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2-14-71 printed address label David B. Hargett 111-C 16th Place, S.W. Birmingham, Ala. 35211

Dear Jack,

   Sorry it's been so long since I last wrote, but my job keeps me busy.  I'm now managing the draperies, bedspreads, lamps and china department of Sears Roebuck in Bessemer Ala.  Here I'll stay (probably 1 or 2 years) until I prove myself good enough to get kicked up the executive ladder.  So far there's plenty of hard work but no ulcer, even if I did run the toy department during Christmas.
   My social life is OK, I read a lot, buy a lot of records, and generally get along O.K.  so I have no complaints.  Except that Uncle Sam is breathing down my neck.  He'd rather I be shooting Viet Cong than paying my $1200.00 in taxes like I did for 1970.  Misplaced values, don't you think?
     How are things with you and your wife?  How's the book coming along?  Drop me a line and let me know how things are going.

David