Letter L17 · St. Ann School, Gloucester

Sheila Haskins

Written by: Sheila Haskins
Name as signed.
Date as written: 5/5/67
Photographs: 2 pages
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School photo (P14)
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St Ann School Gloucester, Mass 5/5/67 Hi Ruselle, I hope you are feeling all right. I'll pray for you every day and night. My sisters and I go down town every Saterday and it is a ball. We take out our sisters babyus. There names are Kevin and Kathie. I have two jokes for you. Why did the elephant wear snikers? Because he didn't want to get his feet dirty. And why did the monkey walk the bridge? Because he didn't want to get his feet dirty. Know what? The girls choir went to Canalbie Lake And a girl asked someone [cut off at photo edge]

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she wanted to go on the rollercoster. She didn't know what it was. And by the time it stopped she had noone to go on wit[cut off at photo edge] So she went on by herself. When she got off she said I'll never go on again. Well you think thats bad I passed out!! I'm going to be a teacher or a nun when I grow up. What are you going to be when you get better. Sheila Haskins

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