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Craft presents the Great kilders Leeve.The Craft Cheese Company will also bring a
bing Crosby every Thursday night percent eachweek. At this time, Harold Berry
has the Great kilders Leave, writtenby John Wheaton and Sam Moore. Well
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hair from the Great gilders Sleeve injust a moment. Well, it's Easter
weekend and Saturday afternoon finds guilder Sleeveout in the sidelot, surveying his victory
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garden and wondering whether to pull theweeds now or let him grow a little
bigger so they will be easier toget hold of it. Looks as if
they grow a little bigger. Forfrom the window of the kitchen nearby comes
the smell of good things in theoven. Let's follow him in and see
what's cooking. See five four fum, I smell something good that's pretty making
there my dream shing for frosting.Yes, and I guess it's about that.
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It's pretty. You ain't going toput that delicious egg bet in the
sink, Oh no, sir,I'm saving for leroy LeRoi can lick the
bowl? Give it here? Yes, mord you're looking cross eyed. I
don't want to miss any of it, I'll go, Bertie, wipe your
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chin. Yes, express, signhere. Wait a minute, what is
it? Crate? Sign here?I didn't order any crate. Yes,
sign here, Yes, holy echebeaters, and hold it too. I
don't know what I'm signing this for. There, all right, one side?
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But wait a minute, one side. We don't want that great big
thing here in the kitchen. Well, where do you want to make up
your mind? I'm got all day. Listen, I've got a good mind
to report you to your superior brotherin two hours, are report to my
drive board. Where do you wantit? Yeah? All right, set
it right down here so it's yourplace. Ray careful, don't you know
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we got a cake in the oven. That's the kind of service you get
these days. What do you supposeis in the crate? Uncle Moore?
I don't know, but we'll soonfind now, Bertie, do you know
where the hammer is? Right there? Who have been? Mister Gilsey?
Just the place for it too?Well, let's see now, careful of
the more. It might be somethingbreakable. Maybe I can pry the top
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up, freshman. Yeah, andnow it's coming and wait a minute,
Oh my goodness, rabbits, Ohno, we'll never get them. You're
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another refrigerator. Maybe we had somefood we could get them to come out.
Yeah, try some popsis. Rabbitsdon't eat popsies. I don't know,
my dear Popsy's always tasted like rabbitfood to me. But I can
poke under there with a broom.Maybe you know you might hurt them.
Very valuable rabbits. They cost meover two bucks. Remind me to ask
you, leroy, where you gotthe two bucks? Here? Bunny here,
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Bunny here, Bunny here, bunny. Oh no, you'll never get
them that way. You have toget down on your hands and knees,
and they can just stay under there. We've got to get them out.
They might get stuck under there.Those are Flemish giants. They grow fast,
all right, it'll teach them alesson. Then there you go.
I want Oh, look, isn'the bring over here, leroy? Let
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me see? Oh he's frightened.Look he shift. Let me hold him
wrong, Let me hold him here. Don't get away. That's a valuable
rabbit. Isn't he cunning? Feeling? Mind? You feel how soft he
is? Ah? There there,little bunny, don't you be frightened loock
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miigie. Look how he wrinkles uphis little nose. Would the boy you're
doing it too. I can't helpbut he's making faces at me, a
little rasp. You like him,monk, He's as cute as the dickens
lee? Right? How did youget him? From an ad in one
of the man comics, I saidfor them only two seventeen express pre pain.
Where did you get the two seventeen? Oh? My, got it.
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It's a great confessmentark. It saysin the ad boys make big money
raising rabbits. Yeah, and Iwouldn't count on it, my boy.
As pets. Rabbits may be fine, but you said anything about pets.
I'm raising these rabbits to eat,eat, eat, a little fuzzy,
cunning, helpless little thing like that, Leroy, I think you're horrible.
Marjorie, take this rabbit and puthim somewhere. I want to get to
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the bottom of this. I got. Well, give him the Marjorie,
Bertie, flocks and mocksy. Comeon, we'll find a nice, safe,
warm place for you away from thatawful Yes, now, young man,
why was I not consultant before youbought those rabbits? Well? A
work of surprise you are for easter? You surprise me? All right?
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Where'd you get the money? It? Of course all of it? Well,
the seventeen cents I had, allright, But what about the two
dollars. Well, you know thoseold rusty, no good old roller skates
I got Christmas before last. Theywere very excellent skates. When I gave
him to you, I thought SantaClaus gave him to me. We won't
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argue about that, young man,all right. Anyway, they were always
getting a new way, and anywayI outgrooed them, and anyway, one
wheel was busted, so I tradedthem with Piggy. Did you tell him
the wheel was busted broken? Well, he doesn't need all the wheels.
He just wants to make a pushmavel. Nevertheless, that was not a very
honest thing to do, leroy,was it. Well he swapped it for
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a spark coil and wouldn't spark.I'm glad to hear you didn't get the
best of it. I stopped beatingaround the bush and tell me where did
you get those two dollars? Well, you know the spark coil you just
told me about it. It wouldn'tspark. Yeah, So I traded it.
Who'd you trade it to? Michaelmissus Ransom's little niece. I mean,
if you really wanted it, Ikept pestering me for it. Did
you tell him it wouldn't work?Did you? Well, gosh, you
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wouldn't want me to give him aspark coil. It works. They're dangerous.
