Marcy\u2019s last letter from Southern California. A big gap here, about six weeks since the previous letter.<\/p>\r\n
Apparently Marcy wasn\u2019t thrilled with the SoCal weather. “really sorry I believed all those proselytizers who still keep saying it never rains here, drowning in the puddles (there are no drainage facilities as it never rains here) while in the midst of saying so.”<\/p>\r\n
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\r\n\r\n friday\r\n [pencil: 12\/17\/65]\r\n\r\nh'ro. Just got a note inviting me to a celebration in honor\r\nof the marriage of Peggy Price with Elliot Welch....will be\r\nsunday afternoon and I think I'll actually get there.\r\nfigured out that the only way to get in all my obligations\r\nis to spend the weekend uptown, tomorrow with Sally's\r\nbrother, his wife and their kids, sunday with Sara and\r\nStelle (who fell and sprained her ankle or something on\r\nmonday) and all, returning all the household materia I\r\nborrowed and paying respects all 'round.\r\n\r\npossibly leaving on wednesday, Mary will drive me to Tucson\r\n(I think) where I'll spend a couple' days, than join her in\r\nSanta Fe (her parents and family are coming out there to\r\nspend christmas with her and relatives) and drive back to\r\nschool from there. from Sta Fe to Ohio will cost nothing as\r\nMary's mother will be driving with us and will want to stop\r\nat motels and realizes how poor her daughter and associates\r\nare and how well-fixed she is. Will get to Phila weekend of\r\nJan 8\/9 or 15\/16.\r\n\r\nAll this is provided: no other rides come through; Sally\r\ndoesn't arrive unexpectedly as she was planning to do; I\r\ndon't die of cruddy messy cold that is currently keeping me\r\nwell drugged with antihistamines.\r\n\r\nkind of concerned about not having heard from you in lo\r\nthesemany weeks, but when I spoke to Sara on monday she said\r\nyou'd called sunday night and all was well, so, knowing full\r\nwell how hard it is to write letters when you're not in the\r\nmood (hope all fingers and eyes and similar appurtenances\r\nare all in good shape by now) I am most forgiving.\r\n\r\nFunny thing about those clippings you sent. Joel Aber (who\r\ngraduated from Antioch) and Carl Gilbert are the two most\r\nsingularly obnoxious professional liberals I've had the\r\nmisfortune to know. Too bad that they should be the voice of\r\nxxxxxxx the viet nam people at the citty's two big schools.\r\nGlad to see Dr. Rutman back into things again.\r\n\r\nSunny southern california is rainy and cold. I bought a\r\nrather good car coat for $1 at some church rummage sale at\r\nwhich I furnished my kitchen (plates and etc) for about\r\n70\u00a2.....so am nice and warm. really sorry I believed all\r\nthose proselytizers who still keep saying it never rains\r\nhere, drowning in the puddles (there are no x drainage\r\nfacilities as it never rains here) while in the midst of\r\nsaying so. ah, only 3 more days of work, tra la.\r\n\r\ncompany comin', have to go....happy hanukah, merry\r\nchristmas, good etc.\r\n\r\n [handwritten: love, Marcia]\r\n<\/pre>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Postmark: 18 Dec, 1965, Los Angeles, Calif. Handwritten: “Rec\u2019d this Mon. 12\/20\/65” and various other notes-to-self from Ethel.<\/p>\r\n
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