Sunday
February 4, 1968
2 P.M.

Dear Larry:

Here it is Sunday afternoon and the house is quiet. Tresa and I are the only ones at home. Joanna and Carol went to see “Valley of the Dolls.” Joanna saw it once and it must have been good because she went to see it again. Karl is at the park playing basketball and Dad, as usual, had a building committee meeting at his home, the Polish Club. I’ll sure be glad when they get that place finished then he wont have an excuse to go over there. Ha.

Well, Friday night I went to Bingo and guess what? I finally got to holler Bingo, twice. I got $28.00 but I had to give Aunt Helen $12.00 of it because one of the cards I had Bingo on was her card that she let me play for her. She always lets me play a couple of cards for her and we split. I played Bingo last night also (Sat night) but I didn’t win anything.

This morning we went to the 8 o’clock mass as Dad and Karl went to the Holy Name Communion breakfast. Uncles Harold, Ray, Ed, Vic and Rickie went also. Carol had to serve coffee to the men. I guess there were around 300 men there and the speaker was very good. We sent you the picture of the speaker, remember?

Oh, I forgot to tell you, Larry T—– and Johnnie J—– came over yesterday afternoon. Larry said he got a weekend pass, he looked good and he really has his hair cut short. I told him you probably look like he does. He wanted your address so I gave it to him. He said he didn’t like being in the service either. Johnnie J—– said there isn’t much for him to do because all of his friends are in the service. I told Larry T—– that if he gets more time at home for him to call me up and I’ll fix him some spaghetti and meatballs, and he said he sure would. They stayed for a while and talked to Joanna and then left.

Mr. Hays was here yesterday to pay his paper bill and he told Dad that John H—– was going to leave for the service this month (Feb). Maybe he might go to Ft. Campbell too.

It sure is pretty outside today. The sun is shining and the temperature is 45 degrees. Karl just came in from playing basketball and he said it wasn’t cold.

Well, I am wondering if you are going to call today and I am hoping you will have time to write to us today. Dad said he wasn’t going to write to you until we get some mail from you. He feels like you should write to us more often.

I’ll have to sign off for now so take care and we hope to get some mail soon.

Love Mom

Aunt Mary wants to know if you got her letter.