From: G.F. Gleasure No 31157709
To: Mr. Frank Gleasure, 56 Gardner St. Allston, Mass
Dear Pa,
I've been excepted and am in transit and I don't know where I'll be stationed so I can't tell you anything definite, but as soon as we are settled I'll write and let you know.
George
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
August 6, 1942
From: May Baker, The Cottage, Ballincolling, Co. Cork.
To: Frank Gleasure, 59 Gardner St. Allston, Mass.
My dear Frank,
Im sure you will be very surprised to hear from me its such years since I heard from you I often wondered why you never wrote to me I think it was in 1925 I heard from you last George's wife told me you wrote to them some-time ago & asked for my address they said they sent it to you but you never wrote to me. I suppose you have many changes in your family since I heard from you before, the same as myself. I have 7 boys in family the youngest is 9 years & the eldest 21 years he is a motor mechanic. I had a great struggle to bring them up as their father has not being very sensible. I'm sure all your family are working now for you I would like very much to hear from you all about them Annie is over in the States for a number of years now she did not write to me for last four years she is very slow at writing. I wonder Frank would you send me a few pounds of tea we get very little of it here as it is rationed out to us. I know several people who get tea from their friends in America. And if you could send me some dried fruit raisins currants and sultana's I would be very thankful to you if you could manage those for me, but don't say that is the reason I write you for if you never sent them I should like to hear from you I was going to write to Annie also but I've very little hope of getting an answer from her I wrote her several times for last few years & she never answered. I hope you will send me an answer to this. George has done very well for himself he has succeeded and made lots of money, but he has a small family. he has his own house bought out. Did you ever take a notion of taking a visit home to ireland of course its out of the question now owing to the war but if it were over you might take a trip. we'd be delighted to see you Besure & send an answer to this by return I will be looking out every day for it. Try to send me the few things I asked for I'd be very thankful Hope yourself & family are all well write a good long letter by return best wishes from sister
Mai Baker.
To: Frank Gleasure, 59 Gardner St. Allston, Mass.
My dear Frank,
Im sure you will be very surprised to hear from me its such years since I heard from you I often wondered why you never wrote to me I think it was in 1925 I heard from you last George's wife told me you wrote to them some-time ago & asked for my address they said they sent it to you but you never wrote to me. I suppose you have many changes in your family since I heard from you before, the same as myself. I have 7 boys in family the youngest is 9 years & the eldest 21 years he is a motor mechanic. I had a great struggle to bring them up as their father has not being very sensible. I'm sure all your family are working now for you I would like very much to hear from you all about them Annie is over in the States for a number of years now she did not write to me for last four years she is very slow at writing. I wonder Frank would you send me a few pounds of tea we get very little of it here as it is rationed out to us. I know several people who get tea from their friends in America. And if you could send me some dried fruit raisins currants and sultana's I would be very thankful to you if you could manage those for me, but don't say that is the reason I write you for if you never sent them I should like to hear from you I was going to write to Annie also but I've very little hope of getting an answer from her I wrote her several times for last few years & she never answered. I hope you will send me an answer to this. George has done very well for himself he has succeeded and made lots of money, but he has a small family. he has his own house bought out. Did you ever take a notion of taking a visit home to ireland of course its out of the question now owing to the war but if it were over you might take a trip. we'd be delighted to see you Besure & send an answer to this by return I will be looking out every day for it. Try to send me the few things I asked for I'd be very thankful Hope yourself & family are all well write a good long letter by return best wishes from sister
Mai Baker.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
July 17, 1938
From: Jimmy Gleasure, Citizens Military Training Camp, Fort McKinley, Maine
To: Frank Gleasure, 59 Royal St. Allston, Mass.
Dear Pa, I am having a swell time. One of the kids in my room in school was up to see me. he is staying at Pearl Island across the bay. Fort McKinley is known as the Great Diamond Island. Tell George to make a key for my suite case because I lost mine throwing javleins.
Tell him to make a copple so one will be sure of fiting. If he can make it till him to go up harvard ave key shop accross from [Myaskos?] lunch and tell the gang about it he will rember. Dont forget because my cloth are in the case. Tomorrow I have table waitering. All the kids have some time or anther. I was down the rifle range yesterday and qualified shoot the rifle I scored 18 out of 25. Next week we shoot the 30th I am going out for a marksman medal also tell Martha to send up a picture of Whitehead I will ahve to close now because I turn in
Your Loving Son
Jimmy
ps I am broke
the key looks like this long + thin
To: Frank Gleasure, 59 Royal St. Allston, Mass.
Dear Pa, I am having a swell time. One of the kids in my room in school was up to see me. he is staying at Pearl Island across the bay. Fort McKinley is known as the Great Diamond Island. Tell George to make a key for my suite case because I lost mine throwing javleins.
