Letter to Dorothea Wolf · DBC Archive

Title: Letter to Dorothea Wolf
Description: Dorothea Wolf had her gall bladder removed, major abdominal surgery in those times, while in Venezuela. Her friend, Maggie, wrote to her while she was in the hosptial.
Creator: Maggie Ross
Date: 2/1/1953 0:00
Medium: two pages in airmail envelope
Type: letters (correspondence)
Location: Venezuela, Maracaibo;Venezuela, Caracas
Identifier: dbc_letter_003
extracted text: CREOLE PETROLEUM CORPORATION

Mrs. Dorothy Wolf
Hospital Coromoto
Maracaibo

Friday P.M.

Dear Dot,

We had our dance session at Elsie's last
night & Penny told me that today was
The Day --! Wish we had news of you
now -- But guess we'll have to wait until
Sun. -- she said Ivan would be back
then.
Today was suppose to be a special day
for me to. Lanny was due to arrive at
noon. I pulled myself out of the heavenly
bed at the crack of dawn (so it seemed)
in order to have everything in good shape
& his favorite lunch prepared. In fact,
we've been in high gear for days -- the
yard had been manicured within an
inch of its' life, car washed and polished,
the parrots quarters cleaned & sweet-smelling
& even the baby's nails cleaned and cut (a
thing that's so difficult to remember to do
when she's asleep) & etc....so that we
could sit for days and do the yaking we've
stored up these past months without the
tiresome little household chores hanging over
our heads. A little while before shower-
time I was given the message that

2/
he would arrive tomorrow -- and now I
don't believe even that. The date has been
changed so many times. Oh Well, what's
one more day in my tired old life!
I don't know who is doing your "work"
but if the he should be a Dr. Perez please
do give him my very best regards -- or
if you should meet him. Also tell himm we
have this nice store-bought baby girl
now. I spent 4 miserable weeks in that
hospital when the boy was born -- & I
never knew until then that 4 wks. could
be so long & so lonely. So mind the
Doctor & get well soon -- we'll be thinking
of you and looking forward to seeing you
back in camp.
Tell Ivan I wish he'd come by.
Sincerely,
Maggie Ross
[watermark: EATONS'S
CORRASABLE
ONTION SKIN
U.S.A.
XX BERKSHIRE XX ]

Item sets: Correspondence

Media: Letter to Dorothea Wolf from Maggie Ross; Letter to Dorothea Wolf from Maggie Ross

Resource class: Personal Communication Document