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Laura Davis letters to her husband Lloyd Davis, March-December 1941

1941-10-17 Laura Davis to Lloyd Davis Page 4

is in many ways strikingly like our church building in Fort Dodge. The preacher seems down to earth and he did not use fancy language. I believe you would like him better than any of the C.R clergy I have heard.
   I had carburetor trouble in Des Moines but after a garage fellow tinkered a bit I got going again. He recommended I have "the carburetor man" clean it and "they would do right by me". I thought them a gyp outfit intensely departmentalized and made my escape with a 50 cent charge. I stalled in the street near that garage and couldn't start just like it did the night you put in the heater. Then yesterday the accelerator stuck a number of times and I would have to pull it back up by hand. I went to the Chev. Garage here where some of the staff said was as good as any place in Centerville and had that looked at.  The guy charged 35 cents for his services which he said included putting on a "helper spring". If you can't find such an additional hickey [?] when I get home, or if it

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is in many ways strikingly like our church building in Fort Dodge. The preacher seems down to earth and he did not use fancy language. I believe you would like him better than any of the C.R clergy I have heard. I had carburetor trouble in Des Moines but after a garage fellow tinkered a bit I got going again. He recommended I have "the carburetor man" clean it and "they would do right by me". I thought them a gyp outfit intensely departmentalized and made my escape with a 50 cent charge. I stalled in the street near that garage and couldn't start just like it did the night you put in the heater. Then yesterday the accelerator stuck a number of times and I would have to pull it back up by hand. I went to the Chev. Garage here where some of the staff said was as good as any place in Centerville and had that looked at. The guy charged 35 cents for his services which he said included putting on a "helper spring". If you can't find such an additional hickey [?] when I get home, or if it