Letter from Ruth Miles to Ellen, Jun 12 1972

I believe this letter was written in 1972 just prior to the Alaskan vacation trip that Elton, Ruth, Patti and Ellen took together.  Ellen would have been in Mineral, Virginia and Elton and Ruth in Florida.  There wasn't any envelope with this letter and it is on a small piece of note paper, approx 6 in x 8 in.  From the sentences, the assumption is that there were pictures included in this letter, but without an envelope, it was a loose piece of paper on it's own.



Dear Ellen:                                                                 June 12

One picture is worth a thousand words -- you now have a few thousand words --

We are all anxiously awaiting the 10th of July and doing a great deal of planning.

Mother is going to Columbus this week and will be there for two weeks.  She will be home for 2 weeks before we start on our vacation.

The one large picture is the one Elton had made up fro your Christmas present -- we found it not too long ago and thought that is never too late to enjoy this "masterpiece".
We sent for a new edition of the MILEPOST that will be a help as it has all the information about the Alaskan highway and waterways.

Elton may have a few words to add to this so I will not close it until he comes in __
                                                             Love,
                                                             Elton, Ruth and Patti