Planada – The Sharmers

Dear Mommie

Dear Mommie, We are going to get a new tree. I love you.

From Our House to Your House

From our house to your house, with best wishes to you for happiness all through the year. Ruby and Joe, Joe III and Jay.

The Sharmer Children in Planada

Home movies of Joe with the three children, Joe, Jay and Laurel, in Planada in the 1940s and early 1950s.

The Postmaster of Planada

How Ruby Wilson came home from Tombstone, took over the Planada post office, met Joe over a package, and built a $700 kit house in a week.

“We Treat, No Tricks!”

Halloween in Planada: costumed children, boxes of fruit, and a getaway Studebaker.

One of Your Prized Keepsakes

This resolution, conveying the sympathies of the members of the Assembly to you in the passing of Mr. Sharmer, will be, I am sure, one of your prized keepsakes.

Services Held for Joseph Sharmer

From the Santa Cruz Sentinel: Private services for Joseph Sharmer, who suffered a fatal heart attack while he was driving in downtown Santa Cruz Friday, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday.

You Put Up a Good Fight

You put up a good fight; you worked hard, and you kept it clean.

Madam ½ and Madam Whole

I woke up early this am & sure miss my sweethearts for breakfast — Madam ½ & Madam whole with sugar on it.

Joe’s Papers, 1942–1952: War Bonds, a Hospital and Two Campaigns

What: Ten papers and a photograph from Joe Sharmer’s files, 1942–1952: a wartime ration certificate, his war-bond appointment and citation, a 1943 pay statement, the hospital committee letter, the Planada Dehydrater Co. accounts, his campaign…