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Helen Fox Angell letters to Bess Peebles Fox, May-July 1944

1944-05-28 Helen Angell to Mrs. Bess Peebles Page 2

her to see how folks can live.
If you happen to see Jalma washing powder in packets at Stubs or (illegible) or Whets.  I'd like to have a supply.  I think it is a dollar for forty packets.  It is swell, especially in this hard water.
Let's see, I wrote Wednesday, I think.  That was the day we moved the craft shop, and right in the middle of it, when we were sweeping up a broken sack of plaster of paris from the hallway, Joe Louis and a flock of patients and detachment men came in to the lounge, having decided that was the best place to talk.
Thursday I worked all day.  The morning I spent preparing leather and string for the afternoon.  In the afternoon I went on some wards and then kept the shop for an hour.  It is open three-thirty to four-thirty.
Friday I did very much the same thing except that I met the three volunteers who are to help me with the crafts.  They are very nice - Mrs. Spearing, Mrs. Devers and Mrs. Edwards.
I had fun in the craft shop because two eccentric and interesting fellows spent the hour there.  One

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her to see how folks can live. If you happen to see Jalma washing powder in packets at Stubs or (illegible) or Whets. I'd like to have a supply. I think it is a dollar for forty packets. It is swell, especially in this hard water. Let's see, I wrote Wednesday, I think. That was the day we moved the craft shop, and right in the middle of it, when we were sweeping up a broken sack of plaster of paris from the hallway, Joe Louis and a flock of patients and detachment men came in to the lounge, having decided that was the best place to talk. Thursday I worked all day. The morning I spent preparing leather and string for the afternoon. In the afternoon I went on some wards and then kept the shop for an hour. It is open three-thirty to four-thirty. Friday I did very much the same thing except that I met the three volunteers who are to help me with the crafts. They are very nice - Mrs. Spearing, Mrs. Devers and Mrs. Edwards. I had fun in the craft shop because two eccentric and interesting fellows spent the hour there. One