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IN MEMORIAM As one who claims to h?ve loved most and have been loved most by the recently departed :vliss Betty McGee, I should like to record my feelings concern ing her life. Betty McGee was one who had little to offer, but she offered much. She gave her love and af fection to me who had nc mother, and showed me In seven years the greatest km one person can show for an other. She cared for me with all the tenderness of her heart. Hei happiness was complete only when I was happy. It was sjie who taught me to pray, "Now I lay me down to sleep". It was she who gave mi enough pennies and nickels to amount tj over a hundred dol lars. It was she who apprehend ed me when I tried out my first cuss word, and who threatened to tell my father ? but never did It was she who carted me off in the summer to visit all her rel atives in the nearby country dis tricts. It was she who petted me, pampered me, and loved me as a mother. And what did this mean to me? It meant that I would sac rifice no end to be able to visit her on successive summers after my family moved to Florida. It meant that the tie that bound us could not be, severed by dis tances. No, physical distances cannot separate true love, be cause Betty McGee came to mean more to me as time went on, as the distance between us became greater. As a sailor on the Pacific ocean, I felt as many other men in the armed forces came to feel at one time or an other in their military careers; I felt very far away from all that had once b en doar to my heart. I felt an estrangement with many of the former things I had valued so highly. Many things were lost, but the great est thing that kept me bound to home was the feeling inside me that there was love in someone's heart for me. I knew that no matter what happened, there was one who would al ways remain true to me. I think her love had the spirit of God in it. Because when all else changes, only the love of God remains constant, and here was her love for me remaining, though thousands of miles of water and land separated us, and values had changed. The armi.stics came. I came home. I have not seen Betty McGee since, but even so, a PEARL HARBOR, T. H. ? (Delayed) ? Marine Captain R. G. ? Straine, of Franklin, N. C., is shown above greeting his wife | and daughters, Sally and Roberta, as they disembark frjm the naval transport I'SS JEFFERSON upon arrival here. It is the first time the family has been together in six months. ('apt. Straine is officer in charge of the buildings and grounds office at the Ewa Marine corps air station, Capt. Straine, a native of Macon County, is the son of Mrs. Floyd Straine, of Franklin. Mrs. Clint Byrd and Mrs. W. 11. Phil lips, also of Franklin, are his sis lers. Mrs. Straine is the former Miss Edith Combe, of Chicago. The Straines have been living in California for a number of year s. strong bond of mutual aware- j ness of love has been between us. When she entered the hos pital, I felt a heaviness of heart, but her reply was to not to worry about her, And now Betty " McGee has taken her place among the blessed of the Lord. A lesson can be learned by all of us by looking at her life. It became her lot in life to serve others, and this she did wiin a cheerful heart. She never gain ed material wealth, but she gained something else out of life that many of us are search ing for, but ? have been unable to find. She found the gift of God. What is this gift of God? ? it is the love of one's neigh bor with a love that is true and pure. Truly, Betty McGee, you have run the race of life well. You j have proven yourself worthy of ' God's gi.ft, you have earned a crown of righteousness ?ROBERT DADY. Lynchburg, Va. GOOD FOOD ? CAGLE'S CAFE ? 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