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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1945
Page
3
The Carey Times letters from Pfc. Floyd B Bleam and Pfc. Robert D Tong recount wartime life and family ties. Bleam writes from Berchtesgaden Bavaria on June 3 1946 about camps in Europe and life after V E day. Tong describes visiting his brother Tut Tong’s grave in Belgium and helping arrange flowers and memories for Armistice Day.
Pfc Charles Mathern in Germany sends home a letter and snapshots from a concentration camp. He lists pins iron crosses a German flag and an airplane model found among the items. He describes routines and daily life with humor while awaiting the end of the war.
Gerald Ly Stoll son of Mr and Mrs Allen Stoll of Eindlay Street Carey recalls patrols behind enemy lines in the European campaign. T4 Robert Robison of Curwensville Pa introduces Pfc Stoll at the start. Stoll joined November 7 1942 trained at College Station Fayetteville and Camp Maxey left for overseas in September 1944. He serves in Company I 398th Infantry 99th Division.
A clipped farewell expresses resolve to quit writing and signs off with a hopeful tone from a writer to his son. The fragment hints at continuing to smile and the persistence of writing as a personal message.
The BeeBe News notes a series of visits around Carey area families. Miss Marjorie Vaughn hosted last Thursday at W A Vaughn home while Mrs. James Cameron spent Monday with Mrs. W J Miller and daughter Dorothy. Numerous relatives from Columbus Ann Arbor Chicago and Fostoria visited or hosted gatherings at various homes near Carey and surrounding towns.
A Marine Corps soldier writes from Okinawa about a leg wound, shrapnel, and slow recovery. He mentions missed mail, hopes for home, and requests for care packages while noting theater visits and battlefield conditions. He references family members and local towns.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Smith hosted a Sunday dinner with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith and son David of Carey, and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Swerlein of Upper Sandusky, along with Miss Agnes Cunningham of Chicago and Rey.
The Carey Woman's Christian Temperance Union held Flower Mission Day Friday at the homes of Mrs. George Newhard and Mrs. J J McCabe on W Findlay Street. A Y phonograph opened the meeting with Holy Holy Holy followed by devotionals and prayers. A program featured letters and talks on suffrage and religion in public schools with speakers including Miss Mattie Myers Mrs Avis Chesebrough Mrs Nora Rangeler and Mrs Newhard. The gathering closed with the WCTU benediction and a note to use the Want Column.
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