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May 10, 1932 (Letter)

Tuesday PM.

My dear Sweetheart,

I wired you that Mrs. Laake passed away at 4 AM today and that the funeral would take place tomorrow at 10 AM. The message came from the Cushings. I wired a floral spray from here – through the florist here. I am writing Mr. Laake asking him to return to Charleston with us. I imagine that Bishopp will write him about it too.

May 10, 1932 (Letter)

May 10, 1932 (Letter)

Mr. Hall is out with Dr. Hinman this evening. They went down below N.O. on a collecting trip.

The exhibits look fine and everything seems to be going OK. Dr. Shelmire came yesterday and I am to see him tonight. Tomorrow Dyer has a paper on typhus and both Kemp and Shelmire are to discuss it. Saw Dyer today, also Dr. Morsund (Dean of Baylor), Waters (artist of Baylor), Kemp, Dr. Hanson of Fla. State Board, Dr. Bassett, Health Officer of Savannah, and a lot of others whom I know. Mr. Hall seems to be enjoying it all.

The exhibits come down Friday noon. I told Mr. Laake we would come by Dallas if he cared to come but I think he would come to N.O.

I am enclosing a note rec’d from Revah.

I love you, Honey, & you too Buddy.

Your
Walter

May 10, 1932 (Telegrams)

Apparently Mrs. Laake held on a bit longer than the doctor’s “matter of hours” forecast, but nonetheless succumbed.

May 10, 1932 (Telegrams)

May 10, 1932 (Telegrams)

DR W E DOVE
CARE JUNG HOTELMRS LAAKE PASSED AWAY FOUR OCLOCK THIS MORNING FUNERAL WEDNESDAY TEN AM
=CUSHING

MRS W E DOVE
PHONE 4763 XM RIVERLAND CHARLESTON SOCARMRS LAAKE PASSED AWAY FOUR THIS MORNING FUNERAL WEDNESDAY TEN AM STOP AM SENDING FLOWERS FROM HERE
=WALTER

May 8, 1932

Walter’s brother Revah is apparently repairing a well on the family property in Roxie, MS. Walter will be heading there to help him shortly.

Roxie Miss.

Sat. May 8 2 P.M.

Dear Walter:

Your letter received yesterday.

Today at noon we stopped till Monday. One sec. of curbing was gotten out yesterday and we are ready to pull the last one Monday.

May 8, 1932

May 8, 1932

Pump and engine are working fine. It takes about 3 hrs to pump well dry.

Our chain block was fixed yesterday after breaking a link on last section.

It will take a few more days before well will be ready to put in curbing.

Keep me posted as to your whereabouts. I wire you just when to get here.

Revah

Let me know how long you be in N.O.

May 6-7, 1932

Walter is traveling to New Orleans again.

Friday 4:15 PM.

This is Marianna [Florida]. We came here a few min. ago. Spent last night at Burbridge in Jax. We are feeling just fine and we may go to Mobile tonight. It would be about 10 o’clock by the time we reached there.

The trip is going OK. No car trouble & very little traffic.

Will write next from N.O.

Walter.

May 6-7, 1932

May 6-7, 1932

Saturday 9:30 AM

We finished breakfast at Morrisons a few min. ago and Mr. Hall is now addressing hte package of drawings to FCB. We got here about 12 last night & he worked the drawings until about 3 this AM. We feel fine and should get to NO before dark. We stopped at the Camp on the Bay.

W.E.D.

April 22, 1932

“Postal Telegraph – The International System”

DALLAS TEX 22 437P

DR W E DOVE
RIVERLAND TERRACE R F D NO 1 CHARLESTON SCAR

DOCTOR GIVEN MRS LAAKE UP BRAIN TUMOR MATTER OF HOURS

CUSHING

Stamp: “Phoned Mr. Dove 6:05″

April 22, 1932

April 22, 1932

January 15, 1932

Jan 15, 1932
Friday Night.

My dear Sweetheart,

Yesterday and today I have been visiting. I visited with Dr. White yesterday morning and last night he and I ate at the Allies. Spent yesterday PM and this AM & PM with Bish and the people we called on. We called on Dr. Marlatt and I had a chance to tell him of our work at Chas. He had been reading my reports. His questions showed it. Says he is going to drive south this spring and promised to stop at Chas a while. He asked about the gardens.

