Letter from William H. Gernert to Richard T. Gernert, December 4, 1942
| Title | Letter from William H. Gernert to Richard T. Gernert, December 4, 1942 |
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[top right] Dec 4-1942 [end top right]
Dearest Son-
Mom received your letter and just gloated over it, she was so proud of her son.
You asked for Vitamin pills and Quinine, well here is the story - you know Quinine is "frozen" by our Government. I was telling Halleck (Dr) about what you wanted and he told me what vitamins to send you also [underlined] he said no [underlined] Quinine [underlined x2] to be had, But, I noticed he put on his hat and went out - pretty soon he came in the office with two little boxes (of 12 capsules each) of 5 grain Quinine - said he got them off of Roy Walker at Rogers Drug Store - he wouldn't accept any money for them but said I should tell you they were a x mas present. So you better drop him a note of thanks for the present [underlined], but dont [underlined] mention Quinine. Alright - then I go down below me o Bernie Mikalac's and tell him I want a big box of Vitamin, which he sells me. In the conversation I old him you wanted quinine but it was "frozen". He took me in the back room and said "I've got some quinine hidden that I didn't turn in to the government and by God Dick can have it - so he dug up 72 - 5 grain capsules for you, but you notice his label isn't on the bottle. So I am sending you - in fact I mailed it today Dec 4th - a box about 10" by 4" by 4" with 1250 Vitamin pills - 72 quinine in a bottle - 24 quinine in 2 separate little boxes. All in all, you have 96 Quinines or a total of 480 grains. I'll bet your medical outfit dont have that much altogether.
The Vitamin's at one a day will last you
8 months, and I hope you are back home by that time, at least, on a furlough.
Be careful how you take the quinine - better ask a Doctor officer what the maximum would be to take, but dont tell him you have any.
By all means - keep your quinine a secret and keept it for emergency purposes - you may be able to help some other curs [unsure sp] with malaria some time, some where. Use the quinine in the little boxes first, if all of them wont go in the bottle.
Also guard those Vitamins, too, cause they cost like Thunder - in fact, Sonny boy, they are your x mas present from us and I hope they get to you in good shape. Be sure and let me know if you receive them OK and when you receive them.
I had to send the box by regular mail because the maximum on air mail is 2 oz., however they told me at the post office here that they would put them in a San Francisco mail bag right out of here - so they should reach you in two weeks or less.
Colder than blazes here - down to 3 above zero, but warmining a bit today.
Do you remember Tom Lauer of Toledo? He was in Bills class, graduated with him, and was #4 man in the class. He was killed in an airplane crash in Washington State yesterday, altho he was an engineer and not an aviator. No further details available.
A card from Mary this a.m. that Bill is all thru flying at Kelly. Also that "Sandy" Damron and two other class mates of Bill's
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are there on a furlough visiting them - and that they have their wings and are the cockiest three she ever saw.
I take Sally to No Baltimore [unsure sp] tomorrow, Saturday, and put her on the 4:16 p.m. B+O for Pittsburg. I think she has enjoyed being with us - surely we have been so darned glad to have her. The little squirt bought us a swell bed spread for xmas.
I took Sally, mom + Shirley to dinner at Harvery's last night - they (mom + Sally) had been uptown shopping together and didnt get thru till 5:30, and they came to the office cold + hungry, giggling like a couple of kids, so subtle, too, that it was so hard for me to understand they wanted to eat uptown. (?) I am just outvoted on every question and it will probably always be that way since we acquired two more girls [underlined] in our family.
Your letters come thru to us in 5 days - how long is our letters coming to you? Hope your trunks have showed up - Sally says you never have a clean handkerchief. I said you weren't brought up that way. You pot likker [unsure sp] - you told me you [underlined] sold your car and made a profit. Sally says she [underlined] sold the car at a loss [underlined]. Not that it matters in this instance, but dont lie to your old Pop, son. And dont blame Sally for telling me - she didn't know what you had written. The whole thing is trivial.
Get in there and pitch - get the job done and come home, sweet man. So darned glad you keep in touch with Ray Norton. Oceans of Love to you Pal
[bottom right] from your Pop. [end bottom right] | |
| Subject | Gernert, William Henry, 1886-1947 |
| Gernert, Richard Thomas, 1919-1994 | |
| Gernert family | |
| Gernert, Lillian Forrest, 1893-1988 | |
| Gernert, Eveline Schwartz Mowry, 1920-1999 | |
| Harley, Shirley Louise Gernert, 1925-1981 | |
| Gernert, William Edgar, 1917-2009 | |
| Gernert, Mary Alice Hawley, 1917-2013 | |
| Halleck, Frank Dana, 1873-1954 | |
| Kelly Air Force Base (Tex.) | |
| San Francisco (Calif.) | |
| Pittsburgh (Pa.) | |
| North Baltimore (Ohio) | |
| Malaria -- Prevention -- Equipment and supplies | |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Ohio -- Bowling Green | |
| Bowling Green (Ohio) | |
| Creator | Gernert, William Henry, 1886-1947 |
| Source | Gernert family letters; MS-1269; Center for Archival Collections; University Libraries; Bowling Green State University |
| Date | 1942-12-04 |
| Rights |
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| Format | Correspondence |
| application/pdf | |
| Language | eng |
| Identifier | ms1269_19421204 |
| https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/42499 | |
| Spatial Coverage | Bowling Green (Ohio) |
| San Francisco (Calif.) | |
| San Antonio (Tex.) | |
| North Baltimore (Ohio) | |
| Type | Text |
