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Helen Fox Angell letters to Bess Peebles Fox, July 1944-April 1945

1944-11-05 Helen Fox to Bess Peebles Fox Page 1

P.S. Col. Dyke notifies us that
mail will be slower and more
tied up during the winter
and suggests using V-mail
when possible.
November 5, 1944
Dear Mother,
This is just an extra, since I wrote last night and haven't had a letter.  I just feel in the mood.
Did I tell you that we have two Red Cross girls with us on detached service?  That means they stay here till their nurses get back from similar work and their hospital is ready to function or move.  One is a recreation worker and the other a secretary.  We certainly can use them, as the new staff aide, Edna Busse, turned out to have been secretly married and well on her way to becoming a mother.  She left about two weeks ago.  I am to have a full time volunteer all to myself in a few days.  She's an English girl engaged to an American and anxious to work with us.  She's done Red Cross work in London and is anxious to keep out of the labor draft.  Hence our good luck.  I'm to try her a couple of weeks and see how she works out.
The funniest thing happened to Jay the other day.  She was in the kitchen when she noticed one of the mess boys having a hard time cutting a loaf of bread.  (It's baked elsewhere and just sliced here.)  She went over to look, and to her horror found a rat tail baked in the loaf.  We can't figure out where the rat could be.  When she was visiting the wards and asking them how they

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P.S. Col. Dyke notifies us that mail will be slower and more tied up during the winter and suggests using V-mail when possible. November 5, 1944 Dear Mother, This is just an extra, since I wrote last night and haven't had a letter. I just feel in the mood. Did I tell you that we have two Red Cross girls with us on detached service? That means they stay here till their nurses get back from similar work and their hospital is ready to function or move. One is a recreation worker and the other a secretary. We certainly can use them, as the new staff aide, Edna Busse, turned out to have been secretly married and well on her way to becoming a mother. She left about two weeks ago. I am to have a full time volunteer all to myself in a few days. She's an English girl engaged to an American and anxious to work with us. She's done Red Cross work in London and is anxious to keep out of the labor draft. Hence our good luck. I'm to try her a couple of weeks and see how she works out. The funniest thing happened to Jay the other day. She was in the kitchen when she noticed one of the mess boys having a hard time cutting a loaf of bread. (It's baked elsewhere and just sliced here.) She went over to look, and to her horror found a rat tail baked in the loaf. We can't figure out where the rat could be. When she was visiting the wards and asking them how they