My Father was driving a delivery truck to the Manhatten Project Site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee when he met my Mom. She and her Mother worked at the Cafeteria. They rode a bus about 30 miles one way to work from Lake City, Tennessee. It now the site of the Atomic Energy Museum, the Atomic Bomb was built here and shipped to New Mexico for testing. My Mom's Dad was a carpenter, plumber and received an award for his contribution to the Project by the War Department.
My Father was also a short order cook for most of his working days and I am told he was greatly disappointed when the Military failed to let him join because of an injury to his ear drum.
I was 8 years old when my Dad passed away and I did not get to know him very well. But I enjoy all the things I do remember and am told by Aunt's Jewell, Nell, Julia Mae and Uncle Gene.
Your Name
By
Edgar A. Guest
You got it from your father
Twas the best he had to give
And right gladly he bestowed it
It's yours the while you live
You may love the watch he gave you
And another you may claim
But remeber when you are tempted
To be careful of his name
It was fair the day you got it
And a worthy name to bear
When he took from his father
There was no dishonor there
Thru out the years he proudly wore it
To his father he was true
And that name was clean and spotless
When he passed it on to you
Oh, there is much that he has given you
That he values not at all
He has watched you break your play things
In the days when you were small
You may have lost the knife he gave you
And you've shattered many a game
But you'll never hurt your father
If you are careful with his name
It is yours to wear forever
Yours to wear while you live
Your's to, perhaps some distant morning
To another boy to give
And you will smile as your father did
With a smile that all can share
If a clean name and a good name
You are giving him to wear
To my Father:
I have tried to keep your name clean and honored, I have been proud to carry it thru out my life. I can only hope that you are as proud as I am to pass it on to my son, and I know that he will carry it proudly until he can do the same
