Letter from Jesse G. Dorsey to soldiers with personal note to Glen Beyl 1942

Description:	This is pages 3 and 4 of a letter written by Jesse Dorsey with a hand written note at the end to Glen Beyl. The typed portion is a form letter that he sent to several hundred soldiers from the local area. Jesse tells about gasoline rationing. The first woman from the area has joined the service. The Speed Woman’s Club collected money to buy food to send to soldiers as a Christmas gift. A group at the Louisville Cement Company decided to send out a gift to all the servicemen on Jesse’s mailing list. This item is part of a large group of letter written to or by Jesse G. Dorsey during World War II. Dorsey ran the community house for the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. Being a veteran of World War I, he knew the value of providing support to the troops. He wrote letters and sent the company newsletter (Speedometer) to several hundred service men and women during the war. The community house also hosted weekend parties for soldiers from Fort Knox, Kentucky during the war.
Origin:	1942
Created By:	Dorsey, Jesse Grant, 1895-1976
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p1819coll10/id/6581
Collection:	Jesse G. Dorsey WWII Correspondence
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Geography:	Speed, Clark County, Indiana 38.4122869,-85.7612189
Subjects:	Rationing--gasolineChristmas giftsWoman’s Auxiliary Army CorpsWorld War, 1939-1945Louisville Cement Company

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