{"id":236,"date":"2017-08-20T23:35:59","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T23:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/?page_id=236"},"modified":"2018-10-14T16:04:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-14T16:04:53","slug":"14-april-26-1943-tempe-arizona","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/letters\/chapter-6-air-corps-cadet-program-march-to-june-1943-tempe-arizona\/14-april-26-1943-tempe-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"April 26, 1943, Tempe, Arizona, Easter Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<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                            Easter Sunday. Describes church. <a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/people\/zoe-foran-cartmell-ellis\/\">Zoe Foran<\/a> may be coming to visit.\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p>Easter Morning<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/April-26-1943-Page-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-239 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/April-26-1943-Page-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"April 26, 1943 Page 1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">April 26, 1943 Page 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dear Folks,<\/p>\n<p>This Sun. morning even though it is Easter doesn&#8217;t seem much different than any other Sun. morning. We got up at 6:00 A.M. cleaned our rooms and now waiting to go to church. We decided to go to the Baptist. Last Sun. we went to the Mormon it was really very interesting. They spent about 3\/4 of the time singing and the rest of the time was spent by different people getting up and making little 3 min. speeches.<\/p>\n<p>I received your Easter letter and dollar and believe me next weekend on our pass, when I spend it, I will think of you all. I wish I were there to help you fix the eggs this morning. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_236_1('footnote_plugin_reference_236_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_236_1('footnote_plugin_reference_236_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_236_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_236_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Fixing the eggs means cooking hard-boiled eggs, coloring the shells with pastel colors, and hiding them in the house or back yard for the children to find during the Easter egg hunt.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_236_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_236_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>This will be the first year I have missed not fixing any.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_240\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-240\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/April-26-1943-Page-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-240 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/April-26-1943-Page-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"April 26, 1943 Page 2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">April 26, 1943 Page 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last year when <a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/people\/steve-hempelman\/\">Steve<\/a> and I went home I didn&#8217;t think I would be here a year later. Maybe next year I can hide some eggs for Snookie to find. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_236_1('footnote_plugin_reference_236_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_236_1('footnote_plugin_reference_236_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_236_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_236_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">I don&#8217;t know who Snookie is.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_236_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_236_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>I remember how much I use to like to do that and I don&#8217;t think I will ever forget the time we found some in the dog box.<\/p>\n<p>It sounds like you are really getting the apartment fixed up. How did the wall paper cleaning go?<\/p>\n<p>I am glad you received the ration book and that you could get some benefit from it. I had forgot I had it till I was cleaning out my bill fold and found it.<\/p>\n<p>Stan your talking about golf made me think of our games together. I guess you haven&#8217;t been able to play yet. I keep forgetting about the difference in climate. I wish you were here to run with me on some of these jobs. Yesterday afternoon we had to run 3 miles. I thought I never would make it.<\/p>\n<p>(I will have to finish this after church.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_241\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-241\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/April-26-1943-Page-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-241 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/April-26-1943-Page-3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"April 26, 1943 Page 3\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">April 26, 1943 Page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(1:00 P.M.)<\/p>\n<p>Had a pretty good dinner and we were the only ones there so we had plenty to eat.<\/p>\n<p>We finished our medical aid course this weekend and start Physics Mon. If it isn&#8217;t harder than the rest there won&#8217;t be much to it. The hardest part of any course so far is picking out the different parts of speech from a sentence. I guess I should have learned that part back in 7th grade.<\/p>\n<p>I got a letter from <a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/people\/zoe-foran-cartmell-ellis\/\">Zoe<\/a> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_236_1('footnote_plugin_reference_236_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_236_1('footnote_plugin_reference_236_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_236_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_236_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Zoe Foran, a friend from Greenville, who was attending the University of Illinois, majoring in Bacteriology (BS degree) More about Zoe later.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_236_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_236_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>\u00a0the other day and she might come out here when school is over and before she goes to summer school. I personally doubt if she does but it is at least something to look forward to. I don&#8217;t think we will get any leaves at all until we complete all our training or else wash out along the line somewhere.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-242\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/April-26-1943-Page-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-242 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/April-26-1943-Page-4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"April 26, 1943 Page 4\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">April 26, 1943 Page 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I wish they would hurry up and send us to <a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/letters\/primary-flight-training-1943\/\">pre-flight<\/a>. I believe all of us will take pre-flight at <a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/places\/santa-ana-army-air-base\/\">Santa Anna<\/a> from here. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_236_1('footnote_plugin_reference_236_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_236_1('footnote_plugin_reference_236_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_236_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_236_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Santa Ana Army Air Base was established in 1942 in Orange County, California for pre-flight training of pilots.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_236_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_236_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>We have parade at 3:00 this afternoon and believe me it is plenty hot outside. I am going to take about 2 salt pills and sleep till then. I don&#8217;t know what we would do without the salt tablets. The first one I took made me sick at my stomach but they haven&#8217;t bothered me since then.<\/p>\n<p>Hope you had a swell Easter.<\/p>\n<p>Love, Tom<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_243\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-243\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/April-26-1943-Tempe-Arizona.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-243 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/April-26-1943-Tempe-Arizona-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"April 26, 1943, Tempe, Arizona\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/April-26-1943-Tempe-Arizona-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/April-26-1943-Tempe-Arizona.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">April 26, 1943, Tempe, Arizona<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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_236_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_236_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_236_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_236_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_236_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_236_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_236_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\">Fixing the eggs means cooking hard-boiled eggs, coloring the shells with pastel colors, and hiding them in the house or back yard for the children to find during the Easter egg hunt.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_236_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_236_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_236_1_2');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">I don&#8217;t know who Snookie is.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_236_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_236_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_236_1_3');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>3<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Zoe Foran, a friend from Greenville, who was attending the University of Illinois, majoring in Bacteriology (BS degree) More about Zoe later.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_236_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_236_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_236_1_4');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>4<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Santa Ana Army Air Base was established in 1942 in Orange County, California for pre-flight training of pilots.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function footnote_expand_reference_container_236_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_236_1').show(); 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We got up at 6:00 A.M. cleaned our rooms and now waiting to go to church. We decided to go to the Baptist. 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