9-10-1940 Evelyn to Mr. Orville J. Pace

9-10-1940 Evelyn to Mr. Orville J. Pace

Envelope:

Mr. Orville J. Pace

409 Herbert St.

Cedartown, Ga.

Back:

Mrs. Orville J. Pace

McLemoresville, Tenn.

Postmark: 9-10-1940 McLemoresville, TENN.

Monday aft.

Dear Orville,

How am I doing? I have sold 8 glare chasers and one floor lamp to 2 people. So you see I really haven’t tried yet – and don’t intend to really work but think I can sell a few more just as easily. I wonder how you would prefer to manage about getting them here. You can decide & let me know. None of them are in any hurry for them so we could wait until we get ready to make another trip. I notice the campaign is over Oct. 28 so we could bring them sometime about Nov. 1^st or Thanksgiving or even Xmas. Or if you prefer you can come for me and bring them – or maybe you would prefer to ship them – As I said in the beginning you decide – By the way I sold all these at list price so you can depend on the commission.

Don & Mary Joe came and spent the aft with me yesterday (they are the ones who wanted the floor lamp & 4 glarechasers) They had a large Sat night so Don slept nearly all aft. no one was here except us as Mama & Papa had gone to Uncle Alvin’s. Late in aft (about 6:30) we drove to Club Royale (only because they serve good barbeque) and got a sandwich – it was very quiet up there – They are closing Chic Club for 3 mo. for possession of whiskey – we came right straight home after eating – Mama & Papa were home by that time.

Uncle Alvin is much worse than when you were here but better than he had been for several days. Ruth went home the day after we were there and only stayed 5 days & came back and stayed until this last Friday.

I promised Mary Joe I would come over to McKenzie one day this week. The weather is very hot and dry again more than it has been since I cam.

I went to Huntingdon this morning to see Dr. Douglas. I am feeling alright except I am menstruating just as I did last month also I am still not able to sleep at night. He gave me some medicine for resting. He complimented McGehee on the way he handled my care. Of course that made me feel good to know that he would have done exactly the same thing. However he told me some things that were not so encouraging – and some that sounded mighty good.

Tuesday a.m.

I was sorry I couldn’t hear you any better than I did last night. But glad you called – I called you Saturday night but of course as you know I ddin’t get you.

It is real cool here. We had a cloud last night but no rain.

There is is a little excitement across the street this morning – Harold’s mother came and tried to steal him from school.

Don’t do anything about sending the glarechasers until I come home then I will know exactly how many. I also think it better for me to come on the train. Then maybe we will come between now and Christmas. Anyway I want us to go to Macon as you promised.

I am looking forward to seeing you – in fact can hardly wait until Sunday but thought it would be better to wait until I am well again before I start. If I change my plans I will let you know otherwise meet me in Cartersville Sunday a.m.

There are so many things I have to tell you – But one thing which I will tell you over and over is –

I love you

Evelyn

9-7-1940 Evelyn to Mr. Orville J. Pace

9-7-1940 Evelyn to Mr. Orville J. Pace

Envelope:

Mr. Orville J. Pace

409 Herbert St.

Cedartown, Ga.

Back:

Mrs. Orville J. Pace

McLemoresville, Tenn.

Postmark: 9-7-1940 McLemoresville, TENN.

Saturday morning

My dear Orville -

I will do as you suggested about coming home. I don’t know yet just how I will arrange it but will let you know in plenty of time. I would like for you you to come for me but for two reasons I don’t think it best. First because I don’t think we should push the car’s good record. Second, it would be too hard a trip on both of us and I prefer you taking your time off to go to Macon – I am going to take you up on that trip.

Find out what Ralph & Jessie Mae want to do about the stove. If they want to take it back be sure to buy the new grate. If they prefer to sell it rather than move it then offer them whatever you think reasonable for it – we will have to buy something to heat that room and a stove was satisfactory last year so guess we had better not risk gas. We might ruin what little furniture we already have – I have my doubts about the health angle too for all time use. If they do take it & Mrs. Pace uses hers like it then we will buy one – maybe from Sears.

