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June 20, 2014

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I have received enough replies from the last Blog (33) that I know it worked when I posted and set it out.

I have been trying to decide what would be a good way to continue this LILAGCS blog. I thought I would choose one of my classmates and tell as much about him or her that I remember.

Paul Laughin

I have decided to write about Paul. Paul and I did many things I recall when Paul comes to my memory. There were a couple of things that come to my mind when think of “Up town” and “Down town” in Sac City, it had both. I soon learned that “Down town” was the main business district where most of the stores were located up or down the big hill on highway 20 as you came into Sac City from the West or East.

“Up town” was a small area up the hill and to the North of the highway 29 at about 12 street. The “up town” area was small and there were only a few businesses located there. Greenlee’s Food Market, a Variety gift shop, run by a lady named Emma Parr, and a café called the Green Lantern. Paul and his family lived directly South and across the street from the Variety Store.

When I first went to visit Paul I learned that he kept busy working with a system of cleaning burlap bags that his dad had set up in their garage. Paul’s dad worked in a feed mill and ad a limitless supply of empty feed bags.

He earned money for his efforts and I enjoyed watching and sometimes helping him clean the bags.

We would, many times, go over to the café and get a bottle of pop and a donut. I only lived a few blocks from where we were on north 12 street. That is the beginning of my experience with Paul, I will continue with more in my next Blog.