Son of Albert D Getman & Geneva E Gates, Husband of Erma L Marble
'MY MOMMY HAS BEEN AWFUL SICK'- lf you know the whereabouts of this Hornell father (right), Darord Lee Getman. 6, and his mother will forever believe that there is a Santa Claus. He .disappeared last January. Since then Mrs. Getman has had a leg amputated, and lost the family home. - Hornell Father's Disappearance Year Ago Is Nationwide Mystery - NEW YORK (U.P.) - Dear Santa Claus: Six-year-old Darold Lee Getman of Hornell is a fellow who's got a request for Christmas that may top your list. He mailed It to United Press and asked that it be passed on to you. Darold writes: ". . . My brother and I live at 10 Sheldon Street and we hope you won't forget us this year The present we want most is our daddy to come home for Christmas.. He's been gone a whole year and we don't know where he is. Maybe he is even sick. We thought you might see him, cause you travel all over the world. If you do, Santa, will you tell him, Please come home for Christmas? - STILL BEST IN WORLD My mommy has been awful sick and had to have her leg cut off so we need our daddy.. You will know him when you see him cause be is the best daddy in the whole world. Anyhow, you were to our house once and you and daddy and mommy and my little brother Gerry Dean, he's only two, we had our picture taken together. You'll find the picture with this letter case you forget what my daddy looks like. Of course we would like some toys if you can bring them. I would like a two gun holster set and cowboy boots too. My brother would like a cowboy suit, I hope you can get these things, but the best present we want is our daddy . . . Anyway, make him have a nice Christmas. WORKED IN ELMIRA - Santa, here's the rest of the dope on Darold's daddy: On Jan. 10, he left his Hornell home for Elmira, where he worked for the Hoover Co. as district sales supervisor. He didn't return. Folks around Hornell, they all thought a lot of Mr. Getman, said they couldn't understand it. Everybody began to look for the boy's father, but nothing was heard of him until about a week after he disappeared. Then he turned up in Burbank, Cal. He had taken his car to a garage there to have it repaired but he didn't go back to get it. Since he's been gone, things have been pretty tough on Mrs. Getman. She became seriously ill and had to have a leg amputated. And just recently, she lost her home. The local authorities have done all they could to find her husband. Do you think you could help?
After 10 years - Hornel Man, Native of Dalton. Said to Be Amnesia Victim - A Hornell man who disappeared after he left home for work in Elmira the morning of Jan. 10, 1949, has been located in Louisville, Ky., apparently the victim of amnesia. He is Alfred D. Getman, now 44 years old, who lived at 10 Sheldon street at the time he disappeared. He then had been employed about one year in Elmira by a vacuum cleaner sales firm as supervisor of the Elmira territory.Getman was picked up by Louisville authorities last May when he was found there walking around in a daze. Officials sent his fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in an effort to identify the man correctly. The FBI had his prints on file, since he had been employed previously by the Erie Railroad Company. The FBI notified Hornell Police Chief Carl Roosa who, in turn, informed Getman's family. His wife, Erma, and their two sons, Darold, 17, and Gerry, 12, went to Louisville July 2 and visited him July 3 and 5. Mrs. Getman said he at first didn't show any signs of ever having known either his wife or their two sons. Later, she added, he said she looked familiar and resembled a picture he had. Mrs. Getman said he at first had no recollection whatever of anyone or anything in Hornell or of any of the persons with whom he worked on the Erie. In a talk with a psychologist at Louisville, she said the psychologist told her he believed that Getman's loss of memory is sincere. Before taking the Elmira position, Getman had been employed as a brakeman on the Allegany Division of the Erie Railroad. On the day he took his last trip on the railroad Mrs. Getman said he suffered a head injury in an accident when a crane with a beam or tie on the hook swung around and the tie or beam hit him on the side of the head. In the months which followed she said he experienced violent headaches. He worked in Hornell as a salesman for the Elmira organization before being transferred there. After he disappeared he was traced to Burbank, Cal. At Eastertime in 1949, he took his car to a garage there for repairs. He never called back for the automobile. From then until last May Mrs. Getman and their sons, who now reside at 48 Maple street, heard no word from their husband and father. Getman is to be transferred to a hospital for further examination. Mrs. Getman and their sons are awaiting the outcome, hoping some treatment may be able to restore his memory and bring him home.— Hornell Evening Tribune, July 12, 1960. Mr. Getman. a native of Dalton, is a graduate of the Dalton school and is a son of A. D. Getman of Smethport, Pa., formerly of Dalton.
