LETTERS FROM THE PAST

This blog is to honor those who have come before us. These are family letters that I have had for years and wanted to be able to share them with family. It's an interesting way of knowing how life was in the past.

Myron F Taylor with 3 of his buddies in 1952. Over the last 20 years I've been working on our family letters. Letters that have been passed down. Including letters from my parents to my great-grandmother. Every letter was saved by my great grandmother and grandmother. I hope someday to either print them or give them to a museum. I am copying the letters–not being able to photocopy all of them. Each letter is in script. I know today very few can read them. I hope you enjoy them.

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

WWII - Dec 11, 1943 - Orville Matheson


PO Box 124
Hays, Kansas
March 8, 1945

Dear Grandma & Aunt Minnie:

You must have had a nice birthday! Mom Severns sent us the clipping out of the paper, telling about it. Wish we could have seen you that day, Grandma.

We received the letter you wrote, Minnie, and were sure pleased to get it. I asked Mrs. Schecter if she remembered you and Wright driving out to their place, and she said, “Yes, many a time.” And said they used to have some good times with the folks, too. Ask Grandma if she remembers them?

Was looking at the watches here but they haven’t any except the more expensive ones. The cheapest one I saw as $97.50 (including tax). I guess the people here buy the others up as fast as they come in. Was talking to some of the people who live here, and they say that they haven’t seen any watches for less than $75 here since the war began. It is a fact I know, in other lines of business that the business men have “hiked” their prices up since the Base was established, so perhaps the jewelers have as well. Sorry, Minnie, that we couldn’t get one here for you. Maybe you could send away to one of the mail order houses for it. Would Mabel or Margery be able to help you out – they both live in large cities, don’t they? (Hays is only 7,000 they tell us, but right now with a soldier family in so many of their homes, the population is nearer 10,000 or 12,000.)

Has Dorothy heard anymore from Bob? Sure hope he is all right.

It is awfully nice out today. Not too cold, and the sun is shining brightly. But that doesn’t fool us any. For tomorrow might be a near blizzard. We’ve had several of them since coming out here. Day before yesterday, wasn’t anything to brag about. Ha! Ask Jay if he don’t wish he could be back here in good old Kansas.

Well, the noon hour is past so will have to stop for this time. Write again soon, won’t you?

With love,

Glen & Etta

P.S. Do we have Grandma’s address right? (802 2nd St. )
Haven’t heard from Willard for quite awhile, but got a letter from Ennard a few days ago.


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