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JUN 5 1947 [RECD]
BESSIE OWEN c/o Security First National Bank Post Office Box 969 Santa Barbara, California
Hotel Gamarkand Persian Gardens
May 30th 1947.
Memorial Day.
Remember Noah and the Flood, and Sodom and Gomorrah, and Nineveh and Tyre, The Medes an the Persians, Egypt of the Pharoahs, Greece and the Dark Ages, Ankor Wat, the Incas and the Aztecs, and the Snows of Yesteryear.
Why weep over the aged! Let them die and save your pains for the baby. You can modernize a house but the time comes when it is cheaper and more satisfactory to tear it down and start again from new plans and a new foundation. Be proud of your efforts in devising a coup de grace.
But if you think you an aid man Civilization to live another ten years, more power to you. Herewith enclosed list of names who will be interested in receiving your circular.
Bessie Owen
Mary 0. Steele, dela Guerra Studios, Santa Barbara, Calif. Judge Atwell Westwick, Court House, Santa Barbara, Calif. Mrs. Emilie Singer, Miramar Hotel, Santa Barbara, Calif. J. H. Schinneller, Russ Bldg., San Francisco, Calif. Campbell McGregor, 2800 Pacific Ave., San Francisco, Calif. Ernest Pascal, 2010 La Brea Terrace, Hollywood, Calif.