Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-03-19
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Former School Teach
er Of Law allie and IT.
OntOn Writes


now in Whittier, California:
Editor, Baraboo News, Dear Sir
After reading your general re-
quest for news items from sub
scribers, / asked myself the ques-
ton: Us there any excuse fol. your
getting into print even in answer
to that request?' Then came the
question: why do you take the
paper?" And myself answered:
principally to hear about my old
acquaintance and friends" Well,
then, why should you not in the
same way give your acquaintances
and friends a chance to hear about
your" The following is the re-
suit:
], as many know, am an early
settler Of Sank County, having been
brought into the county in 1849
at the age Of two years. Ny life
mp to 1909 as practically spent in
the county, where / taught school
FOR about 20 years, eleven of those
years in La Vale and eighteen of
the 20 years within IL miles Of
my old home near Ironton l
aught 4 10 years in Irenton, where
was a scholar winters up to 20
years Of age, no school for the
armer boy in summer time. In La
Vale ! taught the children OF some
If my first scholars. Perhaps some
If those 500 or more scholars may
'avor me with a letter in answer
10 this. / hope | did, some little to
help them on to good citizenship.
Some have thanked me for what
| had done for them. Several of
ny scholars have, after a useful
life, passed on. While / at the age
of II years enjoy good health. I
ride my bike to our playground,
l IA miles away, nearly every
weekday, though the streets are
full Of autos, without feeling ner-
vOus. d
In Sank Co.; I changed an old
run down farm to very productive
one, with good buildings. ! help
ed to organize and run coop
erative creamery and coopera-
tive farmers warehouse.
TO have, suddenly torn loose from
all these associations would have
been painful to a person who loved
home as much as | did. But l sep
arated from them gradually and
almost painlessly. A rather severe
attack of pneumonia, following my
fathers death from that disease,
was the cause of my becoming a
winter tourist TO summer climes.
We spent one winter 1909 and 1910
in California, then three in Flor
ida, then one in California. Then
] weathered two winters in Wis
consin without much hardship. But
knowing the difference between a
winter in Wisconsin and one in
either Florida or California, |
chose California for an all the
year home. Florida would not do
for the summer, I think. And | am
satisfied with my home in Whitti-
Cr.
The Family
But l must give Wisconsin credi
for the financial success that en-
ables me to Five here in comfort
and content, and without work.
The pain of giving up the old
farm was eased by leaving it in the
hands Of my Oldest son, who made
good on it and sold out at war
time prices, and invested in a wal
nut grove here, a very good invest
ment 50 far
So we were all, three sons and
daughter, together here until tw,
years ago. Now the two younger
sons; % and "a years. respectively
are in Schenectady, N. Y, working
for the General Electric Co. They
graduated from the California In
stitute of Technology as electric
al engineers, one in 1922. the other
in 1924. They were prominent in
athletics In a college OF about SOC
men. They were the only depend
able baseball pitchers for five con-
secutive years in the Institute. T',t
older one was captain OF the foot
ball team his last year and the
younger was rated their best foot
ball back, bein able to pass, kicl
and run the ball well.
The younger boy was president
of the Student body during his
senior year, while a similar honor
has been conferred on the older one
by the Edison club of 712 members
by electing him to its presiden
lately After only two years ser.
vice, he holds a responsible posi-.
ton with the company which EN-.
ploys q, 900 men in the works a
Schenectady.
MAJ IT, Mat,u