Milford chronicle., 1945-03-30
MILFORD FATHER RECEIVES
LETTER FRnN FRAME
COW \Di\G HIS son
CCont.nuco from rirst Page)

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dCrcd if You would be interested
to hear from a complete stranger
how he is? Well. ! can tell You he
looks fine and is very cheerful We
are very pleased to have met linn
and are cXpcctinG him. with Il
friend. To come one Sunday alter
noon to our home and have tea. a
good chat and some music. They
have already been ON Il short visit
and expressed their delight 10 be
in Il real home AGAIN. And now
perhaps il would interest you To
know who we are and also of how
We met the first Americans who
came to deliver our part Of the
country from the drcadtul enemy.
We came ont here from London
with our two little girls over -
, years ago and my husband started
Il shop where We have sold OBJECTS
dart crystal fine leather goods.
porcelain. artistic jcWcIrY. all
kinds of gifts in fact Our shop Is
opposite the CdSOinO and our VILLA
minutes away facing mlnlatur"
pine wood on the edge OF the sea.
1t has been very interesting work
as people of all uatlonaltlcS cam"
to buy. We met many many Am"ri-
cans. Then war started and when
Franco CHpitulatcd our consul sent
messages fran Cannes advising
those who wished To leave To do so
that same afternoon Things were
so bad that my husband said IL"
thought that we should send the
girls home for their own safety.
After a time | saw that he was
right We could not go in that
short time. leaving everything We
possessed We imagined that dur
ing a year we should he united
again. That WAS in June. 1910.
when Margaret was - and Rose
mary IL. II WAS Il dreadful wrench
and oh, the anxiety before they
landed after weeks. i'm LiNcrpool
They went with many friends 50
were not lonely They are now
nurses in two OF L0udunS hOSpi-
tails one in the cast end and ON,
in the wrst-rnd We have just
started to hear from them AGAIN
and they arc luuGin& to come hum,
some time during the next few
months 1t is already Il. years o'
separation. SO this will give yol
an idea of how we synpathlI" Will
YOU parents in America and of how
ready we are and always Will b"
to make any of the boys feel les;
homo sick When the German
entered Juan over Il year ago auC
started to make life unpleasant
we shut UP shop and villa and wen
up in the near mountains overlook
ing the sea. where they had no
\ vet penetrated We lived in lit
tie summer cottage Ot an old bee
keeping friend CWhO is now IS an
had been lccturinG i'm lH22 in Nm
criral. He and his daughter hl
already left and gone to 4 lit!
town in the PyranCSC away trOl
, the Germans. We were ~ mile
;, from the village i'm q most hcHut
ful view spot. with u view far dow
- below to the sea and the rive
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- liSh bridges and ON the sea lrOl
!. a magnificent hridec leading
-s Nice We were quite Isolated tro
" humanity but that didut Won
q us. We gathered our own tir'
, wood, went 10 the spring for drinl
s ing water. made our own bees Wa
= candles and used sections Ot ban
~
ii Journey down to the village To e
10 our ration of bread 10 ounce
lc each. For years we have not see
n such cereals as rice, taplOca. hrra'
fast oats. etc. and until your hO,
T. came we ate Il coffee COlOrCd hrC;
10 made of heaven knows what &C.
Ia tainly not flour OF course there
q. no coffee nor tea We have Il &C
of fec mixture made of, perha'
We crushed palm date stones, aC0rl
IL pipS Of grapes. etc. Fats We
H. these are almost n0n-CNiSt"l
re Since January of this year We ta
L not had Il half Il pound Of butt
II. each, no mayOnaiSc. lard. and sc
& little Oil This is an olive grown
e. country. hut the Germans SyStcl
III atiCally took everything. Meat y
III get once every > or I weeks a.
~ then only about = ounces cat
The ficshcrmcn were not allo
ed to- fish because of mines, h
- now they have cleared th" bay n
=. we get occasionally : ounces ca
~, of SardinCS Timed goods diSa
49,. pcarCd the first year Of the W;
-, Soap is made of some ClCanSi
powder with a minimum of Grca'
or but you cannot use il on your fa
d,. and it does not lathcr. MCdICln
i. are almost unohtainahlr II dc
nr not do TO he i'll. Clothing the sal
ON thing. During the whole | yea
a have dreamed of buying tea. bl
.ot ter and cheese and plum cak
ne On August 18th. the great alta
dis started in the south of France. \
ng and the II. a. f. and the Amrric
he hOmbcrs going over SmaShi
il even the smallest bridges
to StrOying railway stations, etc. II
he at first We just said "thc boys ;
a at il again" and as it started al
ne a. IN. we turned over in our be
and tried to- sleep again But t
,ur bOmbardmCnt was SO terrible Il
so persistent, that we got ZIP Il
ith went on to the terrace. ThrOu
nd the field glasses We could plain
cs- see the big boats in the bay haI
asst inc AWAY and the uOiSC crew mo
the tremendous.
net 1t lasted like that for 2i2 da
l.. The villagers were delighted d
! people started TO speak freely \