Personal jokes and native pride in a rusting brush memory
The writer recalls insults about height and hair from school days and farm life, then notes a personal device from youth used to hide hair loss. He recounts clipping a poem by Don Medsker, reflecting on past self-esteem and how time reshapes self-image. The piece veers into social commentary on white privilege and native lands, ending with a critique of oil profits and fair treatment.
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Pow Ler
Indiana
Don Medsker
Tengoy
Edgar R. Buzzell
Osage
Fate
Uncle Sam
ELAS
Avon area families visit relatives in Indiana towns
Avon residents including Ray Thompson and wife John and Lida Albrecht and Wilma Thompson, plus Pearl Craig, Lyman Thompson, Charles Schlosser, Edwin Clapper, Ed Chickadonz, and others, spent Sundays visiting relatives near Sullivan and Terre Haute. Several dinners and gatherings occurred with extended family from Dana Farmersburg West Union and Liberty.
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Ray Thompson
John
Lida Albrecht
Wilma Thompson
Sullivan
Ind
Pearl Craig
Lyman Thompson
Charles Schlosser
Terre Haute
Edwin Clapper
Marshall
Ed Chickadonz
Ed Shick
Tuscola
Ben and
Elsie Strohm
Hattie Blizzard
Lizzie Strohm
Cash
Esther
West Union
David Strohm
Frederick
Dana
Ben
Chris Finkbiner
Hershel Kile
Chris Koppler
John Koppler
Fred Koppler
Charles Freemar
Wayne
Liberty
John Albrecht
Frank Morgan
Chauncey Fagg
Farmersburg
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Wabash Valley Printing Co
Clark County
Clinois
Harry B. Potter
Illinois
National
Eee
Don
American Society For
Grand Canyon
AVON
the Herald
Willard
Marshall Battery Co
Marshall, Illinois
Raymond Sockler
Aachiner
Ing Trade
C. A. Dixon
Frank Archer
James Mcllrath
Dixon
Harry Marvin
Marshall Auto Sales
Ford Products and Farm Equipment
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