In 1944, a middle school girl gave her friend a card for her 14th birthday. When the girl’s birthday came around, the friend sent the same card back to her. “Neither one of us can remember who ...

DeReamer added her own signature to the card and returned it to Wheaton for her birthday in May. The exchange began a tradition that is now in its 81st year. "We never said, 'We're going to do this.' ...