{"id":1830,"date":"2018-04-09T16:21:48","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T16:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/?page_id=1830"},"modified":"2018-11-29T18:31:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T00:31:48","slug":"february-11-1941-greenville-illinois","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/letters\/greenville-illinois-1941\/february-11-1941-greenville-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"February 11, 1941, Greenville, Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><div class='dropshadowboxes-container ' style='width:auto;'>\r\n                            <div class='dropshadowboxes-drop-shadow dropshadowboxes-rounded-corners dropshadowboxes-inside-and-outside-shadow dropshadowboxes-lifted-both dropshadowboxes-effect-default' style=' border: 1px solid #dddddd; height:; background-color:#edf2f9;    '>\r\n                            Tom is still feeling threatened by Jim Cearnal, his romantic competitor for Zoe&#8217;s affections. She apparently has reassured him, but he remains on his guard.\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div><\/em>1:15 Mon. afternoon<\/p>\n<p>Dearest,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1831\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1831\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/February-11-1941-Greenville-Illinois-Page-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1831\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/February-11-1941-Greenville-Illinois-Page-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"February 11, 1941, Greenville, Illinois, Page 1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">February 11, 1941, Greenville, Illinois, Page 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I have a harder time staying awake in this assembly than any other one so if I go to sleep I&#8217;ll finish this the 7th hr. I hope you will pardon the paper.<\/p>\n<p>I wish you had told me about <a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/people\/james-e-cearnal\/\">Jim<\/a> when you were home it would have been a little better than getting it second hand. He must have considered that coking (sp) party a pretty heavy date to have it bounce back in Greenville like it did. I&#8217;ll forget about it but just remember that promise.<\/p>\n<p>This Fri. night they are having a Sadie Hawkins<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_1830_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1830_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_1830_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1830_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_1830_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1830_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Wikipedia:\u00a0Sadie Hawkins Day\u00a0is an\u00a0American\u00a0folk event and pseudo-holiday originated by\u00a0Al Capp&#8216;s classic\u00a0hillbilly\u00a0comic strip\u00a0Li&#8217;l Abner\u00a0(1934\u20131978). This inspired&nbsp;&#x2026; <span class=\"footnote_tooltip_continue\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_1830_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1830_1_1');\">Continue reading<\/span><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1830_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1830_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> party here at school but <a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/people\/boyd-mccracken\/\">Boyd<\/a> and I have a bargain that we will both go stag.<\/p>\n<p>Have you got a letter from <a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/people\/robert-m-blizzard-md\/\">Bob<\/a> or Bill R. yet they both said they were going to write you. Bill was going to write as soon as Bob told him about what Mrs. Wise told him. I explained things this morning &#8211; they wouldn&#8217;t tell me if they had already wrote.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1832\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1832\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/February-11-1941-Greenville-Illinois-Page-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1832\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/February-11-1941-Greenville-Illinois-Page-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"February 11, 1941, Greenville, Illinois, Page 2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">February 11, 1941, Greenville, Illinois, Page 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>7:30 night.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry I didn&#8217;t get to finish this the 7th hr. but I had to finish a Physic experiment.<\/p>\n<p>Bob stayed all night with me last night I have more trouble keeping him on his side than anybody I know of I am wore out more in the morning than when I go to bed.<\/p>\n<p>The folks went to St. Louis yesterday afternoon and 7 of us had a stag party up here yesterday afternoon and night my net income was 25\u00a2 it was all from Bob he lost about $1.50 he&#8217;ll never learn.l<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m getting tired of fighting with you so how about a peace treaty?<\/p>\n<p>Stay away from Jim.<\/p>\n<p>With love, Tom<\/p>\n<p>P.S. If you see Jim you can still tell him I said he was either a lair or else he hasn&#8217;t learned to keep his mouth shut.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1833\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1833\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/February-11-1941-Greenville-Illinois.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1833 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/February-11-1941-Greenville-Illinois-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"February 11, 1941, Greenville, Illinois\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/February-11-1941-Greenville-Illinois-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/February-11-1941-Greenville-Illinois.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">February 11, 1941, Greenville, Illinois<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_1830_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_1830_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_1830_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_1830_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">References<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_1830_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_1830_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_1830_1_1');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Wikipedia:\u00a0<b>Sadie Hawkins Day<\/b>\u00a0is an\u00a0<a title=\"United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American<\/a>\u00a0folk event and pseudo-holiday originated by\u00a0<a title=\"Al Capp\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al_Capp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Al Capp<\/a>&#8216;s classic\u00a0<a title=\"Hillbilly\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillbilly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hillbilly<\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Comic strip\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comic_strip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comic strip<\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Li&#039;l Abner\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Li%27l_Abner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Li&#8217;l Abner<\/a>\u00a0(1934\u20131978). 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