Today is clean up day got to get my ‘honey do’ list done! I love mopping! It is how I was able to put myself through radio and tv school at Brown in Minneapolis! I worked hard as a custodian at the Windom Schools for 7 years starting in 10th grade, 3 part time 4 full time at Highland and The Middle school which is now the BARC! I share with you a couple of pictures of the old Middle School in Windom! I shoveled those steps!
I also became head custodian at Brown, with a staff of 5, they found out my track record! Thank you Babe Crowell Buildings and Ground Supervisor and Supt. of Schools Henry Bartel for trusting me all those years.I have never been afraid of manual labor and hard work, I started as a paper boy at the age of 9 and also mowed lawns and I got it from my Dad and Mom thank you Mom and Dad miss you so very much! I remember the day I met with Mr. Bartel and asked him if he would give me a leave of absence in case things did not work out at Brown. He told me that I would do great but he would take it to the School Board and ask them. They voted full approval. Later when I thanked Mr. Bartel for is help he said this, which has stuck with me all my life, “Dewey, you have done an excellent job for the District, life is a two-way street, we work together and help each other.”
I think I just wrote my Thanksgiving Story, The Lord and people are so very good to me.
Hard work solves a lot of problems. This is just one of the several reason I am so thankful for mu hometown of Windom where my Christian foundation was started. I left Windom in 1978, but it still holds a very large part of my heart and soul.
Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. 1 Corinthians 4:2
