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TO:

NAME Dr. Miriam Van Waters,

STREET & NUMBER Box 99,

CITY Framingham, STATE Mass.

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CENSORED
BOX 1112
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JOLIET, ILLINOIS

January 6th 1935

My Dear Friend:

Here I am again, a few more lines to let
you know I am thinking of you. I recieved your Christmas
greetings, in which you said that you had sent me a box of
nuts. I received a notice from the front office, saying
they were returned to Sunny hills, Georgia, or some such
place. It is aginst the rules to send in food, but I thank you
for your good intensions. I recieved many greetings from
my friends, It was nice to hear from them.

I am sitting here trying to think of what to
write, my canary bird just swore at me, he wants out of
his cage and I don't want him flying around my head at this time
so I won't let him out, therefor he is mad at me and has been calling
me some very shocking names in bird language.

You must of had a good rest in Georgia. I suppose
it is nice and warm down there, sure wish I was there. I don't
care for cold weather. I don't go outside very mcuh during these
cold days, it isn't very wise of me, but next spring I will make up
for it.

Everything at home is going along about the same
drab way, Mike hasn't had much work lately, there is usualy a
slack period at this time of each year. I suppose he will get
married when work picks up.

I started on my English, but didn't have enough