When my great aunt passed back in the 80s I helped my Mom clean out her apartment (Mom was the executrix of her estate.)
Besides coffee cans full of silver coins, we found bundles of War bonds wrapped in rubber bands. Unlike current US savings bonds, which stop earning interest when they mature, war bonds continue earning interest until surrendered. Needless to say, there were some small face value bonds worth a lot of $$$ in those bundles. Dan On Aug 21, 2012, at 10:00 AM, "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > Oh, I forgot; I did buy several 10-cent war bond stamps. $25 bond cost > $18.75; bond stamps were also sold at school; the stamps were put in a book > until enough were accumulated to = $18.75 for a bond. I never had enough > money to accumulate $18.75; I think my book with a few stamps is still here > somewhere. > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 10:50 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mistakes again WAS: Lost again? > > >> At only 7 to 11, about the only thing I did for the war effort during WWII >> was scrounge up scrap metal coupla times and take it to school for scrap >> drive. >> >> Wilton >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dieselhead" <126die...@gmail.com> >> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:47 PM >> Subject: [MBZ] Mistakes again WAS: Lost again? >> >> >>> >It's awesome that our "seasoned" citizens share those memories for us >>> >>all, lest we forget the sacrifices made in past times. >>>> >>>> -R >>> >>> yep! Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. We are >>> dangerously close to repeating some huge mistakes of 60 years ago, and 100 >>> years ago. That recent history is well documented and easy to discover. >>> >>> The WWII generations, my parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles and >>> millions like them, Gerry and Wilton did amazing things from 1941 to 1946. >>> Let us, and younger generations learn from the mistakes made in the early >>> 1900s, and the 1930s and never repeat them. >>> >>> >>> >>> And speaking of the railroads of WWII, the steam engines were amazing. Ever >>> been up close to a large steam locomotive that is fired up and pulling a >>> load? Wow! I have been around a narrow gauge medium size locomotive, and >>> it is amazing how it makes the earth move. I can only imagine the big fast >>> locomotives. >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
