Dear Sgt Bud,

I sent you the last letter because I have been reading facebook about our fellow students and Marionites none of whom I knew. It seems that Marion was a lot bigger than I thought. There was a lot going on in that town that I did not have a clue. Many seemed to have a direct path to education and work. There were whole sub groups of people who were railroad people, Telephone Co. people, business people ,small and large. It seems that undertakers do well in Marion.

There were Tecumseh, Whirlpool, Shovel people. West end people. People who belonged to Demole , Northern Star, and Masons . Tons of people played baseball. and many others bowled.  

And I wanted to be a Cowboy!

Sincerely

Sgt Steve