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April 16,1944
Dear Tommyi
-rite us whenver you
Sincerely,
Rupert N. Richardson
Acting President
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Think we can make it.
(Abilene, ®exas
there,
Mr, T.11. Carswell
Sierra Blanca, Texas
some night and steal your frigidaire. It would be easy.
The back screen is not locked and it wouldn.t help to
lock it;for a crook could slit the screen with a pocket
knife. ■'•e shall keep an eyfc on the place. 1 don, t suppose
there is great danger of anything's being stolen,but such
things have happened,
We got outpour car.
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and did nothing more than drive it to town,get, the casings
and battery checked,
were still full enough nf or use.
starting it,however.
, Since it was almost full of gas,we
tempted to take a .joy ride but we resisted that urge
The battery ..was up and the casings
, We had sqme trouble in
_________That may have been due to our lack
of acquaintance with its personal traits. Every car is
an individual,you know.
think of anything that should be done.
Things jars moving very well here. The church has started
in the campaign to get $35,000 subscribed|for B.b.U.
is off for a fairly good start. • ------- -T ------
went into your house and found everything
Things seem to have been left in good
you left. The pants were still there, your.shirt was
and so far as we knew and could see everything else was
there that belonged there. I am not advertising it to.
the crooks of Abilene,but the biggest risk you are running
is having a couple of husky thieves drive up in a pick-up
Last Monday we
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condition except that you didn t hang up your pant when.
The pants were still there
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