“Dear Devere
“I got my grade card I got 99 in spelling. got B in writing, and in arithmetic 92, and in English A, and in Reading A, and in Social Studies A. On Monday night Miley had a new calf. That makes the six calves. I was gathering walnuts this evening...."
-- Letter from my uncle, Stanley Reeves Brown, Bloomington, Kans., to my father, Winfield, Kans., Thursday, October 16, 1941. Stanley was 8 years old; my father was 16.
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