Bayler, Malinda, fl. 1943 to Leonard Eugene Graeff

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GLC#
GLC09611.219.01-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
January 13 1944
Author/Creator
Bayler, Malinda, fl. 1943
Title
to Leonard Eugene Graeff
Place Written
New Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Pagination
4 p. : envelope Height: 20 cm, Width: 12.5 cm
Primary time period
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Sub-Era
World War II

One letter from Malinda Bayler to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated January 13, 1944. Malinda updates Leonard on Susan's condition. She is doing better. Her voice sounds stronger on the phone and her pulse rate was improved. Malinda is going to the doctor for an x-ray of her head to find out what is wrong with her teeth. Malinda mentioned her boarder Lt. Pyueng Son Pynen is moving with some other men he works with to Lemoyne, Pennsylvania. He will be able to get meals there which he is looking forward to. He told Malinda he was tired of restaurants and sitting in his room alone. Malinda writes that she understands and that she was glad "they invited him to go with them. So many strange people stare at him and even shun him because they Think he is a Jap. He's not a low class foreigner. He's a first class citizen of Hawaii an intelligent educated cultured man. A post graduate of University Taught in H.S. 14 yrs. He associates with best class of people in the army. In fact he's too good for a dump like mine." Malinda visited the Franks for the first time since they moved. Mrs. Orris is recovering from a bad knee but has not had any heart attacks recently. Loren was sick with chickenpox and had to stay home from school again.

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