Tell him to make a copple so one will be sure of fiting. If he can make it till him to go up harvard ave key shop accross from [Myaskos?] lunch and tell the gang about it he will rember. Dont forget because my cloth are in the case. Tomorrow I have table waitering. All the kids have some time or anther. I was down the rifle range yesterday and qualified shoot the rifle I scored 18 out of 25. Next week we shoot the 30th I am going out for a marksman medal also tell Martha to send up a picture of Whitehead I will ahve to close now because I turn in
Your Loving Son
Jimmy
ps I am broke
the key looks like this long + thin
Monday, January 28, 2013
July 10, 1938
From: Jimmy Gleasure, Citizens Military Training Camp, Fort McKinley, Maine
To: Frank Gleasure, 59 Royal St. Allston, Mass.
Dear Pa,
I arrived yesterday we got of at Portland, then got a ride to the wharver. a ship comes and brought us to the island. We get up at 5.40 get dressed and make our bed and be out a 6.5. then we line up for inspection. Next is breakfast. After breakfast is exercise then drill to twelve then dinner and more drill.
The "[enearshion?]" is K.P. auther words is table water for 24 hours You have to wate at the side for breakfast dinner + supper then wash the dishes. And boy are you pauped then is guard duty 2 hours a night. Tell Martha, Theresa, George + Madeline to right. If I don't write for a while that means they ran out of stamps and I will have to what a while untill the ship brings the stamps across the bay. Well I have to go to bed now
Your Son
Jimmy
COH
Friday, January 25, 2013
July 9, 1938
From: Jimmy Gleasure (Frank's son), Fort McKinley, Portland, Maine
To: Frank Gleasure, 59 Royal Street, Allston, Mass.
Dear Pa,
We just got to camp yesterday. It is not as easy as you think we drill about 4 hours a day or nearly 6 hours. there is about 800 outhers guys here we get up a 6.40 get dressed and make our bed and get out a 7 oclock well I have to go to bed I will send the address latter
Your son Jimmy
To: Frank Gleasure, 59 Royal Street, Allston, Mass.
Dear Pa,
We just got to camp yesterday. It is not as easy as you think we drill about 4 hours a day or nearly 6 hours. there is about 800 outhers guys here we get up a 6.40 get dressed and make our bed and get out a 7 oclock well I have to go to bed I will send the address latter
Your son Jimmy
Thursday, January 24, 2013
March 14, 1935
From: George F. Gleasure, Company 119 CCC, Bellows Falls, VT
To: Frank Gleasure, 2 Grant Avenue, Allston, Mass.
Dear Pa;
I am writing to ask you to send me some stamps and some cigaretts as I cannot get time to go down town and get them because after working all day Im tired and besides I am broke. The Captain asked us who wanted to re enlist over again and I told him no, so I ought to be home by the first or third of April I don't know what to write about as there is no news except that the senate instead of abolishing the CC Camps entirely are going to have them cut down to one hundred men to each camp, so that means a lot of guys will be without work after the first of the month Well this is all for now Don't forget to write and send the stamps.
George.
To: Frank Gleasure, 2 Grant Avenue, Allston, Mass.
Dear Pa;
I am writing to ask you to send me some stamps and some cigaretts as I cannot get time to go down town and get them because after working all day Im tired and besides I am broke. The Captain asked us who wanted to re enlist over again and I told him no, so I ought to be home by the first or third of April I don't know what to write about as there is no news except that the senate instead of abolishing the CC Camps entirely are going to have them cut down to one hundred men to each camp, so that means a lot of guys will be without work after the first of the month Well this is all for now Don't forget to write and send the stamps.
George.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
March 9, 1935
From: George Gleasure, Company 119 CCC, Bellows Falls, VT
To: Frank Gleasure, 2 Grant Avenue, Allston, Mass.
Dear
I received your letter the other day and I could not write on account of not having any money to buy stamps, but I managed to get this stamp from one of the boys. Well anyway I and sending you the key to my trunk so you can lock it. The government cheque will be there on or about the 10 or 15 of the month and when it comes let me know how much it is so we won't get chiseled and if it isn't there by the eighteenth or nineteenth of the month write and tell me. Well this is all for now. This fountain pen don't write very good. Don't forget to write.
George.
To: Frank Gleasure, 2 Grant Avenue, Allston, Mass.
Dear
I received your letter the other day and I could not write on account of not having any money to buy stamps, but I managed to get this stamp from one of the boys. Well anyway I and sending you the key to my trunk so you can lock it. The government cheque will be there on or about the 10 or 15 of the month and when it comes let me know how much it is so we won't get chiseled and if it isn't there by the eighteenth or nineteenth of the month write and tell me. Well this is all for now. This fountain pen don't write very good. Don't forget to write.
George.
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