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707 West Springfield
Urbana, Illinois
November 20, 1957

Dear folks,

Thanks for all the enclosures. I trust you want the one from Doris back.

By the time we hear from you again we may be returning from Chicago. We plan to set out Wednesday right after my 9:00 class. Dinner will be with all the folks - the Mrayes, Jim & wife, & probably others.. at Marguerite's. I will make a lemon pie to bring, and also carry the makings of a pizza pie for some evening. That first one was fine, altho' I thought I would never get the dough (yeast, flour) to become a ball; as a matter of fact I couldn't get my hands apart for about ten minutes. 

We filled up our aquarium with pond inhabitants.. small sunfish, snails, water insects, and green globular algae. Within three hours all the fish were dead. I can't understand it. Also got a small house plant at the grocery.. called a pothas. Can't find it in the dictionary so can't pronounce it. Does your dictionary tell how?

You should get Dad some of those fine dacron pants. You remember, Jack has a