July 3, 1945 The Big Break and The Little Letter

St. Louis Union Station (Image courtesy of U. of Arizona Archives)

Monday Night

Dear Mother & Daddy,

"Surprised to get a letter this time of the week?  If you haven't sent the thermos jug don't send it because we have decided to come after it.  Yes, we think we'll be starting home next week.  B saw Dr. Hill today and he told him that there probably wouldn't be any graduation in January and for him to take his time on the dissertation.  B thinks we can have about a month at home and he will still have time to do most of the dissertation before his work begins at Hopkins. 

We are going to get reservations and they can only be made 5 days in advance so we don't know just what day we can start.  If we can get them Monday (July 9) we'll be home Wednesday evening since we probably cannot make connections with the Bluebonnet on Tuesday.  If we cannot catch the Bluebonnet we'll go to Buddy's.  I'm going to write to them.  We'll write a card as soon as we find out what day we're leaving.  You needn't write after you get this.

If you have sent the jug all ready don't worry because the Coggers will take care of our mail.

Tell Beulah not to be expecting a letter because we'll be seeing all of you soon unless something happens."

                                Lots of love,

                                         B & Bonnie

NOTE from Ann:   The Bluebonnet was one of the connecting trains from St. Louis, part of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (KATY) Railroad, which traveled south through Missouri and Oklahoma then into Texas.