9 June 1944

Friday, June 9, 1944

Dear Nannie,

Well, here I am again after another busy day. School is almost over for me. It really ends the 21st of June, but I am getting out the 19th to go to Richmond for a week to visit my girl friend, Patti Bailey. When I get back from Richmond, I’ll begin work immediately.

I have my job confirmed now, I think. I’ll work down on 3rd and Independence Avenue in the New Social Security Building for the C.P.R.B (Combined Production and Resources Board) under the W.P.B. My job will be senior typist, although I’ll do a little clerical work such as filing at times. It all sounds very interesting to me, as of course, it is all new to me. I don’t imagine I’ll get up to see you before the 1st of September, but I guess you can get along without me, though I’ll miss you a lot. I’ll be thinking about you all summer long, and I sure will be glad to see you at the end. I’ll have to make Daddy’s and my breakfast in the mornings and we’ll both just buy a big dinner at noontime and have something light at night.

My garden is coming along fine. The beans (for that is all I have in it) are real long. They are acting like pole beans now. I don’t know what to do. The ones I bought are called “Bush or Dwarf Bean” and are put out by W. Atlee Burpee Co. in Phila. Do you think I should string them up anyway? I don’t ever remember having to put up poles for bush beans, but it could be, I suppose.

This is the writing paper I bought with the money you sent for my birthday. Isn’t it nice? I wanted some with my name on. I bought a whole lot, as I’m always running out of paper.

I hear Lloyd is in Australia. Boy, those Sebago Lake kids are sure a long way from home. Subby is in South America and Willard Moulton (who came to see us for about 3 hours between trains) is in Miss.

My recital was a riot. Mom thinks I played my piece well (even though I did skip 5 pages out of the original 12) but I think it was terrible. I guess I didn’t leave much of an impression. Next year I’m not going to take music lessons. I’ll go on practicing whenever I can, but it won’t pay to take lessons, as I won’t have time to practice all I’ll need to. That will be my senior year, you know, and I’ll have a lot of outside activities that will keep me at school longer after school. Then, too, there’s the question of homework. Next fall I’ll take Physics, American History, English, and another major subject which I haven’t yet decided. I’d like to take aviation, but daddy and my section teacher don’t think it is a good subject for college credit. I may take sociology. They both think that is good, but I don’t agree.

Well, I have to get this mailed if if’s ever to get to you. Next time I’ll tell you all about my plans for redecorating my room this summer!

Lots of love,
Sibyl

P.S. The enclosed bean seed is what I have planted. SMG