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i reel it an honor to have the fjrivilege of‘writing to you as Mother of the Month
I hope everything is going fine with e.ich of you.
We are having some beautiful we^ather which reminds us'that spring is almost here.
Some few have made their spring gardens. Others are getting ready and we are hoping
v^inter is oyer.
The Red Cross is now ready to begin another drive and we are expecting Lawndale
to go over what it'did last year. The very best we crji do is so little compared to
what you are doing. We at home cannot imagine v;hat you are - going, through, but our
thoughts and our prayers will be with you wherever you' are; ,
I>kvight and Robert are some'where in^the South Pacific,, along with many of you
I scattered here and there, ^ Just, a few years ago, it seemsy some of you'boys with my
, boys were having some very interesting ball games dov;n on the sand bar.'-
Time does bring many changes smd we are. hoping and praying* thfe time is not far"
away when this war' v;ilik bo over •‘•'iid all of''you will be' baCk. h.ome ^
May God watch over each of you always. • , • •; , /• ; -
, . •' Mrs, Maurice Hord
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POSTHUMOUS AWARD ' ^ '
Ella Bi*odks Wilson
‘•The Amy Air Corps proudly gives to you,
His mother Lord in heaven, keep my
hand
As steady as the hand that tended his
Nosebleeds when he was learning how to stand;
As steady as the one that sometimes held
■ A greenish-bronze June V>sotle while he tied
A string around a prickly, jerking leg; •
He never knew how I had quaked inside.
Let me remember, now, bis pride ^ me, ...
Vi/hen I first' slid a fishhook through a worm.
I was his pal, ajid he was unaware . ^,
Of how I flinched when' it v/ould lash and squirm.
’’For meritorious conduct, carrying out
His missions ■■■■*■* ■” Lord in heaven, keep me calm.
So if he*s watching from Your bri^t blue skies,
He’ll still be proud he had me for his moml
Dear Boys and Girls: ;