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Laura Davis letters to her husband Lloyd Davis, November-December 1942

1942-12-25 Laura Davis to Lloyd Davis Page 2

of course thought about you. I had a bath and fixed my nails a bit. Then I dressed up in my black wool dress with a new clip for the shoulder. It is pastel pearls in a gold colored stem spray. The kids at the office asked me who I was giving it to and I said I'd purchased it as my present. Sue sent me money to get a present. Ida Hampton said "Oh, is that what he wanted you to get?" I said "yes I was to buy something with a gift of money." They surely can jump at conclusions if they think that is your present to me; and I don't think they could have meant anyone else but you by the "he." You should have received and perhaps answered my telegram by now. We must not let ourselves put any hope on your being changed to a factory. I was interested today when Mr Woodside out of a clear sky said our army was getting too large in numbers and needed more production support and that you'd be worth many times more in a factory than the army. I hadn't

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of course thought about you. I had a bath and fixed my nails a bit. Then I dressed up in my black wool dress with a new clip for the shoulder. It is pastel pearls in a gold colored stem spray. The kids at the office asked me who I was giving it to and I said I'd purchased it as my present. Sue sent me money to get a present. Ida Hampton said "Oh, is that what he wanted you to get?" I said "yes I was to buy something with a gift of money." They surely can jump at conclusions if they think that is your present to me; and I don't think they could have meant anyone else but you by the "he." You should have received and perhaps answered my telegram by now. We must not let ourselves put any hope on your being changed to a factory. I was interested today when Mr Woodside out of a clear sky said our army was getting too large in numbers and needed more production support and that you'd be worth many times more in a factory than the army. I hadn't