'MY MOMMY HAS BEEN AWFUL SICK'- lf you know the whereabouts of this Hornell father (right), Darord Lee Getman. 6, and his mother will forever believe that there is a Santa Claus. He .disappeared last January. Since then Mrs. Getman has had a leg amputated, and lost the family home. - Hornell Father's Disappearance Year Ago Is Nationwide Mystery - NEW YORK (U.P.) - Dear Santa Claus: Six-year-old Darold Lee Getman of Hornell is a fellow who's got a request for Christmas that may top your list. He mailed It to United Press and asked that it be passed on to you. Darold writes: ". . . My brother and I live at 10 Sheldon Street and we hope you won't forget us this year The present we want most is our daddy to come home for Christmas.. He's been gone a whole year and we don't know where he is. Maybe he is even sick. We thought you might see him, cause you travel all over the world. If you do, Santa, will you tell him, Please come home for Christmas? - STILL BEST IN WORLD My mommy has been awful sick and had to have her leg cut off so we need our daddy.. You will know him when you see him cause be is the best daddy in the whole world. Anyhow, you were to our house once and you and daddy and mommy and my little brother Gerry Dean, he's only two, we had our picture taken together. You'll find the picture with this letter case you forget what my daddy looks like. Of course we would like some toys if you can bring them. I would like a two gun holster set and cowboy boots too. My brother would like a cowboy suit, I hope you can get these things, but the best present we want is our daddy . . . Anyway, make him have a nice Christmas. WORKED IN ELMIRA - Santa, here's the rest of the dope on Darold's daddy: On Jan. 10, he left his Hornell home for Elmira, where he worked for the Hoover Co. as district sales supervisor. He didn't return. Folks around Hornell, they all thought a lot of Mr. Getman, said they couldn't understand it. Everybody began to look for the boy's father, but nothing was heard of him until about a week after he disappeared. Then he turned up in Burbank, Cal. He had taken his car to a garage there to have it repaired but he didn't go back to get it. Since he's been gone, things have been pretty tough on Mrs. Getman. She became seriously ill and had to have a leg amputated. And just recently, she lost her home. The local authorities have done all they could to find her husband. Do you think you could help?
After 10 years - Hornel Man, Native of Dalton. Said to Be Amnesia Victim - A Hornell man who disappeared after he left home for work in Elmira the morning of Jan. 10, 1949, has been located in Louisville, Ky., apparently the victim of amnesia. He is Alfred D. Getman, now 44 years old, who lived at 10 Sheldon street at the time he disappeared. He then had been employed about one year in Elmira by a vacuum cleaner sales firm as supervisor of the Elmira territory.Getman was picked up by Louisville authorities last May when he was found there walking around in a daze. Officials sent his fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in an effort to identify the man correctly. The FBI had his prints on file, since he had been employed previously by the Erie Railroad Company. The FBI notified Hornell Police Chief Carl Roosa who, in turn, informed Getman's family. His wife, Erma, and their two sons, Darold, 17, and Gerry, 12, went to Louisville July 2 and visited him July 3 and 5. Mrs. Getman said he at first didn't show any signs of ever having known either his wife or their two sons. Later, she added, he said she looked familiar and resembled a picture he had. Mrs. Getman said he at first had no recollection whatever of anyone or anything in Hornell or of any of the persons with whom he worked on the Erie. In a talk with a psychologist at Louisville, she said the psychologist told her he believed that Getman's loss of memory is sincere. Before taking the Elmira position, Getman had been employed as a brakeman on the Allegany Division of the Erie Railroad. On the day he took his last trip on the railroad Mrs. Getman said he suffered a head injury in an accident when a crane with a beam or tie on the hook swung around and the tie or beam hit him on the side of the head. In the months which followed she said he experienced violent headaches. He worked in Hornell as a salesman for the Elmira organization before being transferred there. After he disappeared he was traced to Burbank, Cal. At Eastertime in 1949, he took his car to a garage there for repairs. He never called back for the automobile. From then until last May Mrs. Getman and their sons, who now reside at 48 Maple street, heard no word from their husband and father. Getman is to be transferred to a hospital for further examination. Mrs. Getman and their sons are awaiting the outcome, hoping some treatment may be able to restore his memory and bring him home.— Hornell Evening Tribune, July 12, 1960. Mr. Getman. a native of Dalton, is a graduate of the Dalton school and is a son of A. D. Getman of Smethport, Pa., formerly of Dalton.
