1935 postcard from Angelo Frank Buffone to his brother Dominic

While I try to encourage Big Boi to eat following his surgery yesterday to remove his broken canine teeth (his life as a feral tomcat was a rough one), here's a postcard featuring a different "Big boy."

It's not often that you can positively identify both the sender and recipient on a 90-year-old postcard, but it worked out on this one. 

It was sent by Angelo Frank Buffone (October 9, 1912 — March 5, 2000) to his younger brother Dominic Buffone (1915 or 1916 — June 28, 2009). Coincidentally, the card is postmarked on the night of October 9, 1935, which was Frank's 23rd birthday. That could explain his playfully jabbing tone toward his younger brother.

The cursive message states:

Hay Big boy 

why in the hell didn't you write to us we are all wonder [?] what is the matter with you. I here you and Morella [?] are coming home Saturday. If you are I'll coming out there Friday night about 8 or 9 o'clock to take you in. So wait for me Friday night. 

Be Good Dick.

Frank Buffone. Worc., Mass.

The Buffone family was a big one. According to Dominic's 2009 obituary, there were 13 siblings in all. Both Frank and Dominic served for the United States in World War II, and I have to believe some of their other brothers did, too. Dominic took part in the Battle of Midway and lived in Worcester all of his life. Frank moved to Oceanside, California, (where I was born) around 1980, according to his obituary in the March 8, 2000, edition of the North County Times of Oceanside.

That obituary states that Frank "was a plumber with Plumbers Union Local 4 in Worcester before retiring and served as a supply staff segreant in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He served in the National Guard for 15 years."

Given the size of the Buffone family, I bet there's a fair chance someone out there will stumble upon this post during a Google search and can share some more information. And I'd be happy to get the postcard back into the family's hands if a relative of Frank or Dominic would like to have it.