He might get a shock, youmight getness. All right, you
shot it. What did you tradethe spark coil for? Come on,
what did you trade it for?Two bucks? That's what we call selling,
LeRoi, not trading. And yousold that spark coil on the false
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pretenses with deliberate intent to defraud.Oh no, I didn't knunk, honest,
And what was your intention to getthe two bucks? Leroy? I
honestly believe you don't know the simpledifference between right and wrong. Yeah,
that's all it is. I don'tknow any better. Goshall find him.
That's enough, le ROI. Oh, help Mines. We find a place
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for those rabbits, and see thatit's not in my study. I'll take
this thing up with you later,Yeah, sure I will. I'll find
a good flash for him, Bertie. I don't know what I'm gonna do
about that boy, I swear Idon't. Oh, now, Lero ain't
a bad boy, mister Gilsleeve.He's just a boy, that's all.
Well, he needs something. Idon't know what, though. Well,
if you ask me, mister Gilsleeve, what Neroi needs is a mother.
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Yeah, so I'm afraid you're right, Bertie. There's not much I can
do about that. Well, no, I wouldn't say that. Huh,
what do you mean? Well,you're young, mister Gilsleeve, you got
your help, you even got afancy And if you don't mind me asking
her, what is you waiting for? Bye, George, Bertie, That's
what I'm going to ask her.And I'm going to ask her right now
to the easter Bunny. Now meright down, don't go away here.
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I shouldn't have said that. Igot to be tough with her this time.
By George, she's gonna give mean answer. I'm not like some
people. You can twist them aroundyour little finger. When I live.
When are we gonna get married?What did you say? You heard me?
Oh, gracious, Rock Martin,you're so impetuous. Impetuous. We've
been engaged now for four months.What's so impetuous about that I want to
know when we're gonna get married.Have come in, won't you? No?
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You come out very well, RockMartin, if you wish. Yes,
Now I'm gonna sit down here onthe veranda and settle this once and
for all. Yes, let's youknow, Rock Martin, you're so mysterful.
I hardly know you when you're likethis. Well, it's my other
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side. Now let's get down thebusiness. When do we get married?
Name the date, Leila, Well, tell me first, why do you
want me to marry Rock Martin?Well? Because, well, just because
because what? Because? I say, because you Why? Well, I
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think Leroy needs a mother? Ohmother? Is that all I am to
you? A mother for lerong?Alili didn't say that. Well, I
guess I know what you were thinking, and I can give you the answer
right now. Allila, don't flyoff the handle. Let's be reasonable about
this thing. Martin. I amthe soul of reason. I'll sure you.
I've thought it all over. I'vedecided that we have no business getting
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married till after the war. Afterthe war, but Leela, that may
be a long time. Well,you asked me for my decision, and
that's it. I'll marry you theday the war is won. That settles
it what I demand the second front. Ladies and gentlemen, We're going to
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interrupt here for just a moment inorder to present a very charming and courageous
lady who has something to say toyou. That she is charming is no
secret to her thousands of admirers,and the proof of her courage is her
four months expedition across the Atlantic thispast winter to entertain our troops in England,
Ireland, Scotland and North Africa.Ladies and gentlemen, Miss k Francis,
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thank you, ladies and gentlemen.I ask your attention for one minute.
One minute isn't very long, butin this very brief minute that you
hear my voice, men are dyingfor you, dying on distant battlefields in
strange waters. Men from Nebraska,Illinois, Texas, boys from across the
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street, boys that you know rightnow while I speak to you sixty seconds
in a minute, how many timessixty men are dying for you. And
as they die, they are rememberinghome, remembering us, wanting to come
home, knowing they never will.Are we worth remembering? Are we worth
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coming home to? No? Notunless we do all we possibly can to
win this war, and our possibleall is so little compared to what they
give. We are not asked togive, but to lend our dollars to
our government to carry our share thethirteen billion dollars needed in the Second Warlone,
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lend your dollars right now, rightthis minute, while those men are
giving their lives for you. Youget your dollars back. Thank you,
Miss Rancid. Now let's get backto Summerville in the Great Guildess leave.
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It's Easter morning and the Great Manhas started the day in a constructive and
beneficent mood. He's intending, beforedonning his finery for the Eastern Parade,
to build a rabbit hutch, buta brief inspection of the garage shows him
that something is missing, namely therabbits. LeRoi, where are your little
pets? You mean, mister rabbits. Yes, you don't have to be
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so formal either. Oh, they'rein a perfectly safe place. Unk where
are they? Don't worry Parker?Oh, Lero, what is the party?
Did you put those rabbits in thefireplace? Fireplace? There's no fire
in it. That's the new Homeberdy. They love it there where. Maybe
it's not, but they moved out. What they did? Young man?
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Who have to find those rabbits beforewe go to church? So get busy.
Oh gosh, won't your help?Well, that depends if I say
he comes Judge Hooker, Judge Hooker, what's he doing around here? Yeller
sleeve? Oh killer three? Juststay on the other side of that fence.
Hooker, you owe me a fender. You owe me a bumper.
You happen to be the owner oftwo oversized, over age gray rabbits.
