Amelia Bettencourt Hyer is Bill Nevis's niece and Burnett is her husband. Tommy could be Bill's brother-in-law, Tom Bettencourt.
The newspaper cited is the Glendale News-Press.
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Al Rose writes about his experiences and about classmates from Caltech.
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A letter from Mrs. Elmer Hall with news of her son Elmer Hall, Barbara Painter, and others.
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Ray Swanson writes from Camp Crowder with the announcement of his marriage to Alice and his promotion to Second Lieutenant.
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Al Grote writes with news of his personal life and of classmates from Caltech.
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Arnold wrote this poem some time in 1944 on a plane, so possibly when we flew home to California at the end of the summer.
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I find it interesting that the family does not appear to be particularly concerned for Leonard's life in active combat in the Pacific Theater. I can only attribute that to Hazel's supreme confidence in God's plan and the power of prayer. Or, since Leonard wrote more explicitly to his brother about his front-line experiences, he kept the realities of any danger to his life from the rest of the family.
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Caltech classmate John Mason writes with news about other Caltech friends.
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It looks like Arnie found Dr. Fisher (see letter of September 13, 1944) and got this response from her:
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Two letters from California arrive on September 18th, one from Arnold's sister Dolly and the other from their mother Hazel. Dolly is worried about being an "old maid" at age 22, and that reminds of something a Nevis cousin once said to me: "Nevises are slow to procreate". Bill Nevis was in nearly thirty when he married Hazel Wolfe; their son Arnold Nevis was thirty-one when he married Newlin Ashmore; their oldest son Leonard Nevis married his second wife Lucille Howard around age thirty-eight and started a family; their daughter Dolly did marry within a year or two of this letter; and their youngest daughter Laura Nevis married later in life as well.
Amelia Nevis Gomes is Bill's sister, so that her daughter Alice Gomes is Bill's niece as well as Dolly's cousin. I get the impression from these letters that Dolly is close to her Nevis cousins.
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I think the guys mentioned here are all pals from Caltech. Johnny is probably John Mason.
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