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10/24/57 Fri.
Thank you for your letters and enclosures. Enclosed is a clipping from Wed.'s financial page. I thought it might interest you to hear of Jack Egan's good fortune.
Jack Shelter was here this morning. He certainly looks good togged out in his black suit. I showed him the wedding proofs and gave him a clipping from the Palo Alto times regarding our wedding, for you. Since the photographer who did our wedding book was a personal friend of Jim's mother, we have the negatives as well as the proofs. I will have a set printed up for you if you would like one. There are 28 of them.
Glad to hear that you are all so well, especially Cookie. Jack told me about her little jump. She really is amazing. We are all well and happy, busy with a thousand projected pro jects, including the thank you notes. I haven't even begun to think of my own neglected correspondence yet. The wedding gifts still dribble in. Could you please supply me with addresses for the Clevelands and the Millers. Both sent luncheon sets. There has been quite a run on those things, and when we get a few more, we will be in great shape to open a pizza parlor. They are all very lovely, of course. The [Gossmans?] sent us a set of knives, all sizes, very nice, the one thing that we did not receive and we didn't realize it until their gift arrived. We have really been wheeling and dealing with our three electric frying pans, two electric mixers, and two pop-corn poppers. We traded one of the poppers with some other newly-weds for a waffleiron, and one of the frying pans for a toaster. One of the mixers is ear-marked for a Christmas present, and we're keeping two of the frying pans since most people who start with one, usually buy another.
Mon.
It was one of those weekends when you don't get anything done but you don't stop moving. We did get the groceries in. We have an awful time plotting where to buy them, & which sale to hit. We're working on a deal to get our meat wholesale. Two other couples who we knew before they on we got married, came over, one in the afternoon, one in the evening, on Sunday, & so whirls the weekend away, to paraphrase the poet.
Tues. Saw [Fr. Ferney?] yesterday. He certainly looks & sounds better since his European vacation. Sunday the church was filled with Freshmen, for whom [?] they have an excellent Western [Civ.?] seminar at [N?] man & I just hope the lecture program this year is good as what they have for freshmen. [Ber?]
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2 up for the weekend & sang a duet with another girl.
Got a birth announcement from Sally & Allyn about their new little girl, & another snapshot from Pat, who is expecting again. Seems like both of them just got married.
Today I was going to make brownies, but deci ded against it, in favor of letter-writing. I should hear any day now, on whether I'm eligible to take the civil service test I applied for. If I am, it will take months to wade through the red tape to actual employment, so with nothing but the right shift in progress. I may take one course at Jan Jose next semester if I find one I like.
Since I've been on night shift, Jim's mother has been cooking & we do the dishes. I'd rather cook than do dishes any day, but her meals taste so much better & we do a little collaborating, since Jim & I buy the groceries.
The Cosmopolitan Opera Co. season will soon be on & I've sent for a list of performances. Chick has really made a study of the subject, & this year I think I'll go to a few with her, & learn something besides Don Giovanni. I've let my record collection lapse in the past few years for lack of a machine, but we've got the components for a beauty, if we can ever get around to assembling & finishing it.
Well, that's about all there is to say, since we don't do much except stay home, work on our projects, pay our bills, & count our money.
Love Marcia
