Arnold's Story: July 1, 1949

I guess this Laura Hall is the Mrs. E. E. Hall of previous correspondence.

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Arnold's Story: July 9, 1948

A postcard from Leonard and his then wife Pat in Bar Harbor, Maine, to his brother Arnold asking for his address at the McCloud River Lumber Company. 

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Arnold's Story: July 8, 1948

Hazel's enclosed letter from Leonard may be the one I posted from June 30. Whitehorse, California is not far from McCloud, so I assume Arnold is still working for the McCloud River Lumber Company, but at a remote lumber camp in Whitehorse.

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Arnold's Story: June 14, 1948

We learn from this letter that Hazel Wolfe was living in Albuquerque in 1914, years before she married Bill Nevis. (They married circa 1919 and moved to Bluewater, New Mexico, where Bill was operating a lime kiln and general store; later he became tax collector. Grants is the capital of Cibola County, twelve miles from Bluewater.)

From this letter we see that Bill Nevis had hosted a successful barbecue in his home for past commanders of the American Legion, Glendale post. 

Otherwise Hazel offers news from the neighborhood and local church.

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Arnold's Story: March 16, 1948

The Hearsts' ranch in McCloud was Wyntoon.

"Residential District" at McCloud, California (J. H. Eastman, WB-1441)

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Arnold's Story: December 3, 1947

A letter from Elmer E. Hall, Sr., with a note from Betty M.:

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Arnold's Story: July – August, 1947

In July and August, 1947, Arnold is back working at the McCloud River Lumber Company. Here are his deduction receipts for board and bunk, unemployment insurance, and federal income tax. The "U.S. Old Age Tax" is what we now call Social Security.

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Arnold's Story: 1945 Salt Lake Temple

By October 1945 Arnold was back in California, assigned to Camp Pinedale. Here are some photos of the Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City. There is no date on them, but I am guessing he took them on route by train from the East Coast to California. He might have arrived at night or the wee hours of the morning at the Salt Lake City training station and then walked around downtown during the layover. (These might instead be from his cross-country trip in June 1948 or an excursion that same month when he was working at the McCloud River Lumber Co.)

Salt Lake Temple, circa 1945 (photo by Arnold Nevis)

Salt Lake Temple, circa 1945 (photo by Arnold Nevis)

Salt Lake Temple, circa 1945 (photo by Arnold Nevis)

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