Here’s a cheerful, ebullient letter from Dot, guaranteed to bring some cheer to a blue, quarantined sailor.

She talks about two old movies she saw tonight; “In Old Chicago” and “With a Banjo on My Knee.” It sounds like they weren’t great movies to begin with, but by 1944 they were so dated and corny that they seemed funny to Dot and her friends.

She reports that she was thrilled to receive a phone call during dinner from none other than Dart’s mother. She was calling to say that Dot shouldn’t be concerned if she didn’t hear from Dart for awhile because he was in quarantine. Dot is so impressed that Mrs. Peterson would think to call her. She says she’s getting so eager to meet this lovely woman, if Dart doesn’t get home soon, Dot says she just may drop in to see his mother herself.

She mentions that she had two companions for the school’s official date night – namely her roommates Andy and Cathie.

Claiming total fatigue after a long day, Dot ends the letter, sending “get well quick” wishes from all the girls in her house. She signs the letter with a typical teenage girl closing – Puddles of Purple Passion, Dot.