Picture of Aunt Win

Dad was very near sighted. But money was always in short supply, so Dad did not get his first pair of glasses until after high school. Dad’s brother, Les, purchased Dad’s first pair of glasses. Dad remembered being able to see the blades of grass and how wonderful that seemed to him to see each blade. Before grass had just been a blur of green.
Dad’s vision must have made school more difficult for him. He said he was always put in the front of the class. When his oldest brother John was old enough for High School, the whole family moved to town so that John could attend. They moved to the west side of Helena called the “Kenwood Addition.”



Schooling was very important in my Dad’s family. Dunc was Chairman of the school board in York
According to Dad, he was skipped a grade when he was in the third grade because he was the only third grader and the teacher was lazy. She didn’t want to have to teach one kid separately. This put him at a disadvantage for sports. He LOVED sports. He longed to play basketball when he was in High School. The basketball coaches were not teachers from school, but some men with 8-5 jobs. Dad lived very far from the school. He had a trolley pass to ride to school, but it expired at 5:00 p.m. Basketball practice began at 7:00 p.m., so Dad could not play.
I didn’t realize how much I had to write about Dad. I will write more another time.