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

1946-01-18 Helen Fox Angell to Bessie Peebles Fox Page 2

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I'll live right on the post, which means good, safe food, good quarters, hospital, beauty parlors & all. Very civilized. Won't it make pretty colored pictures? I am to stay a year, and can have a leave at home after that if I want to go back. I doesn't seem now as though I would, but who can tell? Financially it is excellent, I think. Especially if there is no income tax there. Don says the meat and vegetables are raised by the army in special places in Nicaragua & his friend a Maj. General Mumma is quartermaster for the Canal Zone. I am to look him up. His brother was colonel at the ROTC at Iowa when I came there.  My grey dresses were fine, and having them has saved getting a new issue. I refused 6 more as I couldn't see dying that many. [note in margin: after getting one of ARC] Yes, unpack the bedroll & suitcase. I'll try to prepay them or will send you cash so you can pay for them. Why aren't Fran ([Camp?]) & Helen (Focht) gardening this year? How did you like "Forever Amber?" I

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2 I'll live right on the post, which means good, safe food, good quarters, hospital, beauty parlors & all. Very civilized. Won't it make pretty colored pictures? I am to stay a year, and can have a leave at home after that if I want to go back. I doesn't seem now as though I would, but who can tell? Financially it is excellent, I think. Especially if there is no income tax there. Don says the meat and vegetables are raised by the army in special places in Nicaragua & his friend a Maj. General Mumma is quartermaster for the Canal Zone. I am to look him up. His brother was colonel at the ROTC at Iowa when I came there. My grey dresses were fine, and having them has saved getting a new issue. I refused 6 more as I couldn't see dying that many. [note in margin: after getting one of ARC] Yes, unpack the bedroll & suitcase. I'll try to prepay them or will send you cash so you can pay for them. Why aren't Fran ([Camp?]) & Helen (Focht) gardening this year? How did you like "Forever Amber?" I