Uncle Alvin is worse, Mama & Papa are going tomorrow. Mr. & Mrs. Adams are going as far as Lexington to a wedding. Uncle Ewin will go also. I didn’t want to go anyway. It is much hotter now is the reason I didn’t want to go & thought the confusion might worry me – It is fairly cool here at home.

I appreciate all the nice things you said about me in your letter and shall try to live up to them. I think we have lots of good times to look forward to. Perhaps this year has been hard for both of us but even so I love you even more than at this same time last year. I am trying very hard to get well and have come a long way but realize more and more that I’ve a long way to go to get back my old self again. But I promise to do my best to keep all of it to myself –

Give my regards to the family

I love you

Evelyn.

9-6-1940 Evelyn to Mr. Orville J. Pace

9-6-1940 Evelyn to Mr. Orville J. Pace

Postcard:

Mr. Orville J. Pace

409 Herbert St.

Cedartown, Ga.

Postmark: 9-6-1940 McLemoresville, TENN.

Friday a.m.

Dear Orville,

There hasn’t been much to write from here either – The north wind is about to change the prospect for good cotton. I have not felt good for the past two days but am feeling better this morning. The work at the gin is finished.

Carolyn and I ate dinner with the Holmes yesterday. Janice Kay really performed and is about the cutest child I’ve seen for quite a while.

Love Evelyn.

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 –

8-31-1940 Evelyn to Mr. Orville J. Pace

8-31-1940 Evelyn to Mr. Orville J. Pace

Envelope:

Mr. Orville J. Pace

409 Herbert St.

Cedartown, Ga.

Back:

Mrs. Orville J. Pace

McLemoresville, Tenn.

Postmark: 8-31-1940 McLemoresville, TENN.

Friday Night.

My dear Orville

I expected a letter from you today but was disappointed. But since Monday is Labor Day and you won’t get a delivery I decided to send you a “Special,” though I know nothing special.

By the way several people have said you were quite nice – good looking – and apparently younger than I. Marshall Darnall told me about your conversation at the cafe. I went up there yesterday aft. but only went to the beauty parlor – and didn’t stay to get my hair fixed because there were too many already there. For that reason I am going with Papa tomorrow morning.

We had a letter from Imogene and they are coming tomorrow night & stay over Labor Day – Also Mr. Lenz is coming – I don’t know how Mama will hardly manage.

I have been working on my quilt and almost have the pieces together but have to put it together yet.

You would be surprised to see how much I have improved in my walking – I do hope it won’t be long until I will be well & be completely well again – I have already taken a new lease on life mentally. If I ever do get myself together again you possibly won’t know me since it has been so long since I was that way in fact before Christmas last year. I have been having lots of company which I enjoyed very much. There is lots of difference in being surrounded by old friends and relatives when one is sick in contrast to being around people who possibly think it has become a habit to complain.

I had a letter from Mrs. Thrasher thanking us for the gift. She mailed it on the way home. I think she is taking a mighty big risk traveling with such a small baby. There is lots of difference in me coming up here as is – than her going – with 3 children.

Papa has gone to the Utility Meeting tonight. The Supt & his helper (Mr. Myrick from McKenzie) came the day you left & fixed the switch. The Supt like to have never understood what I was talking about but his helper did & explained to him. I think he reminded me of Mr. Edge – not in looks tho for he one eyed – and doesn’t have any fingers on one hand.

It has been real lonesome without you – I hope that you are missing me as much as I do you; for then I would know that you really love me. Please don’t forget me.

Also please do like you promised about company and money. I will send you the list to pay the first of the week –

I enjoy the family but no one can take your place

Be good and remember

I love you.

Evelyn

8-29-1940 Evelyn to Mr. Orville J. Pace

8-29-1940 Evelyn to Mr. Orville J. Pace

Envelope:

Mr. Orville J. Pace

409 Herbert St.

Cedartown, Ga.

