February 27, 1943 Back in New Haven, NYC and The Pen

Dear Mother & Daddy,

"Here we are back in the same place.  We drove into New Haven early yesterday morning and spent all morning looking for an apartment.  We found one vacancy and it was unfurnished, so we came over here again.  Mrs. Hunt wasn't here so we drove around town and spent most of the afternoon at school.  She didn't come home till about 6:00, so we were late getting moved in.  She said a couple was here night before last to look at the place and were going to call yesterday.  They called last night about an hour after we came and were going to take it.  Mrs. Hunt was certainly glad to see us.  I haven't been to the studio yet and I don't think I'll go till next week some time.

Mr. Hill told B he could have his job for next year if he wanted it.  He hasn't been to the YMCA College yet.

We made the trip back without any trouble at all.  We ran through a little bit of snow in Penn., but not very much.  It's cold here and snowed some this morning.

We stayed in New York City about three hours and drove from one end to the other.  That's really a big place.  We drove right through the center of it--past Lord & Taylor,  Bonwit Teller and all of those big stores on Fifth Ave.   Central Park is real long and there are some fancy apartment buildings facing it.

We had stopped in Waynesville to get our license and the place was closed so we drove on to Rolla.

Just out of Rolla we saw something glittering on the pavement and stopped and it was a Shaeffer's lifetime fountain pen.  It's just like yours only black.  It really is nice.  It's a wonder it hadn't been smashed because it was right in the middle of the road.

I cut the ham at noon and it sure was good.

I'll write again in about a week.  Maybe I'll know some news to write by then.  Answer soon."

                                        Lots of love,

                                                B & Bonnie

NOTE from Ann:  B's poor vision caused him to fail the draft physical and prevented him from serving in the military. To my knowledge,  there is no further reference to the exam or the trip.