News From Home
During World War II, a committee of mostly WMW employees produced a newsletter called News from Home, starting in November 1942 and ending in December 1945.
This was sent to the town's service men and women serving around the world. I have included them here because I think that they belong aside the SPINDLE and it's important that today's generations see them. They give an interesting insight into how things were at that time. Viewers from Northbridge and the surrounding area are bound to recognize some of the names in these issues.
Many of the issues were scanned by me. After scanning, I donated the originals to the Museum of World War II - Boston. Other issues were provided by Linda Bouley.
After the last issue of NFH, the committee decided it had another goal to achieve. With funds left over, an album was put together and sent off to a publisher and the result is shown below. Most households in town had a copy of this book. I was fortunate enough to receive a “like new” copy from Spaulding Aldrich while I was Veteran’s Services Director. After a long and hard decision, I decided to sacrifice this copy to scan and provide for all to see. I had to dissect pages to get the best scan. I knew that Spaulding would approve as he would have wanted it made available.
This was sent to the town's service men and women serving around the world. I have included them here because I think that they belong aside the SPINDLE and it's important that today's generations see them. They give an interesting insight into how things were at that time. Viewers from Northbridge and the surrounding area are bound to recognize some of the names in these issues.
Many of the issues were scanned by me. After scanning, I donated the originals to the Museum of World War II - Boston. Other issues were provided by Linda Bouley.
After the last issue of NFH, the committee decided it had another goal to achieve. With funds left over, an album was put together and sent off to a publisher and the result is shown below. Most households in town had a copy of this book. I was fortunate enough to receive a “like new” copy from Spaulding Aldrich while I was Veteran’s Services Director. After a long and hard decision, I decided to sacrifice this copy to scan and provide for all to see. I had to dissect pages to get the best scan. I knew that Spaulding would approve as he would have wanted it made available.
November 1942
January 1943
December 1942
February 1943
April 1943
March 1943
May 1943
July 1943
June 1943
August 1943
October 1943
September 1943
November 1943
January 1944
December 1943
February 1944
April 1944
March 1944
May 1944
July 1944
June 1944
August 1944
October 1944
September 1944
November 1944
January 1945
December 1944
February 1945
April 1945
March 1945
May 1945
July 1945
June 1945
August 1945
October 1945
September 1945
November 1945
December 1945