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They Count Their Blessings
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans thank God for each new year— and for the children in their hearts and home
Home care is Dale's department, and she gives the girls —in this case, Marion and Linda — lessons in cooking with that fine old-fashioned flavor from her home state, Texas!
Roy takes over in the field of animals and outdoor life. Here he shows Dusty and Marion the care and feeding of a baby chipmunk he'd found abandoned "on location."
By MARY TEMPLE
IN the little town of Chatsworth, California, there is a rambling Spanish ranch house where the coming of the New Year is celebrated prayerfully and joyously, in true family spirit. December 31st, in addition to being the wedding anniversary of Daddy and Mom — who are Roy Rogers and Dale Evans to the rest of the world — is a wonderfully happy and meaningful time for the children. Some of the five Rogers children are adopted, chosen lovingly from temporary homes in other sections of the country. A sixth child is a foster-daughter, here as an exchange student from her native Scotland. At holiday time, a little crippled friend of the family, Nancy Hamilton, and her mother usually join the family circle, and often the neighbors' kids can be counted in. So there will be laughter and shouting echoing through the roomy house, and much excitement over the old year rushing out and the new one rushing in to take its place. There
will also be some soul-searching and some brave new resolutions, and many heartfelt prayers of thanks.
"If I were to try to sum up the things that Roy and I are most grateful for this year," Dale says, thinking back over months which have seemed to roll by so rapidly, "it's that the children and Roy and I are now a unit. A real family group. 'All the former differences in the backgrounds from which the individual children came are now merged into one democratic American family. It's one of the finest things that could have happened to us. This, and the fact that we approach the New Year under God's guidance, with the hope that His purpose for each individual life, and for our family life, will be fulfilled."
The kids, even small Dodie, already have a pretty good idea of what it means to take one's place in a close-knit group that feels strongly about putting God first, their fellow man second, and themselves (Continued on page 83)
Roy and Dale star in The Roy Rogers Show. NBC-TV, Sun.. 6:30 P.M. EST, as sponsored by the Post Cereals Division of General Foods Corp.
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