The Letter Writers
Below is the list of names of all the good folks who sent letters in response to the advertisement placed in the Canton Repository by Mr. B. Virdot/Sam Stone in December of 1933.
To view a sampling of the letters, see The Letters page. To see some photos of some of the folks listed below, view The Photos page.
- Marie Ackers
- Mrs. Albrecht
- Lottie Allen
- Ruth Aman
- Bessie Ammeck
- R. E. Anderson
- Mr. Bailey
- Edward Baum
- R. M. Beggs
- E. J. Billings
- Mrs. Harold Black
- Mrs. A. R. Blackburn
- Allen C. Bonnafield
- Mrs. John Boyer
- P. C. Boylan
- Thelma E. Brenner
- Mrs. W. L. Brigham
- Mrs. Clara Brown
- Theodore Brown
- D. Brown
- J. A. Brownlee
- Mrs. Walter Brunner
- Elizabeth Bunt
- E. Burson
- James E. Burson
- Mrs. A. Calhoun
- George Carlin
- Ethel V. Carnes
- Vance J. Carpenter
- L. W. Cashin
- James Christian
- Dorothy Clark
- George D. Coldren
- Mrs. Ralph Colombo
- Oscar B. Compher
- Mrs. Conway
- Clark Cook
- Harry Cooper
- P. E. Cottrell
- Mrs. R. E. Criswell
- Mrs. Joseph Cunningham
- Mrs. Deckman
- Mrs. R. Dehoff
- James Denhoff
- Mrs. Harry Dennis
- Anna DeWalt
- Frank Dick
- Walter Dickerhoof
- V. M. Dierdorf
- Mrs. Marie Dreher
- C. R. Dugan
- Harry Ecrement
- Robert Emmerling
- Johnny Englant
- Willis Evans
- Mrs. Paul Everett
- Carrie Everhart
- Mrs. Delbert Fach
- Frances Felton
- Edith Gaffney
- Mrs. Clara M. Garber
- John F. Gatschet
- J. S. Giserner
- Bill Gray
- Joe J. Hasper
- Bertha Haverstock
- Ellen Hayes
- Charles Henninger
- George Heusel
- Mrs. Paul Hillman
- Mrs. Mary Hoffman
- William Jackson
- Walter Jacobs
- Mrs. William Jones
- Howard Jones
- D. H. Jordan
- Mrs. Donald R. Jury
- Mrs. Keener
- Paul Kendzora
- Mrs. Bessie King
- Hazel E. Kuhn
- David Long
- Mrs. L. Margo
- Mrs. Carl J. Marks
- Edith May
- L. B. McClain
- A. C. McCort
- J. D. McCoy
- C. L. McMahon
- Catherine Miller
- Ella Miller
- Mrs. M. Miller
- Charles Minor
- Bernard Moezek
- George W. Monnot
- Marry Moore
- Mel Myers
- Archie Neff
- Erwin Neiss
- H. C. Nelson
- Josita Nickalaz
- E. H. Nixon
- Arlen (Helen) Olds
- Helen Palin
- Freeman Pryor
- Walter Pugh
- John Reese
- Roy Rhoads
- J. Richards
- Joseph P. Rogers
- A. Rolfi
- Nora Romesburg
- George A. Saal
- Edith M. Saunders
- Edna Schaub
- Alice Schrader
- Margaret Schuck
- Raymond Seery
- Charles C. Sell
- Jessie Shane
- Ann Sipe
- C. E. Slentz
- Howard Sommers
- Myra Stamm
- Harry Stanley
- Katherine Stein
- C. Leroy Stewart
- L. A. Stovor
- Paul P. Tausch
- Betty Taylor
- Roy M. Teis
- August Tierman
- L. Tuck
- Mary Uebing
- Frank Van Calhoun
- John G. Vaughn
- George C. Vogt
- Clyde A. Volzer
- Mrs. Wagner
- Albert M. Waidman
- John A. Welsh
- J. L. White
- Charles A. Winters
- Ray J. Winters
- Charles Wise
- Clarence Woodburn
- Mrs. A. Wright
- Chester A. Young
- George W. Zirley
HOW WONDERFUL A GESTURE ON ALL PARTIES, TED FOR ALL HIS HARD WORK AND RESEARCH ON THE BOOK (LOOK FORWARD TO READING THE BOOK, JUST ORDERED THROUGH AMAZON)TO HIS MUM FOR KEEPING THE RECORDS WHICH ENABLED TED TO WRITE THE BOOK, AND TO HIS GRANDFATHER FOR CREATING A MAGNIFICENT LEGACY OF MEMORIES AND KINDNESS
This is truly a smart theme. Did you know additional online websites concerning this where I can also find considerably more over it.
We have all heard of the depression and stories of hardship. After reading of the people of canton, I have a new respect for those who endured such times and with humility almost shrugged off the whole event.
Ted thank you.
Thank you Ted for revealing much, which should already have been understood. My father’s family and my father are from the Canton area. While my Grandfather was a carpenter, the 1930 census shows him as a farmer. It seems they managed, carefully. Daddy graduated from the one high school, hoping to become a doctor. The picture of his graduating class is so small! Hoping to study medicine, he was working for tuition . . . but when his younger brother was killed at Iwo Jima, his life took a dramatic change . . as did so many young men of the day.
Often wondered is how my parents passed to me the meaning of money and being frugal, but regardless of my efforts, my children never understood the concept of saving and being careful.
Often wondered, while the war actually ended the depression, and probably played a part in my existence, how much of my life was changed by the actions of the war, of a very young man in the Army, a Corporal specialist, a medic unprepared for the emotional trauma of the battlefield, a fresh reminder of his brother’s death. He was unable to perform his duties.
The psychological treatments of the time were very cruel and somewhat untested. The army managed to misplace some of his medical records. How much of this trauma and/or medication passed on to his only child? How much bearing does it have on the problems of today? Fibromyalgia is an unknown, but a reality. Where are the roots?
Some are obvious; others are questionable.
Your research and insight of the Depression Era are invaluable. It is a book my Grandchildren, ages 10 and 6 will read. Perhaps, they will learn before it is too late.
Regards,
Paulette Embody
Houston, TX
(My Mother worked in the shipyards as a welder. She was a very small woman . . . one of the few who fit into the bow of the ship!)