Art wrote: “Many of the family were aware that Dad had done some journal writing, in which he recorded various anecdotes, special family occasions, remembrance of family history, and much of his philosophy. He did this with encouragement from several members of the family. In response to the wishes of some of you, I have typed his notes and, with Rosie’s counsel, included some pictures. We were expressly admonished to copy the journal as closely as possible, include mis-spelled words and all of the thoughts. The nature of his writings required that I separate sentences and paragraphs for the sake of readability. Apart from that, I have attempted to keep as close to the original as possible.”
Rosie shared: “Goering Gazette readers: I remember well that Art first typed up Dad’s journal from a notebook. It was very difficult to read but Art decided to type it up exactly like Dad had written it, feeling that his spelling was a precious part of the stories. He made copies for all of the sibs. Some time later Ralph approached him and scolded him for having so many typos. Ralph then gave Art his copy and had spelling and punctuation corrected. He then wanted Art to reissue it with the corrections. He even scoffed at Art for not knowing better–after all, a teacher should know better than that! Ralph was a bit irritated at Art for refusing to redo it. I just remembered this as I was reading this segment.”