EDITOR’S NOTE: On Feb. 23, 1944, an envelope arrived for Guy D. Maxwell (Winfred’s dad) from his oldest brother, Norman A. Maxwell. The envelope contained six items – a letter to Norman from Winfred (date Feb. 8); Norman wrote a letter on the back of Winfred’s letter (date Feb. 23) to Guy; a comic clipped from a newspaper (date Jan. 31); an article about a flour mill explosion; a letter their sister Mollie wrote to their sister Mabel (date Feb. 17), and a letter Mabel wrote to her brother Norman (date Feb. 19).
Feb. 23, 1944 (1) 1480 NAM-G&CM St. Louis, MO.
Norman A. Maxwell (Winfred’s uncle) writes to his brother Guy D. Maxwell and his wife Cressie (Winfred’s Folks). He appreciates Winfred writing to him and forwards the letter from Feb. 8th to them. Norman hopes Winfred has met with his son Jr. since he has not heard from Jr. in six weeks and hopes to hear from him soon; feels anxious; reads the daily war news; liked Churchill’s speech; worries about the Pacific war; heard from their Aunt Lee Fisher who shares their parents’ generation family news; and wrote to Herman Dickey (where Margaret is staying in St. Louis) about visiting.