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August 22, 1974     Shelton Mason County Journal
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Iki IklkllI INK Th i Maytag Hotpoint ',, !' Westinghouse Sunbeam li Color Black & White For 28 years, my top priority has been to provide prompt, professional service for the merchandise I sell, because I believe that dependable service is one of the most important things a hometown merchant has to offer his customers. Geor#e Valley 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