Dreams of Things That Were

The Wartime Correspondence of Harry William Manchester

Tag: Ross [Reive]

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

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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 1940-07-02 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Mar 6, 2020

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January 22, 2022

in 1940, Angus, Frances Newman, Letter, Ruthven, Windsor

Charlie [Charles Manchester], Johnny Hutzel's Girl Friend, La Verne Woods [née Manchester], Marge [Margerite Manchester], Marrianne [Marion Coulter], Onnellee [Reive], Pass, Peggy, Ross [Reive]

“Although I’d like to see Peggy there. But I guess I won’t have to ask your permission. I think that you love her more than I do. And I sure do.”
Artifact 1940-06-25 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Mar 4, 2020

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January 22, 2022

in 1940, Camp Borden, Frances Newman, Letter

Barrie [Ontario], Corporal Such, Elton [Newman], Marion [Newman], Marjorie [Newman], Onnellee [Reive], Peggy, Post master, Ross [Reive], scene

“It seemed whenever there was anything to pay, you girls dug down for it.”
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…”