Tuesday Aft.
Dear Pat:
Thanks for the nice letter, we got it Saturday. Dad said don't depend on the glass blocks to hold too much weight, as they are not strong in that capacity.
Are you sure you made the correct decision in not taking the honor course, you might regret it later on. Peg says she's disappointed in you. She said no one ever asked her if she wanted to be an honor student. Dad says he don't care it's up to you. Just think if [sic] over carefully before you finally decide.
Dad did some pictures for you Sunday, he might mail them today. He's been very busy and didn't have a chance to get them ready before. The men are cleaning the furnace today and he was trying to get things in order down there. He also made some pictures for Sandy, who wants to send them to her pen pals.
I hope you get the part of Millie in the play. You'd just fit the part, pig tails and all. It was very ugly and windy here on Sunday, so I was doing some copper work and made about four more pair of ear rings and a pin for you which I will send with the first package. It was so ugly Kim would go to the door and when you opened it she'd turn around and go back in.
Eleanor and I are going to work tomorrow night at home.
We had our last club meeting at the Rhoads home. I think they'll still come down to play cards but maybe only every other week.
I'm glad to hear you took your polio shot, don't forget the next one is due in a month's time.
The flu shots are very scarce around here and some say it's not so good for mass inoculation as some will get flu reaction from the shot that might not have gotten it otherwise. It's hard to tell what to do. I'm enclosing an article on the flu that we had in the paper which I think is very good. It gives you the symptoms and tells you what to do. Keep it for reference.
Everyone is okay here and I hope you are the same. Sure was glad to hear from you, keep the letters coming.
Love,
Mother
[The 1957–1958 Asian flu pandemic was a global pandemic of influenza A virus subtype H2N2 that originated in Guizhou in southern China. The number of deaths caused by the 1957–1958 pandemic is estimated between one and four million worldwide, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in history.]
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