http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_276_Pen_Pal_Love_Story.mp3 Vic and Marianne Anderson began a 12 year pen pal relationship during the dark days of World War II. It became a 52 year love affair, and an enduring family legend. Plone 2.0 http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_276_Pen_Pal_Love_Story.mp3/logo.jpg http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_276_Pen_Pal_Love_Story.mp3 <p></p><h4>Pen Pal Love Story</h4><p><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/3b5ac6caf472d218db61dd9bf7b2d7dc" alt="Anderson postcard" height="67" width="100" />One of the last things Victor Anderson's older brother Ron did before he was killed in World War II was write to Victor, then 17.</p><p>He asked that Vic write to an 11-year-old Jewish girl named Marianne Baum whom he had met while visiting her parents in Tel Aviv. His brother told Victor that she was trying to learn English.</p><p class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/b42899eb5c6dba402d48f713a45a2e6e" alt="Vic and Marianne Anderson" height="100" width="100" />Marianne and Vic Anderson</p><p>Victor and Marianne stayed pen pals for 12 years before they finally met. The story of that meeting and how they fell in love is one that has been told and re-told in the family -- and was again when Victor and Marianne celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary on June 11, 2007.</p><ul><li>See <a title="Pen Pal Love Story" href="resolveuid/140917f434e535a813f07120f63932db" target="_self">photos</a> of Ron, Victor and Marianne<br /></li></ul><a></a><a class="addbtn" href="http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=608cc948ba9b" target="_self">Add to story</a><br /><h4>Reuniting the class - an update</h4><p><a title="Class Reunion 2" href="resolveuid/d8703b4f25aec06eb0c4429012580240" target="_self"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/72aead9635e836657a5fcc93ae5e6635" alt="Class reunion" height="71" width="200" /></a>Last week, <a title="Reuniting the Class" href="resolveuid/2833b2dbf2f883a6f93374b45a8ee1c2/view" target="_self">Dick talked with Robert Dickens and Bill Perkins</a> about their upcoming high school reunion. For 30 years, the Dothan High School Class of 1977 had been holding segregated reunions. This year, the black and white students had their reunion together for the first time. Dick checks in with Robert and Bill to see how it went.</p><ul><li>Photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.photorama.us/" target="_self">Photorama</a>, Inc. See a bigger <a title="Class Reunion 2" href="resolveuid/d8703b4f25aec06eb0c4429012580240" target="_self">picture here </a></li><li>Are you a long-lost member of Dothan High, class of '77? Contact Bill Perkins BPerkins@dothaneagle.com <br /></li></ul><p><a class="addbtn" href="http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=608cc948ba9b" target="_self">Add to story</a></p> Wed, 20 Jun 2007 05:00:00