Roger Laney McDonald, Jr., aka “Ranger Mac,” aka “Sarge,” was born on August 31, 1935, on the Native American Reservation of Inger, MN. He is preceded in death by his
Virtual schooling now and decades ago
John Oncken
I’ve always been proud to be a graduate of a one-room rural country school – something that few people today know anything about because such schools came to an end some 50 years ago.
Those of us who learned readin, ritin , and rithmetic from a teacher with two years of training at a “county normal” school were indeed fortunate, at least I’ve always felt. My class size was but three: Willard, Doris and me. However, we were in the same noisy room as the 30 or so other students.
Bring your lunch
Our water came from a shallow well via an outdoor pump: the bathrooms (boy and girls) were called “two holers” or outhouses. Our lunches were brought from home in steel lunch buckets: square and fancy painted for girls, black or blue with a round top for boys – complete with thermos bottle for milk or soup.