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      <title><![CDATA[Edvard Eidum to Alma C. Wilson 1948.1.10]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Edvard Eidum to Alma C. Wilson 1948.1.10</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA EDVARD EIDUM DATERT 10. JANUAR &ndash; 1948, TIL MRS. ALMA C. WILSON, 102 WEST. 5. STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  KONVOLUTTEN HAR ET GR&Oslash;NT 1-KRONES FRIMERKE MED KONG HAAKON I ADMIRALUNIFORM (KOM UT 7. JUNI-1946), OG ET BL&Aring;TT 60-&Oslash;RES FRIMERKE MED KONGEPARET OG TEKSTEN &ndash;HAAKON VII, MAUD KRONET 1906&ndash;. DETTE FRIMERKET ER ETT AV 11 FRIMERKER SOM KOM UT 15. APRIL -1947 I FORBINDELSE MED POSTVERKETS 300-&Aring;RSJUBILEUM (1647-1947).  BLANDT BREVENE FRA JOHAN HOLM&#039;S FAMILIE I NORGE ER TILSAMMEN 10 AV JUBILEUMS-FRIMERKENE REPRESENTERT, MENS ETT (55 &Oslash;RE) MANGLER.<br />
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LETTER FROM EDVARD EIDUM DATED JANUARY 10 &ndash; 1948, TO MRS. ALMA C. WILSON, 102 WEST. 5. STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  THE ENVELOPE HAS A GREEN 1 KRONE STAMP WITH KING HAAKON VII WEARING HIS ADMIRAL UNIFORM (CAME OUT JUNE 7-1946), AND A BLUE 60 &Oslash;RE STAMP PICTURING THE ROYAL COUPLE WEARING THEIR CROWNS AND THE TEXT: &ndash;HAAKON VII, MAUD CROWNED 1906&ndash;. THIS STAMP IS ONE OF 11 STAMPS THAT CAME OUT APRIL 15-1947 TO COMMEMORATE 300 YEARS OF POSTAL SERVICES.  ALL OF THEM EXCEPT ONE ARE REPRESENTED AMONG THE LETTERS FROM JOHN&#039;S FAMILY IN NORWAY. (THE 55 &Oslash;RE ONE IS MISSING).</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Edvard Eidum</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">1948.01.10</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Narvik 10/1-1948</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;re Alma.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Vil herved sende Dig vor hjerteligste takk for julehilsenen vi fikk.<span>&nbsp; </span>Samt for alle hilsener vi fikk, b&aring;de fra Dig og John Holm.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi har hadt en stille jul i &aring;r.<span>&nbsp; </span>De er Den roligste jul jeg har oplevet hidtil.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg har v&aelig;rt i Kirken et par dage, og ikke i bes&oslash;k hos noen av barna engang.<span>&nbsp; </span>De er De hele.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hanna sitter jo inde hele dagen, og Da finner jeg ikke noen morro og g&aring; ut alene.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og heller ikke er De noen morro for Hanna heller &aring; sitte hjemme alene.<span>&nbsp; </span>Gusta har nu sine Veninder som hun av og til m&aring; f&aring; lov til &aring; bes&oslash;ke.<span>&nbsp; </span>Foresten er alt som Vanlig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja nu har vi begynt et Nytt &aring;r ijen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Undres p&aring; hvad Dette &aring;r har &aring; byde p&aring;.<span>&nbsp; </span>De ser ikke s&aring; lyst ut nu for tiden.<span>&nbsp; </span>Krigen g&aring;r sin gang v&aelig;rre end f&oslash;r.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg sier som jeg s&aring; ofte har sagt.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg f&aring;r De bestandig slik til, at De er folkets egen sjyll at De er slik.<span>&nbsp; </span>Krig og atter krig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hvorfor n&aelig;kter ikke folket &aring; krige?<span>&nbsp; </span>La Di store sl&aring;ss s&aring; mye De vill.<span>&nbsp; </span>De blev ingen krig om De almindelige folk n&aelig;ktet.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men nei. <span>&nbsp;</span>Di g&aring;r som lydige b&oslash;rn uten motstand.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men De er vell en anden grun, som er sjyll i al krig og spetakel.<span>&nbsp; </span>De er vell Syndens s&aelig;d som skal h&oslash;stes.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og Da nytter De vel ikke &aring; si nei.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hele Verden er s&aring; bange for Russen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men jeg tror ikke at Russen er v&aelig;rre end Di andre Nasjoner.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi skal huske p&aring; at Norge og Sverige ja Findland med hadde v&aelig;rt tatt av Den Russiske Nasjon for lang tid tilbake, om Dem hadde villet. Men vi har aldrig h&oslash;rt, eller lagt merke til noe annet fra Den Nasjon end et godt Naboskap.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg tror heller ikke at Gr&oslash;nland blir noen Flybasis for Den samme.<span>&nbsp; </span>Gr&oslash;nland er jo Dansk for tiden, og ligger langt ut i Nordishavet.<span>&nbsp; </span>Nei.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg er mere bange for andre Nasjoners indgrep.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men vi f&aring;r h&aring;pe at tiden til Den siste og store krig er ikke inde ennu.<span>&nbsp; </span>De blir vel Atombomben som blir Den farligste tilslut.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Ja Alma.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi ser at du har fult op hver dag.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja Du gj&oslash;r ikke De for intet.<span>&nbsp; </span>Gud som ser alt, og som veier hjerterne, vil nok ikke la De Arbeide g&aring; ul&oslash;nnet.