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Oh my goodness, go get himLee right. Those rabbits belong to my
nephew. Judge Hooker, see thatyou don't do anything that injures them.
Then look here. I just caughthim finishing up the last head of lettuce
in my victory guard I'm beginning tolike those rabbits. Well, if I
tut him over here again, I'llgive him to the city found here taking
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me Just remember Giller's leave. Younot only owe me a bumper, but
you owe me one dozen heads oflettuce. You owe me a fender,
and you can take a dozen headsof lettuce from my victory guarden. What
are you laughing at? You oldnanny. Goat the rabbits. They your
lettuce first. Now, let's seehandkerchief for the breast pocket. Need a
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flower for my button hole? Betare put on the silk cats has to
see how the whole thing looks there, Hi, George Gillis leave, you're
a handsome follow in the cutaway,Yes, sir, come in, Hey,
come on down, missus. Ransomis here and Lasery wants to take
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everybody's picture. A good idea.I'll come right now, Leroy, I
wonder if you could find me aflower somewhere from my buttonhole. Okay,
what do you want, Lily,No, Leroy, just something small and
suitable. Oh hello, Leila,Oh happy Easter. Have happy Easter you
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too, trock Mak. That's abeautiful costume, my dear. Everyone will
be saying lucky leave oh now,truck Martin. But you look simply angelic
in your great trashes and cutaway dosney. Marjorie, he always does. You
know it's all ready for a wedding. Let's not go into that. Everybody,
they'll take your picture. Ben's gotthe camera out there. Well,
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are you sure there's time, Marjorie? Uncle and I are going to check
oh we all know. Come on, well along, mister Ghostlee half Eastern.
Thanks my boy, the same toyou. Ben. Now where do
he wants to stand? All right? There? Inside the lilacs? All
right? Oh fine, I'll putsome lilac in my button hole. Just
staying anywhere. Really, there isn'ttoo much trouble. Oh you could just
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smile. Please cash this. Igot you that one ought to be fine.
Now, who's gonna take our picture? I'll go margin, Yeah,
I'll do it. Oh, Itake better pictures than any one in the
family. He has been lucky.All right, you're right? Wor shall
I stand marche well right beside mehere? Well, that's what I am
already. Can't you get a littlecloser? Oh? I guess so.
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All right? Now look at her? You a big ghouler. I am
looking at her? Then, honey, why don't you put your hom around
the waves? Oh gosh, righthere in front of everybody? Why not?
Well? All right, hey,this is quite comfortable, whole rock,
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not less showing love. Don't theylook beautiful together? Yes they do.
It just looks like an Eastern magazine. Come body Cline, Yes,
got it? Thank you, leroy. Yeah, I'm much bliged. See
I never enjoyed to having my picturetaken before Bye, George. I'm glad
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we decided to walk Leela. Yes, sir, good morning doctor Petty Ball
the Happy Easter. He goes toa different church. I know he comes
home, Missus Carrington. Don't tellme she's walking the choir. Yeah,
but you'll stop for a long conversation. Oh, good Nrning, Missus Carrington.
Oh, happy Easter to you.Happy happy Easter, Missus Carrington.
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And what a lovely shawl you're wearing. Thank you, Missus Rinsome. I'm
glad you had the sense not tocall it a fascinator. Yeah, you're
you're looking awfully well, Missus Carrington. Did you have a good winter?
Pretty cold? Pretty cold? Yes, but now it's spring. What do
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you hear from your grandson? Ishe still with the Oh yes, yes,
mister. They made him a vicepresident this year and next year they're
going to raise and sellary. He'scoming along nicely, Mercy. I'm afraid
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we'll all be late for church.We must all hurry, but I'm glad
to see young people still dress upfor Easter. You'll make a very handsome
Oh now, Missus Carrington. Ihaven't had a chance to congratulate your formerly.
When is the wedding to be well, it depends a little on the
war. Don't wait too long,after all, we're only young ones.
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Well, goodbye Missus Ransom, goodbye, mister goodbye, goodbye Missus Carrington.
She's a wonderful lady, Ahis andCharson, you know she makes me feel
so young. Come on, Roywait, w well, Leila. There's
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nothing like the feeling when you've beento church on Eastern But I always feel
like a new man at the church, but on Easter I feel even happy.
I feel the same way. Idon't know what it is, the
Eastern hymns or something. When thecollection basket came around this morning, I
put in twice as much as i'dplay really see the plan that much in
the first place, though, Ohhere comes Peev, Happy Eastern Pev,
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Happy Easter, mister Poebe eastersom tomister grist just coming from church, mister
Pebe. Yes, I am Ransom. Missus Peebe and I attended the services
together, and then I went bythe shop to get this little surprise for
her surprise. Eh, what isit? A plan? Pagonia I've given
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her a pot of pogonia every Easterwe've been married. H listen, peev
if you've given her a begonia everyEaster, she couldn't possibly be surprised when
you walk in with this one,wouldn't say, but you've already given her
twenty or thirty beging yes for Easterthirty one? I know, because missus
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Peevee saves the pots. That's nice. And when I give her this one,
I know just exactly what she'll say. What mister Peevie, she'll say,
Richard Peelee? Don't you know it'swicked to be extravagant. But that's
not extravagant, Richard. Well,I know that mister gisleep. So there's
mister Peelee. That's just her littleway of acting surprise. I think it's
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a very sweet way too. Ido myself anyhow. She always says it,
and then she gives me my surprise. H. You get a surprise
too? That what's your surprise,peev A box of crystallized ginger. Crystallized
crystallized ginger. That's pretty strong stuff, isn't it? Yes? And is
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that your surprise? Every year,mister Peter? Every year it's a wonder
you don't faint from excitement. Idon't think, mister Guellersley, but I
give a pretty good in attention,good enough to fool missus Phoebe. I
wouldn't say that, but when youfolks have been married as long as I
have you, you know that ourkind of surprise is more fun than the
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real one. Yes, you maybe right, well, Saloon PV.
