http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2009/01/29/in-the-magazine/letters/blast-from-the-past.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blast-from-the-past Home of The Saturday Evening Post Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:02:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2009/01/29/in-the-magazine/letters/blast-from-the-past.html/comment-page-1#comment-10930 Marjorie White Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:34:35 +0000 http://72.3.135.59/wordpress/?p=441#comment-10930 Dear Editor:
Since I was a child, I heard stories from my father, Alfred P Manning, about his years working in Philadelphia at Curtis Publishing. He always referred to those years as being among the best in his life. Father was in his late teens when he left Watertown, MA to live with his sister, Lillian Manning Light, who also worked at Curtis. The years must have been between 1918 to 1922. My father’s sister, we were told, was featured on the cover of one of the magazines, we think it was The Ladies’ Home Journal. We have an undated professional photograph of Lillian. She passed away in 1923 at a young age. Lillian’s husband was Lt Wesley W Light, US Army and, later, US Navy. I have been researching our family’s genealogy for quite some time and recently came into contact with the family of Wesley Light. The Curtis Publishing name came up again made me wonder if it is possible to obtain information about my aunt and father from your records. Wesley’s second wife, Jessie Aurelia Fry, also worked for Curtis Publishing. She and my aunt were friends and it is her family with whom I have connected.
Sincerely,
Marjorie

]]> http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2009/01/29/in-the-magazine/letters/blast-from-the-past.html/comment-page-1#comment-605 Eileen Rosenberg Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:20:15 +0000 http://72.3.135.59/wordpress/?p=441#comment-605 Dear Saturday Evening Post,
Your June 25, 1949 edition of Saturday Evening Post had an article written by U.S. Army Colonel J. C. Fry, “One Week in Hell,” about a World War II battle in Italy.
Through the years, my family treasured that article because, in it, Colonel Fry described the heroism of our uncle, 1st Lieutenant Edmund Maher of Providence Rhode Island, a 26 year old University of Rhode Island and ROTC graduate. He died a few days after Colonel Fry met him. He was awarded a Silver Star posthumously. Somehow, we have only two pages of this article and in an effort to understand more of the historical perspective of this great family loss, would appreciate finding the text of the entire article. Next month, one day plus 65 years after our Uncle Ed died, his alma mater URI is honoring him by inducting him into their URI/ ROTC Hall of Fame. In the hopes that your archival policies would allow this, we are writing you with our requets.
Most appreciatively.
E Rosenberg and Family

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