January 15, 1932

January 15, 1932

Did not get a promise of a truck sprayer but they are trying to locate one for me. Bish and I called on the Plant Quarantine Administration regarding it. Think I’ll see Rohiver tomorrow morning. I think he can be of more help to me than anyone else. Bish visits but does not say yes or no. He is afraid to tell anyone anything for sure, except that we can’t do anything. I am mighty glad that I am not located up here. There seems to be no chance of getting Gilbert in up here and so far I have had no encouragement for another appointment for Frank. I am afraid that we cannot keep him after March 4th. I am trying to get the truck sprayer and this should be a strong argument for Frank’s reappointment.

I hope that everything is going well with you and Buddy. If it is as warm there as it is here, you do not need to have a furnace fire. I’ll have to be here Monday and possibly longer. You can bet that I’ll come home as soon as I feel that I have accomplished all that I can here.

Everyone asks of you and Buddy. Saw Dr. Roark this AM. Will try to call while I am here & see Mrs. Roark.

I love you Honey.

Your
Walter

January 14, 1932

Stationery from the Hotel Houston, 910 E Street NW, Washington, DC; “All rooms with shower bath – A room and a bath for two and a half.”

My dear Sweetheart,

Had a good rest and arrived on time, about 6:40 A.M. The train was not crowded but the Washington car was filled. I had a berth in a NY City car and this one did not stay here. Had to get up a little earlier than I would have in a Wash. car.

January 14, 1932

January 14, 1932

It is very foggy here this A.M. It was difficult to see the buildings from a street car on Penn. Ave. Had breakfast on the Ave. & then came here. This is the hotel Mr. Reid suggested. It has a Charleston atmosphere, dirty bath room and dim lights. But it doesn’t cost $4.00 like the Harrington, only $2.50. The shower bath looks like it might work.

I hope you had a good rest and that Buddy is not too much trouble. Honey, I don’t like for you to lift him. I believe the little step ladder stool in the kitchen, would be about right for his bed. I think it would be a good idea to try and let him climb into his bed. Also when he gets up, let him use it to climb down.

I’ll try to get through here as soon as possible. I have no idea just when this will be. I may get home Sunday A.M. but don’t be disappointed if I don’t get back that soon.

I love you Honey, and you too Buddy.

Your
Walter.

December 29, 1931

Tuesday 6PM.

My dear Sweetheart,

I have just returned from the meeting where I made the typhus talk. It went off just fine. I didn’t feel stage fright, very much. Dyer thought it was fine and his discussion was very good. He was cordial and his feeling was apparently OK. He left at 5PM just after our talk. He invited me to visit them in Washington. Your old man used a little soothing cordial for the U.S. Public Health Service and it worked wonderfully well. Stoll told me that he admired the way I stood up there on my hind legs and talked every word of it. He sent regards to you from the family. Also, Otto, Dr. Cort, Brown and a lot I don’t recall just now.

December 29, 1931

December 29, 1931

Mr. Hall’s paper went off just fine. Hall came this A.M. We are going to hear Bishopp’s annual address tonight. Cort came down after he had thought that he wouldn’t come, so his dinner was postponed until next winter meeting at Atlantic City.

With love,

Your
Walter.

December 28, 1931

Stationery from the Jung Hotel – “Absolutely Fireproof *; New Orleans’ Most Modern Hotel.”

Monday Night

My dear Sweetheart,

We got here about 10:15 last night and by 10:30 we were in the auditorium. We put up tables and exhibit board so that we could hold the space until about 2 AM. It was a good thing that we did. We got an excellent location and today we were able to hold it despite the fact that there were a number of kicks. We got the approval of the Chairman last night and we were able to hold the space.

December 28, 1931

December 28, 1931

We had to help Bish with the other Bureau exhibits and this with our own required all day. So far only Mr. [illegible] is here from the other [illegible] our division. Bish thinks that Parman is not coming. We expect Mr. Hull tomorrow A.M.

Tomorrow is a busy day. Hall’s paper in the AM & my typhus paper in the afternoon.

Have been meeting a lot of folks. Both of us are enjoying the meeting.

With love
Walter.

* The fire damage on the edge of the letter appears to have been a later accident, not something that happened in the “absolutely fireproof” hotel. The next couple of letters have the same type of damage.