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    "description": "This file contains:\n\nOde to RN, PN for 33rd wedding anniversary, signed at bottom by various staff, including Rose Woods, Marje, Mary, Alice. 11 rhyming verses. 1 pg. [Letter], n.d.\n\nHandcrafted card from Rose Woods, Marje, Mary to RN for 60th birthday. Composed of folded construction paper with text etched on cover and 12-couplet \"ode\" to RN previously glued inside on letter paper. 2 pgs scanned. [Other Document], 1/9/1973\n\nHandcrafted card from Rose Woods, Marje, Mary, Dianne to RN for 58th birthday. Folded contstruction paper with calligraphy on cover, 8-couplet \"ode\" to RN glued inside on letter paper. Handwritten note (probably from RN) at top. 2 pgs scanned. [Other Docu\n\nHandcrafted birthday card from Rose Woods, Marje, Mary, to RN. Two sheets of construction paper (probably once attached or bound): one with calligraphy/seal, both with one page of a 2-page, 22-couplet \"ode\" to RN. 4 pgs. 3 pgs scanned. [Other Document], n\n\nHandwritten note on torn slip of yellow ruled paper: \"For archives -- Great - as usual!\"  Sender/recipient unspecified. 1 pg. [Other Document], n.d.\n\nSix-verse happy birthday \"ode\" to RN signed at bottom by 34 people, mostly staff and friends. 1 pg. [Letter], n.d.\n\nHandwritten note on leaflet of White House stationery expressing appreciation for RN birthday ode, indicating Tricia read it to RN.  Sender/recipient of note unspecified. 1 pg. [Letter], n.d.\n\n10-verse farewell \"ode\" from staff to RN signed at bottom by 17 people. 1 pg. [Letter], 8/22/1974\n\nChristmas card from \"the officers and men of HMX-1\" to unspecified recipient. One slip of yellow paper containing an unsigned handwritten note is clipped to the inside. 2 pgs scanned (cover, inside page w/ note). [Other Document], n.d.",
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    "ocrText": "Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nWhite House Special Files Collection\nFolder List\nBox Number Folder Number Document Date\nDocument Type\nDocument Description\n4\n17\nn.d.\nLetter\nOde to RN, PN for 33rd wedding\nanniversary, signed at bottom by various\nstaff, including Rose Woods, Marje, Mary,\nAlice. 11 rhyming verses. 1 pg.\n4\n17\n01/09/1973\nOther Document\nHandcrafted card from Rose Woods, Marje,\nMary to RN for 60th birthday. Composed of\nfolded construction paper with text etched on\ncover and 12-couplet \"ode\" to RN previously\nglued inside on letter paper. 2 pgs scanned.\n4\n17\nn.d.\nOther Document\nHandcrafted card from Rose Woods, Marje,\nMary, Dianne to RN for 58th birthday.\nFolded contstruction paper with calligraphy\non cover, 8-couplet \"ode\" to RN glued inside\non letter paper. Handwritten note (probably\nfrom RN) at top. 2 pgs scanned.\n4\n17\nn.d.\nOther Document\nHandcrafted birthday card from Rose\nWoods, Marje, Mary, to RN. Two sheets of\nconstruction paper (probably once attached\nor bound): one with calligraphy/seal, both\nwith one page of a 2-page, 22-couplet \"ode\"\nto RN. 4 pgs. 3 pgs scanned.\n4\n17\nn.d.\nOther Document\nHandwritten note on torn slip of yellow ruled\npaper: \"For archives -- Great - as usual!\"\nSender/recipient unspecified. 1 pg.\n4\n17\nn.d.\nLetter\nSix-verse happy birthday \"ode\" to RN signed\nat bottom by 34 people, mostly staff and\nfriends. 1 pg.\nMonday, November 02, 2009\nPage 1 of 2\nBox Number Folder Number Document Date\nDocument Type\nDocument Description\n4\n17\nn.d.\nLetter\nHandwritten note on leaflet of White House\nstationery expressing appreciation for RN\nbirthday ode, indicating Tricia read it to RN.\nSender/recipient of note unspecified. 1 pg.\n4\n17\n08/22/1974\nLetter\n10-verse farewell \"ode\" from staff to RN\nsigned at bottom by 17 people. 1 pg.\n4\n17\nn.d.\nOther Document\nChristmas card from \"the officers and men of\nHMX-1\" to unspecified recipient. One slip of\nyellow paper containing an unsigned\nhandwritten note is clipped to the inside. 2\npgs scanned (cover, inside page w/ note).\nMonday, November 02, 2009\nPage 2 of 2\nODE TO OUR PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY ON THE\nOCCASION OF THEIR THIRTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY\n\"Twas back in June of nineteen forty\n(before the days of Samuel Yorty)\nThese two began their wedded life,\nThis handsome groom and lovely wife.\nThey \"hitched their wagon to a star\"\nSince then, they've traveled very far.