Sgt
Stanley W Safford 39539976
5th
Auxiliary Surgical Group
Dodd
Field
Fort
Sam Houston
Texas
March 12, 1944
Dearest Mother:
It has been some time since I wrote you and quite a bit has
happened since then. I hope you received
the air mail special delivery which I mailed regarding the income tax. I am certainly
tired of that thing and the more I see of it the more sick I get of it. I spent about 1 ½ hours on the mess and then
got nowhere. That is the first time I
ever heard of them wanting the total income of the year before. And the old fool tried to tell me first that
I would get nothing back and I asked him why I wouldn’t while others in the same
condition were. I don’t think he knows
any more about it than I do. Don’t ever
again send me anything of that type for me to take care of. I do not have the
time, nor the patience for such a lot of fool(ish) things. If you
can’t have it take(n) care of for me, just throw it into the waste basket and
forget it. It is next to impossible for
me to have the afternoon off or any time at all off. When I get thru with this mess I will have
wasted a full day and will then work at night to make up the work missed and I
do enough of that now. I would rather
pay someone to do it for me and then get the thing over with.
I received the wonderful box of cookies and candy the other
day and I want to thank you so very much.
They are all certainly delicious, especially the candy.
Perhaps the very latest news is that I was called again for a
physical examination on the OCS question.
I went up for that the same day that I went into town on the income
tax. I had been excused for the
examination only and went to town on my own afterwards. They called me back again for a retake on
part of it yesterday. Either they made a
mistake or something of that type. They
made one last time you know.
I had a new crystal put in my watch also. The new one is a “Rock crystal” and should be
a very good one. This one sits above the
watch a little higher than the other one did.
It is certainly a very clear one.
With the latest scare of my leaving they sent one of the Sgts
in the company in to help me and he is one of the First Sgt’s clique and I
sure don’t trust him. But if I leave
what should I care. Of course I have not
left as yet.
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You asked once before where Sgt Kupfer went on his
furlough. He went to San Francisco and
returned on the train ahead of me. Corporal Johnson went to the Air Corps
and I received a letter from him the other day.
He is getting along quite nicely as he always will since he is that type
that always does get ahead.
Have you heard anything more from Clarence[1]
and Frances since you mentioned them in one of your previous letters?
Yesterday we had a representative from the Lilly Chemical Co
out to give the officers a lecture and show a picture on a type of anesthesia
which was very different since it was in Technicolor. The man had a load of samples of all kinds
which he gave to the officers. I got a
few vitamins etc which I may use.
All week here we have had nothing but disagreeable weather
and a lot of mud combined with a lot of rain.
Today is the first time the sun has sho(ne) and really been warm enough
to make a person comfortable outside without a sweater or jacket.
The clippings in your last letter were quite
interesting. It seems funny to put only
60 sailors in such an expensive house tho.
I have my head all covered with olive oil now, and am planning
on washing it very soon as it has needed it for quite a while, but have not
done so for fear of catching a cold.
Sgt Kupfer would like to see “Lady in the Dark”[2] at
the Post Theater this evening and I believe that I will go with him. I hear that it is quite good as far as color
and beauty goes. I am staying away from
the War pictures altogether now and believe that I can get along without them.
Quite surprised to hear of Jay’s refusal of Aunt Nina’s
dinner invitation. He really must be
mad.
How is Aunt Nina feeling now or is she still on
vacation? She will feel much better
after she quits work and thinks a little more of herself and her welfare.
I received a letter from Mrs.
Tedesco the other day. She mentioned
of getting a lot of reading done which she had been unable to accomplish while
still here. That is always the way
tho. My own reading is becoming caught
up a little better now than it was for a while.
I always like to keep up with the news, what there is of it.
Has the same woman who I gave the subscription for Reader’s
Digest called again? My subscription
expires next month.
Well the afternoon flies by and my head needs washing so I
will close now.
Thanks a lot for the delicious box of cookies, candy, cake
and nuts.
Take care of yourself,
All my love,
Stanley
Photo: Clarence and Frances Wilde and sons, Forest and Clarke
[1] Clarence Wilde was Stanley’s cousin.
Their common ancestor was Isabella Griswold who married 3 times. Clarence was the son of George Henry Wilde, grandson of Charles H Wilde who was the 2nd
husband of Isabella, while Stanley was issued from her first marriage to James
Hartwell through their daughter Cora. Isabella later married William Henry
Matthews who survived her and with whom she had 2 sons: Ralph and Elmer Matthews.
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