Show father of pres coolidge I 1 Is very III PLYMOUTH VERMONT july 11 10 N P SJ S A year alro ago less just juat a few days the nation mourned with the president and mrs coolidge for it was nt at this time that the announcement was waa made that the presidents son bon calvin jr had passed away As these words are anro written another sorrow sorro rests resta upon the shoulders of the president and mrs coolidge for the presidents father has just undergone an operation which the physicians hope is successful when word wits was received at the summer white house in swampscott Swamp scott that the presidents father was seriously ill noted specialists were rushed to the bedside of colon colonal Col onil 4 coolidge As fast us as automobiles and a train could carry them the president and mrs cooledge washid for plymouth there is no railroad running between ludlow find and plymouth the old vermont village where the is born and the last lap of the anney irney was made over washed out and hub deep muddy roady roads over an improvised bridge a lashed together with steel cables to make it half way safe the operation began at and was completed at A pain kitchen table tabie was used as the operating g table over it was an old As soon boon ilisie ilc sIe nd mrs coolidge arrived they went direct to the colonels bedside bed elde the president said hello fattier father the colonel replied hello son the preside n nt t then bent over a and n d tenderly kissed him on the cheek check mrs mrs coolidge gently embraced the sti strick icken man when tho the doctors directed ahe he president and mrs coolidge to leave the patient they went to the foot of the rain drenched hill where rests resta the remains of their beloved son calvin junior here they prayed through the country the people offer up their prayers that the hand liand of death may be stayed further sorrow may rest upon the shoulders of the president |