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Show Veal Sill: Roosevelt, Utah February 27, 1947 Dear Bill: Washincton's birthdav rolled I around last Saturday as it usually us-ually does in February, but no I one would have known about it except that the bank, and one lone Roosevelt merchant closed down for the day. The bank, of course, closes on every national or state holiday, but the outsand-ing outsand-ing thing about last Saturday was that Costuros locked his doors tight, and spread a great big sign across his window that read, "Closed in honor of George Washington's Birthday." I guess that ought to make us would-be patriotic American citizens cit-izens sit up and take notice. Costuros was patriotic, and Costuros Cos-turos was proud to show it. All the rest of us forgot about Washington. I guess it's no longer rumor, but fact, that Clair Ashton has bought himself an airplane. But rumor has it that Clair is going to learn to fly it. It shouldn't be long now until he'll be able 10 ncave his golf clubs into the back seat, take to the air, set down at Salt Lake, tramp over the greens for a few hours, and be back home in time for a day's f work. Who would have thought j that some day Clair Ashton would take to the air? There's sweet music in the Markey manner issuing from Pat's barber shop again these days. No sooner had Pat return- ed from wintering in Texas than he thawed his xylophone out, and started to hammer away on it like he did last fall. He's got I a few new numbers, but he hasn't t yet learned to cut hair with one i hand and thump the xylophone I with the other. Maybe that will come later. Spring didn't last very long. ' It snowed last night and has been snowing a little bit all day. i Bill Reid says they've poisoned all the ground hogs so that now K there isn't anything to control the weather, Such being the case maybe we're in for more winter than we expected. Well I've got to move along. Haven't heard from you since you got married. Don't you think t might be a good gesture to Write? I As Ever, L . Unc. |