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Oct. 30, 2015
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Correspondence From the Col Angels

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Guys around the country signed up for a pen pal service. It would put them in touch with women they could befriend and correspond with. And then they'd start to receive letters. Here is some of that correspondence. 

One of the catalogs Don Lowry sent out to entice men to join the Col.

Inside one of the catalogs Don mailed to men.

Men filled out this order form to select the women they wanted to receive letters and pictures from.

A love letter Pamala sent to Jesse.

Pamala sent this letter describing Chonda-Za to Jesse.

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