“lacks lake luster” 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.
Letter to Earl continues:
Dick Hieter goes back to work but he had to notify the draft board that they would not accept him at the Great Lakes so I bet he will be drafted into the Army.
“The sailors on ships plying the Great Lakes come under Class IV. They are, therefore, far removed from the first call.”
“It must be borne in mind that the grain-carriers on the Great Lakes are indispensable for the feeding of the nation, and their crews are employed in a vocation necessary to the pursuance of the war.”
Read more about the Draft here.
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