World War I Collection

my mother & Aunt Anna --- & others all experienceing the greatest joy & delight over it Dr Fisk U.S.N. a friend of the Watermans who lives in Berkeley where in to see duty & who has been in France himself during the war & has returned a great number of the U.S.N. ship destroyers etc. Congratulated me last night over the phone. They had kindly sent us their Army & Navy Register with the notice in of your award (--- I had met Mr Fisk in S.F. When on a hunt to buy all the Registers I could find as I wanted it to send around to everyone) I could only get about

possible to run down there Aunt Anna lives at Nicholson near Scranton P.A. I don't know how far that is [underlined] --- but tell you in case it is [underlined] anywhere nearby. I think the ten dollars Aunt Anna sent you was to bring you down there to see them while you were at Camp Mills (when you expected to be before sailing some time you know).

In any case dearest please wire us as as soon as possible giving us an idea of your whereabouts & how long you are likely to be kept there --- I have planned seriously going up to meet you at Billings --- I want to see my mother too --- & I could pay her a two or three

heard that poor Uncle Phil Reece died suddenly of heart failure on May 5th at Nicholson Pennsylvania Where they live - It is very [underlined] sad on poor Aunt Anna --- They were about to start on a long auto ride it was Phils birthday --- Harold went East to attend the funeral & is there still I think. He was having such serious eye trouble that he was having an enforced vacation from the bank.

We hope he will see a first class specialist while in the East as his eyes have been badly [underlined] affected apparently.