Letters written by William M. Leonard to nonfamily recipients
Date | Recipient | Highlights |
Feb 17, 1948 | Pastor of Patrick Wesleyan Church, Glasgow |
church membership record sought |
Feb 21, 1948 | County Registrar, Newtownards, County Down, N. Ireland |
family records questions |
July 7, 1948 | Mrs. Susan McFall, Glasgow |
Patrick Wesleyan member |
May 17, 1949 | Dept. of Old Age Pensions |
eligible? |
March 3, 1950 | Rev. G. E. Morrow, Winona |
commendation |
March 20, 1950 | Marshall Mattress Co., Leaside |
mattress doggerel |
Aug 14, 1950 | Rev. G. E. Morrow |
Sunday evening service proposals |
Sept 26, 1950 | G. W. Brown, Galt |
advice on selling cello, viola, violin |
Nov 17, 1950 | Rev. G. E. Morrow, Delhi |
supply work sought |
Jan 3, 1951 | Motor Vehicles Branch, Toronto |
license renewal request |
Jan 27, 1951 | Edmonton Bulletin |
past recalled |
April 3, 1951 | Rev. Geo. Trimble, Toronto |
gratitude for past employment |
April 26, 1951 | Robt. Killins, Glen Cross |
house sale enquiry, with reply |
May 3, 1951 | Robt. Killins, Glen Cross |
cannot purchase |
May 28, 1951 | Zenith Corp., Windsor |
wrong battery |
June 4, 1951 | Zenith Radio Corp., Windsor |
wrong battery 2nd time |
June 7, 1951 | United Church Publishing House, Toronto |
bible rebinding |
June 15, 1951 | United Church Publishing House, Toronto |
shocked at price |
July 11, 1951 | Mrs. Overholt |
church service planning |
Aug 6, 1951 | Dept. of National Health and Welfare |
old age pension application |
Aug 8, 1951 | Dominion Natural Gas Co. |
exposed pipe |
Oct 30, 1951 | Mrs. Overholt, Normandale |
keeping old church alive |
Nov 1, 1951 | Eaton Co. |
3 items returned |
Nov 20, 1951 | Rev. C. I. Brenn, Simcoe |
appreciation for work at Normandale |
Dec 20, 1951 | Rev. Murray Masecar, Normandale |
discouraged to have worked so hard for so few |
Jan 18, 1952 | Registrar of Motor Vehicles, Toronto |
tests required for driving permit |
Jan 19, 1952 | Regional Director of Old Age Security, Toronto |
free medical care question, with reply |
Jan 31, 1952 | Commissioner, Old Age Pensions, Toronto |
free medical care question |
Feb 8, 1952 | Martin Bros. Music Store, Simcoe |
copy Wesley's tape to phonograph record? |
March 3, 1952 | Zenith Radio Corp., Windsor |
battery kit quickly |
March 26, 1952 | Registrar of Vital Statistics, Manchester England |
brother Frank's birth record |
May 3, 1952 | Zenith Radio Corp., Windsor |
battery kit for Wesley's hearing aid |
May 9, 1952 | Chief Bert Evans, Delhi Police Dept. |
police protection for house during trip to Minneapolis |
June 4, 1952 | Mr. Herb Ravin, Glenmeyer ON |
memorial service at Cultus church |
Sept 8, 1952 | Mrs. C. H. Lawford, Edmonton |
death of minister who married them |
Dec 8, 1952 | Upper Room |
order not received after 10 days |
Dec 22, 1952 | Mr. & Mrs. Fred Bowman, Lachine QB |
lady preacher doing his old work |
March 5, 1953 | D. H. Darby |
driver's permit refused |
March 18, 1953 | Miss Drake |
St. Pat's card |
June 4, 1953 | A. W. Ward, furniture removers |
suitcase moved to Winnipeg by mistake |
June 10, 1953 | Barrister Hanselman |
driving permit test sought; accident |
June 11, 1953 | Mrs. Vern Nie, South Cayuga |
service planning |
July 4, 1953 | Stanley Haines |
questions about house for sale in Rodney |
July 9, 1953 | Stanley Haines |
must pass on house purchase |
July 20, 1953 | Barrister Hanselman |
possible court appearance |
Aug 19, 1953 | Miss Kelner |
car for sale |
Sept 10, 1953 | Chief Evans, Delhi Police Dept. |
fear of car theft if he advertises it for sale |
Nov 5, 1953 | Commissioner, Old Age Pensions, Toronto |
loss of driving permit |
Dec 9, 1953 | Bruce Overbaugh, Simcoe |
no longer preaching |
Dec 9, 1953 | Miss Drake |
South Cayuga anniversary events |
Dec 16, 1953 | Gordon Thompson Ltd., Toronto |
Christmas purchase |
Feb 19, 1954 | Rev. Crozier |
"I worked like a slave, got no thanks, no recognition, no pension, and now I am on the junk pile, too old all because I had no ACADEMIC DEGREE." |
April 1, 1954 | Commodores Male Quartette |
list of sea songs for them to sing |
May 3, 1954 | Zenith Radio Corp., Windsor |
battery parts dead |
May 7, 1954 | Zenith Radio Corp., Windsor |
mailing batteries and hearing aid for testing |
June 24, 1954 | Mrs. Ross Poole, Norwich Gore |
cannot attend official reopening because of having no car |
July 16, 1954 | Bank of Montreal |
son in Christchurch, New Zealand |
Aug 24, 1954 | Mr. Morrow |
"thunderstorm is giving the earth a drink and switching off my light" |
Dec 16, 1954 | Mr. & Mrs. Harris, New Zealand |
appreciate hospitality provided Wesley in New Zealand. "[Wesley] found a solution to his travels in becoming a missionary to the Solomons, we are very glad he has gone into this work, we are retired missionaries as guess he told you, and he is quite proud that he was born in west China." |
Dec 23, 1954 | Mr. & Mrs. Judson Brown, Dunnville |
families all too far away to celebrate Christmas with us |
Dec 23, 1954 | Mr. & Mrs. John Gifford, South Cayuga |
families far away |
Dec 27, 1954 | Zenith Radio Corp., Windsor |
send batteries that are alive, they only seem to last a few days |
Feb 19, 1955 | Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Overbaugh, Simcoe |
shocked by loss of Catherine, did not know she was suffering from cancer |
March 14, 1955 | Zenith Radio Corp., Windsor |
hearing aid sent for adjustment, burning battery kits too fast |
March 19, 1955 | Miss Katharine Drake |
Catherine's death a "dark blot" that has filled us with sorrow |
April 12, 1955 | Rev. & Mrs. McRoberts, Sherkston |
the rest of our family kept Catherine's cancer from us |
April 14, 1955 | Zenith Radio Corp., Windsor |
very upset because hearing aid dead again after repairs |
April 16, 1955 | Zenith Radio Corp., Windsor |
repair hearing aid, "I am a bother to others, and I talk too loud" |
May 28, 1955 | Zenith Radio Corp., Windsor |
"exasperated" by condition of hearing aid after 2 repairs, wife too sick to shout |
June 18, 1955 | Eaton Co., Toronto |
measurements for suit |
July 25, 1955 | Delhi Baptist Church |
remit $10, "urgent" |
July 25, 1955 | Toronto Crematorium |
send booklet on cremation in plain envelope |
Aug 15, 1955 | Bruce Lehman, Delhi |
3 proposed sermon titles |