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Woods Hole
June 24.

Dear Daddy,

We got here last night soon after ten.  We drove about 400 miles yesterday.  We went through West Point and it certainly is a beautiful place.  We got quite a thrill when we saw the cadets in formation.

​The trunk came this afternoon and we unpacked it and I think everything was OK.  We went for a swim this afternoon and the water was cold but I certainly did enjoy it.

Billy + Roger went fishing this afternoon + Billy caught about ten fish but Roger didn't catch any.  I think all of us are going tomorrow morning.

How is Felix.  We have all been wondering if you have been able to tame him any.

Aunt Alma's car is here and I think Aunt Eva is learning to drive it.  Anyway she said I could learn.

The land around the cottage is very wet because the lot next door has been built up so.  But I think Uncle Fred is going to fix it.

They're going to the mail now.

Love,

Margaret

P.S. Have you seen any cars?
P.S.S. I'm sending my library card - in case you need it.
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1.
Dear Daddy,
Originally I thought it interesting that Maggie wrote only to her father, and not to both Will and Kathleen, but then I realized that Kathleen must be in Savannah, helping with her ailing father.

2.
We got here last night soon after ten.  We drove about 400 miles yesterday.
It must have been Fred and Sibyl who drove the four kids up to Woods Hole.  Sibyl had said in her postcard to Kathleen's mother, written from Orlando, Florida: We have had a fine trip so far, plan to arrive at Atlanta next Tuesday evening, the 13th.  Visit for a few days with Will and hope the four children will be able to go with us to Woods Hole.

3.
How is Felix.  We have all been wondering if you have been able to tame him any.
Who is Felix?  A cat?  Possibly named after Felix the Cat in cartoons?  ("Felix the Cat!  The wonderful, wonderful cat!")  Wikipedia says:
Felix the Cat is a cartoon character created in 1919 by Pat Sullivan and Otto Messmer during the silent film era. An anthropomorphic young black cat with white eyes, a black body, and a giant grin, he is often considered one of the most recognized cartoon characters in film history. Felix was the first fully realized animal character in the history of American film animation.

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Aunt Alma's car is here and I think Aunt Eva is learning to drive it.
Eva had already driven - see: The Carpenters have not got the garage finished yet so the car is kept down town until it is finished.  Eva has had a few lessons in driving one and has driven it considerably - about forty miles the day they went to Augusta.  They were gone two days.
So I guess she was just getting used to this car in particular.  I think this may well be the Beagle, which was the car that Eva was driving in the summer of 1936 when Alma had gone to India.  See:
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The land around the cottage is very wet because the lot next door has been built up so.  But I think Uncle Fred is going to fix it.
The Fernbank News in August blamed the water on storms the previous spring.  But Fred did fix the problem - see:
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