Happy Easter to you and missus Phoebe. The same to you and missus A
ransom good day. Strock Manton wasthere Henny Warren News today? Well,
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apparently the Allied forces made substantial gainsin El Milang reason. Strock Manton.
Isn't it wonderful that mister and missuspeev is so happy after all these years?
I guess so. Of course he'srather a strange fellow. Uh shrock
Martin? Yeah? Where neither ofus getting any younger? Are we?
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Of course? Not? Leila trockMartin? What is it, Leela?
How would you like to come tomy house this evening for chicken fricacy.
There'll just be the two of uschicken frickacy. Oh, brother, I'll
be there. That was a wonderfuldinner Leila, I'm glad you liked it,
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Darling. Maybe I over indulged alittle. Oh I didn't notice.
That's because I didn't over indulge anymorethan usually. You were so cute sitting
as ahead of my table, servingmy dinner, and all it looked natural
somehow, griff olw smooth a cigar. You know something, Trock Martin.
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I've been nervous in this house thelast few days. Well on earth is
there to be nervous about? Oh? Nothing in particular. Sometimes I think
I hear strange noises in the night. But you know, with you here,
I don't feel nervous of the fine, fine, fine, But when
you're not here, I do feelnervous. And maybe you ought to see
doctor Pettibone get some vitamins. OhFish, what did you say, Lela?
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Nothing? Srock Martin. I've beenthinking, yes, maybe Lero shouldn't
wait till after the war to havea mother. Oh huh, Leela,
will you what do you mean?Rock mart could you marry me before the
war is over? Oh? ForLee Roh's sake, I might consider how
about next week? Now? StrockMartin, don't be so impetuous, well,
Jules, and icemant for wedding.Yes, it is June first.
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That's awfully series JUNI first, Well, I think we might say the first
week in June. Darling. Youknow this is the happiest Easter of my
life. Really, honey, surewhy everybody ought to be married? It's
a law of nature two by twomale and female, a girl for every
boy in the world. Yeah,what is it, leroy? What?
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And missus Rabbit just had Quinn tutless. Easter, like all important holidays at
the times, for families and oldfriends to get together, or if they
can't do that, at least toget in touch with one another. And
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so this Easter we have the CraftFamily bring you the greetings of our sponsor,
through its president, mister J.L. Kraft. Mister Kraft,
I'm glad of this opportunity to bringEaster readings to craft men and women everywhere,
and to the families of our boysand girls who are now in the
service of their country. When wethink of Easter, we naturally think of
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the Resurrection. The two words areeternally linked together in every Christian land today.
The celebration of Easter will bring itsage old message of hope to a
war darkened world. The fact ofthe resurrection and the faith which it symbolizes
have never been so significant to somany nations and to so many peoples in
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the world's history. In itself,the word resurrection is one of the most
beautiful in our language. It meansbringing back to life, the conquest of
death, the return of hope.At this springtime of the year, all
nature tells the story of resurrection.We read its meaning in the budding trees
and in the miracle of nature's reawakeningto vibrant life. There is still another
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significance to the word resurrection, tobring back to memory that which was forgotten
or lost. And it is uponthis meaning of resurrection that I have been
reflecting on this Easter Sunday. Whileour boys are away fighting for freedom around
the world, enduring hardships, loneliness, weariness, we on the home front
have a high responsibility toward them.While they are absent, our virtue grow
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in their minds and our shortcomings areforgotten. Let us so live our lives
that their ideals will not be shatteredwhen they return. Let us make them
as proud of us as we areproud of them. And so it seems
particularly fitting to me that each ofus, at this Easter time should resurrect
and strengthen our faith in God andin the ideals of our forefathers. That
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faith and those ideals on which thisnation was founded and by which it grew
strong and great. As youngsters,our mothers taught us to say, when
we pray, Now I lay medown to sleep, I pray thee Lord,
my soul, the key. Ihave just had a letter from one
of our own boys in North Africain which he says that eight men of
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his group kneel at their bunks everynight and speak this prayer as they go
to sleep. It means something tothem, it meant something to us as
children. Let us, then,as we think of these simple prayers,
resurrect the trusting faith of our childhoodand approach God understandingly. Let us resurrect
and renew our strength in the Godgiven pioneer virtues. Let us, at
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home, in our daily lives,have the courage, the strength, and
the fortitude of those who fight forfreedom, that we and our children,
and they and their children may livein peace. They are counting on us,
depending on us to maintain their idealsof home and family until they join
us again, and in this wecannot fail them. This program has come
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to you from Chicago and Hollywood.This is the National Broadcasting Company.
