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Nile Kinnick correspondence, January-May 1942

1942-04-05: Front

Sunday evening, April 5,  1942
Dear SB:
As mother has covered most of our activities during the past day
or so,   I shall be  careful to avoid repeating comments on them.
Yesterday really was a grand day and after coming home  from the
office   I raked  the  front yard,   re-set a bush or two near the  front
door and cleaned up some fallen limbs in the back.    We  intend to
replace all four of the poplars which died from the November storm
of 1940. If George had been here  this  past week we might have made
some progress there,  but being lone and having several church
meetings on the agenda I found no opportunity to attend to those
chores myself. Mother and George hove  in about five o'clock on
Saturday PM,  and King and Mary Jane preceded them by an hour and a half.
By the way,   I saw Eddie Cakes about Thursday and he asked about you.
When I told him that you were at Pensacola,  he at once said, that one
of his good friends  is an instructor there,   In naval tradition.    He
is Ensign George W. Weed, a tall Georgian she worked with Ed before
he was called  to the navy in the present emergency.    Perhaps you
will be makingcontact with him some day.
Noted your letter to Bert McCrane  in Saturday's Register.    So glad
to have your last letter,  written just before you started flying
again.    Had an especially fine letter from Pen anent my birthday,
last Friday. I shall enclose  it and will ask that you return it
for the file.
B. Hobbs must have drawn a good pay cheek recently; understand from
King that he didn't hesitate to nee the telephone as a means of
communication with Des Moines. However,   I am in favor of it and
regard each of the parties referred to as particularly favored
persons in having the good will of the other. And I neglected to
make comment on the letter that Elsie wrote to you, which I thot
was as sweet a letter as  I ever saw.     If I were a young man I should
consider myself as the truly annointed if a girl like her should
demonstrate an interest in me.    The letter that she wrote to you
is the evidence cf a truly superior personality, a genuinely fine
character.    There must be some  others,   too,   somewhere.
We have thoroughly enjoyed this brief visit from King and Mary.
Love
Pop

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Sunday evening, April 5, 1942 Dear SB: As mother has covered most of our activities during the past day or so, I shall be careful to avoid repeating comments on them. Yesterday really was a grand day and after coming home from the office I raked the front yard, re-set a bush or two near the front door and cleaned up some fallen limbs in the back. We intend to replace all four of the poplars which died from the November storm of 1940. If George had been here this past week we might have made some progress there, but being lone and having several church meetings on the agenda I found no opportunity to attend to those chores myself. Mother and George hove in about five o'clock on Saturday PM, and King and Mary Jane preceded them by an hour and a half. By the way, I saw Eddie Cakes about Thursday and he asked about you. When I told him that you were at Pensacola, he at once said, that one of his good friends is an instructor there, In naval tradition. He is Ensign George W. Weed, a tall Georgian she worked with Ed before he was called to the navy in the present emergency. Perhaps you will be makingcontact with him some day. Noted your letter to Bert McCrane in Saturday's Register. So glad to have your last letter, written just before you started flying again. Had an especially fine letter from Pen anent my birthday, last Friday. I shall enclose it and will ask that you return it for the file. B. Hobbs must have drawn a good pay cheek recently; understand from King that he didn't hesitate to nee the telephone as a means of communication with Des Moines. However, I am in favor of it and regard each of the parties referred to as particularly favored persons in having the good will of the other. And I neglected to make comment on the letter that Elsie wrote to you, which I thot was as sweet a letter as I ever saw. If I were a young man I should consider myself as the truly annointed if a girl like her should demonstrate an interest in me. The letter that she wrote to you is the evidence cf a truly superior personality, a genuinely fine character. There must be some others, too, somewhere. We have thoroughly enjoyed this brief visit from King and Mary. Love Pop