DHA LXVI
(6/3/2004)

DHA regular Board meeting, June 2, 6:30 p.m. at the museum. Everyone welcome. Bring your own supper.

Remember Father's Day June 20, and keep the evening open. This DHA news will be free to give some details next week.

(LRL Note: the following essay was sent by Patricia Palagi, Seattle, WA. - see the May 6, 2004, Enterprise.) She wrote: "My father Donald K. Jorgensen, wrote it in about 1927. He would have been about 16 years old and a junior in high school. His English III teacher made corrections which I have marked in red."

The Enterprise cannot directly copy the information, and it cannot be typed to be usable in the paper, either. Therefore, it will be typed approximately as it was written. Sometime in the future, the DHA museum will be able to make Mrs. Palagi's contributions available for inspection by anyone that would like to read the original student's writing, the teacher's correction, and Mrs. Palagi's informative comments. It is much more interesting with the three writers' work on the same sheet as they left it.

"The Unlucky Step"

"One day about five years ago, my father went over to help my Uncle haul hay.

"My uncle lived about two miles from our place, and I liked to go over there so as soon as school was out I ran home as fast as I could to get the chorse done early, and then go and meet my father when he came home.

"When the chorse was done, I started across the field until I got to the road. Then I traveled on the road for about a half mile until I came to a bridge, and on the other side of it was a pasture where a herd of cattle were kept and as I came near to them they came toward the fence and thought I was going to let them out and drive the home which was done every night.

"As they came on, I became frightened and started ro run across another pasture with a creek running through it, and it was very rough, and as I ran I jumped over one of these lumps and landed square on a rabbit.

"At first I did not know what it was and ran faster but looking back I saw what it was and went back and picked it up."

The essay was signed, "Donald Jorgensen, 16, English III."

The teacher gave the paper a "B" grade, and added: "You make your sentences too long. Good story."

(LRL: I think the teacher missed a few possible corrections.)

Later the following was added by the former student:

"Feb. 22, 1975 - I soon saw my father coming with the horses and wagon. I got in and rode home with him telling him of my experience. I skinned and cleaned the rabbit and mother cooked it. I thought it tasted pretty good, but my father did not like it."

"Grandpa Donald K. Jorgensen"

A family letter, ca. 1929, furnished by Mrs. Palagi, is pending for a future issue.

MINGA TAK

To Yvonne M. Anderson, memorial for Don Olson.