Defy father to pray

International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) · March 8, 1949

A father who doesn't want his young daughters to believe in God is under court injunction to stop trying to teach them atheism. Camera study above typifies the triumph of faith over sterile skepticism as the two girls, Nanette, 11, left, and her sister Peggy Lynn Free, 7, sing hymns of worship before stained window of Drexel Park Presbyterian Church. The father Duane Free, a printer, now in Detroit. The mother, Mrs. Esther Free, who lives with the daughters at 1123 West 47th Street, is suing for divorce through attorney Samuel M. Starr.