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Show of enlistment swept the country and H. John wanted to sign up. He was the right age to react to the enlistment appeal. But John K had hopes that he would wait and help out in the business, for surely livestock production was a basic part of the war effort-and as important as fighting. HIS BIRTHDAY And then John K reached his seventieth birthday, and Virginia made plans for a big birthday party for him on March 15th. The party also honored a friend, H. C. Jacobs-four years younger to the day. Virginia bent every effort to making it a super-special party. The Play Room was decorated and the menu unusual, in keeping with her talents. The large room accommodated 12 card tables and they were filled with couples and a few singles. Rook was the game of the evening. A book was presented to John K and one to his friend as birthday gifts. Signatures of the guests in the books numbered forty-eight. In counting those names today in John Krs book, we find that there are only ten people still alive who autographed that gift. A CRISIS H. John had grown more restless, and wanted to get into the action. It was on his mind so much that he was unhappy staying on with the sheep business, and claimed he didn't 255 |