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Soldier’s gift to mom, lost 73 years, found MILLVILLE, Mass. (AP) — This is the story of a loving tribute from a soldier preparing for war to his mother on the other side of the continent, who didn’t know if she would ever see her boy again. The elaborate pillow sham he sent her, lost for more than 70 years, has finally come home, just in time for Mother’s Day. The sham, emblazoned with the word “Mother” and sent in 1942 by Dominic O’Gara from his Army base in California to his mother in the small Massachusetts town of Millville, was discovered last month by a town native on eBay. The hope now is to put the sham on display in the town’s senior center, just yards from the house where the O’Gara family once lived. “To me, it’s come back to where it belongs,” said Mar-
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In these photos taken Tuesday, Don Lamoureux, of Millville, Mass., displays a World War II era postal envelope at a senior center, in Millville, Mass., that contained a pillow sham (above) and the pillow sham (right). These were purchased by his son from an online auction site. Dominic O’Gara had mailed the pillow cover from his U.S. Army base in California to his mother in Millville in 1942. garet Carroll, chairwoman of the town Historical Commission. “It’s as close to Mrs. O’Gara as it can get.” Donald Lamoureux, who lives in Cumberland, Rhode Island, but who grew up in Millville, spotted an enve-
lope for sale on eBay, and even though he had no idea what was inside, he knew he had to have it when he saw the date and the Millville address. He paid $5 for it. He was stunned when he
looked inside. “There was this pillow sham that had been sealed away for 73 years, and it looked brand new,” he said. Although it had deep creases from being fold-
ed for decades, it wasn’t frayed, stained or faded. The white pillow cover has a blue fringe, and in addition to the word “Mother” in blue, is decorated with red roses with
green stems, and the words “Camp McQuaide, Calif.,” where O’Gara was stationed. It also has this famous See MOM, Page A3
A ‘rosy’ disposition
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Above: Two of the roses in the 5000 block of South Main Street. Right: Three flower beds full of roses surround the office building of Johnson Septic Tank Co. LLC, 5007 S. Main St. It’s not a case of “The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank,” however, as the late author Erma Bombeck once wrote. Owner Terry Johnson said that he uses Miracle Grow and steer manure to get the best results. Johnson, the former owner of the Cowboy Cafe, also owns the Sale Barn Cafe, 900 N. Garden Ave. Bombeck also adds this advice: “Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.”
N. Korea: missile is tested from submarine
By Jeff Jackson Record Staff Writer
military capabilities. Hours after the announcement, South Korean officials said the North fired three antiship cruise missiles into the sea off its east coast.
A young man who died 10 years ago in a highway accident is now providing a service to other drivers. Much like drinking and driving, texting and driving can kill, and it did for Clayton Don Ford on Nov. 22, 2005, three days before his 17th birthday. Now a sign just a few feet off Highway 285 posted on the Eastern New Mexico Fairgrounds provides a warning against texting and driving. “Funny thing is I work at the fairgrounds so I’ll see it every day,” said Rick Ford, Clayton’s father. “It’s been 10 years. You never get over it. You just live with it. Maybe it will keep someone else from texting and driving.”
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A South Korean man watches a TV news program showing an image published in North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper of North Korea’s ballistic missile believed to have been launched from underwater, at Seoul Railway station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday. PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea said Saturday that it successfully test-fired a newly developed ballistic missile from a submarine in what would be the latest display of the country’s advancing
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A ceremony Saturday afternoon dedicated this sign at the Eastern New Mexico Fairgrounds in the memory of Clayton Don Ford, a 16-year-old Roswell resident who died in 2005 in an accident that involved texting. His parents and two sisters attended the ceremony along with several county and city officials. Among those pictured are his sisters, Tatum Phillips, left, and Casey Higgins. Index
Today’s Obituaries Page B6 • Mary Hansbro Entrop • Juanita Ellen Haley Hadder • Mary Ann (Mickie) Kelly
• Jerry C. Lykins • Thomas Solazzo • Linda Sue Stoltz
Classifieds...........D1 Comics..................C4 Entertainment. ....A8 General...............A2
Horoscopes.........A8 Lotteries. ............A2 Nation............ A6,D4 Opinion.................A4
Sports. ................B1 Weather...............A8 Politics.......... B7,B8 World..................B8