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Dean-Ross Schessler
I took typing for two semesters at Millard Lefler from Beersie (aka Gladys Beers Anderson), which she had been affectionately called for decades. I know this because she taught both my mother and father how to type. During a parent/teacher visiting session where we walked through our class schedule spending a few minutes with each teacher when we got to the typing classroom, we walked in and the first thing Beersie said was, "Johnny your kid is a better student and typer than you were. He can bang out 107 WPM. And I bet you're standing here talking to me because your typing kept you off the front line during the war (WWII). She put her arms around him and they hugged. Beersie looked at my mother and said, "And you married this guy? I remember you, Althea You were always asking to take make-up typing tests because you were always off playing softball."
For my junior high graduation gift, my parents bought me a Smith Corona typewriter with are hardshell case from (are you ready for it) Latsch Brothers on O Street (which I now understand is still in business somewhere else in Lincoln!). In that my parent were Mr. & Mrs. Frugal, they did not get the model with the electric carriage return button, they bought me an electric typewriter with the old-style manual carriage return!. If you think that is odd my father got my first car (a '56 Ford 4-door sedan with battleship gray paint) with no air conditioning, roll-up windows, and rubber flooring, no carpet! I still have it (not the car, but I might wish, but the typewriter) on the side wing of my desk and use it more often than you might think. I find it a pain in the ass to use my printer to print envelopes so most of the time I type the envelopes. I one time got a phone call from a client and the first thing they said was, "Dean-Ross do you still use a typewriter?" And I also still have most every necktie I've ever purchased! There are some laughable classics. When I move it will take two moving vans! The good Lord willing, I will be delighted to see any and I hope all of you at this upcoming reunion to see who gained the most weight, who lost the most hair, has the most wrinkles, and will get the most drunk! And we also have to find out who spread this bullshit about retirement being the "Golden Years"! The only thing golden in my years is my urine.
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