Standley_Correspondence_1958-01-09

Jan 9, 1958

Dear Mother,

Thank you very much for the two record albums. I'm sure that we'll get a great deal of pleasure from them as soon as we finish building our record player. Thank you very much for offering to give us yours, but we really don't need it and you have a lot of old but good records down there that would be condemned to gather dust permanently if you gave it to us. We have a pile of fine components. It's just a matter of working down

2 the list of projects to get to work on them & put them together in the way we wish. With Christmas & the flu behind us, we are making progress on our projects again.

Marie & Mike came by with a wedding present, a beautiful black salad bowl & tongs set trimmed in copper. It's done in a plastic similar to that tray set, indestructable.

Jim & I have been having a wonderful time picking out maternity clothes, materials & patterns. We had a lot of fun making the first smock, & the rest should be just as enjoyable, also a little easier. Though I'm still not in mater-

3 nity clothes, my wardrobe is complete & well-selected if not finished & best of all, it fits in our bulging closet.

Since it is the end of the year as well as the beginning of the new one & taxes approach, Jim & I are taking careful stock of our costs. We are studying J. K. Lasser's annual tax classic & working with a C.P.A. to learn to keep as many hard-earned walnuts as possible in the winter store house. Hiring a C.P.A. to take care of the immediate situation is worth it, until we get learned & things get stabilized.

4 Once again, I'd like to ask you for those War Bonds that are in my name. The original idea for their purchase was to invest in my future. While we have no intention of cashing them in & squandering the loot on bubble-gum, they should be re-invested in line with our future financial plans. Anyway they are of an obsolete [serces?], which pays a smaller rate of interest than current Series E Bonds. If you have already cashed them in somehow, forget that I asked, of course. If not, I would appreciate your signing them in front of the bank's notary & sending them to me by certified mail. I can cash them in at our bank as I did with some

P.S. Could you please send me The MOTT'S address. [written in corner of page]

5 others I had a couple of years ago. I had no trouble in doing it even though I was not 21. Since I had an account there in my maiden name & still have plenty of identification in that name, I don't anticipate any difficulty. It might be more difficult in a couple of years however. If you feel that my name is on some that do not belong to me, please tell me, & I will forward you the money after you send them. It is all part of our concern for Little No-Name's future. Right now setting up any legal pro-