Craft presents the Great kilders Leeve.The Craft Cheese Company will also bring a
bing Crosby every Thursday night percent eachweek. At this time, Harold Berry
has the Great kilders Leave, writtenby John Wheaton and Sam Moore. Well
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hair from the Great gilders Sleeve injust a moment. Well, it's Easter
weekend and Saturday afternoon finds guilder Sleeveout in the sidelot, surveying his victory
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garden and wondering whether to pull theweeds now or let him grow a little
bigger so they will be easier toget hold of it. Looks as if
they grow a little bigger. Forfrom the window of the kitchen nearby comes
the smell of good things in theoven. Let's follow him in and see
what's cooking. See five four fum, I smell something good that's pretty making
there my dream shing for frosting.Yes, and I guess it's about that.
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It's pretty. You ain't going toput that delicious egg bet in the
sink, Oh no, sir,I'm saving for leroy LeRoi can lick the
bowl? Give it here? Yes, mord you're looking cross eyed. I
don't want to miss any of it, I'll go, Bertie, wipe your
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chin. Yes, express, signhere. Wait a minute, what is
it? Crate? Sign here?I didn't order any crate. Yes,
sign here, Yes, holy echebeaters, and hold it too. I
don't know what I'm signing this for. There, all right, one side?
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But wait a minute, one side. We don't want that great big
thing here in the kitchen. Well, where do you want to make up
your mind? I'm got all day. Listen, I've got a good mind
to report you to your superior brotherin two hours, are report to my
drive board. Where do you wantit? Yeah? All right, set
it right down here so it's yourplace. Ray careful, don't you know
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we got a cake in the oven. That's the kind of service you get
these days. What do you supposeis in the crate? Uncle Moore?
I don't know, but we'll soonfind now, Bertie, do you know
where the hammer is? Right there? Who have been? Mister Gilsey?
Just the place for it too?Well, let's see now, careful of
the more. It might be somethingbreakable. Maybe I can pry the top
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up, freshman. Yeah, andnow it's coming and wait a minute,
Oh my goodness, rabbits, Ohno, we'll never get them. You're
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another refrigerator. Maybe we had somefood we could get them to come out.
Yeah, try some popsis. Rabbitsdon't eat popsies. I don't know,
my dear Popsy's always tasted like rabbitfood to me. But I can
poke under there with a broom.Maybe you know you might hurt them.
Very valuable rabbits. They cost meover two bucks. Remind me to ask
you, leroy, where you gotthe two bucks? Here? Bunny here,
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Bunny here, Bunny here, bunny. Oh no, you'll never get
them that way. You have toget down on your hands and knees,
and they can just stay under there. We've got to get them out.
They might get stuck under there.Those are Flemish giants. They grow fast,
all right, it'll teach them alesson. Then there you go.
I want Oh, look, isn'the bring over here, leroy? Let
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me see? Oh he's frightened.Look he shift. Let me hold him
wrong, Let me hold him here. Don't get away. That's a valuable
rabbit. Isn't he cunning? Feeling? Mind? You feel how soft he
is? Ah? There there,little bunny, don't you be frightened loock
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miigie. Look how he wrinkles uphis little nose. Would the boy you're
doing it too. I can't helpbut he's making faces at me, a
little rasp. You like him,monk, He's as cute as the dickens
lee? Right? How did youget him? From an ad in one
of the man comics, I saidfor them only two seventeen express pre pain.
Where did you get the two seventeen? Oh? My, got it.
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It's a great confessmentark. It saysin the ad boys make big money
raising rabbits. Yeah, and Iwouldn't count on it, my boy.
As pets. Rabbits may be fine, but you said anything about pets.
I'm raising these rabbits to eat,eat, eat, a little fuzzy,
cunning, helpless little thing like that, Leroy, I think you're horrible.
Marjorie, take this rabbit and puthim somewhere. I want to get to
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the bottom of this. I got. Well, give him the Marjorie,
Bertie, flocks and mocksy. Comeon, we'll find a nice, safe,
warm place for you away from thatawful Yes, now, young man,
why was I not consultant before youbought those rabbits? Well? A
work of surprise you are for easter? You surprise me? All right?
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Where'd you get the money? It? Of course all of it? Well,
the seventeen cents I had, allright, But what about the two
dollars. Well, you know thoseold rusty, no good old roller skates
I got Christmas before last. Theywere very excellent skates. When I gave
him to you, I thought SantaClaus gave him to me. We won't
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argue about that, young man,all right. Anyway, they were always
getting a new way, and anywayI outgrooed them, and anyway, one
wheel was busted, so I tradedthem with Piggy. Did you tell him
the wheel was busted broken? Well, he doesn't need all the wheels.
He just wants to make a pushmavel. Nevertheless, that was not a very
honest thing to do, leroy,was it. Well he swapped it for
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a spark coil and wouldn't spark.I'm glad to hear you didn't get the
best of it. I stopped beatingaround the bush and tell me where did
you get those two dollars? Well, you know the spark coil you just
told me about it. It wouldn'tspark. Yeah, So I traded it.
Who'd you trade it to? Michaelmissus Ransom's little niece. I mean,
if you really wanted it, Ikept pestering me for it. Did
you tell him it wouldn't work?Did you? Well, gosh, you
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wouldn't want me to give him aspark coil. It works. They're dangerous.
