Abstract
| Howe discusses his service in the Air Corps and his life in La Crosse, Wisconsin, in particular his career with the public school system, for which he became the business manager. Topics also discussed include: River activities, swimming, ice skating in the winter time, boating, 1900s-1910s, La Crosse, Wisconsin—Hiking the bluffs, Grandad’s Bluff, stone quarry, 1900s-1910s, La Crosse, Wisconsin—Booster Collection, Scott Club (club to play card games), 1900s-1930s, La Crosse, Wisconsin—Employment, Business Manager of the Board of Education, buying school supplies, handling bids for fuel, 1910s, La Crosse, Wisconsin—Problems with fuel bidders, bribery, Whitebreast Coal Company, 1910s, La Crosse, Wisconsin—Business manager of the Board of Education, competition for George’s job, 1910s, La Crosse, Wisconsin—Board of Education meetings, keeping minutes, board members, 1910s, La Crosse, Wisconsin—Mayor Milo G. Knutson (1955-1965), Board of Education, budget cuts, La Crosse, Wisconsin—Board of Education, Common Council, tensions, appointment of school board members, 1950s-1960s, La Crosse, Wisconsin—George’s feelings about the mayors, Joseph J. “Old” Verchota (1931-1935, 1939-1947), C. August “Gus” Boerner (1935-1939), Henry J. Ahrens (1949-1955), La Crosse, Wisconsin—Gang of World War I flyers, friends of George, Frank Tillman, Ben Burgess, Glen Rasmussen, Quincy Hale, Bill Laux, La Crosse, Wisconsin—U. S. Army Air Corps war tactics, observation, bombing, World War I, 1914-1918—U. S. Army Air Corps flying accidents, cracking wings, engine failures, World War I, 1914-1918. |
Content | 00:00:35—River activities, swimming, ice skating in the winter time, boating, 1900s-1910s, La Crosse, Wisconsin |
00:02:45—Hiking the bluffs, Grandad’s Bluff, stone quarry, 1900s-1910s, La Crosse, Wisconsin |
00:03:55—Booster Collection, Scott Club (club to play card games), 1900s-1930s, La Crosse, Wisconsin |
00:08:20—Employment, Business Manager of the Board of Education, buying school supplies, handling bids for fuel, 1910s, La Crosse, Wisconsin |
00:11:35—Problems with fuel bidders, bribery, Whitebreast Coal Company, 1910s, La Crosse, Wisconsin |
00:14:54—Business manager of the Board of Education, competition for George’s job, 1910s, La Crosse, Wisconsin |
00:16:04—Board of Education meetings, keeping minutes, board members, 1910s, La Crosse, Wisconsin |
00:19:27—Mayor Milo G. Knutson (1955-1965), Board of Education, budget cuts, La Crosse, Wisconsin |
00:21:48—Board of Education, Common Council, tensions, appointment of school board members, 1950s-1960s, La Crosse, Wisconsin |
00:24:33—George’s feelings about the mayors, Joseph J. “Old” Verchota (1931-1935, 1939-1947), C. August “Gus” Boerner (1935-1939), Henry J. Ahrens (1949-1955), La Crosse, Wisconsin |
00:26:01—Gang of World War I flyers, friends of George, Frank Tillman, Ben Burgess, Glen Rasmussen, Quincy Hale, Bill Laux, La Crosse, Wisconsin |
00:31:00—U. S. Army Air Corps war tactics, observation, bombing, World War I, 1914-1918 |
00:31:57—U. S. Army Air Corps flying accidents, cracking wings, engine failures, World War I, 1914-1918 |