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Hils John Holm &aring; si fra oss, at han skal f&aring; brev om noen dage.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og s&aring; var De en ting til Alma.<span>&nbsp; </span>Om Du har liten tid, s&aring; tenkte jeg &aring; be Dig, om du vilde v&aelig;re snil &aring; avskrive Dette brev til Florence Winters <em>(det ser ut som han har stavet det &ldquo;Wintehers&rdquo;)</em> og senne hende.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun kan vel ikke forst&aring; Norsk.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ha De riktig godt i De Nye Aar, og alle her i vort hjem hilser Dig.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Tusen hilsener fra til Dere alle.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg reiser antagelig til Stj&oslash;rdal en tur snart, og Da vil jeg hilse alle Deres Der.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Venligst<span>&nbsp; </span>E. Eidum</p>
<span style=–font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times;–><br /></span>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Narvik 10/1-1948</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear Alma.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>With this I&rsquo;ll send You our most heartfelt thank you for the Christmas greeting we got.<span>&nbsp; </span>And also for all the greetings we got, both from You and John Holm.<span>&nbsp; </span>We&rsquo;ve had a quiet Christmas this year.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s The quietest Christmas I&rsquo;ve experienced till now.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ve been to church a couple of days, and haven&rsquo;t been to visit any of the children even. <span>&nbsp;</span>That&rsquo;s all.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hanna stays indoors all day, and Then I find no pleasure in going out alone.<span>&nbsp; </span>And It&rsquo;s no fun for Hanna either to sit at home alone.<span>&nbsp; </span>Gusta has her Friends whom she must be allowed to visit now and then.<span>&nbsp; </span>As for the rest everything is as Usual.<span>&nbsp; </span>Well now we&rsquo;ve started a New year again.<span>&nbsp; </span>Wonder what This year has to offer.<span>&nbsp; </span>It doesn&rsquo;t look so bright these days.<span>&nbsp; </span>The war is continuing worse than before.<span>&nbsp; </span>I say what I so often have said.<span>&nbsp; </span>I always reach the conclusion, that It&rsquo;s the people&rsquo;s own fault that It is like this.<span>&nbsp; </span>War and more war.<span>&nbsp; </span>Why do people not refuse to fight?<span>&nbsp; </span>Let The big ones fight as much as They want to.<span>&nbsp; </span>There would be no war if The ordinary people refused.<span>&nbsp; </span>But no.<span>&nbsp; </span>They go like obedient children without resistance.<span>&nbsp; </span>But There&rsquo;s another reason, that&rsquo;s to blame for all wars and hullabaloo.<span>&nbsp; </span>The seed of Sin must be harvested.<span>&nbsp; </span>And Then There&rsquo;s no use in saying no.<span>&nbsp; </span>The whole world is so scared of the Russian.<span>&nbsp; </span>But I don&rsquo;t think the Russian is worse than The other Nations.<span>&nbsp; </span>We must remember that Norway and Sweden yes Findland too would have been taken by The Russian Nation a long time ago, if They had wanted to.<span>&nbsp; </span>But we&rsquo;ve never heard, nor noticed anything from That Nation but a good Neighborliness.<span>&nbsp; </span>Nor do I think that Greenland will become an Air base for same.<span>&nbsp; </span>Greenland is presently Danish, and is located way out in the Arctic Ocean.<span>&nbsp; </span>No.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;m more afraid of encroachment of other Nations.<span>&nbsp; </span>But we must hope that the time for The last great war is not here yet.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;ll probably be the Atom bomb which will be The most dangerous in the end.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Well Alma.<span>&nbsp; </span>We see that you have every day filled up.<span>&nbsp; </span>Well You&rsquo;re not doing It for nothing.<span>&nbsp; </span>God who sees all, and who weighs the hearts, will not let That Work go unrewarded.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Greet John Holm and tell him from us, that he&rsquo;ll get a letter in a few days <em>(he actually died shortly after this one was written)</em>.<span>&nbsp; </span>And just one more thing Alma.<span>&nbsp; </span>Even if You have little time, I wanted to ask You, if you would be so kind as to copy This letter for Florence Winters <em>(it looks like he has spelt it &ldquo;Wintehers&rdquo;)</em> and send it to her.<span>&nbsp; </span>I guess she can&rsquo;t understand Norwegian.<span>&nbsp; </span>Have a very good New Year, and everyone here in our home sends their regards.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>A thousand greetings to You all.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ll probably take a trip to Stj&oslash;rdal soon, and Then I&rsquo;ll greet all of Yours There.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Best regards</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>E. Eidum</p></div>
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