He might get a shock, youmight getness. All right, you
shot it. What did you tradethe spark coil for? Come on,
what did you trade it for?Two bucks? That's what we call selling,
LeRoi, not trading. And yousold that spark coil on the false
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pretenses with deliberate intent to defraud.Oh no, I didn't knunk, honest,
And what was your intention to getthe two bucks? Leroy? I
honestly believe you don't know the simpledifference between right and wrong. Yeah,
that's all it is. I don'tknow any better. Goshall find him.
That's enough, le ROI. Oh, help Mines. We find a place
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for those rabbits, and see thatit's not in my study. I'll take
this thing up with you later,Yeah, sure I will. I'll find
a good flash for him, Bertie. I don't know what I'm gonna do
about that boy, I swear Idon't. Oh, now, Lero ain't
a bad boy, mister Gilsleeve.He's just a boy, that's all.
Well, he needs something. Idon't know what, though. Well,
if you ask me, mister Gilsleeve, what Neroi needs is a mother.
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Yeah, so I'm afraid you're right, Bertie. There's not much I can
do about that. Well, no, I wouldn't say that. Huh,
what do you mean? Well,you're young, mister Gilsleeve, you got
your help, you even got afancy And if you don't mind me asking
her, what is you waiting for? Bye, George, Bertie, That's
what I'm going to ask her.And I'm going to ask her right now
to the easter Bunny. Now meright down, don't go away here.
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I shouldn't have said that. Igot to be tough with her this time.
By George, she's gonna give mean answer. I'm not like some
people. You can twist them aroundyour little finger. When I live.
When are we gonna get married?What did you say? You heard me?
Oh, gracious, Rock Martin,you're so impetuous. Impetuous. We've
been engaged now for four months.What's so impetuous about that I want to
know when we're gonna get married.Have come in, won't you? No?
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You come out very well, RockMartin, if you wish. Yes,
Now I'm gonna sit down here onthe veranda and settle this once and
for all. Yes, let's youknow, Rock Martin, you're so mysterful.
I hardly know you when you're likethis. Well, it's my other
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side. Now let's get down thebusiness. When do we get married?
Name the date, Leila, Well, tell me first, why do you
want me to marry Rock Martin?Well? Because, well, just because
because what? Because? I say, because you Why? Well, I
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think Leroy needs a mother? Ohmother? Is that all I am to
you? A mother for lerong?Alili didn't say that. Well, I
guess I know what you were thinking, and I can give you the answer
right now. Allila, don't flyoff the handle. Let's be reasonable about
this thing. Martin. I amthe soul of reason. I'll sure you.
I've thought it all over. I'vedecided that we have no business getting
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married till after the war. Afterthe war, but Leela, that may
be a long time. Well,you asked me for my decision, and
that's it. I'll marry you theday the war is won. That settles
it what I demand the second front. Ladies and gentlemen, We're going to
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interrupt here for just a moment inorder to present a very charming and courageous
lady who has something to say toyou. That she is charming is no
secret to her thousands of admirers,and the proof of her courage is her
four months expedition across the Atlantic thispast winter to entertain our troops in England,
Ireland, Scotland and North Africa.Ladies and gentlemen, Miss k Francis,
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thank you, ladies and gentlemen.I ask your attention for one minute.
One minute isn't very long, butin this very brief minute that you
hear my voice, men are dyingfor you, dying on distant battlefields in
strange waters. Men from Nebraska,Illinois, Texas, boys from across the
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street, boys that you know rightnow while I speak to you sixty seconds
in a minute, how many timessixty men are dying for you. And
as they die, they are rememberinghome, remembering us, wanting to come
home, knowing they never will.Are we worth remembering? Are we worth
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coming home to? No? Notunless we do all we possibly can to
win this war, and our possibleall is so little compared to what they
give. We are not asked togive, but to lend our dollars to
our government to carry our share thethirteen billion dollars needed in the Second Warlone,
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lend your dollars right now, rightthis minute, while those men are
giving their lives for you. Youget your dollars back. Thank you,
Miss Rancid. Now let's get backto Summerville in the Great Guildess leave.
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It's Easter morning and the Great Manhas started the day in a constructive and
beneficent mood. He's intending, beforedonning his finery for the Eastern Parade,
to build a rabbit hutch, buta brief inspection of the garage shows him
that something is missing, namely therabbits. LeRoi, where are your little
pets? You mean, mister rabbits. Yes, you don't have to be
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so formal either. Oh, they'rein a perfectly safe place. Unk where
are they? Don't worry Parker?Oh, Lero, what is the party?
Did you put those rabbits in thefireplace? Fireplace? There's no fire
in it. That's the new Homeberdy. They love it there where. Maybe
it's not, but they moved out. What they did? Young man?
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Who have to find those rabbits beforewe go to church? So get busy.
Oh gosh, won't your help?Well, that depends if I say
he comes Judge Hooker, Judge Hooker, what's he doing around here? Yeller
sleeve? Oh killer three? Juststay on the other side of that fence.
Hooker, you owe me a fender. You owe me a bumper.
You happen to be the owner oftwo oversized, over age gray rabbits.
