2 April 45
6:30 p.m.
At Camp

Dearest Sandie:

Today your 29th of March letter made its appearance. Your letter writing ability is tops. Everyone sounds better and better. Yup! I promise to show up in June. So if I’m to have any fun you had better not scum out on me. My brother Eric who is in California has heard all about you from Hannah and he says he will beat me to your part of Zion. I thought I would tell you so you wouldn’t be too surprised when he shows up ahead of me.
Your request for a new shot of me sounds like an old story I heard once. I’ll tell it sometime. Anyway the Indians here in Texas didn’t take my scalp yet… So I still have some hair left????!!! And listen Honey Child don’t you think I should have one of you before I send another of me? I’ll tell you what I’ll do. Give me the size of your camera and I’ll try our post exchange for some film. Will that be satisfactory?
Thanks for keeping me posted on home events. I don’t know what I would do without your information department. You have even scooped the home folks on certain items of news. Remind me to pay you handsomely for your service.
April is here and Easter gone. How times fly. I would love to see your new Easter Bonnet and outfit. This year I wore the same suit I had for the past 3 years. Life gets so terribly boring sometimes. Nothing new ever happens.
An idea just struck me. How would you like a long distance telephone call? Let me know what your telephone number is and when the best time to call and I’ll do the rest.
I would love to say hello to your mother and dad too, anything for an interesting change in routine.
For the past 4 days I’ve been going to school in Dallas. We have a regional repair section there. The trip was very interesting and I learned a lot. On Sunday which was Easter I attended our church. After that I had dinner with friends and headed for camp. The weather was terrible, rain the entire time. Two people drowned when the rive went over the banks.
Well Sandie this is one more on the way. Will you write soon?
Love Eddie


April 3 1945
-Camp-

Dearest Sandie:
This will be short note but nevertheless will indicate that I’m thinking about you tonight.
Thanks a million Hugs and Kisses for the sneak preview of the new Lindbloom home. It was sweet of you to be so considerate.
Your letters are good. Moody or otherwise. Just keep writing them.
What was Rosine’s new plan. Did they say they were going to move or not? They never tell me a thing until about two months afterwards.
Again I want to remind you about sending me the size of your camera and I’ll send you some film. Of course I would love to have a snap of you where would I get one to show to the boys around here??
Anyway be good angel. And I’m waiting for another sweet letter from you real soon.
Love Eddie

11 April 1945
Dearest Sandi:
I haven’t received a letter from you in the longest time and I am wondering what my little precious Rosebud has been doing to keep so busy doing other things and leaving me out in the cold. However I am sure whatever you are doing—you must be doing a good job of it because that is your nature.
Tonight I am on duty at the office and you can see by the stationery that I’ve borrowed some just to show you that this company that I am working for really is up to date along the lines of stationary equipment. I could catch holy smoke for using this stuff but then I’ve been good for such a long time that a good lesson in meeting the Colonel on the proverbial carpet would wake me up.
I got a letter from Hannah a couple of days ago and sure enough they told me the whole story about the folks going to Logan on or about June 1st….Hannah said they are moving into the folks’ home at that time. And that the Rosines would go west sometime the following year. But don’t worry they will come out sooner or later and me too. This typewriter isn’t doing so well—look at all the strike-overs---Oh Well! I’ll do better next time.
Be good Sandie and write me a long sweet letter right away.
Love Eddie

Camp Howze, Texas
21 April 1945

Dearest Sandie:
Your letters have finally caught up with me and I’m going to write and write and write until I get everyone of them answered. Tonight I am heading for Big “D”—in Texas terminology that means Dallas. If I am successful I’ll place a call with Long Distance and see if I can contact you. Of course by the time you get this letter you’ll know whether I’ll have to try again next Saturday evening. We have to line up for two hours or more before we can even get a call in. The lines out of the state are almost always tied up with priority business. Anyway we will see how we come out by tonight.
Bad weather has hit us again----it has been fairly good all week and now it is raining cats and dogsn outside. I like rain as well as most people do but it certainly picks odd hours to do its coming down. A rowboat is the fashion this season.
Your report of unusual incidents during a given period is a very thing that makes life rough going at times. One might wonder why things happen and why they happen to certain people.
Two days later and no call Sunday---Well sweet I’ll get that call in even if it kills me.
I went to church in Dallas and really enjoyed it immensely. I paid my tithing up to date and came home well pleased with my self. Today the weather feels as if winter has come for a few days visit and here I was practically dressed of hot Texas summer.
Your gentle reprimand about me not writing to Hannah bears a little re-consideration. I’ve written more letters to Hannah than I’ve received replies.
Another real letter later sweet and bye for new. Love, Edwin

9:30 pm
28 April 45
Camp Howze, Texas

Dear Sandie:
It was certainly nice talking to you. Your voice sounded real clear just like you were in the next room and such a sweet voice too.
Tell me, how does my voice differ from my letters? Worse?
Anyway, as I said, I’ve been swamped with work and boy it is no fun preparing a 4 hour lecture for two afternoons a week. I’m almost scared to death. It will take a lot of praying to get me out of this one. Maybe you can help me.
I’m going to try and catch up on correspondence after Tuesday. That’s my first lecture. After then I’ll promise to stay caught up.
Today I got a small-pox vaccination. It wasn’t too bad. Beautiful nurse gave it to me.
Tonight we got the rumor from San Francisco about the war being over in Europe and then it was denied by the President at 8:45 p.m.
I am enclosing a camp paper which I think is interesting in part. At least it gives you some idea of camp routine for some of us. It makes good reading material but I call it propaganda or a close relative to it.
My writing is getting terrific and I ought to go back to school or use a typewriter.
I mentioned once before, my brother and I are both planning on visiting Zion in June. It will be very handy for you. You may take your pick…His money or my brains. Which would you take/
Well Sandie my dear – again I must say your voice is that of an angel. Even if you say you can’t cook.
Love and lots and lots
Eddie

Camp Howze, Texas
9:00 p.m.
29 April 45

Hi Sweet:
Today is still Sunday and its been a long grind. Had to stay in camp and prepare that lecture I told you about. I have to give an examination along with it. 50 questions and the subjective type at that. How would you like to come and help me?
I’m getting very-very tired of Texas and the surrounding people and things. For 3 cents I’d hop out of here like an Oklahoma jackrabbit. After your call – I got to thinking what I said. Really were you a little disappointed? Truly your voice did sound so sweet. It is ringing in my ears right now like a pleasant memory.
I’m looking forward to June. We’ll have to plan something big. How would you like to visit Hannah about that time and then we could both meet Eric in Salt Lake a few days later. It would be fun traveling and at the same time do some visiting. This is one of my screwy ideas and if it sounds too crazy we’ll call it a dud. You know me by now, always something new popping up.
I mentioned you in my last letter to Brother Eric. He seems to know you better than I do. Has Hannah been at it again? Anyway he likes the idea about visiting Zion in June.
Do you suppose it will be alright to call again sometime?
Write real soon Sandie. I love to get your sweet letter.
Love Eddie