I was contacted by a collector of ship postcards, and he sent me one written by Arthur Cartland Bailey's wife Bess when he was teaching in Thailand. Aunt Bess was enroute from Kobe, Japan to Shanghai, China.
Via S.S. Pres. Grant outbound from Shanghai to Seattle - April 18
Dear
When you get this I suppose school will me nearly over for this year. Betty's school in Bangkok begins about May 10th. She has had a good vacation and will be ready to work hard again. Good luck! Aunt Bess
Edna is 1st cousin of Mary Bailey Adair. She has daugther Ginny.
Letter written by my Mom’s 1st cousin, Phyllis Drescher. Phyllis and her son Norman experienced at Koinonia Farm in Georgia that her parents (Christian and Jennette) lived. Phyllis was married to Wilson Head and they had another son Gregory and 2 daughters. This is a letter that Phyllis shared in 1998 remembering The Chattanooga Bus Ride and Rosa Parks in 1954.
1949 letter written by aunt of Mary Bailey Adair. I have transcribed most of it; see below. Edith mentions her daughter Myrtle and her niece Phyllis Blume.
Story by Thomas Kruse about Arthur Cartland and Maurine Bailey