Not much news in Dart’s brief letter today. He was a little surprised to learn Dot had missed hearing from him one day earlier in the week because he has written every day. His mother also reports an irregularity in the postal delivery. He tells Dot that if he misses writing to her one day, he’ll be sure to tell her the next, so they’ll know if any letters have been lost in the mail.

He finally confesses that after all the talk of Dot’s crush on actor Ronald Coleman, Dart has no idea who he is. With some gentle ribbing, however, he says that his mother mentioned being fond of Ronald when she was young. He then lists his crushes as Katharine Hepburn, Roz Russell and several others. He acknowleges that they are “out of reach,” but hopes Dot is not entirely so.

He mentions that it’s been a very long time since he’s heard from the Catholic girl who was writing to him. Her last letter told him to never again start a letter to her with “Dearest Dot.” Although he has written to explain things, no word from Jeanne. He doesn’t appear to be too upset by the development.

It seems that brief letters are the style today. Dot begins with a couple of paragraphs that she composed as a typing exercise. She still needs lots of practice.

Next, she hand wrote an addendum, still with not much to say. To pad the envelope a bit, she included a drawing she did of an Andrews girl at 6:30 AM.

She signed the letter “More love, and it’ll keep coming ’til you say ‘whoa!'”