A 94-year-old letter has made its way back to a rural town in southern Alberta after spending nearly a century abroad.
The letter, written by 30-year-old Violet Collier in 1919 and addressed to a Ms. Sholz, was recently located in an antique trunk in Australia. The man who located the wayward piece of mail searched the internet for information on the town of Vulcan and contacted the Vulcan Business Development Society.
Following email correspondence, the letter was returned to Vulcan. Among the subjects discussed in Collier’s letter were the end of the Great War, the Winnipeg Strike, the cold prairie winter, and the rising cost of animal feed.
After reading the previously lost letter, Collier’s grandson David discovered a new side of his grandmother.
“This is totally out of character,” said David. “My grandmother, to me, was totally reserved. Very, very quiet and unopinionated, but in this letter, this is a person I don't know!”
Violet passed away in 1962.
David says he is not aware of the relationship between his grandmother and Ms. Sholz, the intended recipient of the letter.
With files from CTV's Rylee Carlson
