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Page 5-18 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, August 22, 1974
MISTY DAWN, born out of wedlock, is very obviously loved and wanted.
"I love her and I want her," murmurs
unmarried Arlene Nelson as she cuddles her
baby daughter, conceived in so-called sin and
born out of wedlock.
Miss Nelson is employed as a nurse's aide in
Mason General Hospital. Her pregnancy put an
end to her plans to train as a licensed practical
nurse. Misty Dawn was born January 8.
"I still intend to take the course," she says,
"when my baby is a little older.
"! was afraid," she continues, "that my
decision might cost me my job, but that didn't
happen. My friends at the hospital were
wonderful. They even gave me a baby shower!"
Arlene Nelson was born in Canada and
reared in Watertown, Connecticut. In 1970 she
came to Shelton and for a year she worked as a
nurse's aide in Panorama City before securing
employment in Mason General Hospital.
Arlene and Misty Dawn live in a neat small
house and the child is cared for by a neighbor on
weekdays and by Arlene's niece, Tracy Nelson,
on weekends.
"It's rough financially on my small salary,"
the young mother admits, "but I get Welfare
help on the baby-sitting."
Arlene Nelson believes in equal pay for
women who do the same work as men, and she
favors equal rights. She does not, however,
consider herself a liberated woman, nor does she
wish to be one.
"I'm the sort of girl," she states, "who wants
a man to open doors and carry parcels. 1 like
little courtesies, and I would want my husband
to assume responsibility of the household.
"I hope to marry," she says, "but only to a
man I can love and respect - one who will be a
good husband and father and who will work
with me to make a wonderful home. I want
more children."
Arlene Nelson is convinced that her little
daughter will be happier in a fatherless
household than in one made tense by a bad
marriage.
"1 look at it this way," she explains. "Many
marriages fail, and the children are subsequently
reared in a broken home. In my case, the
marriage failed before it began.
"If I have sinned, I will pay for it; but Misty
Dawn is blameless. She will always know love,
and I'm sure she will have a better life with me
than with anyone else because I do so sincerely
want to care for her."
Miss Nelson's greatest fear during her
pregnancy was that she might lose the respect of
her teen-aged niece and nephew.
"They took it in stride," she smiles proudly.
"All of my relatives have been just great, and
have helped me so much !"
Misty Dawn may some day wish to know her
father's name.
"If she asks," Arlene promises, "1 will tell
her. But I won't volunteer the information.
When she wants an explanation I will tell her:
"'Misty Dawn, I loved you, and I wanted
yOU'."
Thursday, August 22, 1974 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 5-15