I was very idealistic when I got my first teaching job at the Little Falls Middle School. I taught Language Arts and Reading to sixth…
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To Be a Frannie Girl
Those of us who attended St. Francis High school in the 1960s were called Frannie Candies. I started high school in 1962. We didn’t have…
View More To Be a Frannie GirlTo Be a Paper Boy
The newspaper business has changed and evolved over the years. Little Falls now has “the Record,” a collection of local stories of interest, advertisements, and…
View More To Be a Paper BoyTo be a Member of the Genealogy Society
A new organization was being formed and started in Morrison County. I attended the charter meeting and wasn’t even sure what genealogy was or how…
View More To be a Member of the Genealogy SocietyTo be a Census Taker in 2010
I had seen the advertisement for helping to take the census in the newspaper. I was working part-time then, but thought this sounded like a…
View More To be a Census Taker in 2010To Be a Packer Fan
Although I am not a big sports fan, I have followed the Green Bay Packers since childhood. I lived in Ohio from birth until after…
View More To Be a Packer FanTo Move to Morrison County
The following What’s It Like essay was left on our Getting Started page as a comment. It seems more appropriate to add it to the…
View More To Move to Morrison CountySelling to Lutherans
Lutherans in Morrison County. There are more cattle than Lutherans in Morrison. There were 33,000 of us, but close to 50,000 of them. I came…
View More Selling to LutheransTo Make Ashtrays
When I was a kid, my classmates and I were encouraged to make ashtrays during the pottery unit in art class. Teachers wanted us to…
View More To Make AshtraysWIL Project to be Featured at MC Genealogy Meeting
The What’s It Like project will be the featured topic of the Morrison County Genealogy Society’s meeting on Monday, October 24, 2011. The meeting will…
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