Category: Windsor

Artifact 1940-02-19 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

“I was up for Orderly Room this morning and got a sentence of 7 days Confined to barracks…”

Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman – February 19, 1940

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Windsor, Ontario

Feb 19/40

Dear Frank:

Just a few lines to let you know I am O.K. I was going to come down at 4 O’clock last night, but it snowed so hard that I thought I would put it off until some night during the week.

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Artifact 1939-12-17 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

Well I miss being with you sometime this weekend…

Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman – December 17, 1939

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Dear Sister:

Just a few lines to let you know I am fine, I did one guard last night from midnight until 6:00 A.M. this morning but didn’t intend a go on another one until tomorrow night at 6:00 PM.  It really is tough guarding.  You are plowing in white clay up to your ankles all around the joint.  This sure is a good place for a barracks it is just like a mansion (inside) alongside of ours in Windsor.

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Artifact 1939-09-10 – Letter To La Verne Woods

I still see her occasionally around the city…

Letter to La Verne Woods – September 10, 1939

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Dear La Verne:

I finally have settled myself enough to write to you, even though it is the first letter I have written in a long time.

Well I hope you are well. I am fine outside of the little touch of that hay fever which I get every year.

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