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Uncle Ray and Auntie Maxine
A railroad conductor was he
But more important
A surrogate Father to me
No more important man in my life you see
He knew what it was like not to have a father
He was raised in "Boys Town!"
A movie but a real place in history
He never forgot his sister
Who was sent to live in orphanages
She was my mother
Of age and released he came and got her
So you see how important he could be
At a creek he taught me to fish
Then he said it is time to clean the fish
A boy of eight it was a test of manhood
No reality was I cried
For Christmas I got a real Indian bow and arrow
My step dad broke the arrows over his knee
In the photos a second important man to me
But then he is in the second photo
Uncle Ray and Aunt Maxine just pictures today
Not on the day the picture was taken they
were in my world unforgettable

To be continued these photos: Christmas day 1948

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