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DAN & POLLY RAYMOND LETTER #1
Dan & Polly Raymond (letter dated July 5, 1941)
a letter from Dan & Polly Raymond to his sister Agnes Barthle (dated July 5,1941).


(a letter from Dan & Polly Raymond to Agnes Barthle)
July 5 1941 San Diego Calif
Dear Agnes & August
Hi folks how are you all was sure glad to hear from you folks and to know you are all still able to kick. We are both feeling great an having a few days vacation so we are going to spend next week back in the mountains we rented a cabin it will seen good to get away from the coast and early morning fogs for a few days. Would of liked to went back home for a visit but our finacial standing would hardly of made the round trip as we have been on the cash basis since our marriage we hate to start borrowing money now well maybe next year we can afford a trip we are still planning on a honeymoon my job is getting better right a long got my first good promotion the middle of June I am a sub foreman now, in a nother six months or a year if God willing it has indications of turning into a real good posation it sure has been a long pull counting every penny never able to spend a nickle foolishly and Polly has been grand through it all never complains or nags always ready to help squeey the eagles on the nickles to make them go farther. Yes Agnes I got a letter from mom two in fact and one from Burke her letters were hard to understand full of instructions and a sort of a plea not to make her out a liar in front of Mr Polley, Social Security director well Agnes this may schock you but I wrote the letter as she requested to Burke also a letter to her with a copy of the one I sent to Burke and I will have to admit it made me fill very small and cheap but on the other hand Agnes you Know how Mon is if she got's an Idea into her head right or wrong she is going to see it through and until she get this so called pension Idea out of her head I an not going to argue with her you have the right Idea Agnes Polly and I both think it is the least we could do but try and convince Mom is another thing I told her in the letter that we woukd gladly share with her what we have got. we would like to have her come out here and live with us welcome to our home as a Mother not some poor old lady compelled to accept charity from her son & daughter law so Agnes if you can figure out some way we can get this Idea across to Mom without making her think we are to hinder her or beating her out of her pension we will be more than glad to do our share in any way we can well Agnes I guess this is enough said about this matter and hoping this meets partly with your approval for it is the best I can do Polly wants to add a few lines ao I will close
Love Dan

Dear Agnes and fanily
We were so glad to get your letter and hear that you folk's are all well. We certainly would love to see your family, and also wish it could be possible to visit you now and them. But maybe some day we hope it will be possible to come and see you folks. Thank's so much for expressing your best wishes on our anniversary and my birthday. For our anniversary Dan gave me a beautiful yellow gold Bulova watch. "Goddess of Time.) It surely don"t seem as though we have been married three yrs. Time passes so swiftly it seem's. Did you folk's celebrate the 4th, yesterday? We stayed home all day. Went for a nice long walk last nite. Didn't even care to take the car out on account of countless accident's. The traffic is really terrible here in San Diego. people seem to be coming in droves, all this defense work is the reason. The housing situation was begining to be a problem until the gov't did some thing about it. No matter where one looks you see new houses going up. I don't know what this town will look like when this war is over with, work undoudtly will slow up for many people will move away. Houses will just stand empty I guess. Gee I'd give any thing if we had a place to grow our own vegetables and fruit and a few chicken's. Food prices have gone up quite a bit. Eggs are forty cents a dozen, butter is .45 a lbsmilk .13 qt. But I guess that all goes with war. Well folks I guess I'll have to quit and do my marketing and also get this letter mailed. Please write us again soon
love Polly
Carlson Family.