The Statesville Landmark invited
nominations for Mother of the Year in May 1951. The following letter from
Eleanor Armour nominates Mrs. Emmett Eisele.
I wish to nominate
for The Mother of Iredell County Mrs. Emmett Eisele.
The mother of
eleven children, she is a mother to every one of the many other children,
younger and older ones too, who find in her home a place that seems to fit
their every interest. She has devoted her life to her family. She has a
wonderful spirit that adapts itself to all ages, a spirit that gave the
94-year-old grandmother the same sense of recalling “belonging” in the family
circle that was given to her own youngest child. To neighbors she has proven
herself a perfect neighbor, to friends the most loyal friend. She serves her
church faithfully and to the Parent-Teacher Association of Mulberry Street
school, where her children have their grammar grade training, she has been a
valuable asset, serving one term as its president. Another outside interest
that she has followed with her own children interest in Girl Scout activities
and there too she is of a great help.
Of her 11 children,
all strong and self-reliant, 10 are in school, the 11th will start
next fall. There are three in college, two in Senior High school, two in Junior
High school, three in grammar school. A twelfth child of the family died in
infancy.
I nominate, and
have plenty of seconds for it, Mrs. Emmett Eisele as Iredell’s Mother for 1951
--Eleanor Armour (Mrs. Alan Armour)
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