St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-06-02

say to that?" Mary, knowing her
husband knew what he was doing
decided she would like to retire
and go home and take care of her
own home again. So, they retired.
He has retired from one job to
another but what he has been do
ing for many years has been a
source Of great pleasure for him.
Many deserving boys and girls
have been given money to pay
their tuition to the college of their
choice with the promise that all
the thanks Joe wants is their
promise to study and make some
thing of their lives.
Very few friends have any idea
of the many baskets of food he
has taken to his tenants and others
when he has learned of the need.
He has even collected clothing
from friends and his wife has
mended and Numbered them for
him to give some deserving boy
or girl who has told him they
couldn't go to school until they
got something decent to wear. He
has taken shoes to the repair shop
when some child he knows has had
a severe cold because his shoes
needed new soles.
He has even asked friends to
give him their furniture and he
has cleaned it up, painted it and
made somebody happy who other
wise didn't have the table, the
chair or desk they really needed.
He and his old Jeep are familiar
on the streets and nine times out
of ten when you see him he waves
and smiles and you know he is on
a mission of good will for some
one.
His tenants do not have to be
afraid to get the mail on the first
of the month for fear they will
get a notice that their rent has
been raised because he tells them
when they move in they found the
house in good order and he ex-
poets them to keep it that way
and to treat it like it was their
own and he will be fair with them.
Most of his tenants have been in
his houses for years and they keep
the yards and the inside as if they
owned them and Joe says as long
as they do that they are secure
and don't need to worry about him
raising their rent.
Joe has buried quite a few
people, too. Whenever he hears
Of a man or woman who is going
to be buried in the "potters field"
he looks into their background and
if he finds they were hard working
and had been in poor health and
had spent so much money they
lost everything, he would pay for
a burial in cemetery of the fam
ily's choice.
One funeral director said he
couldn't tell all of the funerals
this man has paid for and as far
as Joe knows, no one knows it.
He doesn't say a word about his
business but grateful receivers tell
it.
Last month a young girl re-
ceived high honors but she was not
going to go to the school to re-
ceiVe them because she did not
have a decent dress to wear. Joe
and Mary heard about it and
bought her a nice dress to wear.
The young lady was 50 grateful
she said when she gets her degree
and earns some money she is going
to help some girl who needs help
like she did.
Joe loves to do for others. He
will work hard collecting items
to give to those he thinks are
worthy to receive. He does not
feel he is encouraging people to
ask for things. He knows they are
deserving and he tries to make
them happy and get things for
them.
Although 70, he is still as active
as a man of 35 or 40 and enjoys
almost perfect health. He has a
very happy cheerful expression
and makes friends with people of
all ages.