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MOTHER OF THE MONTH (Each month some mother v/ith a boy in the service will be asked to vjrite a letter for this bulletin, telling you how it feels to be at home waiting for your letters and your return,) Dear Boys and Son, This is a letter from the 'Mother of the Month*. You’ve heard of the Book of the Month? Vfell, I*m something else, but kin. Mapy are the smiles I have seen as I handed out letters at the Lav^ndale Post Office during my yoai's as Postmaster. (During all the years of my life -now, who v;as that sa^djig they v;ere many? they aren’t, either those were the only years in which I vjas a master.) You are supposed to laugh at that, but m£'.\’bo it wasn't so funny after all, v/e all like to get mail, although sometimes we wish ive hadn’t got it, Vi/o, the people, (with apologies to Vox Pop and the Constitution of the United States) who arc behind the man behJjid the f;uri, .?jid even those who arc behind the man behind the man behind the mrja behind the gun are proud of jrou men behind the gun. \Jo feel, sometimes rather faintly I Icnow, the hardships and dangers you face, and we pra:;" that as many of those as possible shall pass you b3^. We are glad to see iron occasionrJ.ly have a good time, Vfe laiov/ that once in a while a soldier does bad things, but we civilians do m'^ny tiines as mrny, ;md the few exceptions make us realize v;hat a fine group we have in our Once in a while someone fusees about getting only three gallons of gasoline a week, but the most of us, I like to think, arc glad that we a,re in a land where we can get those three gallons a v^eek. We in my far.dly make a pi’antice of picking up you men on the highways and have at tii.ies gone out of our way to trl;e them to whore they were going. No, we didn’t feel that \;e were doing a great thing--—iic felt it a privilege to do something to mko you enjoy 5^our leave more. Some of the school principals rj?e tr*dng hard to got more people to write to you. And \/e hope that you will boar in mind that wc like to hoar from you. I'/o truly hope that you v/ill have some e>±ra pleasure during this Christmas Season, and maj^ God bless us all. Your true friend, Mrs, V/, D. Burns
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