March 24th, 1940 – Excerpt of a letter from Tom Parks to his parents. “I owe granddaddy 25¢ for dry cleaning too. I have to buy some drawing ink, pen, and tracing cloth for drawing which comes to $1.05. Every time I’m late with my dues (after the 10th) it costs an extra quarter. This makes $4.65. A couple of my shirts have given out. I’ll need a few socks for spring.”