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    "ocrText": "I\na\nI\nen\nPage 2.\nS\nThe floral tributes, too, were beautiful and came from many parts of\nC\nthe country - among them the ones from our National Headquarters.\n0\n+\nQuite by accident I attended Miss Hay's church, and I was deeply touched\nby\nthe sermon. The Reverend David Barèlay, a Scotsman, told in an intimate way some\n+\nincidents of Miss Hay's life, particularly those that occurred during the past six years.\nThis simple service was so in keeping with Miss Hay's ideal and so stirring that there\nwere few dry eyes among those in attendance.\nThe formal service dn the afternoon was quite different, and knowing\nMiss Hay as well as we did it's a bit difficult to understand why she should have want-\ned a military burial, and yet that is the case. This, & S I understand it, was made\npossible because of her VID rk with the Army School of Nursing and the desire of the local\nLegion to fulfill her wish.\nThe Military escort of color bearers and some sixteen soldiers in uniform,\nand the escort of Foreign War Veterans with the masses of flowers and the packed church,\nmade an effective setting for the casket covered with a Red Cross flag, and the beauti-\nfully prepared and delivered sermon.\nReverend Barclay chose for his text - \"And the King's Daughter was all\nglory within.\" He treated his subject from the standpoint of: first, the life that is\nknown to all, and secondly, our inward and our spiritual life, known only to us and a\nfew intimates. In regard to the first, he spoke of Miss Hay's early girlhood, her work\nin the Illinois Training School for Nurses, and especially of her Red Cross service in\nEurope. He then spoke of the other phase of her life. He told of her Ideal; her devo-\ntion and her loyalty to her church and friends; of her patriotism; of her honesty, and\nher humility - all of which applied to the text \"The King's Daughter was all glory\nwithin.\"\nAnother last request made by Miss Hay, was that she be buried in the\nsmall family cemetery, some eighteen miles from town. When we reached the place one\ncould readily understand her reason for this request, because of the beauty and quiet\nof the place. The tiny cemetery is on an elevation and is surrounded by a forest of\nlovely pines and oaks, and is the burial ground of her father, mother, and other mem-\nbers of the family.\nThe last rites were performed by the Legion chaplain and taps were sound-\ned just as the Sun was setting - a beautiful finish to the events of the day and a\nfitting tribute to the memory of our dear Helen Scott Hay.\nThis has grown to be a long letter, but I felt sure that you, Miss Butler,\nMr. Bicknell and Mr. Swift would be interested in having news of the day's happening.\nVery sincerely yours,\nElabeth N. Dacegran\n(Mrs.) Elsbeth H. Vaughan,\nAssistant National Director,\nMursing and Home Hygiene and\nEHV:MEB\nCare of the Sick Service,\nMidwestern Branch, American Red Cross\nDectates my mus Vanghan\n2"
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