Beginning on November 1, 2024, which is the date of my mother’s first letter from her Hawaii trip 84 years ago, I am serializing day by day, the book,
Cecilia
King’s Extraordinary Senior Trip, which you can obtain from Amazon in either Kindle or paperback.

I hope you enjoy the upcoming nine-months in Hawaii 1940-41. You can order the entire book from Amazon in either paperback or Kindle format,
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Honolulu Thursday, April 3, 1941

Thursday AM

Just got two letters after trailing tardy clipper schedules and working the working the hinges off our little tin mailbox trying to get some mail! I certainly loved hearing about the Natchez trip
– it must have been wonderful – how I would like to see Hope Farm now.

Honestly, Mother, you are so flip about just hopping up to Chicago for a tea! And broadcast!

And what a load your check took off my mind. When I’m out of pennies & see jumps ahead without a buck in the box – it’s a jittery prospect. Speaking of jittery – jitterbug – the grand dancer I
had so much fun with last week – Billy Herron – is getting married today.^[1]
Am I disillusioned! All over the front page of the morning paper — & I had to digest it with breakfast.

I can get you all the white coral you want – It’s common as earth over here – had never thought of using it as flower holders – very good idea. That is, as much as I can get in my luggage – am
afraid a big overflow will occur when I start packing. I’m sorry I rushed things up so about coming home – because I think I’ll stay on till mid summer anyway – with all your talk about crab Beebe, these delightful days we’re having here – and I am as gloriously
happy – why run home when I can’t come back? For a while there was such a tension here with Uncle Ed’s pressing worries and A. Susan & I had a nice long chat & got re-understood. So everybody’s happy.

And what do you mean about China or the Philippines –

***************missing pages ***************

… at the point of a 22, — He also captured huge front page headlines in the AM Honolulu papers. —- Worley & Pete Geuther (new F Lt. at Schofield) asking for dates for Wheeler Field Sat night
party —my impacted wisdom tooth that is driving me NUTS – and has swelled my cheek & jaw out double size making half my head disabled –the velly attractive Lt. John Brightman from Boston that I would like velly much to go out with — all the compliments
I’ve had on the red & white taffeta dress I got three  Christmas’s ago.

And the aspirin I am going to take, & take my tooth to bed — I’ll take wisdom somewhere besides in the jaw next time  — if my advice is asked.

Guess I’d better quick post this before the postman passes – so It’ll catch the Friday boat.

Hope maybe your outlook to the Pacific coast might change by July or thereabouts.

Wish I could send you the beautiful last two days we’ve had here – they’ve been heavenly! Will you ask Carol to “drop” me a line some of these days?

I hear the postman’s putt putt so it’s quickly, La La –

Lots of Love

Cecilia

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