Louis Philip Trutter Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

"Come on down to the breMast shop. Come and have breakfast with us. So we did and 04 the
way back up to our room at about one thirty,.they had funny papers in the
up two or three newspapers and took them along with us and I don't
about six o'clock or so and so we said, "Let's get even with Maggie
we said, "Maggie, we've read all the newspapers and all
She said, "You eat breakfast, I'll be. right down." And if she
come down. (Chuckle) We had breakfast at about seven or
and drove all that night. Pulled in at the Gibbons Hotel, Monday morning, Dqton, where
could stay for five days, but since we almost bought the bar at the hotel befor7 that with o
company, we stayed there for five months.
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Q. What did Kitty do? 1
A. She darned all my sox cause I could put em on from either end. She did
weaving. She said, "When I got it all done, it was silly, why not throw them
some new ones." She'd always darned her fathers so she sat around for
for an apartment and then. . .
Q. They didn't provide one for you?
A. Oh no. Four hundred war indusiries and Oh, my God, I think there were
Q. In Dayton, Ohio?
A. I think there were f ~ty five thousand civilians. See, you had Wright field, atterson Fiey and
the, Oh, the Air Technical Service Command. How could I
a prize for the Air Forces, and that was in another place that you had,
Patterson, and so she went out. ..she had volunteered for the Red
here or the women rolling bandages, and she was in the
international truck around apd so she went out to the Red Cross at
talked to the Director there, "Did he need any volunteer work
give you a job. You're the new assistant field director. So she started just lik that and for
she got a hundred and fifty dollars a month, just like
wasn't making too much, We paid five dollars and a
sheets and pillow cases and towels every day. We cooked a
pot that we had. There was a big market across the
the menus at the hotel which was not often, but
come in and so. ..and they knew us very well
beef sandwich instead of just the roast beef
cents. It was 'about three dollars otherwise. Oh boy.
Q. So when were the twins born? 1