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Helen Fox Angell letters to Bess Peebles Fox, October-December 1943

1943-12-30 Page 3

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get around to it.
Save the Leslie Ford mystery for me, will you? It sounds good. I've been reveling in those mystery stories you sent. Also got "Paris Underground" at the "Y"  rental shop, and liked it.
The letter from Katharine Platt (distant relative on Peebles side) was interesting. I'm afraid it would be too hard to try to see Lois, so I probably won't try it.
In Blanche's letter she said the Kramers (he is the illegitimate son of the old rancher, you know) who lived in Bakersfield are now here. I hope I can see them as they were fun. They came to the station last time to see me off: She wrote them, so maybe they'll call me. I couldn't find them in the book.
Why don't you open my presents and use any you can & put away the rest. You might as well be reading the book as not.
Yes, I got the string of lights for 89c last year, but I think it was at Sears or somewhere like that, wasn't it? I seem to recall getting it in a basement on Christmas Eve.
That was an interesting clipping on New Caledonia. That was where Don asked me if I'd like to go. It didn't sound attractive, and doesn't yet. I shouldn't be surprised if Americans wouldn't be overwhelmingly popular in many parts of the world by the time this is over. No one likes armies of occupation. Do you remember during maneuvers [note in margin: manaeuvres [illegible] ] how the local populace complained of the troops?
I'm so glad Herb got out. I thought of the "carolers" Christmas Eve and wished I could be among them. Didn't Issy get there? What did Herb have to say? I got the impression that his departure was imminent. Maybe he is

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3 get around to it. Save the Leslie Ford mystery for me, will you? It sounds good. I've been reveling in those mystery stories you sent. Also got "Paris Underground" at the "Y" rental shop, and liked it. The letter from Katharine Platt (distant relative on Peebles side) was interesting. I'm afraid it would be too hard to try to see Lois, so I probably won't try it. In Blanche's letter she said the Kramers (he is the illegitimate son of the old rancher, you know) who lived in Bakersfield are now here. I hope I can see them as they were fun. They came to the station last time to see me off: She wrote them, so maybe they'll call me. I couldn't find them in the book. Why don't you open my presents and use any you can & put away the rest. You might as well be reading the book as not. Yes, I got the string of lights for 89c last year, but I think it was at Sears or somewhere like that, wasn't it? I seem to recall getting it in a basement on Christmas Eve. That was an interesting clipping on New Caledonia. That was where Don asked me if I'd like to go. It didn't sound attractive, and doesn't yet. I shouldn't be surprised if Americans wouldn't be overwhelmingly popular in many parts of the world by the time this is over. No one likes armies of occupation. Do you remember during maneuvers [note in margin: manaeuvres [illegible] ] how the local populace complained of the troops? I'm so glad Herb got out. I thought of the "carolers" Christmas Eve and wished I could be among them. Didn't Issy get there? What did Herb have to say? I got the impression that his departure was imminent. Maybe he is