EDITOR’S NOTE:

During the First World War, the Penticton

Herald published a number of letters from local men serving in France. The Penticton Museum & Archives has assembled a number of these letters from its digitized database. Over the next two weeks The Herald will run a series of these letters from Penticton First World War veterans, some of whom never made the journey back home.

The Penticton Museum & Archives hopes that Herald readers will enjoy these letters, which complement the museum’s current exhibit, British Columbia’s War, 1914-1918, on display at the museum until May, 2017. ✍✍ ✍ Penticton Herald February 8, 1917 Dear Mrs. Brown [Penticton Soldiers’ Comforts Association],

I must write and thank you and the other members of the club for the parcel I received a few days after Christmas. It came just at the right time when I was in financial difficulties. It is wonderful to see how a parcel cheers a fellow up, especially after being in quarantine for five weeks as we have. We are having rather bad weather at present, but then we are getting used to that in this country.

Again thanking you for the parcel, and wishing you and the club a successful New Year, I remain yours sincerely, Leslie Hunnable