Letter 66

Letter #66

                                                                                                                                  Bountiful, Utah

                                                                                                                     July 24, 1981

My Dear Sweetheart,

                There is a saying I believe that a bad penny is hard to get rid of or always returns. Do you know I believe in that explicitly? In the first place here comes a concrete evidence of it. Always I have believed my letters were poor but to have others realize it and send they back because “Bad pennies always return.”  “Well I just worried until I dwindled down to a (Cartload) and it worried me until my hair went suddenly white (after I washed it) and it was clean. Well they’re mine now and you can’t have them unless you pay me for them. “What pay I want you say? “Well put your ear up close there.” Oh I don’t believe I will tell you. I’ll let you guess. 1-2-3. Right.

                Oh that reminds me. If a ice wagon weighs 1000 lbs and the ice in the wagon weighs 2000. What does the man on the rear of the wagon weigh – guess. 1 nope. 2 nope. 3 nope. Give up. All right. Ice, my dear.

                Oh yes, I heard a complaint about you teaching the other day. One little girl said one day she happened to be chewing gum and her feet were in the aisle. You told her to take the gum out of her mouth and put her feet in. Haha remember it all right it doesn’t matter.

                When I think of how patriotic you are it reminds me of a good joke. Old Rastus, a good auto mechanic, talking to a scout, “I heard you were going to join the aviation corps.  Rastus,  “No sir, I am in no hurry to join that. Shore de motor would stop while we were up and de man would say, 'Rastus, git'n out and crank up de engine. What do you think I am anyway? Oh yes. A little English girl said the American flag was like checkerberry candy. The bystander said Yes, the kind of candy that makes everyone sick who tries to lick it.  HA

                Say if I should ask you what you would do if you were in my shoes do you think you would remember to say “Shine them.” J   Well, the curtain will now close, the show is over.   I must hurry as I am going up to the Red Cross to do my little bit.  They’ve had an accident – up in town last night. The smallest Ramptan boy was run over by an automobile and seriously injured. I don’t believe there is much hope for him.

                Well sweetheart – enjoy yourself and do your work, for joy will come from well done work. I received a letter from David yesterday and yours, too. He sent me some pictures. Your mother called and I read them to her. She said Octavia was going down to her sister tonight.  Well darling, Mamma is waiting and I’m not ready. It is a short one but accept my love, as I remain always.                                                                        
           
                                                                                 Yours, Violet