Category: Ontario
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Artifact 1940-11-05 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman
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“But a Gerry just flew over & he was real low.”
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Artifact 1940-11-01 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman
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“Billie wrote a letter to me & put it in with Onn. He’s quite a boy Isn’t he?”
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Artifact 1940-10-16 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman
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“Boy Sat. nite in London the bombs were really falling.”
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Artifact 1940-10-11 – Letter to Miss La Verne Woods
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in 1940, Aunt Della, Auxiliary Territorial Service (A.T.S.), Base P.O., Frances Newman, Glen Upcott, Jean, La Verne Woods (née Manchester), Letter, Mary Alice, Military Leave, Miscellaneous, Onnellee Reive, Utah Hickmoth, Windsor
A.T.S. [Auxillary Territorial Service], A.T.S. girls, Aldershot, aunt, Aunt Della, Base P.O., bombing, cigarettes, Cottam, cousin, dance, England, Franc [Francis Newman], Glen Upcott, grandmother, husband, Jean, Jimmy Neal, leave [military], Mary Alice, military district, nurses, office, Onn [Onnellee Reive], Onnellee [Reive], Scotland, show, sister, soldiers, Utah Hickmoth, Windsor“Well the liking of England is wearing off now.”
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Artifact 1940-10-05 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman
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in 1940, Aldershot, Burns Bros., Canada, Clarence, Ducky Rome, Elmer, Elton Newman, England, Eula, Frances Newman, Glen Piper, La Verne Woods (née Manchester), Letter, Lillian, London, Military Leave, Montreal, Mort, Onnellee Reive, Ontario, Pearl, Pearl’s Cousin, Pearl’s Sister, Quebec, Ruthven, Stewy Mossips, United Kingdom, Windsor
bombing raid, Burns' boys [brothers], canned goods, cigarettes, Clarence [unspecified], Ducky Rome, Elmer [unspecified], Elton [Newman], Eula [unspecified], Glen [Piper], John [unspecified], Kiddies, La Verne [Woods], lawyer, Lillian [unspecified], military leave, Mort [unspecified], Onn. [Onnelle Reive], Pearl, Pearl’s sister, Pearl's cousin, pies, razor blades, Regiment, shilling, Stewy Mossips, wedding“We are having quite a bit of bombing Franc. But London has been getting the worst of it.”
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Artifact 1940-09-26 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman
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in 1940, Aldershot, Burns Bros., Canada, Canada Bread, Clarence, Earl Laramie, England, Erma H., Frances Newman, Glen Piper, Letter, Lillian, London, Marsh Healey, Mrs. Tessier, Onnellee Reive, Ontario, Orrence, Ruthven, Stewy Hastein, United Kingdom
adjutant, advisor, batman, boy friend, Burns Brothers, cake, Canada Bread, caned goods, cheese, cigarettes, convoy, Doublemint Gum, Earl Laramie, Erma H., fudge, George Fields, Glen Piper, Haggins, Kiddies, Lillian, Marshall (Marsh) Healey, Mrs. Tessier, Onnellee [Reive], Orrence, Pearl, Pearl’s sister, Pearl's cousin, pork & beans, potted pie, private stenographer, razor blades, salted peanuts, Stewy Hastien, Uncle Henry“Boy I had some swell ‘coconut cream’ pie last. nite. This cousin of Pearls that lives alone in an apartment in London. She is a private stenographer & adviser of a lawyer. & she came down yesterday aft. & went back this morn”
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Artifact 1940-09-24 – Letter to Miss La Verne Woods
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“I never saw so much military work done in my life before & I hope I never see it again”
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Artifact 1940-09-20 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman
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“The boys that don’t smoke pipes use the same kind of tobacco & roll the butts into another cigarette. There is very little tobacco wasted over here.”
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Artifact 1940-09-13 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman
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“We had an air raid first thing this morn. to start the day off. It seemed so funny yesterday We didn’t have on raid all day long.”