Happy first day of spring! "Spring has sprung, the grass has riz I wonder where the flowers is?" Well no grass rising here yet but much of snow has melted. One of the features of the surveying of this prairie is that roads were platted one on mile squares east/west and north/south. This means that the sun will rise on the eastern road today and set on the western one. Giving directions here using north, south etc. works.
Joanne grew up in St. Paul, MN where streets seldom align true to a specific direction. She grew up with directions always given via right or left. When she settled in Canton, S.D., to teach at Augustana Academy, she went to the local Ben Franklin store. In the store she asked a clerk where to find a specific item. The clerk said "It's toward the west end of the south shelf." Joanne said "HUH?" She did master her directions but it took a bit of learning.
Today is the late Mary Quam Hatlestad's birthday. Mary and I worked together for a year at First Lutheran, Sioux Falls. Mary was the office administrator. It was my first church job, and it was as assistant custodian and night watchman. Living in the church apartment below Mary's office it was logical for me to lock up the building at night. This was during my senior year at Augustana. The late Jim Olson, who's funeral was Monday, had that position before me. He alerted me to the job he was vacating as he graduated and went to seminary.
Takk for alt,
Al
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