7/28/43

Dear Joe,

Yesterday we got the fast ball pictures and hope you liked them. We all enjoyed the pictures that you send of yourself and your friends. Today we received the post card and hope that your okay. Every time you mention the piano boy I just want to play but I hate to go any where to play one. I bet my fingers are all shot. I forgot how to play "There I Go" but I remember the melody. Mabe typing will keep my fingers limber. The drill points and pictures all came in very good condition and we will take good care of them.

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You will find enclosed an old letter which was going to be sent but they didn't have the envelopes for a long time & so I couldn't mail it. Everything is all okay and we saw the movie "Little Old New York" and you saw a Andy Hardy picture. I really do miss the real good pictures that are coming out so I will be waiting for the day of relocating. Miss Ely didn't get the razor and so I guess you will have to get it for Touru. I think he will write and tell you every thing. ( I think, the "Lazy Bone")

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Well, every thing is just a hunk of junk and I have flowers planted in the garden on the side of the house. I meant have cantalopes on the side and all different variety of thinks in the front. I have pansy's, snap dragons, peach tree, watermelon, lemon tree, crysanthamums and a lot of different kinds of flowers. I pressed some pansys so I will stick them in this letter. We will be waiting for the kool aid and sugar. You probably have gotten the flowers by now and we all think that you will like them very much.

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I'm learning how to type right now and so I'm going to buy a typing book. I don't know if I should buy a short hand book because you have one but I'm just thinking about it. As a write to you it brings the old memories back.

So Long

Masako

P.S. George played another tennis match with some body and I don't know the score as yet but I hope he beat the guy. He was in the "A" league.