9-3-1940 Evelyn to Mr. Orville J. Pace

9-3-1940 Evelyn to Mr. Orville J. Pace

Envelope:

Mr. Orville J. Pace

409 Herbert St.

Cedartown, Ga.

Back:

Mrs. Orville J. Pace

McLemoresville, Tenn.

Postmark: 9-3-1940 McLemoresville, TENN.

Monday Night.

My dear Orville

After I talked with you last night I wrote Lester and Emily. I do hate to write so bad that I think I’ll go home then I won’t have to write anyone except Mama. I told her the only reason I write her is because I want to hear from her. I suppose the reason I hate to write is because I express myself so poorly.

Today has been just another day to us. Papa didn’t go to Huntingdon but worked at the gin all day. Uncle Ewin is painting the woodwork over there. The revival has started so Mama and Carolyn went this a.m. and are there tonight. I fried the chicken and finished the dinner for them. I usually walk to town in the morning and afternoon for the exercise and to get the mail.

This afternoon we had company – Lillian (has returned) and Mrs. Hickman – Imogene stopped on way back to Nashville. They still don’t like it. Late in the afternoon I walked up to the cemetery and am very glad I don’t live up there – as I came so near doing – almost exactly two months ago.

I was kidding you about coming after me last night. I will be glad for you to come if you will have enough time to pay you for coming and think the car will make it. Do you think you can? You had just as well take balance of your vacation now for if you don’t it will be forgotten and you never will get it. It will be just as cheap for I will certainly have to take a pullman going back.

I have finished the quilt for one of the beds. I don’t know yet whether I will start on the other one right away or not.

Of course I am glad you did the bathroom (if you didn’t mess it up) except for the expense. I really am going on this economy program with a “do or die” attitude. We have too much we want to do to be pulled back by debts all the time and I know we can get rid of them if we continue as we have started out to do. I am sending the list to pay.

I miss you an awful lot and shall be glad to get back and start life over – which I believe I will be physically able to do. We will soon have an anniversary – a year ago tonight I returned from here, met you in Rome & you went on to Marietta with me – remember?

Remember I love you & be good.

Love

Evelyn.

Enclosed list:

Pay the following items in cash to avoid writing too many checks

Bank $25.00 (note – borrowed one month ago)

Rent 15.00

Water 1.50

Ga Power ?

yourself - ? amt you think you will need for meals etc. not to exceed $1 per day

Write check to Mark Cornelius for $15.00 & keep & send to me credit slip. Did you write him a check when you got home? if not then write check for 25.00 for I allowed $10.00 for that last pay day

Then deposit balance (& send me amount so I will know in case I have to check on it and will not have an overdraft. There will have to be enough for me to come home on or you to make the trip here on if you plan for me to come before next pay day – Also after I get Sinclair & Standard bills something should be left to pay Standard at least & a payment to Sinclair – you can send these bills & I will take care of them when I get the deposit slip –

In spite of financial matters – I love you –