Dad told the story of a time when he went to school and Teacher Denson asked him to read a book, which he did. His school was a one room schoool 1 mile from their home in rural Iowa County on the way to the timber. He was asked to do a book report on the book he read. He did so from memory with all the characters from the book with great detail and recieved an F from Teacher Denson. He asked the teacher why with much discussion that he recieved a failing grade. The teacher did not believe he read the book, because he gave so much detail that no one could remember that much with out cheating some how. So he had to read a smaller book to see if he could do it again and he did. The teacher took the book first though before he gave his report and dad gave an accurate detailed account of that book. Convincing the teacher he had a photographic memory. Dads favorite book was The Call of the Wild by Jack London.
One more story of my father. In 1935 he, his brother Mick, and the rest of the family went to the World's Fair in Chicago. They weren't that thrilled with it as kids, he being 10 at the time. The next day after getting to Blue Island where his grandfather Mielke lived, they went to the fair. The following day they had the choice to go again or stay home and eat what they wanted. They chose to stay and eat what they wanted. The meal was bread and 3 cans of Pork and Beans. They didn't feel very good that night after their big meal. Food from the store especially in cans was a luxury, a real treat.
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