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January 26, 1948
Dear Irene:
Mental telepathy must have been working between us for at the same time I was writing that note to you last week and sending you my check for my share in that “best of all” Christmas presents we have ever given Father, you were writing that air mail letter to me.
Knowing that you have always been a great admirer of Uncle Charlie, I thought you would like to read the attached copy of my letter about him, as I know it will recall many happy memories of this warm-hearted man.
The other day Father gave me a copy of the little booklet published regularly by “Trotty Veck”. In it I came across the poem you gave us many years ago which is framed and standing on the back of my dresser where I am conscious of it daily. It is the one by Ella Wheeler Wilcox:
YOUR THOUGHTS
You never can tell what your thoughts will do,
In bringing you hate or love,
For thoughts are things and their airy wings
Are swifter than carrier dove.
They follow the law of the universe,
Each kind creates its kind,
And they speed o’er the track and bring you back
Whatever goes out from your mind.
I called this poem to Father’s attention. He remembered that you had given it to him years ago, so you see here is an example of how your influence has carried on through the years.
With lots of love,
Affectionately,
Bill
P.S. Here’s another quotation from Trotty Veck that is a good one:
JUST THINK
We are not what we think we are,
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Irene: I dictated your letter this morning, before attending the Girl Scout luncheon. So I am enclosing this copy of my letter to Judy which will tell you about Mr. Litchfields wonderful tribute to Uncle Charlie.
Bill
January 26, 1948
Dear Judy:
I can’t mail you the enclosed copy of my letter about Uncle Charlie without accompanying it with a short note to you.
I wish you could have attended the luncheon at the Mayflower this noon where the Akron Girl Scouts accepted a gift of $100,000 from Goodyear to build a Girl Scouts’ headquarters as a memorial to Uncle Charlie. The various speeches made were very inspirational. They showed how Uncle Charlie gave so much of his time to all civic activities – Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Red Cross, Family Service, the Shaw Tuberculosis Sanatorium, the Akron and Barberton hospitals, YMCA and YWCA, the Community Chest and, what I like to stress particularly, his work among the colored people of Akron.
Mr. Litchfield made a particularly fine talk which showed how highly he regarded Uncle Charlie not only during the 20 odd years when they worked together over at Goodyear but during all of the years after Uncle Charlie left Goodyear. It is very easy to understand why Mr. Litchfield wrote about Uncle Charlie as he did in the attached quotation from his book.
I am sorry that John never knew Uncle Charlie for he missed knowing a great man.
While speaking of John, I thought of him as I was reading “The Stake of Business in American Education”, which I am sending you to forward to him after you have read it.
I haven’t time for any family news, but I might add before closing that we saw the Ice Follies in Cleveland yesterday and I went backstage during the intermission and had a nice visit with the Scotvold Twins. When the Ice Follies get to Philadelphia or Baltimore, be sure to go, and try to have a visit with the Scotvold Twins, if you think they will remember you. I am glad your figure skating is standing you in good stead at Westtown. Tell us more about your skating activities in your family letters.
Affectionately,
Miss Julia Seiberling
Westtown School
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