\nThey've met lots of people - and some were just so-so,\nBut some were terrific -- like Bebe Rebozo.\nThey have other friends too -- and it seems such a shame,\nThey like Bob Abplanalp, but they can't say his name.\nThey now live at the White House - and though it seems strange,\nTheir wants remain simple, they just never change.\nAt lunchtime they are quite easy to please,\nThey just eat fruit and cold cottage cheese.\nThrough both good times and bad, through thick and through thin,\nWhen things become tough, they still manage to grin.\nAnd every storm, we know, they somehow will weather,\nTheir secret? -- you've guessed it -- they just stick together!\nWe are a bit biased, but we think they're truly grand\nAnd we're proud of the marvelous First Family in the land.\nTheir friends and admirers just want them to know\nWe'll remain staunch supporters as years come and go.\nWe hope they'l kick up their heels and paint the town red,\n\"Ya zhelayu vsevo vsevo horoshevo\" as friend Brezhnev has said.\nThey'll be getting another Ode this time next year,\nThat's one thing we want to make perfectly clear !!!\nHAPPY ANNIVERSARY AND MANY HAPPY RETURNS\nRose\nMarje\nmary cothes alien\nHappy\nBirthday\nM:Prsident\nODE TO OUR PRESIDENT ON HIS SIXTIETH BIRTHDAY\nThe years may come, the years may go\nBut one thing we are sure you know.\nWhenever your birthday time draws near\nYou can just bet that an \"ode\" will appear.\nThough our meter is bad, and our rhymes we deplore,\nWe just had to commend you on reaching three score.\nTo start off, let us all give three loud, rousing cheers\nFor the Seventh of November -- which meant \"four more years\".\n(The threat of McGovern had never loomed large,\nAnd it loomed even smaller when he chose good ol' Sarge.\nSometimes it was hard to tell just what George meant --\nEspecially when he spoke of \"One thousand percent\"!)\nMillions of us folks by your victory were gladdened,\nOnly Herblock and the Post were terribly saddened.\nTo those of us who knew you in Capitol Hill days,\nYour talents and your courage never cease to amaze.\nIn fact, working for you to us was then a thrill,\nAnd we know that each one of us feels that way still!\nWe'd like to make one issue perfectly clear:\nYou don't seem to grow older -- just better -- each year.\nWhen all of us watch you at your swearing-in\nI'm sure that our faces will wear a wide grin.\nIt's great having a President we can call our own,\nEspecially when he's the BEST this country's ever known!!!!\nHAPPY BIRTHDAY AND HAPPY SECOND INAUGURAL\nmarje\nRoss Mary\nmary\n1-9-73\n**\nXXXXXXX\nHappy Birthday! !\nMr. President\nOhne\nanoth Classic !\nWeimet /deeper a\ncollector 1 all then\nBIRTHDAY ODE TO THE PRESIDENT\nOr: Just Because You're on the West Coast\nYou Still Can't Escape a Birthday Toast!!!\nAlthough reading these odes with your nerves must play hob -\nIt's just one of the pitfalls that goes with your job.\nBy now you should be inured to our verse\n(Which seems to vary from hackneyed to worse).\nWe've followed your career every step of the way\nAnd have tried to remember each red letter day.\nYour ups and your downs we have noted in rhyme,\nBe the days bad or good, we're with you all the time.\nYour star's at its zenith, your life's at its peak\nFor all of us here at the White House we speak.\nWhen we say Happy Birthday, Renowned Capricorn,\nWhat a joyous occasion - the day you were born.\nYou grow daily in wisdom, sagacity, wit,\nBut the image in your mirror seems to change not a bit.\nWhether it's Kismet, or Destiny or Fate --\nMay your day be just perfect -- as you reach 58!!!\nWITH CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES,\nRose\nmarje\nDiame\nMary\nODE TO OUR PRESIDENT ON HIS BIRTHDAY\nIn the old adage, as we all know,\n\"Thursday's child has far to go. \"\nTo prove this verse is always true,\nOne has only to look at you !\nIn Yorba Linda you were born\nUnder the sign of Capricorn.\nA glance at the calendar makes it clear\nThat the 9th fell on a Thursday that year.\nYour proud parents knew right from the start\nThat here was a son who'd do more than his part.\nYou grew up in Whittier, a fine Quaker town\nWhere you soon proved to be a young man of renown.\nAn outstanding scholar, even in the beginning,\nAs a debater, you started your habit of winning 11\nIn '46 you made a decision most fateful\nFor which the nation will be forever grateful.\nYou decided to enter the political scene\nAnd as a campaigner you've proved mighty keen.