Ellard-Murphree-Pilgreen-Smith Family Papers Collection
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Date
11-28-1943
Description
From the Ellard-Murphree-Pilgreen-Smith Family Papers Collection. Letter from Christine Smith to Pauline Smith; November 28, 1943. Christine writes of how her Sunday went, noting they all woke up early that morning. Christine also mentions Betty and Loretta 'dressed up' and went to church, saying she would have joined if she didn't have work. She mentions a house with a 'somewhat scraggly front yard' that has a poinsetta bush with several flowers on blooming, notes that one of her roomates picked a number of them and put them in one of their floor vases on either side of their fireplace afterward. Christine mentioned a Mrs. Walsh called her and asked her to go out with a friend of both her and her husband, Lt. Kenneth States, on a double date. Noted that a friend of Kenneth's called and told her Kenneth had died in a plane crash and killed himself and seventeen others that were with him, just outside of Rio. Mentions Marine activity in recent weeks in the South Pacific and the heavy casuality numbers. Notes she got the money from Leon, made note that she recieved received the pictures that had been sent. Also mentions the fruit cake that was sent.
Keywords
Well-being; Social life and customs- 20th century ; World War, 1939-1945
Format
Digital reproduction of a 3-page letter
Contributor
Brooke Vickery
Identifier
mcj-dp018-19431128-smith-christine_001
Source
Box C612, Folder 12
Rights
All unpublished materials are protected by copyright held by Mississippi University for Women. Permission to publish or reproduce must be requested in writing to the University Archivist. Published materials may also be protected by copyright, and the user must locate and request permission from copyright holder to publish or reproduce.
Recommended Citation
Faust, Edith Christine, "Letter from Christine Smith to Pauline Smith; November 28, 1943" (1943). Ellard-Murphree-Pilgreen-Smith Family Papers Collection. 270.
https://athenacommons.muw.edu/smithpapers/270