Kokomo, IN
February, 25, 1931
Dear Elma,
This was another day, but not near as good a day as yesterday for I came home for dinner but did not get any mail so I went to work again and worked until five o’clock and came home just a few minutes ago and still no mail not even a letter from Elma. Elma, that sure made me feel blue just for a few minutes when I stepped into my room and found no letter but I kinda got over it again by reading the two I got yesterday over again and thinking tomorrow is another day and I will surely hear from Elma tomorrow and if I shouldn’t get word from you tomorrow, I know that there is something wrong, that you are probably sick in bed but there is no need worrying until that time is here that I ought to by all means have a letter from you. Well Elma I am still feeling fine and am in good health yet and also hope you are yet in good health and hope you will remain in good health all the time. Elma, I wrote Oscar and also wrote his mother a few lines last night so I will send Oscar’s other letter to you for you to keep for me but don’t tell the rest that you get Oscar’s letters from me for they might not like it much. Someday we might get a lot of kick out of those letters from Oscar if you tuck them away and take good care of them all. I will send everyone to you as I get them from Ossie. Well I didn’t have supper yet tonight but will soon be time for it and afterwards there will be church again and that won’t leave me much time to write. I want to mail this letter as I go to church then it will get in the mail tonight yet and might get to you quicker than the other way. Well Elma I put in a good days work today I changed ten telephones that was a good run for a change. Yesterday I made eight but today was my biggest day since I am up here. Well Elma I ain’t going to write so much tonight otherwise you might sit and read too long and won’t write me anymore until you get through reading so I will put the quits to these few lines but more to the love and kisses so you will get a whole lots of time love and so many kisses that they will last til you will get my next letter. And Elma here is an extra good bye kiss. x
Al
My comments…
I think it is interesting that Al is already talking about Elma keeping the letters. It’s kind of strange that here we are 91 years later and my grandma saved ALL the letters. I mean ALL of them, including the letters they wrote to one another when my grandpa went to St. Louis in the 1950’s to work at Chrysler. Those will come later. Something to think about…Al had to bring or mail the letters that Elma sent to him. I think he did an amazing job keeping all of those letters.