\nFrom the House to the Senate -- and then as V.P.\nYour winning campaigns were quite something to see.\nAnd, then at last, in '68\nCame the moment for which we all did wait.\nOn January 20, 1969\nThe White House had a \"No Vacancy\" sign.\nWe intend to see that that sign sticks\nAt least through 1976!!\nUNITED sand\nSTATE\nHappy Birthday!\nMr. President\nFor we feel that Senator Edmund Muskie\nWill have nothing to gain but a voice that gets husky !!\nMcGovern, and Jackson, and Wallace and Lindsay\nWill probably develop both sore throats and quinsy !!\nAnd as for a Senator who is known as Ted\nWe feel it's best the less that's said!!\nIn 1972, your finest year yet\nNone of your actions will cause you regret.\nPhase I and Phase II to help inflation\nHave won the approval of folks throughout the nation.\nYour forthcoming trips to Moscow and Peking\nGive new hope to all that world peace these may bring.\nNeedless to say, we are sure that these missions\nWill help to improve the global conditions.\nWe hope that this ode makes it perfectly clear\nThat we wish you an absolutely wonderful year.\nYou can count on our staunch support -- one and all\nIf we get choice tickets to the Inaugural Ball!!\nHAPPY BIRTHDAY\nRoor\nmarje\nMary\nFor anchines\n- Great. as usual!\nsenting\nby se.\nOde to Our Great President on His Birthday\nare in here\nEach year you seem to grow more strong,\nloyal who chance did\nMore valiant and more sage.\na\nYour accomplishments are legion,\nE'er increasing with your age.\nAlthough, of late, the days were grim,\nAnd friends may have seemed all too few.\nFor all of us, it is our pride and joy\nTo be assisting you.\nIn serving you, we serve mankind,\nFor you are destiny's child.\nMost times you are greeted with acclaim,\nA few times, alas, reviled.\nBut history's pages teach us\nThat the men who stand the test\nWill be forever honored\nAnd forgotten are the rest.\nTo all of us it is a privilege\nBestowed by One above,\nTo offer you our hearts and hands,\nShuley Beowne\nDrokKeiser\nOur loyalty our love.\nI'm Fundre\nSo, when your burdens seem too great,\nP and Essesley\nJerry Warrer\nTake heart, and know we care,\nThat God will ever guide you,\nIs our ervent daily prayer.\nDiam Sawzer\nJack Brennan\nStore Rord\nJudy Johnson\nWith our deepest respect, affection and best wishes\nfor a Happy Birthday.\nDon Merroy\nshe Prickele\nHebert M. Olderburg\nmary Fenton\nKen W. Clawson\nGeorge Salway\nRosi mary\nRay Prin\nJack Healeh Kifttlenizers\nmarje Steve Bull\nConnie Grier m.f. Somehers\nBob claim\nRmZiyler Dil Moore\nParmiles Bibe Refree\nNeel yates\nDick Lawson\nMargaret Foote\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nE/cellent as\nalways !\nTricia read it\nwhile Deck beamed\nwith gratitude\nbe keep with\nather for Library\nhave from\nall\nODE TO PRESIDENT NIXON, OUR MAN FOR ALL SEASONS\nWe have been very fortunate, chosen by Fate,\nTo follow the career of a man who is great.\nWe've had the rare privilege, over the years,\nOf sharing his triumphs, his joys and his tears.\nHe's a man whom his enemies can never bring down,\nA man whom the Ages will recall with renown.\nA man who is bigger than those who deride him,\nAnd a man who gives courage to all those beside him.\nA man who has labored long, without surcease,\nSo that all men might have a generation of peace.\nA man who was falsely accused of misdeeds,\nA man who placed country above his own needs.\nA man unfairly attacked, often misunderstood,\nBut to all those who knew him, a man who was good.\nMay History record that he faced every test\nUnafraid. And he never gave less than his best.\nWe regret that this Ode only poorly imparts\nAll the sentiments which are so deep in our hearts.\nMay the blessings of Heaven always come from above\nTo strengthen this man we respect and we love.\nWITH DEEPEST ADMIRATION AND AFFECTION ALWAYS\nTO OUR VERY OWN PRESIDENT,\nMary Fenton\nShelley Bucharen\nJane Dawnen hover\noffice\nMarje acher YOUR PROUD STAFF Rose mary Thoods\nLoie Hount\nSally Buikema\nIn absentia:\nRita Dannerhaver Dianne Humes alice Wilsen\nBessie Newton Anne Higgina\nDothie Nonnelly Bill Shover\nBetty mc Vey mc Carthy Don Hughes\nAugust 22, 1974\nI\nEn\n03 UNITED STATES of AMERICA\nAnd (Dut On The Lamn\nThere Aruse Such A Clatter\nI\n6\nst\nwill\nBD 03 UNITED STATES of AMERICA\nMERRY CHRISTMAS\n:\nFrom the officers and men\nof\nHIX - 1\nJOE PACHAK"
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