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DEAR L]AD,

27 JULY L94/.

FRO\{ THE SHA 1KLES OF I,IARRIED IF SHE ONLY NE",! THE TROUBLE !,JF. HAD GETTING OUF] ]]INI',IERS 4ITHOUT HER LAST YIAR ,iHILE I,',]U AN]] KEPT UP THE HOlv|E.:R0NT i'iHlLE 'JAlTEi) F-0R t'iY NirVY N0TICE.

l^lELL. -'0!'l D0ES lT FEEL I0 BE IHE 0NLY CNE AT H)i\1E UIHILE THE REST'3F THE CLAN GET A T'rv'J *EEKS HEAD STAFiT CN Y0UR'VACATI0N? I\'OTHER ALIIAYS VISIONED YOU AS HAVINO ONE I.IECK OF A GOOD TIME JUST PAINTING THE TOWN RED."DOING EVERYTIIIJG UP IN THE BEST ' FASI1IONS. YOU KI.JOI'I. THE IIEI] PECKED HUSBAND FIIiAI-LY CUT LOOSE

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DOUG FEURGOSON iYAS RIGHT. THE FERY LAST 3IJE AND NOT MUBH CHANCE 0F CHANGE EITHER. DID YOU SEE gURPRISED T0 HEAR 0F GLENN GRoSSMANS IIARR*AGE 1-U4S ,r0DY SfEivlij T,,t Df ui-TT l irG r, l TCHE ,.0rdJtDAy.j.

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MOTHER II,ROTE AND SAID THAT RAPPH SANGER 18 IN THE BAND NC1I ON HIS SHIP. HAVE BEEN PLAYING FAIRLY REGULARLY WITH THE BAN, ON BOARD THE PRAIRIE BUT Ai,l STILL STRIKING FOR RADIO. IF EVER A HALF ilE;ENT CHANCE SHOULD PRESEiTiI ITSELF FOR ilE T0 GET |NTO THE BAND \i]OI'IT HESITATE Ir SEOI]I'J , TO TRY MY J)AFiNDEST .i\ ] GET RADIO IS I.I ICE AND AI'1OhJG THE FINEST OF NAVY CANEERS BUT !!HEI'J A FELLOI/ IS I.4USICALLY INCLINED AND CANIT SEEM TO gE Hnppy UIILESS llE D0ES THE TH lirG HE SPENT YEARS LEARN ING T0 irO TI-IEFE lS N0 USE TI''YING Tl F0RCE S0i\4E 0THER C0URSE UP0N SANGER i'tAS AL..IIAYS PLAYING THE DPUIIS ANJ] H.. iY/TSNIT SAIISFIED UNLESS I1E,tAS THUIIPING THE SKIN'S- THE SAiiiE H0LllS TRUE lllTH riE- LEAI)NEIJ TRUI,'IPIT AND TIIAT IS IilHAT |.VCULD LIKE TO )0.

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I SAIV IIE ilAY LAST PARA"IUNT l,lADE THE .'iHILE I Ii/AS INN-AVY T-IAI,IP. t': IGHT. GOT "0VlE TFI/rT GLIiIPSE OF ME BOO I INI.Y A FLIITING BUT IIY COMPANY HAD A PRETTY GOOD REP:iESENTATICN IN THE iiEST OT-IT F ILM. ALL DUtiI NG THE 3OX I ilc I4AT,JHES AND i,lANCH I NG SEENES Y ihI,I,,ANY R[C#T UP III FROIIT. I REI/|EMBER IIOw DISCUSTED iiE IIERE THAT
RECmP;-r 0[n- u s i0 e ACTOP.S GOT THE H INT ,,[iD LET US G9. lT CERTAINLY',,./AS GOC') T0 SEE TilE OLD GFIEAT Li'KES lGAli'l AI.J'[) FOR TlE FIRST TIi\,4[ I :EALISED THAT THOSE DAYS II1ERE DAYS TO BE REMI/EII4BERED JUST llKE THESE jIAYS gUT HERE frlL1.. AL'''/AYS B; l,lE:,'rCPlES, S0l.fE ttO0D, r)THERS N0T S0 G0OlJ.
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T0ltL YiU LEAVE FOR 34r4P. YOU SAID Y,lUtlr TAKc

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