Bill Barrett and Anita Douredoure
visit Barrett home Bala Cynwyd westside,suburb of Philadelphia summer l937
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Anita was a
Philadelphia native who dated Bill Barrett about l932 to l937 after his
first wife Catherine Miley died of cancer l931. She sent Sophie Barrettt
many informative and amusing stories in l970s'. Jack Barrett got Bill and
Anita tickets for Army-Navy football game Phialadelphia November l937. Anita
met many prominent businessmen whom Bill knew through his work in charge of
Policyholders Service Bureau, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Both Ania
and Sophie were very fond of Bill's father John Robert Barrett l854-l942.
Once a fortune teller palm-reader looked at Bill's hand and said he would be
married three times (Billl and Anita were Catholic, and divorce was rare to
non-existent.Bill was a widower, and Anita said "I think I'll wait for the
third round>" Tragically it turned out that Bill's second wife Virgionia
Brady, whom he married September l938, died of cancer spring l945 while Jack
and Sophie were still at war in Hawaii. Virginia was the father of Bill's
only son William Joel Barrett born August 26, l939. Jack Barrett never
forgot that Anita visited ar 422 Columbia Road, Dorchester, where Sophie was
delighted with her beautiful chinese rugs, woven l931 at nicholson rug
factory Tientsin. Anita smoked cigarettes,and Jack always remembered how
"Anita got her ashes on the gold rug." The small burn may not have been
noticed by visitors, but Jack was aware of it.Nonetheless Sophie and John
treasured Anita's letters, andAnita got to know Sophie's Mount Holyoke
classmate Rebecca Glover "Becky" Smaltz, active in labor, sociaol work and
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