1936-1937

Principal and teacher of seventh and eighth grades, Lockhart, Minnesota. Taught five piano students. Organist, Lockhart Lutheran--pay was a chicken dinner every Sunday at the parsonage. In spring, bought first car, a secondhand Ford V-8 sedan at Ada. Worked that summer on a Lockhart farm until a cow kicked me, injuring my knee so I could not work. Recuperated at home of Ernes and "Ma" Huffman (my Herbst Cafeteria boss) at Fargo. Offered job with North Dakota Education Association, Fargo. Canceled Lockhart contract.