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Oh my goodness, go get himLee right. Those rabbits belong to my
nephew. Judge Hooker, see thatyou don't do anything that injures them.
Then look here. I just caughthim finishing up the last head of lettuce
in my victory guard I'm beginning tolike those rabbits. Well, if I
tut him over here again, I'llgive him to the city found here taking
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me Just remember Giller's leave. Younot only owe me a bumper, but
you owe me one dozen heads oflettuce. You owe me a fender,
and you can take a dozen headsof lettuce from my victory guarden. What
are you laughing at? You oldnanny. Goat the rabbits. They your
lettuce first. Now, let's seehandkerchief for the breast pocket. Need a
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flower for my button hole? Betare put on the silk cats has to
see how the whole thing looks there, Hi, George Gillis leave, you're
a handsome follow in the cutaway,Yes, sir, come in, Hey,
come on down, missus. Ransomis here and Lasery wants to take
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everybody's picture. A good idea.I'll come right now, Leroy, I
wonder if you could find me aflower somewhere from my buttonhole. Okay,
what do you want, Lily,No, Leroy, just something small and
suitable. Oh hello, Leila,Oh happy Easter. Have happy Easter you
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too, trock Mak. That's abeautiful costume, my dear. Everyone will
be saying lucky leave oh now,truck Martin. But you look simply angelic
in your great trashes and cutaway dosney. Marjorie, he always does. You
know it's all ready for a wedding. Let's not go into that. Everybody,
they'll take your picture. Ben's gotthe camera out there. Well,
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are you sure there's time, Marjorie? Uncle and I are going to check
oh we all know. Come on, well along, mister Ghostlee half Eastern.
Thanks my boy, the same toyou. Ben. Now where do
he wants to stand? All right? There? Inside the lilacs? All
right? Oh fine, I'll putsome lilac in my button hole. Just
staying anywhere. Really, there isn'ttoo much trouble. Oh you could just
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smile. Please cash this. Igot you that one ought to be fine.
Now, who's gonna take our picture? I'll go margin, Yeah,
I'll do it. Oh, Itake better pictures than any one in the
family. He has been lucky.All right, you're right? Wor shall
I stand marche well right beside mehere? Well, that's what I am
already. Can't you get a littlecloser? Oh? I guess so.
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All right? Now look at her? You a big ghouler. I am
looking at her? Then, honey, why don't you put your hom around
the waves? Oh gosh, righthere in front of everybody? Why not?
Well? All right, hey,this is quite comfortable, whole rock,
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not less showing love. Don't theylook beautiful together? Yes they do.
It just looks like an Eastern magazine. Come body Cline, Yes,
got it? Thank you, leroy. Yeah, I'm much bliged. See
I never enjoyed to having my picturetaken before Bye, George. I'm glad
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we decided to walk Leela. Yes, sir, good morning doctor Petty Ball
the Happy Easter. He goes toa different church. I know he comes
home, Missus Carrington. Don't tellme she's walking the choir. Yeah,
but you'll stop for a long conversation. Oh, good Nrning, Missus Carrington.
Oh, happy Easter to you.Happy happy Easter, Missus Carrington.
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And what a lovely shawl you're wearing. Thank you, Missus Rinsome. I'm
glad you had the sense not tocall it a fascinator. Yeah, you're
you're looking awfully well, Missus Carrington. Did you have a good winter?
Pretty cold? Pretty cold? Yes, but now it's spring. What do
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you hear from your grandson? Ishe still with the Oh yes, yes,
mister. They made him a vicepresident this year and next year they're
going to raise and sellary. He'scoming along nicely, Mercy. I'm afraid
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we'll all be late for church.We must all hurry, but I'm glad
to see young people still dress upfor Easter. You'll make a very handsome
Oh now, Missus Carrington. Ihaven't had a chance to congratulate your formerly.
When is the wedding to be well, it depends a little on the
war. Don't wait too long,after all, we're only young ones.
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Well, goodbye Missus Ransom, goodbye, mister goodbye, goodbye Missus Carrington.
She's a wonderful lady, Ahis andCharson, you know she makes me feel
so young. Come on, Roywait, w well, Leila. There's
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nothing like the feeling when you've beento church on Eastern But I always feel
like a new man at the church, but on Easter I feel even happy.
I feel the same way. Idon't know what it is, the
Eastern hymns or something. When thecollection basket came around this morning, I
put in twice as much as i'dplay really see the plan that much in
the first place, though, Ohhere comes Peev, Happy Eastern Pev,
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Happy Easter, mister Poebe eastersom tomister grist just coming from church, mister
Pebe. Yes, I am Ransom. Missus Peebe and I attended the services
together, and then I went bythe shop to get this little surprise for
her surprise. Eh, what isit? A plan? Pagonia I've given
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her a pot of pogonia every Easterwe've been married. H listen, peev
if you've given her a begonia everyEaster, she couldn't possibly be surprised when
you walk in with this one,wouldn't say, but you've already given her
twenty or thirty beging yes for Easterthirty one? I know, because missus
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Peevee saves the pots. That's nice. And when I give her this one,
I know just exactly what she'll say. What mister Peevie, she'll say,
Richard Peelee? Don't you know it'swicked to be extravagant. But that's
not extravagant, Richard. Well,I know that mister gisleep. So there's
mister Peelee. That's just her littleway of acting surprise. I think it's
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a very sweet way too. Ido myself anyhow. She always says it,
and then she gives me my surprise. H. You get a surprise
too? That what's your surprise,peev A box of crystallized ginger. Crystallized
crystallized ginger. That's pretty strong stuff, isn't it? Yes? And is
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that your surprise? Every year,mister Peter? Every year it's a wonder
you don't faint from excitement. Idon't think, mister Guellersley, but I
give a pretty good in attention,good enough to fool missus Phoebe. I
wouldn't say that, but when youfolks have been married as long as I
have you, you know that ourkind of surprise is more fun than the
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real one. Yes, you maybe right, well, Saloon PV.
