Love letters, photos and greeting cards were sent between Mel and Jane Atherton while Mel was serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. Mel and Jane s four children Paula, Janet, Mel and Connie donated six two-inch three-ring binders containing 350 letters, many photographs and cards, and a digital flash drive to the Scituate Historical Society on Nov. 20 a day before what would have been Mel and Jane s 80th wedding anniversary.