The Washington times., 1925-12-12
rhta q not 3 JOE story.l

CThts 10 not q sob story
Regardless OF the amount Of
money that Harold will make in his
professional venture. the father will
not seek the life Of Kelley. the Gel
ehrated Egyptian.
1--WE worked too hard to stop
now. Dad" Grange declared. i've
worked ever since ] was boy. I'm.
still a.young man at So. Ought to
be about ten years OF work lefti in
me yet. I have another year to 80
as chief deputy Of Du Page County
and after that I'll get another job
My people never believed IN loaf
ing"
Ii is the absolute frankness Of
dad" Grange that impresses one
most.
He's as open ais an ocean.
Its been rather rough going for
us" he confided. by that ! don't
mean that we were in poverty
Nothing like that at all. But it
just meant close living to get along
and send two boys to the Uni
versity Of Illinois on my salary of
5000 per month. Fathers who are
sending boys to college will APP
preciate what this means.
During the war 1t was pretty
tough going. ] was making 1925
per month as chief of police. That
life."
just "Red'' to Them
Probably there ID less talk Of the
new football Midas In Wheaton than
In any other city in the country.
The townspeople have known Red
Grange since he was q little boy.
They knew him as a great athlete
at Wheaton High. where his record
on the football field greatly ex-
ceeded anything he ever did at the
University Of Illinois. And while
they are delighted to hear that he
football history" they accept all
this hooray as a foregone conclu-
sion.
Really there Is little talk Of Red
Grange heard in Wheaton3 Contrast
his home town. then. to What Cheer,
Iowa. or Rolling Prairie, Ind, where
every new baby born is referred to
as the Red Grange of 1943.
Meet ma" DOIIInger
Red Grange and Garland Grange
and dad Grange, too, never will
forget Mrs. G. A. Dollinger, the
druggists wife. 1t was she who
took the Grange boys under her ma
ternal wing when childhood bumps
and bruises were to be balmed. She
supplied the mother love for the
boys at q time when they needed
it most. She could tell a lot of
"Hucklebe. ny Finn" stories on this
red-headed boy who has dazzled
the sporting world.
Mrs. DOllinger is the typical small
town mother that you read about.
She supplied to Red Grange what
his father could not give him. Only
a mother can do that for a boy,
whether he is her boy or some one
else's boy. And the leaping platter
of homemade cookies Is still one
of her institutions.
IT don't suppose well ever see
much of. Harold any more" Mrs.
Dollinger said. ~. I"The movies are q
bad Influence. '' -
Garland assured her. however,
that Harold will come back after
the harvest for a fist full Of cookies.
Mr.. Thompson, the village ice
man, doesn't care what the world
thinks about Red Grange. but he
would like to be quoted on the fact
that he has lost his best iceman.
'"If Harold ever goes broke" Mr.
Thompson volunteers. he can al
ways have his job back on old No.
4 at $3.50. Yes, and I'd even
make it forty"
There 10 one young man in Whea-
ton who takes more pride in the
rise of Red Grange than any ono
outside of his Dad" His name is
"Dink" Weldon, Reds" first coach
at Wheaton High School.
HE was a great natural athlete
al Wheaton" Dink announces. land
nothing was required but to teach
HIM how to make the best use OF
his natural equipment. ! don't
want any credit for developing him"
Wheaton citizens were very proud
yesterday when they learned that
one Of their very own boys was