Posted on 01/08/2007 2:29:40 PM PST by DogByte6RER
Post office delivers letter 52 years late
BY FRANK SOJAK
The Tribune-Democrat
— Whoever sent this letter with a 3-cent stamp was overcharged.
The missive to a young man in Ferndale just arrived – 52 years late.
The letter, postmarked Oct. 26, 1954, presumably was lost in the mail.
Brian McAteer, who resides at the Ferndale Avenue home now, said he was shocked when the letter, encased in a large, United States Postal Service window envelope, allowing the address to be seen, arrived at his home a couple weeks ago.
The letter had a return address of Fieldstone Avenue in Richland Township but not the name of the sender.
Peering through the larger envelope’s window, McAteer said the letter appears to be sealed and does not seemed to have been damaged through the years. He says he will not open it.
McAteer said he has not had any success in finding the intended recipient, Frederick Zane Yost.
He got in touch with people with the same surname in the Johnstown area looking for Frederick, but hasn’t had any luck. He also spoke with neighbors who have resided in the vicinity for many years. Again, no luck.
McAteer said his daughter, Sarah, searched for Frederick’s name on the Internet but came up empty.
“I haven’t given up trying to find him,” said McAteer, road foreman for the Ferndale Borough Street Department, on Friday afternoon.
The Tribune-Democrat archives indicates that Frederick Zane Yost is the son of the late Fred A., a former sports editor for The Tribune-Democrat, and the late Betty, who resided at the Ferndale address at that time.
Efforts to reach the younger Mr. Yost, who has moved to Florida, were not successful.
Long-lost letter on way to addressee
A letter that never made it to a 3-year-old Westmont boy 52 years ago finally is on its way.
Frederick Zane Yost, now of Daytona Beach, Fla., soon should be able to open the missive mailed to him from Johnstown on Oct. 26, 1954, thanks to a family who lives in the home where his parents once resided..
Brian McAteer of Ferndale was shocked when he found the letter in the mailbox at his Ferndale Avenue home a couple of weeks ago. The Yost family had lived there before moving to Westmont...
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