Letters of Ronald Henry Etherton, November - December 1943- Part 6 of 6

Letter 59 
Monday 27 December "43 
Dear Sweetheart, 
I love you, too . I  
don't think it was a funny way  
to start a letter at all. I think  
it's a grand way. Those three  
words from you are grand  
anywhere and anyhow, provided 
they're always to me. I like all  
your letters but some more than  
others. They are the ones that  
are least materialistic. I don't  
know why, I mean that I do but  
just can't put it in words. I hope  
that some of mine are like that.  
Like what? Well, when yours are  
"like that" I keep them in my  
pocket or under my pillow and  
read them about a dozen times. 
On Saturday night in  
Montrose we went to the show  
and saw " Hello 'Frisco Hello " Yep. 
2. 
At long last, Alice Faye is a far 
better singer than she used to be 
crooner. I'd like to see it again. 
She sang "You'll never know" very 
well .Huh Huh That is the way you 
feel? That is the way I'd like  
you to feel because I miss you 
just as much and some day 
I'll be able to show you that 
I love you every bit as much 
Ron

BY AIR MAIL 
AIR LETTER 
IF ANYTHING IS ENCLOSED 
THIS LETTER WILL BE SENT 
BY ORDINARY MAIL.                         
59 
 
Miss Jean Ayre                     
13007 - 122 St. 
Edmonton 
Alberta  Canada               
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Sender's name and address:- 
Aus 423088 
Sgt. Etherton R.H. 
RAAF Base P.O 
London Eng 

Letter 60 
Wednesday 29 December 
Dear Jean, 
Don't you think I'm silly  
sometimes the way I  write about things  
that happened several days before? I 
don't forget them. I just start to write 
a letter and if they don't fit in I leave 
them until the next or the one after. 
It was on Sunday that I opened your 
parcel but I haven't mentioned it before. 
You said I wasn't to open it until 
 X'mas so I couldn't do so before we  
went to Montrose but I opened your 
Mum's and Pop's. The contents of both 
parcels are sure a sight for sore  
eyes. It's a great temptation to be 
greedy but I'm sure I'd make myself  
sick if I ate much at a time. My 
stomach just isn't used to it. But 
in any case I'd make sure not to 
eat your candy too quickly. Uh Uh. I 
do love you, very much. 
Did I tell you about our 
attempt a chimney sweeping? The  
2. 
fire in our room  had started smoking. 
so Sammy  and I decided to do 
something about it. We made the 
grave mistake of trying to do it 
after we had lit the fire, not 
realising what difficulties we were to 
experience. The roof is very awkward 
to get up onto - impossible for 
clumsy me, I discovered. Sammy 
managed but boobed badly by 
getting the stick we were using 
stuck in the chimney pipe. 
Fortunately we discovered that the  
top section was separate and so 
succeeded in getting it out. The 
rest of the job was accomplished 
without incident, and fairly 
successfully except for the fact 
that the soot we cleaned out was 
now deposited equally over everything 
in the room. What fun ! But the 
fire doesn't smaoke any more 
and we hope to get rid of the 

3. 
soot eventually. 
Please excuse my ill disguised  
haste. We were up at 5:30 am 
today, did a long trip - no oxygen 
again - and are scheduled for  
the same tomorrow. So - It's  
off to bed now 
Goodnight and 
All my love 
Ron 
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IR LETTER 
IF ANYTHING IS ENCLOSED 
THIS LETTER WILL BE SENT 
BY ORDINARY MAIL. 
60      

Miss Jean Ayre 
13007 - 122 St. 
Edmonton 
Alberta  Canada 
  
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Sender's name and address:- 
Aus 423088 
Sgt. Etherton R. H. 
RAAF Base P.O. 
London Eng.

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General Manager of Communications Montreal

RNA140 21 GLT MAR XCI 
SANSORIGINE  21      1943 DEC 29 PM 3.00 
  
JEAN AYRE    323 
13007  122 ST EDMONTON ALTA CDA 
BEST WISHES CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR TO MY SWEETHEART AND FAMILY  
RON ETHERTON 
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