#TurnbackTuesday Well here were are again for another turn back Tuesday. My grandparents were born in the late 1800’s. They lived through World War 1, the Great Depression and World War 2 in Harrison County, Indiana. Bruce Markel had an eight grade education and taught in a one room township school, as did my grandmother, until the passage of what was commonly called the Normal School Law. With the passage of that law he was disqualified to teach. My grandfather got a job as a rural mail carrier. Grandmother Nola, had graduated from Corydon high school and was eligible to attend the Indiana State Normal School, in Terre Haute, which she did and graduated in 1911 with a teacher’s certificate. The Normal school is now Indiana State University, where my children (Sam and Drew) graduated. Nola taught English at Corydon High school for many years. The Great Depression hit and my grandparents had jobs. With their salaries, my grandparents were able to send my father to Purdue University during the depression. My father often said he was the poorest student at Purdue. He was able to supplement his parent’s support by working in a factory before entering college and playing saxophone and clarinet in the dance bands that toured out of Chicago. My father, Bruce Markel Jr., was the first member of our family to receive a college education. I became the second Markel to graduate from college. With my sons following with Degrees from Indiana State University.
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 00:30:00 +0000
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