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Book 1 – Letter 54 Received December 1, 1942 from Josephine
Another letter from Josephine. Interesting discussion about aircraft and her love for planes. She even mentions that she has joined the Junior air reserve.
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Book 1 – Letter 43 Received September 26, 1942 from Lenore
A cleverly done piece of correspondence comes from Lenore in the form of a telegram. It looks like she typed her note, cut it apart and glued it to a standard telegram form. A lot more work than a real telegram or letter.
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Book 1 – Letter 34 Received August 17, 1942 from Lenore
The next letter is from Lenore. It’s clever but a little hard to read. In summary she talks of seeing the actress Alice Faye and trying to get her autograph. She is going to the movies to see “Yankee Doodle Dandy” and the cost will be $1.10 for adults and 40 cents for children. 
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Book 1 – Letter 13 Received April 29, 1942 from Lenore
Another letter arrives from Lenore. She mentions seeing Gone with the Wind 3 times! It was originally released in December 1939 and re-released March 1942.
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Book 1 – Letter 12 Received April 22, 1942 from Miriam
Perhaps Patricia and Miriam would have met at the music trials in Ada but the previous letter arrived just a bit too late. The Dr. Altmaier that she mentions married her cousin. Research from the internet reveals that he practiced medicine in Marion and passed away in 1986 where he is buried.
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Book 1 – Letter 11 Received April 20, 1942 from Lois Jean
Interesting perspective that her church was 7 miles away and this was a challenge to attend Luther League.
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Book 1 – Letter 10 Received April 20, 1942 from Mary Wilder
Mary is a new pal that lives on a 900 acre wheat farm in Kahlotus, WA. Currently the population is less than 200 and the town is listed at about 300 acres.
There are 2 letters that arrived on the 20th so I will post the other one tomorrow. Stay tuned!
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Book 1 – Letter 4 Received March 28, 1942 from Pidugu Mary
The next letter arrives from a girl in India via the Rev. J.H. Schneider in Columbus, Ohio. I think the church in Dola, Ohio where my Aunt belonged probably sponsored a family or a child in India. She writes about her family, learning bible lessons and about her village having 6 christian houses. Interesting that she signs “Your most obedient child”.
The origin of the letter from P. Mary is Chittoor District, Madras Presidency, British India
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Book 1 – Letter 3 Received March 18, 1942 from “LR”
The 3rd letter is from a friend in Iowa. This is still early in the process and as you can see she gets more names to correspond with. In current terms this would be known as “networking”. I also find it interesting that this is a girl who really wanted to be in school but due to family obligations she needed to stay at home and work.
