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John N. Calhoun family letters, August 1941-February 1946

1941-09-24 Page 4

eggs. Yesterday they killed a "King" snake about six foot long,  However it is non-poisonous and a great help to the farmer for eating mice, etc.  
Well, finally I took a sponge bath and shaved, washed and manicured my feet and put on clean underwear.  Washed a couple pairs of socks.  
Just when I finished word came to move.  We are now at Bunkie, La. in the Negro School  Headquarters is in the schoolhouse and I am writing in the school room.  The officers and the headquarters EM will sleep in the schoolhouse.  The rest of them outside.  We drove about 30 or 40 miles.  I got stuck once and had to be pulled out of a mud hole.  We drove through several places in which the water was over the road.  The car ahead of me drownded out and had to push him on through.  So that made it even for me getting stuck.

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eggs. Yesterday they killed a "King" snake about six foot long, However it is non-poisonous and a great help to the farmer for eating mice, etc. Well, finally I took a sponge bath and shaved, washed and manicured my feet and put on clean underwear. Washed a couple pairs of socks. Just when I finished word came to move. We are now at Bunkie, La. in the Negro School Headquarters is in the schoolhouse and I am writing in the school room. The officers and the headquarters EM will sleep in the schoolhouse. The rest of them outside. We drove about 30 or 40 miles. I got stuck once and had to be pulled out of a mud hole. We drove through several places in which the water was over the road. The car ahead of me drownded out and had to push him on through. So that made it even for me getting stuck.