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you some Sunday if you are at home. Mrs Van Waters, your class did something wonderful for me. Those two hours every week took me into another world altogether and I just forgot myself and where I was and had a good time. Now I know what Dr. Van Waters is so wonderful. It's because she has "you" for a mother. I'll never forget your kindness to me and the knowledge that you will be thinking of me and praying for me will give me added courage, which, God knows, I need. I wrote a letter to Miss Voetsch and I'm going to write a few lines to Ruth Mabb. I hope everybody has been as nice to her as they have been to me. It helps a lot when you are trying to readjust yourself in a more

or less strange world o meet people who are kind and good. I have seen a couple of movies but other than that I haven't been anyplace. Maybe in a few weeks I'll go to Boston and hear a symphony. I love music. Will you say "hello" to the class for me and particularly to Ruth Steadman. Tell her to "keep her chin up" annd that I'm thinking of her. She is a wonderful girl and she helped me no end while I was with her. There isn't much else to write about just yet so until there is this will have to suffice. God bless you, Mrs Van Waters

Your devoted pupil

Rita Rigney