Rose, Clair and Cousin Iona

...We also saved everything that could be recycled, Rose and Mom put boxes together for the troops and for Clair and Curt. The boxes contained; candy, cookies, socks and other home stuff. You could get candy at the store only if you had someone overseas. Us younger children did not really understand. We really understood only at Wood Street when the infamous letter arrived telling us that Clair was missing in action...