BILL
On August 13, 1935, a woman passed
away. She'd lost her husband about
one year before. She left 3 little
children...
(CAMERA IS ON MAYFIELD RATHBONE...
CLOSING IN)
Jane, age 4; Mary, a little girl,
age 3; and Mayfield, almost 2.
(WE ARE NOW TIGHT ON MAYFIELD
RATHBONE)
Today, 22 years later... Seaman
Mayfield Rathbone of the U.S. Navy,
stationed at the Navy Amphibious
Base in Coronado, California is in
our audience. How ya doin',
Mayfield... will you stand up,
please?
(HE DOES)
You and your two sisters were put
in the Michigan Orphan Home in
Saginaw, Michigan on August 16,
1935... 3 days after your mother
passed away. A month later...
oldest sister, Jane, was adopted
by a fine family in Lansing.
In November of that same year,
your other sister, Mary, was
adopted by a wonderful family
in Toledo, Ohio. And we know
that you, Mayfield, were raised
by Mr. and Mrs. Rathbone in
Flint, Michigan. Pretty great
people, aren't they?
(HE SHAKES HIS HEAD "YUP")
For 22 long years... none of
the three of you children found
each other. You lived apart not
knowing what had really happened
to each other. Then, last
November, your sister, Mary, was
able to get some records from
the Orphanage. She began tracing.
And what an exciting day it was
last March 3rd, when after
21 years... you got a long
distance phone call from Mary
in Southfield, Michigan. You and
Mary were reunited by phone...
and then on April 3rd,
you found that your oldest
sister, Jane... was right here
in Los Angeles.
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SPECIAL GUEST: MAYFIELD
RATHBONE (Room for 2 at
Roosevelt Hotel, Sunday
night. We will give Mayfield
Rathbone $10 for travel
expenses.)
MARY RATHBONE.
(to be transported from
Michigan. Reservation at
Knickerbocker for her.)
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