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take care of myself let alone ] good husband and four adorable children. Framingham has brought me back to the right way of thinking & living And when I leave here I will be able to be the Wife & Mother to my Family that I love so dearly. Mother is a name to be so Proud & And the way I feel right now I can go forth and rightfully earn that name.

Doctor I sincerely wish that Mr Cross

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would call me and I would be willing to swear under oath how much Framingham means to me.

Doctor dear it is a hard battle but each and every one of us pray to God to give you the Health and strength to carry on.

In my prayers during the day & evening as humble as they may be I pray to God & his Divine mother for your quick return to us all.

Sincerely your Student

Margaret Newton

Feb-27-1949 N.L.R

Dear Dr Van Waters

I am writing you this note to say hello, & sincerely hope that you will return to us all real soon.

Doctor Van Waters there is so much in my heart that I cannot put it all down on paper.

Your office looks so bare when I go by it, at different times during the day that i feel as if every fiber of my body wants to cry.

This trouble that Framingham has been having has brought each & every woman here Dr Van Waters more closer together, brought us to realize that we are women, to stick

for me another & help & guide each one in their time of need.

Dr Van Waters please I write this from the bottom of my heart return to us soon. I am proud to be one of your students and when I leave Framingham I can face the public & be proud to be called Wife & Moather the name that is so beatuiful in its own rights You Dr Van Waters - have taught me more about kindness, friendships & the meaning of Right.

Never for a moment forget that each & every girl remembers you in her prayers that God & His Divine Mother will give

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you the Health - Strength & Perseverance to carry on your great work for the Rights of Women not only from Framingham but in all the 48 States.

God Bless you & Have you here with us all real soon.

Margaret Newton

Absent 3 times without a good excuse you are automatically let go. Dr Van Waters have You as good excuse.

Ifnot you better think up a good one by Sat.

Well all fooling aside we here at the institution will have a Roman Holiday the minute we get word that you are back with us all again

Do dear, we too have had a terrific battle with ourselves, because every word uttered no matter how good or against you we felt in our own heart & souls. We could not be there with you in person (Boy what a Job we would of done on certain characters there) if we were.

But in our own humble manner we prayed to God to Guide you. Which he did to being you back to us all here at Framingham By the way Dr I signed off in the other page & here I go again.

God Bless & Keep you for us Always

M.Newton

P.S Don't you think that my writing is a bit plainer than Miss O'Keefe I think so.

March 12, 1949 Box 99 Framingham, Mass

To Mr. La Rue Brown and Friends of Framingham

I am sending you this letter of thanks to tell you in my own simple way how grateful we students are to each and every one of you Friends of Framingham, for your great work in support of our Beloved Dr. Van Waters.

You will never know our great loss, having our Dr. Van Waters away from us going on two full months.

Her suffering was our suffering, her heartach all ours, for we felt every word deep in the depths of our hearts.

But you Friends of Framingham never missed a day, you were there as our representatives strong. We could not be there to help lessen the burden that was so plain to be heard and seen.

But believe us sincerely we are very grateful and I cannot express in words of writing how thankful we students are to all of you.

Yesterday when word was received here that our Dr. Van Waters was returned to us, a group of us went to the small chapel to give a prayer of Thanks. It had been snowing and the light shone on one of the panes of the stained glass window in the chapel. It is a beautiful painting of Our Lord giving his Blessing to children. It meant to shine that day because to me it was a symbol of our beloved Doctor's return and how she watches over every one of us no matter the creed or color. We here are her children, young and old alike.

In our humble prayers at night we will never forget the great work you all have done for the Women of Framingham, in helping return us to our Beloved Dr. Van Waters.

My God Bless Each and Every one of you and give you the health and strength to carry on our great work.

We are the students of Framingham

M.N