Dear Howdy November 11, 1943
I must try and write a few lines to you and I feel very apreciative to you for remembering me in your very and … busy life. I am sure glad to get your letters. No doubt you miss your mothers letters. She was always hoefull that she would get well before you should come home. She said she did not like to tell you all the time how sick she was for fear that you would worry that is just like good mothers, well I am glad that you take it as cheerfull as you do as fighting is not in your line but we can not help that things are as they are and our young men have to fight the battles for us to preserve our freedom as we don’t want either Jap or German rule. I will rather look forward to the Savior come and rule the world. I was surprised to hear that you have moved. I was in Midvale with my sister when the first letter came but Edna (Hilda’s daughter) sent it to me but I had runed out of paper there so I could not write then so I was glad that Edna wrote. I came home last Saturday, but I am no good traveler any more unless I could go with you. The traveling is too crowded and complicated. I got the ticket to o in Garland alright and got to Salt Lake alright but somehow the mail failed to go through in time so I had nobody to meet me but I took a taxi and went to my nice but when I went home it took over an hour to get
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