“My Little Sisters Eve Karen and Kathleen… Remembered”
“This is with MOM and the three of us… February 1946 … as our baby sister, “EVE KAREN Francisca McClarren” was born on the 16th, and when “MOM and DAD” took our sister to the “HOLY NAME CHURCH” to be baptized and were asked what is the baby’s NAME to be… he was told – – “EVE KAREN” – – the Priest said … “there is not a “SAINT EVE KAREN” … DO you have a DOG?”
“I need a “SAINT’s NAME.” So as not to hold up the ceremony… MOM remembered that… “Francisca CABRINI” was in the NEWS… as just having been canonized a “SAINT” … so that is “HOW” our little sister “KAREN” received her long and full name.
This was an “IRISH PRIEST” and his “IRISH brogue” was so strong… you could hardly understand what he was saying, as the word “DOG” really sounded like “DOGUE!”
“This next photo is of “KAREN” with DADDY, and of course the three of us – DENNY – ME – TOMMY – in the area where the “APPLE” trees were growing, and every so often… when the trees were full of good apples… one of the kids would run down and get a handful of ‘apples’ for their friends… but… for some of the kids, there was a problem… they could not eat the green “apples” they would immediately get… a good case of the “runs” to the bathroom.”
That “SAILOR” outfit that “TOMMY” is wearing… is the same “outfit” that “DENNY” wore on his trip to “OHIO” … when he was only “four years old” and I did write about that trip a couple weeks earlier, and posted the news-paper clipping along giving all of the particulars of the long “trip” that little “DENNY” took … all by himself, when “DADDY” had to go to “CALIFORNIA” to work on the “NAVY SHIPS” during WWII just some the exciting things that the “McClarren” children did during those “hard” times right here in AMERICA, and we have all have lived … long enough to tell about it!
“Just some of the good ole memories of our little sister, EVE KAREN” just good to have a few old PHOTOS, for a “BACK-up” … otherwise no one would believe… half of the good old days… when we were in those bad and hard times of a “WAR” and what “AMERICANS” that is all of us did to help our “COUNTRY” WIN… but, we “ALL” just did what we could and always felt good in our hearts, for just doing our small part in UNITY… which ended up being a great and positive effort … for in the end.. we were BLESS from above …. for whatever small contribution… that we were able to do.!” D.V
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