Show Elwyn DuShane Tells Of Citizenship Encampment In N. Elwyn one of eleven Ute Indians attending a citizenship camp in New writes his mother and family a letter explaining his experiences thus Last week a letter from Miss Irene one of the Ute Indians of the was Excerpts from Elwyn's letter are printed this Fieldston School New York July 1957 Dearest Mother and Thinking of you all as I'm sitting here in my dormitory listening to the How are you all getting along by I sincerely do hope that you are doing just great with I'm just doing fine with There are many different nationalities We have lots of fun They had a big day today playing swimming and just about everything you can My clothes just stick to my That's how humid it is over here in the biggest city of the United Nearly all of the campers here wear their Walking I I wore mine Sunday and everyone was complimenting and The plane ride out here was a unique We ate on the plane and you could look down and see the land far below and the and farms looked as if they had been painted In It rendered you sort of an uneasy mingled in excitement at the same It took us about seven hours from Salt Lake to We stopped In Chicago for approximately 30 minutes at the airport Then once again were in the air heading our We rode for two hours and twenty minutes before ve finally reached New We were ahead of schedule by thirty The sun was sinking as we flew over the over the over the Hudson River and saw the Statue of It looked so small up from where we I wish that you all could have seen the beautiful million of We were met at La Guardia Airport by the staff of the We introduced ourselves before we were taken to the There we were met by the entire staff as well as the other We ate and then we went to By now we are nearly acquainted with It seems to me that the days are really going The people here arc very and I really do mean These people here know I'm a boxing also a How they found out I'll never Francis McKInley wrote them about We went downtown in the evening by bus to the sub- By I mean Jo Anne Madeline Ruben Charles and of That subway ride we'll never forget I'm We got off at the wrong place and almost got we did get lost for a but we finally got on the right track We the subway to the middle of New We saw Times Square and all the millions of beautiful lights of the We also saw the theaters and to get tickets cost and on As you know the Championship of the world is to be held at the Polo Grounds in New York City July I told the staff that I would like very much to see They're now arranging Charles Ruben Nelson and might even go downtown to the Ring office and meet some of the top men of the The Middleweight Champion of the Sugar lives only two blocks from I am going to see it that I meet him before I leave this interested ta the We have elevenS cilia lr t Isabell Irene and New V I Charles S and It also one by from i- i 1 from Nw a i ff froni jS- 1 from South Hv 3 along We Pi songs over on a i and behind the 3 is going on a special tour of adS eluding a to Eleanor Pe who sponsors this k She's the head S We They have on here on the American tribe known t We just finished mm supper out here on 05 J the h right now they're dL I Playing records We of fun rm All my Your Little Man in He |