Alice May Welsh

  General Notes:

A letter from Alice to her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Miller, in 1942. Her grandparents had moved to 12041 Torrey Road, Fenton, Michigan by that time. Alice's address was 19340 Will, Box 478 R#4, Mt. Clemens, Michigan. Alice was 9 years old.

Dear Grandma,
Of course I'd answer your letters. I guess that pen wasn't meant to write with anyway. Eldon hasn't forgotten you or anyone else, he just has been working again. He passed his test and is just waiting to be called. He hasn't gone to Camp Custer yet and he's fine. Tell Grandpa not to worry, everything's alright. There's a boy that lived down the street that is in New Guinea now. As for me working hard in school listen to this. I got A in everything. The reason Gracie is going to school is because they were not crowded. Mary Ellen is everything that Eldon says she is. Momma is pretty busy these days. And Mary Ellen had a bad cold Friday and so we couldn't come. But we will come soon. We were off school last Wed., Thurs. and Fri. So you have a new phone. What is it a dial? Did you know we looked at a farm out by Armada and are going to move there soon? Daddy came home tonight with a big turkey about ten pounds heavy and so we'll have turkey for Thanksgiving. We have organized a Red Cross club here and we're getting along fine. Some of us knit and some sew. I think I'll write aunt Olly a line or two tonight so I'll have to cut it short.
Your loving grandaughter, Alice

Alice was always called Sister. She describes how this came about:
When Mom was pregnant for me, she told Fred he was going to have a baby brother or sister. I turned out to be the latter, and he logically called me "sister". The name stuck. There are a few funny stories about people mistaking the generic "sister" for the religious orders of "Sisters" -- The next question in that mix-up was, "Which order is your sister in?" I will leave you to unravel the various confusions that arose from such exchanges.

Alice married Hugh Palmer Davies, son of Davies and Ora Minnie Palmer, on 22 Aug 1954 in Armada Congregational Church, Armada, Michigan. (Hugh Palmer Davies was born in 1936 and died on 2 Sep 2005.)