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I ATHER ZQRN otAnother chapter in this "early- r e;days-orought-to-life'' book is de- leovoted to the illustrious FatherZorn, who maintained the onlychurch in Little Traverse andwas the only source of religionin the upcoming village for years.Hedrick greatly admired the Roma n Catholic priest and hisWiritten word of Father Zornspeaks well of his friendship andadmiration, although Redrick wa sa Presbyterian.

When the author wa s 12 and.his brother 14 they were given Ipermi.ssion by their parents tovisit th e ancient capital of L'+ Arbre Croche, present-day Middle Village, accompanied by an;f: inseparable half-1breed schoolmate: In its golden years it wa sJhe seat of the foremost Indianindustry, making of canoes, and:i: I any evidences of old Indian in+ abitants were still there-re

-i- mains of Indian gardens, wellImarked spots where wigwams:j: we,re at one time, an d mounds of+ the burial sites. I t was quite anI uting, which stuck to the author.When Ulysses; the aifthor; -wa s17 and his brother, Wilbur 19, the+ two graduated from the Harbor:j: Springs high school, two in a+ small, first graduating class ofthe village. I t would c.ost their+ father a fortune to go on to col-lege, whioh both boys desired,

+ and besides he needed them oni the farm. Then, later the father+ urg.ed them to take up college,t stipulating that they do theirt1best to pay their way.TAUGHT PLEASANTVIEW+I Both boys decided the mostagreeable money-making was toteach school, and since teacherswere scarce they had several op-pertunities. Bu t two schools offered the same wage, Friendshipand Pleasantview. The brotherchose Friendship , Ulysses tookPleasantview. The schoolhouse atPl ep.santview Center was sixmiles north of th e Hedrick farmand he began walking the sixmiles night and morning untilheavy snows came in January.

The opening da y of school atPleasantview Center was quite amemorable occasion for th e author, with 40 youngsters to greethim, several as old as he. Fo r the11 irst day's experience teaching,to find that the older boys werestill working on the land for th efkst few days, was perhaps a'+H

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;aving fact for the youthteacher!The - treasurer of the s c h o ~

board was the owner of tne mthat made the tiny h"amletPleasantview. Believing the goiwage of $30 a month too smahe insisted that Hedriek be pai$40. So it was that the y o u n g eteacher in the county was pailthe h i ~ h e s t wage of any for miabouAs Hedrick relates on the c l o sing pag.e of his book, with a bram