February 5, 1946

February 5, 1946

1046 W 24th

San Pedro, Calif.

Dear Father, Mother and the rest of the folks are home,

I am tired tonite but I shall get off this letter and perhaps do some reading before I take a bath and go to bed. Today has been a very clear day — quite crisp this morning. Altho Saturday dawned clear it soon clouded over partly and the wind blew all day. Saturday night it was really quite windy (A navy destroyer in the harbor got loose or something & rammed into a merchant ship) and about 10:30 Sunday morning it began to rain. I got sort of wet walking downtown after church but by the time I had finished dinner it had almost stopped. Monday it rained a little too — mostly when I was walk[ing] from the P.E. stop down to the lab. It cleared up after that and evidently the rain is over.

The Gowrie News came today and I see that Maurice Telleen (or Eleanor Pohl) has been writing another of his editorials. Both last week’s and this week’s were quite good I thought. Lorimer Patton ought to put them on the front page or something; they are certainly superior to the rest of the paper.

Thank you, mama, for offering to buy some pants for me. I would certainly appreciate it if you would. My waist is about 31½” now and the inseam (as accurately as I could measure it) is about 28½”. If you could get some gabardines for me it would be swell. Try to get them with pleats in the front and don’t get any that aren’t all wool — they loose their press too fast otherwise. Also if you can, get a plain gray or brown or something that doesn’t show dirt easily. If you can’t follow these directions use your own discretion. Saturday I tried to get some again but the only pair I could get belonged to a slack suit and I would have had to buy the coat also so I didn’t get them. They were sort of tweedy anyway, which I don’t particularly care for.

Today I went up to Dominguez awhile and looked over the gel manufacturing plant, but I was back at Wilmington in the afternoon. Mostly my work continues as usual. Also as usual I have heard nothing from the draft board.

So you’re thinking of selling the house in town. My personal opinion (perhaps wrong, particularly in a community like Gowrie) is that prices haven’t hit the peak yet, which will come in ½ to 1½ years. Around here, real estate prices are rising steadily as yet and show no signs of faltering. In Gowrie, tho, the housing shortage may break sooner than it will here.

This is about all for now.

With love

C.P.