August 29, 1445

Dear Father

Yesterday two back issues of the News arrived. They will give me a goodly amount of reading material. As yet the Commencement Issue hasn’t come through. Many of the pictures brought back fond memories. Could be that in due time I will again be viewing these places. I should be able to get along well under the GI bill and make a Masters because of it. Neither of these two gave much in the way of APO’s. Then this place was too men for much good. I fact according to one I was still in Camp Swift. I wish that they would give the outfit number as well on the APO It saves a lot of time.

At last I have seen a white pine. The variety here was a 2-needle bundle. Perhaps you can find out what it is called. I saw one stand of white, big stately affairs. What I saw was not enough to be worth lumbering. I am not at all sure that there was much lumbering done here. Although I have seen a couple of native saw mills. The houses are mostly stone with very little timber other than roofs. The Lutenlug Evening Post carried quite an article in May. Since then I have seen enough myself to supplement my other ideas a great deal.

Before I have spoken of the slipperyness of the roads. Yesterday we had to go after pulley belts for the icebox. The only peace that might have such an item was the many on the other side of the place On the journey we saw 4 big tumbles off the road One place we left a little point on the bank. Today we almost made star-Survival. (I am not sure about his in act rank). Mud and rain hampers no man. You know such a pile up would have him quite a piece of business. I am not usually looking forward to winter snow. Although a cold winter might get me in shape for future New England winters.

John