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				<title>Zeller letter 1942-10-31</title>
				<author>John Zeller</author>
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					<persName>Susan Falciani Maldonado</persName>
					<resp>University Archivist and Director of Special Collections</resp>
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					<persName>Diane Jakacki</persName>
					<resp>Digital Scholarship Coordinator</resp>
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					<addrLine>Lewisburg</addrLine>
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						D-8-3 FARC<lb/>
					Oct 31, 1942
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					<salute>Dear Grandma, Aunt Stella, + Uncle Elmer --</salute>
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					Today was payday. It's not bad
					at all to clear $50 beyond living expenses.
					Many a poor fellow on the outside isn't
					making that -- or wasn't anyway til the war
					came on.
				
				
					Of course, it's not quite clear. Insurance,
					laundry, etc, must come out of that -- but
					it still leaves plenty to get along.
				
				
					This week was just about the
					most "detailed" since I've been in the
					army. Monday through Thursday I was 
					on truck drivers detail. I drove a truck
					down to Sanford, N.C. twice a day --
					about 30 miles in all -- and carried
					back lumber from an abandoned CCC
					camp. Friday, I was on K.P. again.
				
				
					If you think we make a lot of mashed potatoes  at home, Grandma, you should
					see the big can full we made for noon
					chow. Peeling isn't so bad because we
					have one of those new machines. We first
					put the potatoes in and turn the crank. We
					also cut a wash tub full for french fries
					for supper - and later another tub full for
					breakfast.
				
				
					I'm looking forward to seeing
					Mother + Dad next week. I don't know
					exactly what we shall do yet. This isn't
					just the best place to entertain. But then,
					by this time, they're probably so anxious
					to see me, that they won't care about
					that.
				
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					<salute>Yours,</salute><lb/>
					<signed>John</signed>
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