In the box of letters

While looking through the box of letter from where mom and dad had written to one another before they got married I found the following two items that I thought were rather interesting:

1. Mom’s 7th grade card – I thought that she got pretty good grades knowing that her family was falling apart. Evidently mom, Elsie and Bill were staying with the grandparents, because the card was signed by Mrs. F. J. Paden (Mrs. Frank J. Paden – her grandmother).