Son of Albert D Getman & Geneva E Gates, Husband of Erma L Marble
'MY MOMMY HAS BEEN AWFUL SICK'- lf you know the whereabouts of this Hornell father (right), Darord Lee Getman. 6, and his mother will forever believe that there is a Santa Claus. He .disappeared last January. Since then Mrs. Getman has had a leg amputated, and lost the family home. - Hornell Father's Disappearance Year Ago Is Nationwide Mystery - NEW YORK (U.P.) - Dear Santa Claus: Six-year-old Darold Lee Getman of Hornell is a fellow who's got a request for Christmas that may top your list. He mailed It to United Press and asked that it be passed on to you. Darold writes: ". . . My brother and I live at 10 Sheldon Street and we hope you won't forget us this year The present we want most is our daddy to come home for Christmas.. He's been gone a whole year and we don't know where he is. Maybe he is even sick. We thought you might see him, cause you travel all over the world. If you do, Santa, will you tell him, Please come home for Christmas? - STILL BEST IN WORLD My mommy has been awful sick and had to have her leg cut off so we need our daddy.. You will know him when you see him cause be is the best daddy in the whole world. Anyhow, you were to our house once and you and daddy and mommy and my little brother Gerry Dean, he's only two, we had our picture taken together. You'll find the picture with this letter case you forget what my daddy looks like. Of course we would like some toys if you can bring them. I would like a two gun holster set and cowboy boots too. My brother would like a cowboy suit, I hope you can get these things, but the best present we want is our daddy . . . Anyway, make him have a nice Christmas. WORKED IN ELMIRA - Santa, here's the rest of the dope on Darold's daddy: On Jan. 10, he left his Hornell home for Elmira, where he worked for the Hoover Co. as district sales supervisor. He didn't return. Folks around Hornell, they all thought a lot of Mr. Getman, said they couldn't understand it. Everybody began to look for the boy's father, but nothing was heard of him until about a week after he disappeared. Then he turned up in Burbank, Cal. He had taken his car to a garage there to have it repaired but he didn't go back to get it. Since he's been gone, things have been pretty tough on Mrs. Getman. She became seriously ill and had to have a leg amputated. And just recently, she lost her home. The local authorities have done all they could to find her husband. Do you think you could help?
After 10 years - Hornel Man, Native of Dalton. Said to Be Amnesia Victim - A Hornell man who disappeared after he left home for work in Elmira the morning of Jan. 10, 1949, has been located in Louisville, Ky., apparently the victim of amnesia. He is Alfred D. Getman, now 44 years old, who lived at 10 Sheldon street at the time he disappeared. He then had been employed about one year in Elmira by a vacuum cleaner sales firm as supervisor of the Elmira territory.Getman was picked up by Louisville authorities last May when he was found there walking around in a daze. Officials sent his fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in an effort to identify the man correctly. The FBI had his prints on file, since he had been employed previously by the Erie Railroad Company. The FBI notified Hornell Police Chief Carl Roosa who, in turn, informed Getman's family. His wife, Erma, and their two sons, Darold, 17, and Gerry, 12, went to Louisville July 2 and visited him July 3 and 5. Mrs. Getman said he at first didn't show any signs of ever having known either his wife or their two sons. Later, she added, he said she looked familiar and resembled a picture he had. Mrs. Getman said he at first had no recollection whatever of anyone or anything in Hornell or of any of the persons with whom he worked on the Erie. In a talk with a psychologist at Louisville, she said the psychologist told her he believed that Getman's loss of memory is sincere. Before taking the Elmira position, Getman had been employed as a brakeman on the Allegany Division of the Erie Railroad. On the day he took his last trip on the railroad Mrs. Getman said he suffered a head injury in an accident when a crane with a beam or tie on the hook swung around and the tie or beam hit him on the side of the head. In the months which followed she said he experienced violent headaches. He worked in Hornell as a salesman for the Elmira organization before being transferred there. After he disappeared he was traced to Burbank, Cal. At Eastertime in 1949, he took his car to a garage there for repairs. He never called back for the automobile. From then until last May Mrs. Getman and their sons, who now reside at 48 Maple street, heard no word from their husband and father. Getman is to be transferred to a hospital for further examination. Mrs. Getman and their sons are awaiting the outcome, hoping some treatment may be able to restore his memory and bring him home.— Hornell Evening Tribune, July 12, 1960. Mr. Getman. a native of Dalton, is a graduate of the Dalton school and is a son of A. D. Getman of Smethport, Pa., formerly of Dalton.