Back:

Mrs. Orville J. Pace

McLemoresville, Tenn.

Postmark: 8-29-1940 McLemoresville, TENN.

Thursday Morning

My dear Orville,

Your letter and package made the day much more pleasant yesterday your first letter was missent to McMimiville Tenn – but rec’d it the next day. I must say you are doing nicely about writing – and your letters are always so much more clever than mine that it makes me ashamed to write. But I do want to take every opportunity to let you know I am missing you dreadfully and that I love you ever so much.

Mama is going over to Trezevant for an all day P.T.A. meeting today. I am going to cook dinner Papa & Carolyn will both be here.

I hadn’t been in the car since you left until last night – we all went to Milan to see “All This And Heaven Too” – it was exceptionally good. Mary & Elsie went with us.

I too hope you win – now that you are entered in the tournament – (but just like Papa’s political attempts) I wish you had “not chosen” to enter (run) I thought you told the man before we left you would not. Now I suppose you will pull yourself back down from your build up here.

Thanks so much for the crystal – In addition to talking you for it when I get home I will try to prepare something good to serve in them.

Now that Emily’s baby is here I can say (with exactly the same confidence that Mrs. Pace knew that I was going to have twins) that I knew all the time it would be a girl. I am so glad that she made it fine and am sure they are fully satisfied with a girl. I do hope she won’t name her Mignon. I remember how Emily thought it was terrible when I told her Nancy’s girl weighed 9 lbs. Emily was just as large as Nancy except she was taller. I had thought I would have written her by now but have just neglected it. I am glad you sent flowers.

I think I gave you a list in one of my letters for the bills you were to pay but if you haven’t it is O.K. as long as you leave the money in the bank for I can write them on the first – except you had better pay your Exchange dues – Next pay day I intend for you to pay most every thing in cash to avoid the check situation – but will send you the list.

Have you seen Rhoda – you had better have her come and wash for you Saturday or Mon – if she hasn’t already done so.

I have every good intention of writing Lester Holt also – but don’t know just when I’ll get around to it – not that I have anything special to do but sleep late & then there isn’t much time to write before mail time. In the afternoon I sew on the quilt I am piecing and hate to quit to write – in other words I just like to sew better than

Rebecca has just come & Mama is trying to get off so guess I had better close –

I Love You.

Evelyn

8-27-1940 Evelyn to Mr. Orville J. Pace

8-27-1940 Evelyn to Mr. Orville J. Pace

Envelope:

Mr. Orville J. Pace

409 Herbert St.

Cedartown, Ga.

Back:

Mrs. Orville J. Pace

McLemoresville, Tenn.

Postmark: 8-27-1940 McLemoresville, TENN.

McLemoresville, Tenn.

Aug. 27, 1940.

My dear Orville -

This was to have been our red letter day. I haven’t the courage to even allow myself to think how deeply I feel about our loss. Last night I walked down to Uncle Ewin’s (for exercise) and Mary and Elsie insisted that they wanted to come walk part of the way home with me. Each of them put their arm around me and I did likewise – walking in the middle. When we got to the bridge they turned back. I watched them back up the hill and thought “what might have been” – But just like my girls they soon disappeared over the hill and I was left alone. But I have you and you are doing a wonderful job of making me happy and trying to fill the emptiness – but still there will always be that vacancy regardless of how many other children we might have. My illness has been an ordeal for us both I know; but without you I could never have had the desire to fight for a speedy recovery. As you know I can’t say “pretty speeches” but I so appreciate everything you do for me – I would like to find a way to tell you just how I feel but the more deeply I feel about a subject the more tongue tied I am.

Loudelia is coming this afternoon. I had a letter from her yesterday saying she was sorry to miss you but that she would probably have done that even before you left since you were spending most of your time fishing. Rebecca came yesterday aft.

I haven’t been to ride since you left – in fact I haven’t been away from the house except for a short walk in the morning and night.

Be good! and remember I love you better than anyone –

Love

Evelyn