bristol, ohio

　　 gentlemen: in reply to your advertisement in the bristol news of june2, i wish to say that i am seeking the kind of position your offer. i am nineteen years old, and expect to graduate from the bristol technical high school this month. during three years of the course i have been working with many kinds of machinery and have helped to set up and repair the machinery in one of the school shops. my father is a chauffeur, and i helped him in repairing automobiles. last summer i took a party of excursionists on a three weeks‘tour. while we were in west epping, away from repair shops, my machine was badly damaged. i had to repair two cylinders and rig up a temporary steering wheel.

　　 inclosed you will find a copy of my resume-and my photo. i believe they may be found satisfactory. concerning my character i am permitted to refer to mr. h. l. sled, head of the mechanical section of the bristol technical high school.

　　 yours truly,

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