Letter L01 · St. Ann School, Gloucester

Dana Lovell

Written by: Dana Lovell
Name as signed.
Date as written: June 2, 1967
Photographs: 2 pages
Permanent link: fireswepttrail.org/gloucester/l01/

School photo (P01)
Found with this letter, in the spot where the photos were taped. Some photographs became detached over the years, so this isn’t confirmed. If you recognize the face or notice a mismatch, please let me know.

Spelling is kept exactly as written. [possibly: …] means a reading we aren’t sure of. Tap a photo to enlarge it.

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St. Ann School Gloucester, Mass June 2, 1967 Dear Russell, I hope you feel on the sunny side of life. I hear you are in the hospital; Oh well, you can't win them all, I guess. I hope you like jokes because I have millons of them. Here are some. Two convicts were resting under a tree. One said "How did you get the bloodhounds off our trail" the other said "I threw a penney into the river; and they followed the wrong cent (scent)". Why do bald men throw away all their keys? Because they have lost

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all their locks! Your friend, Dana Lovell P.S. Hope you get home soon. I'll write later. Good-bye for now. Sister and I worked on my penmanship, but efforts were fruitless. I hope you could read it. If you can't, well, you have missed a few good jokes.

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