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Bess Peebles Fox letters to her daughter, 1943-1945

1945-01-19 Bess Peebles Fox to Helen Fox Page 3

out under the tea kettle so got the 12:20 bus home - I stopped in the Book Shop & ordered Forever Amber for you - couldn't see any flames leaping out of the house so stayed on the bus & went to Greleman's again - nobody home - Walked on home and had more bean soup.
Betty came up at 3 to make out garden seed orders.  We had tea & a good visit.  As it was nice and warm in there by the fire I sat out there to hear the Iowa-Mich basketball game - It was played in Mich so came on at 6:30 - Iowa won 29 to 27 - but it was a closer squeak ever than it looks, for Mich lead all the way till the last 2 minutes - Sometimes as much as 12 points ahead.  Gosh! how I do run on, when what I started out to do was answer your letters.
First a piece of news - cards from Blanche & Kenneth today tell of the birth of his Son Kenneth Neal Jr. 5 lb - 15 oz - at 1:35 P.M. on Jan 10th.  I have just written them - His woven blanket isn't quite done for I have to wait for more yarn.  What is Boxing Day?
My, My, what real and earnest things your dances must be - How is Lin's jaw now??  Does that (pilar?) still give you a zoom occasionally, or is he doing (sharier?) things?  Yes, I was giving you a (hoseybe?) Christmas Eve.  and every other eve too for that matter - What darling little boys in that cathedral chorus.  Is that the sort of thing you heard when you went to Mrs. Goddard's son's program? - Did you cut out the word that I suppose was Oxford, or did the Censor?  That piece of chocolate in no 23 was the last one - all the use I ever found for it was just to cut it up with knife & hammer & eat for it doesn't seem to do in any kind of cooking.  Feed it to the kids.

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out under the tea kettle so got the 12:20 bus home - I stopped in the Book Shop & ordered Forever Amber for you - couldn't see any flames leaping out of the house so stayed on the bus & went to Greleman's again - nobody home - Walked on home and had more bean soup. Betty came up at 3 to make out garden seed orders. We had tea & a good visit. As it was nice and warm in there by the fire I sat out there to hear the Iowa-Mich basketball game - It was played in Mich so came on at 6:30 - Iowa won 29 to 27 - but it was a closer squeak ever than it looks, for Mich lead all the way till the last 2 minutes - Sometimes as much as 12 points ahead. Gosh! how I do run on, when what I started out to do was answer your letters. First a piece of news - cards from Blanche & Kenneth today tell of the birth of his Son Kenneth Neal Jr. 5 lb - 15 oz - at 1:35 P.M. on Jan 10th. I have just written them - His woven blanket isn't quite done for I have to wait for more yarn. What is Boxing Day? My, My, what real and earnest things your dances must be - How is Lin's jaw now?? Does that (pilar?) still give you a zoom occasionally, or is he doing (sharier?) things? Yes, I was giving you a (hoseybe?) Christmas Eve. and every other eve too for that matter - What darling little boys in that cathedral chorus. Is that the sort of thing you heard when you went to Mrs. Goddard's son's program? - Did you cut out the word that I suppose was Oxford, or did the Censor? That piece of chocolate in no 23 was the last one - all the use I ever found for it was just to cut it up with knife & hammer & eat for it doesn't seem to do in any kind of cooking. Feed it to the kids.