Happy Easter to you and missus Phoebe. The same to you and missus A
ransom good day. Strock Manton wasthere Henny Warren News today? Well,
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apparently the Allied forces made substantial gainsin El Milang reason. Strock Manton.
Isn't it wonderful that mister and missuspeev is so happy after all these years?
I guess so. Of course he'srather a strange fellow. Uh shrock
Martin? Yeah? Where neither ofus getting any younger? Are we?
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Of course? Not? Leila trockMartin? What is it, Leela?
How would you like to come tomy house this evening for chicken fricacy.
There'll just be the two of uschicken frickacy. Oh, brother, I'll
be there. That was a wonderfuldinner Leila, I'm glad you liked it,
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Darling. Maybe I over indulged alittle. Oh I didn't notice.
That's because I didn't over indulge anymorethan usually. You were so cute sitting
as ahead of my table, servingmy dinner, and all it looked natural
somehow, griff olw smooth a cigar. You know something, Trock Martin.
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I've been nervous in this house thelast few days. Well on earth is
there to be nervous about? Oh? Nothing in particular. Sometimes I think
I hear strange noises in the night. But you know, with you here,
I don't feel nervous of the fine, fine, fine, But when
you're not here, I do feelnervous. And maybe you ought to see
doctor Pettibone get some vitamins. OhFish, what did you say, Lela?
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Nothing? Srock Martin. I've beenthinking, yes, maybe Lero shouldn't
wait till after the war to havea mother. Oh huh, Leela,
will you what do you mean?Rock mart could you marry me before the
war is over? Oh? ForLee Roh's sake, I might consider how
about next week? Now? StrockMartin, don't be so impetuous, well,
Jules, and icemant for wedding.Yes, it is June first.
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That's awfully series JUNI first, Well, I think we might say the first
week in June. Darling. Youknow this is the happiest Easter of my
life. Really, honey, surewhy everybody ought to be married? It's
a law of nature two by twomale and female, a girl for every
boy in the world. Yeah,what is it, leroy? What?
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And missus Rabbit just had Quinn tutless. Easter, like all important holidays at
the times, for families and oldfriends to get together, or if they
can't do that, at least toget in touch with one another. And
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so this Easter we have the CraftFamily bring you the greetings of our sponsor,
through its president, mister J.L. Kraft. Mister Kraft,
I'm glad of this opportunity to bringEaster readings to craft men and women everywhere,
and to the families of our boysand girls who are now in the
service of their country. When wethink of Easter, we naturally think of
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the Resurrection. The two words areeternally linked together in every Christian land today.
The celebration of Easter will bring itsage old message of hope to a
war darkened world. The fact ofthe resurrection and the faith which it symbolizes
have never been so significant to somany nations and to so many peoples in
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the world's history. In itself,the word resurrection is one of the most
beautiful in our language. It meansbringing back to life, the conquest of
death, the return of hope.At this springtime of the year, all
nature tells the story of resurrection.We read its meaning in the budding trees
and in the miracle of nature's reawakeningto vibrant life. There is still another
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significance to the word resurrection, tobring back to memory that which was forgotten
or lost. And it is uponthis meaning of resurrection that I have been
reflecting on this Easter Sunday. Whileour boys are away fighting for freedom around
the world, enduring hardships, loneliness, weariness, we on the home front
have a high responsibility toward them.While they are absent, our virtue grow
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in their minds and our shortcomings areforgotten. Let us so live our lives
that their ideals will not be shatteredwhen they return. Let us make them
as proud of us as we areproud of them. And so it seems
particularly fitting to me that each ofus, at this Easter time should resurrect
and strengthen our faith in God andin the ideals of our forefathers. That
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faith and those ideals on which thisnation was founded and by which it grew
strong and great. As youngsters,our mothers taught us to say, when
we pray, Now I lay medown to sleep, I pray thee Lord,
my soul, the key. Ihave just had a letter from one
of our own boys in North Africain which he says that eight men of
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his group kneel at their bunks everynight and speak this prayer as they go
to sleep. It means something tothem, it meant something to us as
children. Let us, then,as we think of these simple prayers,
resurrect the trusting faith of our childhoodand approach God understandingly. Let us resurrect
and renew our strength in the Godgiven pioneer virtues. Let us, at
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home, in our daily lives,have the courage, the strength, and
the fortitude of those who fight forfreedom, that we and our children,
and they and their children may livein peace. They are counting on us,
depending on us to maintain their idealsof home and family until they join
us again, and in this wecannot fail them. This program has come
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to you from Chicago and Hollywood.This is the National Broadcasting Company.
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