Word: grandchildren
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Government, motherhood and free enterprise have given the nation a Christmas tree with such sublime harmony it is a true wonder to behold. The tree was ordered out of a seed catalogue by a son-in-law. As an infant it was tenderly watered by four grandchildren. At age six the blue spruce (Picea pungens) was a Mother's Day gift to Mrs. William E. Myers of York, Pa. Transplanted to her front yard, it was smothered with loving neglect for 15 years. No fertilizer. No watering. No insecticide. No pruning...
With the tree packed and on its trailer, the 90 qts. of soup consumed, the four great-grandchildren excused from school, the moment came to say goodbye. There was so much hugging and kissing that it looked like a family reunion breaking up. And that was sort of what it was. Mrs. Myers prayed for her tree and a safe journey...
...spend money in buying unnessary things for my grandchildren such as clothes. I want to please you and one way I know is to please the Family and I'll go a long way to please them...
...time," "gratifying," and "heartwarming." As one Santa, an administrative aide in a junior high school, told me, "It's nice to see people smile, y'know, 'cause a lot of people are really bummed out nowadays." Almost to a man, they love children; most have children themselves, many have grandchildren. Several Santas work in mufti year 'round in youth organizations like the Boy Scouts...
...chilly rain. Some were anguished?and angry?relatives of those who died in Jonestown. Inside the temple, Guy Young, 43, said he had "one son and a son-in-law that I know are alive." Then he sobbed, and another member explained: "His wife, four daughters, son and two grandchildren have been reported dead." Young recovered and added: "I don't regret one moment they were there. That was the most happy and most rewarding days of their lives...