The Return of Dr. Dwight

Ruth Mackey had last seen her husband, Dr. Dwight Mackey, in October 1918, when she went east to tell him goodbye as he prepared to sail for France. After nearly nine months of waiting, she got word that he had arrived back on American soil just after Independence Day 1919, and was at Fort Dix in New Jersey.

On July 11, Dr. Dwight returned to Hobart. The Gazette's account helpfully noted the doctor's improved surgical skills:


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South of Ainsworth, down on the farm of Otis and Minnie Guernsey, their eldest son Will's return from the service was honorable but less glamorous. He had been in the army for a year and 14 days and had never left the U.S. His father was glad to see him back "just in time to help put up hay."


Sources:
♦ "Additional Local News." Hobart Gazette 18 July 1919.
♦ "Local and Personal." Hobart News 10 July 1919; 17 July 1919.
♦ "Local Drifts." Hobart Gazette 18 July 1919.