From Sue Powell:
Dale brought some old photos today and we fired up Grandma's new scanner for the first time. I'm sending versions that I reduced for the web in case you want to add any to the Grandpa blog: young Seaman Raymond Anderson, Mose with skunk pelts and the shop where Sophie worked making carriage cushions.
One is a very worn wallet size photo of a dog that Dale believes belonged to a neighbor when Ray was a boy. On the back of the photo is some very faded handwriting. With a bright light and magnifying glass, Sharon decyphered the text as Psalm 46 1,2 (referenced as "safety in turmoil"):
1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea
We are guessing that Ray may have carried the photo and verse, tucked in his wallet, as a keepsake and comfort when he went to war.
