Dreams of Things That Were

The Wartime Correspondence of Harry William Manchester

Tag: Dot [Dorothy]

Artifact 1940-07-21 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Editor One

Mar 16, 2020

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January 22, 2022

in 1940, Frances Newman, Letter, London, Onnellee Reive, Rondeau, Ross Reive, Ruthven

305 Ferris, chicken dinners, Dot [Dorothy], Jap [Jasper Reive], La Verne Woods [née Manchester], London [Ontario], Marrianne [Marion Coulter], Onnellee [Reive], Rondeau, Ross [Reive], train, Wilf [Wilfred Sycamore]

“But I’ll sure have a whale of a time when I get back.”
Artifact 1940-06-21 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Editor One

Feb 8, 2020

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January 22, 2022

in 1940, Borden, Camp Borden, Frances Newman, Letter, Ruthven

Aunt Clara [Hutzel], Aunt Lena, Bob, Cottam, Dot [Dorothy], Elton [Newman], gas respirator, Gladys, Glen Piper, Great Coats, Jeff, Johnny Burn’s wife, La Verne Woods [née Manchester], Peggy, Ross [Reive], Wilbur

“We heard from Jeff & he said he had a car accide…”
Artifact 1940-06-02 (Assumed) – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Editor One

Jan 26, 2020

Last Modified:

January 31, 2023

in 1940, Barrie, Camp Borden, Editor’s Comment, Frances Newman, Letter, Ottawa, Ruthven, Toronto, Windsor

Advance Party, Anomaly Flag, Barrie [Ontario], C.B., Davie Davidson, Dot [Dorothy], Elton [Newman], Glen Piper, La Verne Woods [née Manchester], Mabel, Marshall (Marsh) Healey, Ottawa [Ontario], Pearl’s sister, Ryall’s, Toronto [Ontario]

“Well I just got finished pealing the pineapple for supper & I put the sugar on it. You didn’t have to send sugar as there is plenty of sugar yet.”
Artifact 1940-05-13 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Editor One

Jan 26, 2020

Last Modified:

January 22, 2022

in 1940, Cedar Springs, Frances Newman, Letter, Ruthven, Windsor

Dot [Dorothy], Elton [Newman], Pearl, Roy

“Our platoon went to Cedar Springs today…”
Artifact 1940-02-19 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Editor One

Jan 26, 2020

Last Modified:

January 22, 2022

in 1940, Frances Newman, Letter, Ruthven, Windsor

Chip, Dot [Dorothy], Johnnie [Burns], Leah, Orderly Room

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