Papers of the Benjamin Franklin Yancey Family

unknown to Harriet Anna Yancey, May 1920

Church and religion | Education--other | Work and employment

Author may be cousin Willie (Edward?)
[Seal] War Camp Community Service

Unknown cousin writes Harriet Anna Yancey that he convinced Roger to stay in the South for the summer and discusses the importance of education.

War Camp Community service
For the War Department and Navy Department Commissions
on Training Camp Activities
Hampton Phoebus Fort Monroe
Office: 301 Bank of Hampton Building
Hampton, Virginia
Staff
Horace L. Jones
Representing War Department and Navy Department
Commissions on Training Camp Activities in War
Camp Community Service, Director
Frank F. Kraft
Associate Director
Joseph A. DeHority
Financial Secretary
Mrs. H.J. Cookinham, Jr.
Mrs. Montague Gammon
Hostess of the Hampton Hospitality House (Red
Circle Club)
Mrs. A.L. Hamblin
Hostess of the Phoebus Red Circle Club
Executive Committee
Mrs. Mary Gorton Darling,
Chairman
E.F. Peck, Treasurer
Mrs. C.H. Hewins
Chairman Hospitality House
Mrs. H.R. Booker
Mrs. R.M. Booker
Frank W. Darling
Miss Bessie Fitchett
H.H. Holt
Harry R. Houston
Mrs. Alexander Purvis
Mrs. John N. Shannahan
G.M. Sutler
John Weymouth
Telephone [missing text] 565
All Matters Pertaining to Hampton, Phoebus and Ft. Monroe
Should be Referred to Mr. Kraft

To: Mrs. B. F. Yancey,
Albe. Co.
Esmont, Va.
Box # [missing text]
From: War Camp Community Board
301 Bank of Hampton Building
Hampton, Virginia
Seal: War Camp Community Service
Postmark: Hampton, VA.
MAY [missing text] 1920
7-30 AM

5/20.

My dear Cousin,

Your letter received today, and as usually very glad to hrar from all. Yes, I just, had Roger, and give him a heart to heart talk, in that it is far best form him to stay in the south this summer. Too I have work in the Noth for about six years or more and you have to be very swift to make enough money to carry you through school. Here in the shipyard the lowist wege being paid is $.46; per. hour, for men and boys alike. And you only work eight hours. And there is no more danger here then it is else where, fi you are sleep of course you will get the worth of the deal.

It always give me pleasure when I am able to write a decent letter, and especially when I feel that my life is worthy of the letter. I am very glad to know that your Mary is bending every efford to enter V.N. & I.I. This Fall, I am sure of her getting in. On my return I shall stop by to see Pres. Gandy, about the matter. Let me tell you no more than you know, and that is this, put your chrildren in school at any price. Of couse my Dear Mother did not know the value of schooling, but I thank her from the bottom of my heart for this much, and shall not stop until I have had College education. I am very happy that the Lord has made it possible for me to have gotten this far in life. I shall write some very impressite letters to Mary, and Laura, to show them that it is all of us duty to look after mother, more than we gave. Of course had it not been for my schooling I would have had a house and it all paid for by now, but I am poor, and only able to do one thing at a time. But after I had bought the Land I thought they would have put up the house. I do not see any reason for our young men to continue to marry when they have no resting place.

We, know that God, call Moses at the age of forty-years of age to lead the Isralights, and it took in forty-years to get his education, to lead forty year. The Master, we find him a lad with Mary getting his early training to lead his people. Too it took the Master thirty years to prepare to do his work which only call for three years work. Too, we find Samuel, a marrly lad, but it took twenty-five years for his training, to lead 40 yr; So, you see if we are planing to do better work then our fathers, then we must get trained. Axlender, "The Great, was asked what did he want his friends to do for him, and his only, was to get out of my "Sunlight."

Published by: Virginia Center for Digital History

Source copy consulted: Papers of the Benjamin Franklin Yancey Family (MSS 11599), Alderman Library, University of Virginia

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