December 3, 1968
Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1968
9 A.M.
Dear Larry:
Not much to write about but here I am with a few lines to let you know we are ok and hope that you are the same.
We haven’t had any mail from you for a while. We used to get a least one letter a week, but now we are lucky to get one every 2 or 3 weeks. It seems to me that the Army would give a guy time to write to his family and let us know how he is doing. We got the film yesterday so we will probably have them developed in a few days.
Maybe by now you got the cake I sent you. I am anxious to know if it got to you in good shape. It cost more to send the box than what was in it. The gum and shake-a-pudding was from Tresa. She wanted to send it separate but we thought it would be best to put it with the cake.
November 19, 1968
Tuesday, November 19, 1968
10:30 A.M.
Dear Larry:
I thought I would write you a few lines while everything is nice and quiet. I wrote you last night but I just can’t think of anything to write when the kids are home talking and the TV is on. At least I can think when it’s quiet around here.
Uncle Tommy just left. He is on vacation this week and next. He and Rick are leaving for Ft. Lauderdale., Florida tomorrow and won’t be back until after Thanksgiving. It sure is a good time to go because the weather here is cold. It is snowing out now and there is snow on the roofs and is sticking to the ground in some places. Wish I could send some of this weather to you, but it is impossible, so it looks like you won’t be seeing any snow this winter.
November 18, 1968
Dear Larry:
A few lines to let you know we are ok and hope you are the same. I just got through talking to Aunt Mary on the phone and I guess Uncle Herald is driving to Bluffton Clinic everyday this week for check ups. He said that they don’t have room in the hospital so he has to drive everyday till they get him checked all over to see what is wrong with him.
We didn’t get any mail from you today. And we are still waiting for your films. The mail will probably be coming late with that the Christmas mail coming in.
November 14, 1968
Thursday, Nov. 14 1968
8 P.M.
Dear Larry:
Here it is Thursday evening. Dad is sitting here in the living room. I asked him if he was going to write to you and he said for me to write to you and he would write tomorrow. He said he was going to look for something in the paper to put in with this letter.
Dad took Karl, Tresa and Carol to the dentist this evening for a checkup. Carol and Tresa’s teeth are in good shape, but Karl has to have a couple of teeth filled. The doctor said that Karl should chew sugarless gum because that is what is giving him his cavities.
Looking happy to be at the graveyard
Here is everyone (minus Charlie, who is probably taking the photo) standing behind the gravestone of Amelia’s parents. The Sacilowskis. In the front we have Tresa and Karl. In the back we have Amelia, Carol, Joanna and Larry. They all look over-joyed to be there.
“It was an experience.”
Sunday Oct. 27, 1968
Dear Larry:
I just got through talking to Mother and she said they got back from the bowling alley. Karl and that Dolenski boy wanted to bowl, so mother, Tresa and your dad went. I guess your dad took Tresa and Karl one day last week and both of them really like the game. Mother said Karl rolled 80 one game so it’s not bad for the first time. Uncle Harold bowled today in a tournament and he got 566, not too bad but it wasn’t as good as he wanted to get. Uncle Harold is carrying a 190 average so far this year. I told him that for someone that didn’t feel too good, he is doing good. He is going through Bluffton Clinic Nov. 18 for a week and maybe they can help him. Uncle Harald hasn’t smoked since 1st of July.
November 13, 1968
Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1968
1:15 P.M.
Dear Larry:
Just finished hanging my washing on the line and thought I would drop you a few lines to let you know that we finally got your letter today and I must tell you that I feel relieved. I was so down in the dumps the last few days not hearing from you. We just couldn’t imagine what happened, because we have been getting a letter from you at least once a week. We really were not mad at you, but wish you would have had time to write and tell us that we wouldn’t be hearing from you. We all thought that you were on R&R but by the letter you were not. We thought you were supposed to go the 22nd of Oct. Do you still think you will go? If you don’t go, chances are that you may get home sooner.
November 8, 1968
Nov. 8, 1968
Friday 1:15 P.M.
Dear Larry:
The mailman just went by, so I went out to the mailbox and saw an air-mail envelope, and I thought sure it was a letter from you, but I was disappointed. It was a letter from Larry Thomas to Carol.
I can’t imagine why we haven’t had any mail from you for so long. Don’t you know that you have a family here that worries about you? Can’t you even send a card? Myself, I don’t even know whether to write to you or not. I don’t even know if you are even getting our mail. If we don’t get some mail soon, we will have to investigate and find out what happened. I sure hate to write to the Army Department and find out. Dad said that we would wait a while and see what happens.
November 2, 1968
Nov. 2, 1968
Sat. 9:45 A.M.
Dear Larry:
Even though we are not getting any mail from you, I thought I’d write. The last letter we got from you was written the 13th of October so it has been over 2 weeks since we got a letter. Dad said that you are probably on your R+R and having fun. Aunt Mary is waiting until I hear from you to send you a box. Maybe you might be moved and have a different address. Uncle Ray was over the other day and he said that he doesn’t understand why you didn’t get their box. He felt pretty bad about it and I can’t blame him. The only thing we can figure out is that it was probably stolen. He said that he put the address on it that I gave him so it couldn’t be the wrong address.
October 30, 1968
Wednesday Oct. 30, 1968
7:45 A.M.
Dear Larry:
Thought I would drop you a few lines while everything is nice and quiet here. The kids all left for school, Dad is at work, so I am sitting here sipping some tea and trying to think of what to write to you.
Carol said that she was going to go down Barbara’s house after school. I guess Barbara has “Mono,” some kind of a disease that her whole face is swelled up. So she will have to be out of school for some time, Carol said.
It has really been cold the last few days. The frost is still on the grass this morning. The weather man said that it will warm up today and maybe we will have a nice weekend. There are still a lot of leaves on the trees. The city crew has been coming around and taking them off the street and curbs. Dad and Tresa raked some of the leaves last weekend and Dad burned them.
