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W. Earl Hall correspondence, 1940-1945

1944-09-11 Ruth Hall to W. Earl Hall Page 2

them at the Country Club because Elizabeth N. is here.  Of course I owe E. about a dozen or so letters and am not looking forward to visiting with her especially.  But I 'spose as usual I'll have a nice time & wonder why I dreaded it.  Then later this week Shirley McK. & Eleanor Maglophare taking Nance & me to dinner - also we are invited over to Joslyns - so you see we are being taken care of.
I'm wondering if Reeves got word to you that he is with the U. P. in Chicago.  The AP in Des M. job is a long story.  He is on the night shift now filming copy, which doesn't seem to thrill him especially, but he likes it better than he thought he would.  He stayed at few days with the Johnston's, then found a room in Wilmette.
Marjory, of course, is just as full of superlatives as ever about school etc.  Altho' she mentioned to Nancy that she could probably get her a date with some of the 88 football players, as she had met a lot of them & they were mostly all Nancy's age.
Reeves helped me tear into the stuff in the garden before he left so with his help I canned a lot of beets - made the sauer-kraut - did some corn and pickles, but best of all we paid Mr. Mendick (Garfield S. janitor) to help pick the lima beans, so we froze or canned all of them.  Reeves is certainly a chip off the old block!  Oh yes!  I forgot - we did tomatoes & juice.  I expect to do more - but on account of some days the old hay fever isn't so good I'm not quite thru.  I'm afraid you'll be disappointed in the looks of the pop corn, because we had a terrific wind & hail which sort of whipped the corn around.
If you could possibly cable the date of your arrival 'twould help solve the problem of what to tell people, wanting to have you speak.  I'll write again.  
Love from all of us.  Ruth

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them at the Country Club because Elizabeth N. is here. Of course I owe E. about a dozen or so letters and am not looking forward to visiting with her especially. But I 'spose as usual I'll have a nice time & wonder why I dreaded it. Then later this week Shirley McK. & Eleanor Maglophare taking Nance & me to dinner - also we are invited over to Joslyns - so you see we are being taken care of. I'm wondering if Reeves got word to you that he is with the U. P. in Chicago. The AP in Des M. job is a long story. He is on the night shift now filming copy, which doesn't seem to thrill him especially, but he likes it better than he thought he would. He stayed at few days with the Johnston's, then found a room in Wilmette. Marjory, of course, is just as full of superlatives as ever about school etc. Altho' she mentioned to Nancy that she could probably get her a date with some of the 88 football players, as she had met a lot of them & they were mostly all Nancy's age. Reeves helped me tear into the stuff in the garden before he left so with his help I canned a lot of beets - made the sauer-kraut - did some corn and pickles, but best of all we paid Mr. Mendick (Garfield S. janitor) to help pick the lima beans, so we froze or canned all of them. Reeves is certainly a chip off the old block! Oh yes! I forgot - we did tomatoes & juice. I expect to do more - but on account of some days the old hay fever isn't so good I'm not quite thru. I'm afraid you'll be disappointed in the looks of the pop corn, because we had a terrific wind & hail which sort of whipped the corn around. If you could possibly cable the date of your arrival 'twould help solve the problem of what to tell people, wanting to have you speak. I'll write again. Love from all of us. Ruth