Arnold's Story: April 20, 1948

1104 East Chestnut St., Glendale, was about a 10-minute drive from Dolly's parents' home on 501 East Mountain St., Glendale. At present though the two houses are separated by a freeway.

Due to her severe diabetes, Dolly has stopped working at the Department Store and has become a "housewife". Though she does not mention her "husband" Lee in this letter, I assume her "we" here refers to the two of them. Lee is not mentioned anymore after January 31, 1948, in the set of letters I have for this blog, I seem to be missing the letter Bill Nevis wrote about the discovery that Lee was already married in the state of Texas when he married Dolly, and he failed to get a divorce. When she learned that, Dolly moved back to her parents' house, but reconciled with Lee in a few months and moved to Bakersfield with him as he promised to obtain the divorce. When that did not happen, Dolly went to court to get the marriage annulled.

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I find it interesting that the family does not appear to be particularly concerned for Leonard's life in active combat in the Pacific Theater. I can only attribute that to Hazel's supreme confidence in God's plan and the power of prayer. Or, since Leonard wrote more explicitly to his brother about his front-line experiences, he kept the realities of any danger to his life from the rest of the family.

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A letter from Charles Cutler to Arnie, still training in the Army Air Force at Yale University:

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Arnie's mother, Mary Hazel Nevis, writes with news about the family and about what is in bloom in the large garden at their home in Glendale — sitting on a double lot with a veritable grove of citrus trees, plum and apricot trees, and flowers, as Hazel was an avid gardener. 

Laura Nevis in the 1940s

Laura Nevis in the 1940s

Laura Nevis in the 1940s

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