Without a doubt, one of the most patriotic families among thousands of patriotic famly groups in Itasca county is the Arthur C. Hudson family, who live a few miles east of Warba. Out of the family of six children, three sons and three daughters, all three sons are in the army, two daughters are serving with the WACS, and the third daughter is only waiting for her eighteenth birthday to join her sisters as a member of the Womens Auxillary Corps.
Mr. Hudson comes from a long line of fighting men. His ancestors were among the early settlers in the present United States, and several of them faught in the Revolutionary War. His great great grandfather and seven of his sons were killed in battle during the war of 1812. Mr. Hudson's father and two uncles faught in the Civil War between states, while Mr. Hudson, attempting to carry on the family tradition at the time of the Spanish American war, had his application for enlistment turned down.
Victoria Hudson has the distinction of being the first woman in Itasca county to volunteer for service with the WACS. She got her initial training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and was sent east. At present she is in motor transport working at Camp Kilmer, New Jersery. She is a driver for commanding officers at the camp, and fills in as courier when there is work of that character.
Viola Hudson will complete her initial training at Fort Des Moines this week. She elected to take the repair division of motor transport, and has been trained in the care and repair of army automobiles and light trucks. Where she will be stationed after completion of the course has not been indicated.
Hilda Ann, the third daughter, is 17 years of age. She completed training at a Duluth school for defense workers several months ago, and was sent to Sacramento, California, where she has been employed for some time. She is expected to come home this week, for she has written to her mother that she intends to volunteer for service in the WACS as soon as she is eighteen, in a few weeks, and wants a visit at home first.
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