Rambling Thoughts

Leola Lampy
Lorraine Wilson

On the webpage of the Brookings Register, there were a couple of obituaries that caught my eye. The first was Lorraine Wilson, who passed away at the age of 87

(http://www.brookingsregister.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=14130&page=80) and http://rudesfuneralhome.com/sitemaker/sites/RudesF1/obit.cgi?user=605946Wilson She was married in 1948 to John Johnston, who passed away in 1961. She remarried and lived in Aurora until 1994. She had two children, Barbara and David. There was a Barbara Johnston in our class. Are these Barbaras the same person? Would anyone know where to find the answer to that question?

The second obituary was that of Leola Lampy, aged 96(http://www.brookingsregister.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=14167&page=80). She and her husband moved to Brookings in 1969. Her husband "Dutch" was the equipment manager at SDSU. I became acquainted with Mrs. Lampy when she was the secretary for Frannie Dolan at Central because our 8th grade basketball teams practiced at the Central Gym. I also believe she helped out as an aide at the Middle School Library. Incidentally, Mrs. Brchan was the Middle School librarian for a number of years. Some of us may have had her for typing class in the old high school. Mrs. Lampy's connection with our class is actually through her daughter Karon. We would have known her as Mrs. Schaack, the English teacher. I seem to recall that some of us had her for sophomore English at the old high school and then for junior English at the new high school. There was a story going around during our sophomore year that one of our better basketball players on the sophomore team, coached by Mr. Hauschild, was in danger of losing his eligibility because of a failing English grade. After Mr. Hauschild had a friendly conversation with Mrs. Schaack, the grade was no longer failing. Some of you may react adversely to that intervention. I think Mr. Hauschild was more concerned with what would happen to that student if he flunked and could no longer play basketball. Experience probably taught him that basketball may have been the student's motivation for staying in school. If he could not play, he could become a drop-out. My older siblings told me a number of stories of kids who were talented athletes that dropped out of school, and then just kind of drifted around the country. What would be in store for this student if he dropped out? What kind of a chance would he have then? Our basketball team was talented enough that if we lost this player, we would still be a respectable team. Mr. Hauschild's concern, I think, was more for this individual than to have a winning basketball team. This student did graduate, and I believe became a parole officer after high school. He even officiated some basketball games in the area.

Anyway, I did not have Mrs. Schaack for either sophomore or junior English (I had Nancy Webebenhurst's sister for sophomore English-she was Mrs. Donaldson then, and Mr. Walder for junior English). He later told me this story. That spring, we had to do a book report, either Book A or Book B. Since some students had different English teachers, they thought they could copy each other's papers and not get caught. Let's say Veronica was in Mrs. Schaack's class, and Betty was in Mr. Walder's, and that Betty copied Veronica. They thought their respective teachers would grade the reports. However, Mr. Walder graded all of the reports on Book A, and Mrs. Schaack did all those on Book B, even though some of those students were not in their classes. Thus, any similarities could be noted. Sure enough, there were enough likenesses in a few reports to indicate that some students copied from each other. Mr. Walder related to me that some students were mature enough to admit that they had copied, while others vehemently professed their innnocence.

The post just below, about Phil Peterson's father, has some comments. One poster supplied this link: http://www.sdstate.edu/sdsuarchives/collections/upload/Brookings-Businesses-Avenues.pdf

It lists the names of numerous business that have been in Brookings from 1879-2003. A clarification is listed below. I lived at 205 6th Avenue during elementary school. At one time Kabrud Brothers Insurance Agency was located at that address. There has to be a connection to Harley Kabrud, our 7th grade geography teacher and 8th grade football coach, and father of Chip, who was a year ahead of us in school. When I get some time, I would like to examine this site and see if  I can remember some of these businesses.