In the box of keepsakes that was in the trunk with the letters, I found this news clipping:
And in a search of the Eugene Register Guard archives, this article.
So she was Helengray Boykin, raised in Eugene, in the same sorority as Dotty, and she married Lloyd Cummings. The announcement was made over this weekend and we can assume that Dotty and Bill were at whatever gathering was held for the occasion.
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Info from WW II draft records. This may be why they married so quickly; he had enlisted in October, probably had finished basic training, and was off to fight the war.
Name: Lloyd A. Cummings
Birth Year: 1919
Race: White, Citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Oregon
State of Residence: Oregon
County or City: Lane
Enlistment Date: 14 Oct 1940
Enlistment State: Washington
Enlistment City: Vancouver Barracks
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade Code: Aviation Cadet
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the Philippine Department
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 3 years of college
Civil Occupation: Skilled occupations in production of bakery products, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 67
Weight: 137
From the Oregon Death Index:
Name: Cummings, Lloyd Alson
County: Lane
Death Date: 4 Aug 1997
Certificate: 97-16905
Age: 77
Birth Date: 28 Sep 1919
Spouse: Heleng
And this from the Social Security Death Records:
Social Security Death Index
Birth, Marriage & Death
Name: Helengray Cummings
Birth: 13 Jul 1918
Death: 9 Jul 1998 - Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States of America
Civil: Oregon
Very interesting. I wonder why they didn't stay close? Maybe mom & dad visited with them when we went to Eugene and we just didn't know because we stayed home with Aunt Hetty?
Obituary for Helengray
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Rt1YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=resDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4022%2C3140307
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