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Spalsbury: #50 Letters Home October 1, 1943Entry/Object ID
2021.2.294A-FScope and Content
Letter Home from Pvt. Robert C. Spalsbury, ASTU 3938, Loyola University, Los Angeles 34, California to his parents Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Spalsbury, 806 South Eleventh, Saint Joseph 10, Missouri. Post Marked OCT 1, 1943, 1:30 PM, Los Angeles, Calif., 6 cent Air Mail stamp.Context
Thursday Evening
September 30, 1943
Dear Mama and Papa,
Today was payday. I got $24.75, but by the time I'd paid a $2.85 laundry deduction and the money I borrowed from Hanlin and Olsen, I have about $16.00 left. I must make it last, since we won't be paid before our furloughs.
Guess what - I got a Griffon News at mail call this evening. I'm almost surprised to hear Junior College is running again this year. The enrollment is 207 - 140 girls and 67 boys. There have certainly been some changes in the faculty. I guess you knew Miss Miller was teaching Naval Aviation cadets at William Jewel College; Mr. Elliott is working for Terminal Warehouse Company; Mr. Streeter is managing his mother's farm and coaching in a neighboring high school; and so on.
The magazine you said you sent hasn't come yet, Mom. I guess it should've arrived long ago.
The train agent comes out here tomorrow to see about reservations, so I guess I'll see him.
We had our usual Wednesday night entertainment last night, but I didn't go, since I had some lessons that needed attending to. I heard it was corny, anyway - accordian players, tap dancers, etc.
I didn't get a call from Duane; he might've called, but I was probably gone. Yes, there was a strike of the P.E. (Pacific Electric) Railway, but it was called off last Sunday morning. Last Sunday morning while in Hollywood Robert Olsen and I saw a P.E. "Redcar" (they're a dull red color) go down Hollywood Boulevard, then later we saw the newspaper, and read that the strike'd been called off. The Saturday evening before that we'd had to take a bus from L.A. to Hollywood instead of the usual Hollywood Boulevard Redcar.
I wonder if Duane's left yet for his primary. And I wonder where it'll be - probably in Texas.
You'll probably be seeing quite a bit of this stationery for awhile. There was a big pile of it in the Orderly Room the other day, and we were free to help ourselves, so I did. You'll probably get the impression I'm writing from the USO, but I'm not. I was writing down in the basement, listening to the Record Hour, and now I'm up in study hall, finishing this.
I saw in the Griffon News that Jack Sewell is studying Foreign Area Study, majoring in Spanish, at New York City College. He only had ten hours of Spanish at J.C., and couldn't speak it fluently. Why couldn't I have got into languages? (Don't answer this - it's just a rhetorical question).
What will Uncle Robert take the civil service exam for?
Paul Leibowitz received last Sunday's News-Press yesterday. Mine hasn't arrived yet.
Today in gym we had mass calisthenics, boxed a bit, and played volleyball.
Love, BobCollection
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Letter Home from Pvt. Robert C. Spalsbury, ASTU 3938, Loyola University, Los Angeles 34, California to his parents Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Spalsbury, 806 South Eleventh, Saint Joseph 10, Missouri. Post Marked OCT 1, 1943, 1:30 PM, Los Angeles, Calif., 6 cent Air Mail stamp.Description
Handwritten letter home to parents back in St. Joseph after being called up to serve in the US Army during WWII. Pvt. Spalsbury, at the time of this letter, has completed Basic Training at Camp Callan, California, was stationed for a short time with a STAR Unit for ASTP (Army Specialized Training Program) soldiers in Pasadena, CA and is now stationed at Loyola University in Los Angeles, CA for additional training.
This letter is two pages, front and back, written in blue ink on USO stationery. The stationery has a two color logo in the top left corner that features a flying USO flag with a cloud and sky back ground. The bottom of the stationery has a printed list of all the individual organizations that make up the USO in small block, all caps blue print. The letter was mailed in a matching USO envelope with a 6 cent Air Mail stamp. The paper is folded in thirds. The back of the envelope features a blue USO insignia with a banner at the bottom that reads United Service Organization also printed in blue.Dimensions
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5-1/2 inCondition
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Very GoodRelationships
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Robert C. Spalsbury
