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Show HIGH ON LEGION HONOR ROLL Minnesota Newspaper Man Wrote 3f 236 Personal Letters to "Home" Workers Duritig World War. One of the world's most enthusiastic enthusias-tic letter writers is M. W. Grimes, editor edi-tor of the Le Sueur (Minn.) News. For his remarkable re-markable service as "self-appolnt-e d correspondent" correspond-ent" during the war, he stands high on the honor hon-or roll of the Minnesota d e-partment e-partment of the American Legion. Le Sueur and vicinltv sent 230 men and seven women to the colors. Editor Grimes sat down and wrote them 3,236 personal letters while they were away from home, an average of, one letter a month for each fighter or nurse. In addition he mailed a copy of the hometown paper to each of them every week. The letters were not the "Dear-Jlm-I-remaln-yours-truly" variety ; they contained the bits of "home gossip" and local color for which the doughboys were willing to give their last cigarette. When the veterans returned, Edltot Grimes assisted in the formation of a post of the American Legion and devoted de-voted an entire edition of the News to reproducing the pictures of every Le Sueur boy that had lost his life In the wnr. |