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Also received a parcel of candy from Annie Farish and one from Hilda McCormick in the oast week. Yea, you're right, they are gone too,
Stan Young dropped in to see me thie afternoon, it being the first tifiie I'd seen him since we had that picture taken. Hasn’t changed any except to put on more weight. He ie running a Y near here, and I'm going to pay him a visit some day next week.
'Member the French family we stayed with a few months ago? Well, this village is only some four miles from their town so am going to pay them a visit on Sunday, Will be glad to see them again, for they sure treated us "white". Will let you know how we fared inmy next.
On the 1st of July Paris leave stored for an indefinite period, no reason assigned of course, but apparently because of tine American troops having their headquarters there. On the same day it was read out on daily orders that passes would be granted to other places in France providing that en route it would not be necessary to pass through Paris. Well, not knowing when Paris leave would open up again, and not wishing to lose the chance of a pass, quite a few of us changed our applications for leaves from Paris to Marseilles, Since then no leaves have come through, but all the applications before ours have been sent in to headquarters, and ours were to follow in a couple of days. Today Peris leave opened again, and you may be sure I lost no time in changing my application back to Paris again. The ones ahead of us oan't change theirs, so from, the present outlook we should be on our way in a couple of weeks at the outside. In the meantime I have my money securely fastened around me by a body belt. There's one thing certain though, and thst ie that we'll be many pounds lighter when we get beck. Well, a good time is coming to us, and take it from me, we're going to have it.
I'm quite an important figure in this unit these days, for in addition to managing the ballteam and playing on the soccer team.
I also represent our section on the general sports committee. We ere planning for quite an elaborate field day shortly, and I have to root out all the talent in my section, and instill some of my pep into them. Our section oleaned up on the last meet, and I'm out to repeat the performance this trip.
Quite often you've mentioned in your letters the fact that I never tell you what our particular pals look like. Well, I'm not an adept at the business, but I'll make a stab at satisfying your ouriosity. Starting at the left side of our tent, my first offering will be "Tubby" Tweed, the "Cochrane Cruiper". Hot yet eighteen, stands 6 feet high, and weighsin the neighborhood of 190 lbs. Has a beautiful pink complexion, and whileCanadian by birth, must have been raised wrong, for he oan't say "Can’t", nut always pronounces it "Count", Very lovable kid, and by virtue of being the
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