Letter L09 · St. Ann School, Gloucester

Donna Burnham

Written by: Donna Burnham
Name as signed.
Date as written: June 2, 1967
Photographs: 2 pages
Permanent link: fireswepttrail.org/gloucester/l09/

School photo (P05)
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 Russ, How are you feeling? We're praying for you so that you will come home soon. I'll try to cheer you up as much as I can. I'm going to ask my mother if I may go down the Y.M.C.A. [possibly: hox] and learn how to swim. I don't think that I'll learn very fast, because the highest I ever went in the water was up to my knees. I'm awful fat so you'd better pray that I don't break the pool. A couple of weeks ago I went to Canobie Lake in New Hampshire. I went on the Roller Coaster and didn't even know what it was.

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Everytime I went down the hill it felt like I was falling off the seat. I'll never go on that again! I'll try to remember you in all of my prayers, and I hope that I brought joy into your heart. Yours truly, Donna Burnham

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