Monday
#137
Dear Mom, Pa, Barb, Ann & Ele,
Well here it is Monday already and I'm sort of getting use[d] to the old routine again. Since I last wrote on Thursday things are seeming pretty smooth. Sat. I had K.P. but K.P. over the weekend is always easy & I got done about 5:30. I went to the show Sat. night & also last night. Sat. I saw "Manpower" with Ed. G. Robinson & George Raft & Marlene Dietrich. It was an old picture and after seeing about 5 minutes of it I recalled I [saw it] a couple of years ago but it was still a good picture & I enjoyed it an awful lot.
Sunday morning I went to 8 o'clock mass and the chaplain gave a very good sermon on choosing friends. He usually does give a good sermon. I wrote letters until noon & in the afternoon I played softball with the co. We played against Co. C and naturally lost. We didn't have a regular team but I think the boys are going to start one. Then as I told you I went to the show at night & saw "Canterville Ghost" with Charles Laughton & Robert Young. It was a crazy picture but it was supposed to be a comedy & it was very good.
The sgt. good quite a rich (?) about the Carstairs Whisky. He said he didn't have any Carstairs in ages. He thanked me an awful lot.
Tell Ele that Helen finally found a Jefferson Barracks banner & she will send it to me soon. The Ele will have a banner from every place I've been stationed at. O.K. Huh!
Tell Pop that I won't be able to get anything for his birthday until payday & I may not even get paid then because I didn't sign the payroll this month as they signed it on the 7th & I got back on the 12. But sometimes they sign it for you. If not I'll have to wait until Sept. 1. I certainly hope they signed it for me.
I signed up for those 10 bonds they put out for service men. It's $7.50 a month and $10 maturity value. So you'll get one of those a month instead of one $25 bond every 3 months. I think that's better don't you?
Helen also sent me a postal card of that excursion boat that we took which I was at St. Louis Sat. night. I'll enclose it in this letter.
Say could you get a few pictures made of Barb & Ele & I on one picture that we took at Calley Stream & the one of just Bob & I also. Just 3 of each. O.K. I want to send one to Tiny & Anita.
So far I didn't hear anything of us moving out although there are a lot of rumors you can't count on. I'll let you know in case I should find out.
Well how is everything ma? How do you feel? Are you getting a sun tan? Why don't you try going to a show ma or don't you feel too safe yet? How is Grandma feeling and how is the garden coming along?
Did Ele get the job at the Telephone Co.?
I wrote to Frank & told him about the swell cake Ann made. Boy I bet his mouth will water.
I guess that about all for right now. I'll write soon again & until then take good care of yourself ma, don't do any work & get plenty of sunshine. Give my love & kisses to Grandma & the rest of the family and give Sandy a cracker for me. O.K.
Your Loving Soldier Boy,
Tony
P.S. Tell Grams I won't need any stamps for a while yet. Grams gave me plenty didn't she.
Love
T
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