Letter to Glenn Brook's Family from Uncle Norm
Title
Letter to Glenn Brook's Family from Uncle Norm
Description
He writes about the apple harvest then the bad news about Glenn's death. His kids have chicken pox. he asks about their family.
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1945-12-03
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One typewritten sheet
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Identifier
EVanNestNBrooksD441203
Transcription
3 Dec 1945: From Norm, Windsor
on company letterhead: J Stuart McLerie Limited, Tractor and Industrial Supplies.
Dear Folks:
It has been so long since you have heard from us and vice versa that I thought I would drop a line or two that we are going along much as usual here and hope that you folks are OK too. No need to tell you that we are rotten correspondents so no excuses or alibis. The summer has gone so fast that I can hardly realize that Xmas is nearly upon us again. It has been a busy summer here and no doubt, you have found it to be the same. I have been wondering how you made out getting the apples harvested. I hope that you were able to get the job done and that the crop turned out good. There are no apples hereabouts. Any that people buy in the stores cost them about 5c apiece. It is cheaper to eat oranges. We can’t get the apples anyway and I miss them.
Jesse just told me that you got word about Glenn and it wasn't good news. Doreen, it's hard to know what to say in a case of this kind. All I can say is that we are very unhappy, also and feel so damned sorry for you all. He was a grand boy and will be so badly missed by you all. No doubt you have been looking for this word all along and now that you have received it, it doesn't help. It is such a pity that he and thousands like him had to sacrifice everything they had to keep this old world on an even keel. Such a mess. Greed and avarice everywhere. Too bad, too bad. I wish I could say what is in my heart about Glenn but it wouldn't help me or you, so Doreen, you know how we feel and you have our extreme sympathy, all of you.
Our kids are down with chickenpox right now. Gary is practically over his but D’Arcy is right in the centre of his. Poor little cuss is surely in misery. Last night I was up most of the night with him and today he is feeling somewhat better. The itching nearly drives him nuts, I imagine. He is now singing the odd song and we get quite a kick out of it. Gary is coming along good in school and music, trying another exam on piano in January. How about you, Gwen and Grant? Are you back to school or are you helping around home? And how are you feeling Sam? I hope that you are feeling much better by this time. You folks are surely getting your share of Hard Knocks. I guess we all come in for our share. Elmira is feeling much better now but she is so slow at picking up her weight. However I guess that time will bring about a change for the better. My work goes along much as usual. Well, I guess I have said enough for now and wish I could see you oftener. We enjoyed our stay with you last summer so much. That was a wonderful trip. That was really our honeymoon, believe it or not.
Write when you can and love to you all,
Uncle Norm and family
on company letterhead: J Stuart McLerie Limited, Tractor and Industrial Supplies.
Dear Folks:
It has been so long since you have heard from us and vice versa that I thought I would drop a line or two that we are going along much as usual here and hope that you folks are OK too. No need to tell you that we are rotten correspondents so no excuses or alibis. The summer has gone so fast that I can hardly realize that Xmas is nearly upon us again. It has been a busy summer here and no doubt, you have found it to be the same. I have been wondering how you made out getting the apples harvested. I hope that you were able to get the job done and that the crop turned out good. There are no apples hereabouts. Any that people buy in the stores cost them about 5c apiece. It is cheaper to eat oranges. We can’t get the apples anyway and I miss them.
Jesse just told me that you got word about Glenn and it wasn't good news. Doreen, it's hard to know what to say in a case of this kind. All I can say is that we are very unhappy, also and feel so damned sorry for you all. He was a grand boy and will be so badly missed by you all. No doubt you have been looking for this word all along and now that you have received it, it doesn't help. It is such a pity that he and thousands like him had to sacrifice everything they had to keep this old world on an even keel. Such a mess. Greed and avarice everywhere. Too bad, too bad. I wish I could say what is in my heart about Glenn but it wouldn't help me or you, so Doreen, you know how we feel and you have our extreme sympathy, all of you.
Our kids are down with chickenpox right now. Gary is practically over his but D’Arcy is right in the centre of his. Poor little cuss is surely in misery. Last night I was up most of the night with him and today he is feeling somewhat better. The itching nearly drives him nuts, I imagine. He is now singing the odd song and we get quite a kick out of it. Gary is coming along good in school and music, trying another exam on piano in January. How about you, Gwen and Grant? Are you back to school or are you helping around home? And how are you feeling Sam? I hope that you are feeling much better by this time. You folks are surely getting your share of Hard Knocks. I guess we all come in for our share. Elmira is feeling much better now but she is so slow at picking up her weight. However I guess that time will bring about a change for the better. My work goes along much as usual. Well, I guess I have said enough for now and wish I could see you oftener. We enjoyed our stay with you last summer so much. That was a wonderful trip. That was really our honeymoon, believe it or not.
Write when you can and love to you all,
Uncle Norm and family
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Citation
Uncle Norm, “Letter to Glenn Brook's Family from Uncle Norm,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 14, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/31149.