It surprised me to see that Pat got a letter on July 4th which we know is a Federal holiday. This prompted me to look this up and I found that home mail delivery was twice a day to many places until 1950. This letter comes from Mary. Happy Independence day!
Lois is becoming a regular correspondent now. According to the back picture was taken June 21, 1942 and from left to right her brother Billy, Mother, Dad and Lois.
This is the first boy in the series. He is from Los Angeles and he has very nice handwriting. Here’s what he has to say:
Another letter from Mary with a picture which gives us some insight to the girl on the 900 acre farm.
Another letter from Lois. Here’s to summertime, picnics, bicycle rides, baseball and horseshoes! Have a good one everyone.
Letter from Miriam. Do they give citizenship medals anymore? It sounds like this was a great honor. Nice that she included a picture.
Another letter from friend Helen. Two letters arrive on the 30th so I am publishing this one early. Nearing the end of the school year so finals are the topic of conversation as students look forward to summer.
Another letter arrives from Lois Jean. You can see from this letter the war is close to home now as 90 boys from Struthers Ohio leave to join the Army with more to leave later and some already there. According to the internet the town of Struthers at that time was less than 12,000 people so this had to have had an intense impact on the community.
New Pen Pal Helen knew Patricia previously. I can only imagine that they went to the same church or school. My Aunt and Grandparents had previously lived in Tiffin and my Dad was born on Schonhardt Street which is just one street over from Helen.
Another letter from Lenore with a picture. She mentions seeing the movie Kings Row (1942) with Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan. It prompted me to add it to the Netflix list.
