Sgt. Stanley W Safford 39539976
5th Auxiliary Surgical Group
APO 339
c/o Post Master
New York
New York
10 August 1944
Dear Mother:
I have before me here your letters of
27 July and 1 August, the latter received today.
I have started on a new method of
writing now. I have decided to write at
least one letter a day, and in that way, will I hope avoid to have an
accumulation of owed letters.
Received letters from Cousin Gertrude, Frances Whelchel, Dorothy
Kinsfathers and yourself today, which made a nice receipt of letters. I always look forward to the mail each day
and always appreciate letters.
Today was our pay-day and we all
received our money in English currency, which by now is quite easy for me. At
first the change was a bit of confusion.
Gertrude tells
me that Edmond Hess is over here and
gave me his address, but that will not do me much good as it is merely an APO,
so perhaps I may have the occasion of meeting him some day. He may be too great a distance from me for us
to see each other, because of a time limit.
Your grape crop should be a much
larger and better (one) next season. It
seems just a very short time ago that I put the plant in there, and then never
thought that t would do much. Have the
large leaved Caladiums in the orchid garden done very much this year? They are the ones I transplanted while home
on furlough. Have the cymbidiums shown much in the way of growth this season? Dad’s
small vegetable garden certainly sounds good.
He should have had something like that all along to spend his odd
moments with.
I was out cycling the other evening
and rode all the way to the small village near here. I am certainly going to get myself one if we
ever become more settled. You have heard
me mention Major Skinner. Well he has a lot of fun with his and several
other officers have nice ones. They are
the only thing for this country. We have
to walk up or down a hill once in a while but that is not much trouble.
Took a short trip a little distance
away today to return some equipment and saw some very nice homes, some of which
are very old. This country is full of
them. Those that I have seen are most of
them old barns, but quite a few of them are still lived in and quite nicely
kept. I brought back a little bouquet of
lavender, which I bought and it is certainly fragrant and will be nice for my
stationary box. You can very likely see
where I am beginning to enjoy myself over here, can’t you?
You can look forward to the balance
of the short story which was not completed prior to my departure. You well very likely get in a couple more
installments.
I heard from Catherine Hunter, Esther’s sister.
She tells me that their business is very poor now. What can they expect.
Well enough for now and more later
when I have a better pen hand.
All my Love,
Stanley
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