DIY History | Transcribe | World War II Diaries and Letters | Bess Peebles Fox letters to her daughter, 1943-1945 | 1945-05-26 Bess Peebles Fox to Helen Fox Page 2

Transcribe
Translate

Bess Peebles Fox letters to her daughter, 1943-1945

1945-05-26 Bess Peebles Fox to Helen Fox Page 2

something bulky but light to fill your boxes and still keep them under 5 lbs - will try to find packaged cookies etc - I fear a lot of those on the way won't be anything you want - Can't you send lunch cloths etc back to some one in England?  How about Maureen for some of the food you don't want?  Yes, I'd very much like to see England but I'll never make it.  I should have been born later.  I'll probably take all my traveling second hand - you can go and tell me about it.  I still can't get Nescafe.  The New Yorker ad says the Army is taking it all but that as soon as they can, they'll have it again for civilians.  I even looked in North Liberty, thinking maybe a small store might have some left.
I too am glad you have your French - How can the others get along without it?  or do they use yours?
Any time you are in Paris and have time and money remember Grace Allen's request for perfume (Channel No. 5).  She said anything up to ten dollars.  Dean Packer is back.  He wasn't sure he'd have time to come to Iowa so Mrs. P. went East to see him.
Really all the time I've thought all these numbers were you and not places - I thought it was to fool the Germans that you used different ones at different times! or maybe that you were traveling incognito for some deep military reason.  Ah me I'm not very smart.  Well anyway I finished the house cleaning today - it was a job to get all the marks off the kitchen floor for I had often let the glo-coat slip over the edge of the linoleum.  I also finished grading the driveway - planted 2 more rows of radishes - and put the black paint

Saving...

something bulky but light to fill your boxes and still keep them under 5 lbs - will try to find packaged cookies etc - I fear a lot of those on the way won't be anything you want - Can't you send lunch cloths etc back to some one in England? How about Maureen for some of the food you don't want? Yes, I'd very much like to see England but I'll never make it. I should have been born later. I'll probably take all my traveling second hand - you can go and tell me about it. I still can't get Nescafe. The New Yorker ad says the Army is taking it all but that as soon as they can, they'll have it again for civilians. I even looked in North Liberty, thinking maybe a small store might have some left. I too am glad you have your French - How can the others get along without it? or do they use yours? Any time you are in Paris and have time and money remember Grace Allen's request for perfume (Channel No. 5). She said anything up to ten dollars. Dean Packer is back. He wasn't sure he'd have time to come to Iowa so Mrs. P. went East to see him. Really all the time I've thought all these numbers were you and not places - I thought it was to fool the Germans that you used different ones at different times! or maybe that you were traveling incognito for some deep military reason. Ah me I'm not very smart. Well anyway I finished the house cleaning today - it was a job to get all the marks off the kitchen floor for I had often let the glo-coat slip over the edge of the linoleum. I also finished grading the driveway - planted 2 more rows of radishes - and put the black paint