"BEYOND EXPRESSION"

Chronicle (Levin), 1 October 1947, Page 4

"BEYOND EXPRESSION"

ENGLISII WOMAN'S THANKS FOR FOOD PARCEL The extent to which food parcels are appreciated by the people of Britain is shown by the following letter received from Mrs. R. Busliby, Islington, England, a recipient of one of the many. food parcels forwarded to people in 'England by the Levin Red Cross Soe-iety. "I don't know how to express my thanks for your kindness in sending me such niee things, but I would like you to know that I am very grateful for them. Most of the food is very hard to get here, so when we get parcels like this we consider ourselves very lueky. "I have three children and when they saw the custard powder their eyes nearly popped out of their heads. My.youngest son, aged six, is riamed Brian and said, 'Mummy we can have a party every day with all that custard. can't we?' We do get custard sometimes, but so rarely that when we do the children think we must certainly celebrate, and parties are their idea of doing it. There is not much for them now. Their chief form of amusement seeihs to be running about in the fresh air. "My two elder children are picking up wonderfully after the bombing they have been through. We lost our home in 1940 through the bombing, and I was buried underneath the ruins. I had to spend some time in hospital. My husband looked after the children the whole time I was away from them. I think they suffered badly from shock. They went to school all through the raids and then their school was blasted. They temporarily attended another while their own was being repaired, and that got blasted too. "Even our own house, where" we are living now, was hit, but not badly, I am glad to say. The children are recuperating very quickly in these quiet times."