehow I don’t believe the big push will be till June. The preparations are terrific but it will be time to get everything moving at once. Well—there are 20,000 at this base I believe. It is pretty big but I have never heard. We just don’t talk about it here. The base is ok but I wish it was closer to home. A 56 hour leave would get us home quick and that would be swell. Then too it would not cost so much. Two pairs cost $0.25 the other day or $1.50 a dozen. Well I told the guys I’ll wait till I get back into civilian life before I venture on this pay that I am getting.
The way it figures out—I come out all but a few dollars each month. So, the license for the car put us in the bag. Now, the battery is too old and it is low in testing. So, I’ll get a new battery.
In fact, dad, I am listening to that suggestion if I need any money, let me know. Well- this is the first time since I’ve been married that I came to the place where I am living beyond what I make. So—dad—if you will give me $50 on a note—I’ll pay it back. Now—understand—I’ll pay it back but just when I don’t know. If this works a hardship on you say so, and I would sooner know then wait till later. I can’t get that darn battery till I pay for it p here, so if it is better to send $25 now and $25 in a week is so then that will be ok. I can wait but that battery won’t. I guess I waited too long to say this but I had hoped that the car would not cause an outlay. My license is $10 and battery $16 and I’ll need that motor checked at the authorized Pontiac dealer in Providence, change oil & lubricant—then maybe I’ll have $15 left for an emergency.
It will take $35 to come home by train and if that had to happen right now—I wouldn’t be ready.
Sally is looking for a job—she doesn’t know what she will do—Right now she is sour on nursing and doesn’t want to start because the long hours and her hours off will not coincide at all with mine. I told her to keep looking because there is something that is convenient to our hours.
Last nite—she said she believed she had a job in Arctic at a Hardware Store. I laughed but I guess about 2 weeks of that and she will want to go to nursing quick. I guess she has nursed for so long that she wants to try her hand at something else.
Anyhow—she can give it a try—who know what may come of it.
It is funny—I said—Sally, maybe you would do better in Penna. She said—No sir, we are going to make a go of it up here—I guess I would not need this letter if the car had stayed up with no expense.
What is making it tough is the $30 for rent in Shamokin—and $5 for gas, light, & water. That $35 a month would do the trick ok.
Well—I have written this letter twice and torn it up in the last 2 weeks but when I found out about the battery yesterday—that settled it.
Now, dad, if you can’t do it say so, because I’ll use a better way. I know you are having more expenses than usual. I ask you because you told me to—if I needed it but if you are not in position say so.
There goes the bugle, this darn table is to rough to write on too—well—fall out--
Love,
Aldie
Mitty- your gift didn’t
come yet—but I’ll send it
as soon as it comes. I’ll send it come hell or high water. So don’t feel bad because it is late.