Letter transcription:
MRS. R. S. YEGERLEHNER
KENTLAND
INDIANA
4-5-43
Dear Daddy – Monday and home again. We stopped in Brazil on the way home to see Dave & Marie. It was a grand day – we were home about 6:30. We can’t drive so fast now so can’t make it in 2 hrs. Ruth & Romaine stayed here last night then took a bus into Chi [Chicago] this a.m. Romaine wanted to shop in the Loop today. They can get a train out of Chi this evening. We had a very nice visit but no family dinner. Faye having just come home from the hospital and then Fri Ralph had a back injury and was unable to be up so we just visited with everyone and dispensed with the usual dinner. Ruth & Floyd were down for the week-end and they were with us for Sunday dinner, but none of the rest. We went into Town. Sat and saw several people. Everyone was anxious to see David and he had a nap just before we started out and was at his best. He stood the trip fine and seems none the worse for the long ride today. So far John hasn’t taken measles so will hope he won’t. Was afraid he would take them before we could go to C.C. or while there. Mr. Zell told us when we came home we missed a show – a troop of colored soldiers camped Sat. nite in the pasture across the road – I said I was glad I was away but I know Mark would have enjoyed seeing them. It is very sunny today but windy. Mother is going to visit in T. H. a while then come back to stay. We got to see Dolores while home. She goes back Thurs this week. No mail from you today.
Love – Mother
2 letters came Fri.
Yegerlehner home, E. Dunlop Street, Kentland, circa 1943
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Genealogy Lady 
Well, of course: “Everyone was anxious to see David and he had a nap just before we started out and was at his best.”
This made me wince: “we missed a show – a troop of colored soldiers camped Sat. nite in the pasture across the road – I said I was glad I was away but I know Mark would have enjoyed seeing them.” But by the time I was in my teenage years, mother and father were pretty vigorous in their support of civil rights.
There could have been plenty of reasons why she was glad she missed it, like maybe they would have been loud and boisterous. People don’t usually flip flop from one ideology to another too much. I’m trying to be positive about it!