Wednesday
January 24, 1968
6 P.M.

Dear Larry:

Even though I don’t get any mail from you, here I am again. I can’t understand why it is so hard for you to write us a letter. You know that we want to hear from you and how you are getting along. I don’t mind you calling home in a while, but we still like to get letters, so get on the ball or I am going to quit writing to you.

McHale’s Navy is on T.V. right now. Dad just left to work at the Club. He finally got a new battery today for the Chevy, it cost him $24.83. Joanna will probably drive it to work tomorrow.

Joanna and Dad both had the day off today. Dad took Carol to the dentist this morning, she will probably be wearing braces before long. I didn’t write to you yesterday as I was pretty busy all day. I went to the doctor for my checkups, my appointment was for 11:30 in the morning and he didn’t take me till 2:15, so I had a long wait. It will be a year in March since I had my operation. That time just flew. I only hope now that the next 2 years will go by that fast.

How are you doing on the rifle range? Ok I hope.

Joanna said she was talking to Robert R– and he said he got your letter. Have you gotten any mail from anyone else besides me and dad and Aunt Mary? Larry, do any of the boys’ parents come to visit them on weekends? I was telling Dad that we could probably leave here early some Sunday morning and visit you, that is if you would want us to. Let us know so maybe we can plan on it one of these days.

Here I am again, I had to take time out. It was cold in the house, so I went to turn the thermostat up and by golly it wouldn’t go on. I thought the furnace was on the blink, so I had to call dad at the club, so he came home and what was wrong is that the fuse burned out. He put a new one in and it is ok now. I am going to have to close for now so take care of yourself and write.

Love – your Mom

Hi Larry,

What did you think of my report card? Soon I will be watching the Second Hundred Years. I didn’t have much to say, but I’ll write to you over the weekend.

Your sister,
Ellie [Tresa]

8:00 Jan 23

Dear Larry,

Hi. How are you doing? I am only going to write you a few lines to keep you in tune with sports. To begin it I might as well say Madison Heights beat Anderson. Some of the high scorers were Freeman with 22, Dixon with 19, and Burns with 14. Yesterday I watched an [NBA All-Star] basketball game which the East won by about 14 points. Mother is yelling at me to do my homework so I’ll better be going.

So Long.

Your Brother,
Karl