I have your two
letters. I finally gave one of (sic) to Lydia. I read one from her the day
yours came. I guess your M. had a very nice time well down there and to be in
sunny L. A. from what I hear there has been terrible weather at Fresno. I had a
letter from Cornelia saying you were home. Julius to (sic) and Dr. still in the
hospil.
Well I am as
usual. I’ve had several rest day (sic) this mo. which has not been
bad. Tomorrow another one and the 22nd I am going to try and go down to Fresno.
Martha is going home this Thurs. No she did not rent the apt. after all that
work. I put in there till 1 AM on Monday and left at 8,15 (sic) for S.F. The
old land lord wouldn't let the folks in as they had two children can’t
blame him. And as to our apartment: I have given up, but I have a room that I
am going to move to one of these days with a lady I have known since 28. It
will be closer to work and that's how things are here. I have had wonderful
clear whether the past three weeks or more, as Neil would say for S. F. By the way
he asked for a transfer to Terminal Island at San Pedro and he is also thinking
very seriously of leaving the Navy by May, and if he does, they likely will be
moving to L.A. unless he finds a better location for a hardware store he would
like to go into. What are your plans? Army or just biding time[2].
Will me thinks I will stay with the school until the end. Which is 18 weeks
with one week vacation at Easter time. So there it is.
So you liked
your Bag. Well I did get it for myself, but I needed a suit case and your M. thought
you would like the bag so that's the way it was. Thanks for the book. I opened
it on the way up on the train thinking that what it was so, it was. Just the illegible[3]
and I had some good laughs and a very pleasant trip as there was all kinds of
room and no doubt it would have been the same on the Santa Fe that's traveling
for you. Never have a reservation when you want one, but I suppose it will be
the normal one of these days soon. I guess your M. Is feeling better. I haven't
heard from her but I guess I should write. So Julius is home to (sic) well. I
guess he is happy about that for he's surely has had four hard years of it[4].
Yes one always gets good eats at the
Koermer house. I was at the bank said I was in L.A. & she had a birthday
cake & all the trimmings for me and no doubt the folks from Dubuque enjoyed
their stay ‘and K ate
of" Breakfast in Hollywood[5].
Since I started this Neil has gotten orders to Terminal Island & when his
relief comes he is on his way. Sally stays here till they find a house there.
Which I guess will may be so easy. And when you have nothing better to do,
write. Always good to hear. I will try
& do better next time love. Beth
[1] No date
on letter, but cover is postmarked and could very well have been finished on the
15th.
[2] In conversations
with Robert later in life, it was abundantly clear that staying in the army was
never a consideration.
[3] Very tough
to decipher, obviously noun by the article in front.
[4] Julius
was a conscientious objector during the war and worked in remote forest service
camps.
[5] This is
another sentence that is an uncertain transcription. From “stay” to “Breakfast”
is in question. Previously, “at the bank
said” is also in question.
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