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Fifty Years Later Pen Pals Still Share Strong Bond
Jane Brydon of Marion and Kate Carlson of Gothenburg Sweden remain pen pals though now they focus on friendship rather than stamps. Their 1960 letter began a 50 year connection with travels, family milestones, and reunions, now kept in scrapbooks as emails replace letters.
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Arion
Jane
Kate
Jane Brydon
Marion
Kate Carlson
Gothenburg
Sweden
Massachusetts
England
Marion Schools
United States
Mount Rushmore
Stone National Park
Las Vegas
Grand Canyon
Petrified Forest
Zion National Park
Honor
Johanna