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Helen Fox Angell letters to her mother, December 1945-December 1947

1946-01-03 Helen Fox Angell to Bessie Peebles Fox Page 2

We have lovely quarters. There are three to a room in the other occupied bedroom, but Phyllis and I are alone in our room. Probably the new girl who comes tomorrow will join us. (Brief pause while I show an inspecting captain and major around.) We have two nice bathrooms, and a sweet kitchen with big electric stove and ice box. We each put in two fifty a week and there are two shoppers a day who buy supplies. Then we  can eat there whenever we don't want to go to the officers' club or the hours aren't right for it. Last night about midnight Libby and I had Cream of What. This noon I had soft boiled eggs. I got a flu shot and a typhoid booster this morning, so both arms are a little tender. I'll get the cholera and typhus in a few days. They say I don't need yellow fever. I also got my hair done very nicely at the post beauty parlor just across the street from our quarters. About three blocks away is the big post exchange, where I am finding all the things I want at about half the price. No tax, for one thing. Girdles of the identical brand that I saw in Washington for two ninety eight are one fifty here. Candy bars are three cents. The fellows are delightful. The first day I was here a couple of them were worried because we had no place to eat our noon meal so they brought us two quarts of milk, four huge turkey lettuce sandwichs and a box of sliced turkey and some home made fudge. Last night a fellow from Minn. took me out to supper at the PX. I'm learning to shoot pool, have played a lot of ping pong and learned several new card games from the men. Quite a few of them are going to the Pacific as replacements soon, so I may see familiar faces there. wish I could send you my flu shot and get another. Love,
Helen
Do you want to send to Betty Haas a couple of three of my best hospital dresses & I'll pick them up from her? We can wear them in the Pac. Don't send the torn one or the paint one.

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We have lovely quarters. There are three to a room in the other occupied bedroom, but Phyllis and I are alone in our room. Probably the new girl who comes tomorrow will join us. (Brief pause while I show an inspecting captain and major around.) We have two nice bathrooms, and a sweet kitchen with big electric stove and ice box. We each put in two fifty a week and there are two shoppers a day who buy supplies. Then we can eat there whenever we don't want to go to the officers' club or the hours aren't right for it. Last night about midnight Libby and I had Cream of What. This noon I had soft boiled eggs. I got a flu shot and a typhoid booster this morning, so both arms are a little tender. I'll get the cholera and typhus in a few days. They say I don't need yellow fever. I also got my hair done very nicely at the post beauty parlor just across the street from our quarters. About three blocks away is the big post exchange, where I am finding all the things I want at about half the price. No tax, for one thing. Girdles of the identical brand that I saw in Washington for two ninety eight are one fifty here. Candy bars are three cents. The fellows are delightful. The first day I was here a couple of them were worried because we had no place to eat our noon meal so they brought us two quarts of milk, four huge turkey lettuce sandwichs and a box of sliced turkey and some home made fudge. Last night a fellow from Minn. took me out to supper at the PX. I'm learning to shoot pool, have played a lot of ping pong and learned several new card games from the men. Quite a few of them are going to the Pacific as replacements soon, so I may see familiar faces there. wish I could send you my flu shot and get another. Love, Helen Do you want to send to Betty Haas a couple of three of my best hospital dresses & I'll pick them up from her? We can wear them in the Pac. Don't send the torn one or the paint one.