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when we got home. I remember sitting and milking and real warm Saturday afternoon as I remember.
crying. It seemed such a long way away to
We got letters form Larena and Cecil
where they were sending him.
quite regular, how we looked forward to
The summer passed. We, Otto and I worked the letters from them. I tried to write of-
hard putting up hay, doing chores, etc. and ten. Larena was going with John Daniel
always looking for a letter from Cecil. The before he was called into the Service in
war news didn’t sound good at times. We 1942. John was sent across and was in very
bought a milking machine, which helped heavy fighting in Guadal Canal. He won a
a lot as we were milking from eight to elev- Silver Star there. He got home in August
en cows most of the time. 1944. On August 15, our first grandchild,
a boy, was born to Edward and Dorothy.
Haying time came again in 1945. It was
They named him James Edward. On Au-
hot some days I thought I couldn’t load
th
gust 18 , John and Larena were married.
another load of hay. Otto pitched it on. I Edward and Dorothy Holmes, 1942
A week later they left for California –
loaded the wagon. Then he pitchforked or
then on to Florida where John was still in
using the big hay fork, unloaded it while I stacked it back
the Service. They were located at Palaska, Florida. Betty
in the barn. I remember saying when Cecil gets home I’m
Ann (Elizabeth) was born October 8, 1945 in Florida.
not helping put up hay anymore, but I did as he was busy
elsewhere when he got home in February 1946. But now, Otto continued working in the valley every year from
I’m ahead of my story. spring until after harvest. I did most of the chores with Ra-
mona’s help in the evenings. Otto and I did the chores in
Edward met Dorothy Langton the summer of 1942. They
the morning before he went to work.
were married October 24, 1942 at Bonners Ferry. It was a
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