Miss Marion Buser resided in York, the historic city and seat of York County in south-central Pennsylvania.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York,_Pennsylvania
Marion’s home at 555 South Ogontz Street is a townhouse in a long, two-story frame building that was erected in 1920.
The building now contains apartments.
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/555-S-Ogontz-St_York_PA_17403_M34380-42389
In May of 1946, Marion received a postcard from Dorothy, who I believe to be her cousin.
The postcard was mailed from Edenton, an historic town on the Inner Banks of Albemarle Sound, first settled by adventurers from the Jamestown Colony in 1658.
Edenton was the first capital of the Carolina Colony (1722-1743).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edenton,_North_Carolina
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The face of the postcard is an image, in many pastel shades, of “Episcopal Church, Erected 1736, Edenton, N. C. “
This is St. Paul’s Church, the oldest church in Edenton, and the repository of remarkable colonial silver-work (chalices, patens, candlesticks) that were gifts of notable and noble benefactors in England and America.
The postcard, which was (probably) first printed without coloration, was published by Mitchener Pharmacy of Edenton.
This edition of the postcard was printed with the patented color process of the Curt Teich Company of Chicago.
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On the reverse, Dorothy greets, “Dear Marion”.
Dorothy explains that “Folks left in such a hurry”, that she was tasked with sending the postcard.
“Aunt Naomi asked me to take care of her ‘correspondence’”.
Apparently, there were no postcards at hand, and “the drug store is out of their way”.
Fortunately, the “weather is perfect” and the traveling party “should make good time.
One hopes that the travelers returned safely to their home and that Aunt Naomi was satisfied with Dorothy’s efforts.
Marion saved the postcard throughout her life.
RESEARCH NOTE
On August 27, 1919, Marion Louise Buser was born in Spring Garden Township of York County.
She was the daughter of Franklin (Frank) Buser (1895-1947) and Naomi Claude Geesey (1894-1982).
Frank and Naomi had six children, four daughters and two sons – one daughter died in infancy when Marion was eight years old.
Marion lived in York throughout her life; she never married.
She died in November of 1991, she was 72 years old.
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/L2CQ-71P
Marion’s parents, Naomi and Frank, are buried in the Mount Rose Cemetery.
The Grave registry of Naomi includes a picture – so we can imagine “Aunt Naomi” rushing home to York from her sister’s home in Edenton.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61625763/naomi-claude-buser
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Naomi Geesey Buser was from a family of 13 children (which necessitated a lot of checking to find a niece named, “Dorothy”.)
One of Naomi’s sisters, Edna Virginia Geesey (1892-1949) married James Edward Bufflap in York on November 26, 1913.
James and Edna had three children: two sons and one daughter, Dorothy Ann Bufflap (1920-1994).
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/LBMZ-5NK
Sometime after Dorothy’s birth in York, the family moved to Edenton, North Carolina.
Dorothy does not appear to have married; she in lived Edenton through 1950 and then in two other places in eastern North Carolina
James and Edna are buried in the Beaver Hill Cemetery in Edenton.
