A biographical letter detailing the life and relations of Sidney Ormsbee, a local man who died in the Battle of Messina, August 16, 1943. It was written under the context of his parents gifting books in his memory to the public library.

People: Sidney C Ormsbee, Horatio Ormsbee, Mabel Ormsbee, Samuel Belknap Ormsbee / Samuel Ormsbee, Betsey Peak Smith / Betsey Smith, Sidney Smith Ormsbee, Edgar Ormsbee, Sarah Ormsbee, Albert Ormsbee, Thomas Jolls Ormsbee / Thomas Ormsbee, Thomas Hamilton Ormsbee, Agnes Baily Ormsbee / Agnes Ormsbee, The House Comfortable, San Jose State College, California State Forest Ranger, Arthur V Frankenstien, San Francisco Chronicle