(1992)
[So I could attend Ripon College] my father arranged for me to live with his cousin Frances Clapp, whom I called Cousin Frankie, as others called her Frankie. She was very sweet and simple, always at every church (Congregational) service and distributed some Christian lesson books called? "Home Christian Studies" (I think this is not it).
September 22, 2012
September 21, 2012
Other guys
(1992)
[At Ripon I met Lorin but] I also went to the movies before that with a fellow named Parsons and in my freshman year several other guys, as the frosh were always popular.
[At Ripon I met Lorin but] I also went to the movies before that with a fellow named Parsons and in my freshman year several other guys, as the frosh were always popular.
September 20, 2012
Journalism
(1992)
It is often of interest how couples met. I think we [Lorin & I] met after school when we met with a group wanting to write for the college paper. ... I learned to be a journalist and wrote for the school paper, the "College Days," and also the literary magazine, "The Scribbler."
It is often of interest how couples met. I think we [Lorin & I] met after school when we met with a group wanting to write for the college paper. ... I learned to be a journalist and wrote for the school paper, the "College Days," and also the literary magazine, "The Scribbler."
September 19, 2012
Lyndon
(1992)
[My only sibling was] Lydon Ellman [Parsons], who met his death drowning around 20 [27]. He was in a row boat with a friend, who told me Lyndon gave him the oar to hang on to and he went under himself. [At Beaver Dam Lake, WI, in 1938].
[My only sibling was] Lydon Ellman [Parsons], who met his death drowning around 20 [27]. He was in a row boat with a friend, who told me Lyndon gave him the oar to hang on to and he went under himself. [At Beaver Dam Lake, WI, in 1938].
September 18, 2012
Pranks
(1992? Halloween)
Well Al Hallows' Eve is over for one more year. Cousin Frankie and her brother Henry, who married Lucretia out East, never tired of telling how they used to put the outhouses on top of someone's woodshed. And the goat that was found on the church roof discovered the next morning. The pastor guessed who did it and publicly asked those boys to get it down so they couldn't refuse. They were great on pranks in those days, more so than now when kids are watching TV.
Well Al Hallows' Eve is over for one more year. Cousin Frankie and her brother Henry, who married Lucretia out East, never tired of telling how they used to put the outhouses on top of someone's woodshed. And the goat that was found on the church roof discovered the next morning. The pastor guessed who did it and publicly asked those boys to get it down so they couldn't refuse. They were great on pranks in those days, more so than now when kids are watching TV.
September 17, 2012
The good life
(1992)
How did I get here from Milwaukee, Lorin's birthplace and our home too? It was thought I was used to a small town and wasn't getting acquainted in Milwaukee. So Lorin pulled up stakes after hearing Judge Bancroft tell how good life was in Richland Center. So we pulled up stakes, sold our house on Beaumont and moved to Richland Center. I was very disappointed in the house - small and inconvenient. The judge's daughter, Babe, said, "Yes, Daddy built all these houses." I felt sick and lonely. Our son couldn't get acquainted either at school. When relatives came out, they said, "A good place for a rest. Nothing to do." Gradually friends and church and school came around and now its nearly done.
How did I get here from Milwaukee, Lorin's birthplace and our home too? It was thought I was used to a small town and wasn't getting acquainted in Milwaukee. So Lorin pulled up stakes after hearing Judge Bancroft tell how good life was in Richland Center. So we pulled up stakes, sold our house on Beaumont and moved to Richland Center. I was very disappointed in the house - small and inconvenient. The judge's daughter, Babe, said, "Yes, Daddy built all these houses." I felt sick and lonely. Our son couldn't get acquainted either at school. When relatives came out, they said, "A good place for a rest. Nothing to do." Gradually friends and church and school came around and now its nearly done.
September 16, 2012
Escorts
(1992)
Jan is expected back from Milwaukee where she has been to a teachers' convention. And so I did years ago [when teaching at Linden WI and engaged to Lorin]. An incident I recalled from that era. I had come to Milwaukee and Lorin met me. A teacher I knew and had sat with on the bus naturally expected me to go around with him. But here was Lorin taking one arm, the other man the other arm -- "Polly is going with me" -- a slight pull on the arm. Daddy said, "Oh no. Polly is going with me." So I told the Linden man that's the way it was and I went to a very beautiful room at Richland Court -- I may have slept with Dede, Lorin's sister -- so long ago.
Jan is expected back from Milwaukee where she has been to a teachers' convention. And so I did years ago [when teaching at Linden WI and engaged to Lorin]. An incident I recalled from that era. I had come to Milwaukee and Lorin met me. A teacher I knew and had sat with on the bus naturally expected me to go around with him. But here was Lorin taking one arm, the other man the other arm -- "Polly is going with me" -- a slight pull on the arm. Daddy said, "Oh no. Polly is going with me." So I told the Linden man that's the way it was and I went to a very beautiful room at Richland Court -- I may have slept with Dede, Lorin's sister -- so long ago.
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