'MY MOMMY HAS BEEN AWFUL SICK'- lf you know the whereabouts of this Hornell father (right), Darord Lee Getman. 6, and his mother will forever believe that there is a Santa Claus. He .disappeared last January. Since then Mrs. Getman has had a leg amputated, and lost the family home. - Hornell Father's Disappearance Year Ago Is Nationwide Mystery - NEW YORK (U.P.) - Dear Santa Claus: Six-year-old Darold Lee Getman of Hornell is a fellow who's got a request for Christmas that may top your list. He mailed It to United Press and asked that it be passed on to you. Darold writes: ". . . My brother and I live at 10 Sheldon Street and we hope you won't forget us this year The present we want most is our daddy to come home for Christmas.. He's been gone a whole year and we don't know where he is. Maybe he is even sick. We thought you might see him, cause you travel all over the world. If you do, Santa, will you tell him, Please come home for Christmas? - STILL BEST IN WORLD My mommy has been awful sick and had to have her leg cut off so we need our daddy.. You will know him when you see him cause be is the best daddy in the whole world. Anyhow, you were to our house once and you and daddy and mommy and my little brother Gerry Dean, he's only two, we had our picture taken together. You'll find the picture with this letter case you forget what my daddy looks like. Of course we would like some toys if you can bring them. I would like a two gun holster set and cowboy boots too. My brother would like a cowboy suit, I hope you can get these things, but the best present we want is our daddy . . . Anyway, make him have a nice Christmas. WORKED IN ELMIRA - Santa, here's the rest of the dope on Darold's daddy: On Jan. 10, he left his Hornell home for Elmira, where he worked for the Hoover Co. as district sales supervisor. He didn't return. Folks around Hornell, they all thought a lot of Mr. Getman, said they couldn't understand it. Everybody began to look for the boy's father, but nothing was heard of him until about a week after he disappeared. Then he turned up in Burbank, Cal. He had taken his car to a garage there to have it repaired but he didn't go back to get it. Since he's been gone, things have been pretty tough on Mrs. Getman. She became seriously ill and had to have a leg amputated. And just recently, she lost her home. The local authorities have done all they could to find her husband. Do you think you could help?
After 10 years - Hornel Man, Native of Dalton. Said to Be Amnesia Victim - A Hornell man who disappeared after he left home for work in Elmira the morning of Jan. 10, 1949, has been located in Louisville, Ky., apparently the victim of amnesia. He is Alfred D. Getman, now 44 years old, who lived at 10 Sheldon street at the time he disappeared. He then had been employed about one year in Elmira by a vacuum cleaner sales firm as supervisor of the Elmira territory.Getman was picked up by Louisville authorities last May when he was found there walking around in a daze. Officials sent his fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in an effort to identify the man correctly. The FBI had his prints on file, since he had been employed previously by the Erie Railroad Company. The FBI notified Hornell Police Chief Carl Roosa who, in turn, informed Getman's family. His wife, Erma, and their two sons, Darold, 17, and Gerry, 12, went to Louisville July 2 and visited him July 3 and 5. Mrs. Getman said he at first didn't show any signs of ever having known either his wife or their two sons. Later, she added, he said she looked familiar and resembled a picture he had. Mrs. Getman said he at first had no recollection whatever of anyone or anything in Hornell or of any of the persons with whom he worked on the Erie. In a talk with a psychologist at Louisville, she said the psychologist told her he believed that Getman's loss of memory is sincere. Before taking the Elmira position, Getman had been employed as a brakeman on the Allegany Division of the Erie Railroad. On the day he took his last trip on the railroad Mrs. Getman said he suffered a head injury in an accident when a crane with a beam or tie on the hook swung around and the tie or beam hit him on the side of the head. In the months which followed she said he experienced violent headaches. He worked in Hornell as a salesman for the Elmira organization before being transferred there. After he disappeared he was traced to Burbank, Cal. At Eastertime in 1949, he took his car to a garage there for repairs. He never called back for the automobile. From then until last May Mrs. Getman and their sons, who now reside at 48 Maple street, heard no word from their husband and father. Getman is to be transferred to a hospital for further examination. Mrs. Getman and their sons are awaiting the outcome, hoping some treatment may be able to restore his memory and bring him home.— Hornell Evening Tribune, July 12, 1960. Mr. Getman. a native of Dalton, is a graduate of the Dalton school and is a son of A. D. Getman of Smethport, Pa., formerly of Dalton.
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