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Laura Davis letters to her husband Lloyd Davis, 1945

1945-06-10 Laura Davis to Lloyd Davis Page 1

817-19 St. S.E.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
June 10, 1945
Dearest, 
Sunday - suppertime. I'm sitting in my place, to your left, at the breakfast nook. Supper is cooking and I've been listening to the radio. Another cloudy, rainy day so it will soon be necessary to put on the lights.
Your May 5 letter came yesterday. I got it when I came home after lunch. I had lunch with Mrs. Hunt and Mrs. Sloan to discuss the Sunshine Mission Nursery.For two years now I've said and done everything I can think of to try to put that Nursery on a sound basis that will last after the war. Some gains I guess have been made but progress is so slow, and I have to continue the hot air unceasingly to get people to do things they ought to do without being told. It takes a powerful lot of patience to be a 'farewell' worker. But it isn't welfare I'm wanting to discuss now. I'm merely explaining to you why I had to be delayed on Saturday until after lunch to get your letter to me.
It was six weeks and a day to get your last letter, I mean that time between your last two even though they were written only about ten days apart. I think "free" mail comes slower than when you use stamps. How-

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817-19 St. S.E. Cedar Rapids, Iowa June 10, 1945 Dearest, Sunday - suppertime. I'm sitting in my place, to your left, at the breakfast nook. Supper is cooking and I've been listening to the radio. Another cloudy, rainy day so it will soon be necessary to put on the lights. Your May 5 letter came yesterday. I got it when I came home after lunch. I had lunch with Mrs. Hunt and Mrs. Sloan to discuss the Sunshine Mission Nursery.For two years now I've said and done everything I can think of to try to put that Nursery on a sound basis that will last after the war. Some gains I guess have been made but progress is so slow, and I have to continue the hot air unceasingly to get people to do things they ought to do without being told. It takes a powerful lot of patience to be a 'farewell' worker. But it isn't welfare I'm wanting to discuss now. I'm merely explaining to you why I had to be delayed on Saturday until after lunch to get your letter to me. It was six weeks and a day to get your last letter, I mean that time between your last two even though they were written only about ten days apart. I think "free" mail comes slower than when you use stamps. How-