dune 22, 1942.

Mr. and Mra. Elwood Mons,
| 1423 Hudson Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois.

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_ _ Thank you, Jane, for your thoughtfulness in sending me
your lovely special delivery letter of dume 20 conveying the s :
nents that I most highly prize. It is mighty nice of yoil to say th
things that you do. And I am glad that you did not call me long
distance because I appreciated your letter even more than I would

_ your spending money for the call.

oe These days are days of trial and fo econozy. I do
not believe that we should spend any money unless it is for liberty
bonds or necessities. I do greatly appreciate your thinking of me
end buying me that remembrance but it would have been just a hundred
per cent with me if you had not spent a penny for something that I
know I will highly appreciate when you give it to me. I believe I
ama good guesser, but I em sorry that I ever mentioned it to you
once beosuse if I had not you would not have spent your money. I
wanted to purchase that myself. ~

  

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We are looking forward with great expectation to your and
Hoot's coming and I want you to tell Hoot to at least bring his golf
shoes and wearing apparel even if he doesn't bring his golf bag. i.
have the golf clubs and he may not want to bother with those, but he
can use mine and I will get another outfit. But be sure to tell him
to count on playing some golf because Bob and Mit and Hoot and I wi
make a foursome that I eam sure he will enjoy as well as we. )

The women folks ean visit together and the men folks will
play golf. And then in the evening we can have dinner together and
take in one of the big shows in the big metropolis. '

We have three baseball games this afternoon and an outdoor
dance this evening with a cormmeal shuffle on the main drive of the
University. We are having the street barricaded, have obteined a
thirteen-piece orchestra to play, and my, what swinging there will be!
They really go for these dances outdoors, although it is cool enough.
to have However, are having 400 Naval mechanics

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move in | they are eating in the

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