October 30, 1944

Dear Milan,

Another interesting letter came today from Milan, goodness but they are most welcomed. I have just come from a USO supper and meeting just for the girls. There was a splendid talk from one of the Capt. at W. General; he told us girls what we should do for these GI Jo's when they come back to help them adjust themselves to civilian life, he said encourage them to go back to college, was one of the best ways to get adjusted.

Milan, do you remember Thelma Galliger, she went with Theo Rost. I hear she had a collapse and is in the state hospital. I surely feel sorry for her.

Marilyn's wedding came off nicely and was quite elaborate for their means. Ruth Cochran and I crashed the USO formal afterward, we had formals on anyway.

Milan, I have about three rolls of my camera 616 and two of another camera 116, so we will have some here. We are able to get them through Halls by going up the 1st day in each month and signing up for a roll.

That sounds wonderful, 15 days, how many days does it take to get from Tampa to Topeka? If you wait long enough, they will be giving you a month ha! that would be nice though.

October 31, 1944

Here it is Halloween. They are having a big city wide deal at the auditorium each year. I dropped in after spending the evening at the USO. It was a mess I just looked the situation over and left.

However there was the beautiful moon this evening. It looked more like the sun for it was so reddish-yellow, it seemed to illuminate the sky with light. It looked like a pumpkin up there in the sky, very appropriate for Halloween.

Plan to spend tomorrow evening playing cards with the patients, it's not me it's the girls as a whole and when I see the one being happy, it makes me feel the same.

Sounds as though you are working toward that contest, is it something each camp has? What kind of test do they give to decide you could be he winner? Speaking of exercise I tried some of the mild GI exercises several weeks ago. It took 3 or 4 days before I could move without hurting- my muscles were so sore.

I have received the news from another shipyard that they are hiring welders and at the same wage as the west coast.

Saw Eleen Ready on the street this morning. You remember her? Ona May's sister. Her husband has just been shipped out, [she] has been out on the west coast with him. Ona May's husband is in Africa for the duration.

November 1, 1944

I seem to be having a time getting this off. I seem to get so sleepy each night that I go to bed instead of finish.

I got fooled this evening, got out to the Winter General and no girls something about that I was informed wrong. I was on my way home so I stopped at the post office to mail this for I'm looking forward to another (letter) from you.

Truly yours,
Kathleen