| Show dutch war bride tells her story rt 1 V 4 ll 11 is J I 1 O 0 C W 1 A y tv 1 41 40 W lt tl 1 VT so k 11 e A 1 tot nellie shields bride from over seas smiles as she reaches for a hamburger and french fries un known to her in her native hoi land living conditions are improve ing in holland smiled Peiter nella johanna kreig shields ration al low ances have been increased to an ounce of meat and one egg a week with those words a charming young dutch war bride began to tell her story I 1 always liked americans she said and one night in rotterdam I 1 decided to answer the wolf call of a merchant marine just to see what would hap pen today as a result I 1 am mrs clifford shields when clifford shields left hoi hol land and returned to tooele thoele he car ned ried on a correspondence with this little dutch miss then came love on the ath of october 1946 his lass sailed on a swedish ship for the united states sixteen days lat er she arrived in utah on the of october they were married in ely nevada mrs shields has been studying english and speaks it very well she has trouble in learning to read and write but the help of wil ling teachers she hopes to become a full fledged american soon the most impressive things a bout the united states in her es ti mation are the high buildings in new york the mountains and the stores in utah the friendliness of the people of tooele thoele and her hus band she hopes to return to her mo therland someday but only for a visit she would like to bring her family from holland to utah for she agrees with the man who said this is the place and as if the name Peiter nel la johanna kreig shields isn t long enough she smiled I 1 have an other name my husband calls me nelly I 1 well nelly we hope your life here among the mormons is a pleasant one even if you did ex hect to find that every man had seven wives by oren probert |
