Letter transcription:
MRS. R. S. YEGERLEHNER
KENTLAND
INDIANA
5-14-43
Dear Daddy – No letters today but hardly expected any – having rec’d 3 yesterday. (Apr 28-29 & 30). Today the boys went to school & got their cards. John grades were A and Mark’s C & B & maybe an A. I told him he would have to work harder next year. Mrs. Zell & girls, J, M, David & I went to Shelton this a.m. After school was out to get meat and take Betty to Miss Smith. The recital is to be the 28th of this month. Two Zell girls take lessons. I ordered another quarter of beef put in our locker. Mrs. B. said they will take ration tickets to cover the weight of beef I get. As it is I am not using our coupons because of the meat we already have. The price meat is in the stores I am glad we have our locker. Meat isn’t the only thing – I paid .75¢ for ½ peck potatoes this week and could only buy ½ pk. Some of the stores were out. The sun is shining today and we are washing. I am going to take David out for a sunning this afternoon – the first time in over a week. He got his second shot yesterday and is just a little touchy today. The first shot didn’t bother him at all. He says da-da all the time, besides a lot of other things we can’t interpret. Mark has changed into play clothes & got out. He can’t stay in on a day like this.
Love – Mother
Yegerlehner home, E. Dunlop Street, Kentland, circa 1943
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Genealogy Lady 
I have vague memories of trips to Sheldon to the locker, but I’m sure there was also a locker she used in Kentland later. This was before the day of large home freezers.
I wonder what kind of lessons Miss Smith gave. Once upon a time I took piano lessons, and had to be in a recital. Hated it. I remember being so nervous my hands were shaking, making it hard to play.
I am not very big on the recital performing myself. My last few violin concerts, were not pleasant, to say the least.