From: "jack scott" <jackscott@mindspring.com>

To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com>

Subject: the courthouse

Date: Saturday, September 29, 2001 8:14 PM

The request for proposals mentioned in the recent item was signed by my

granddad, HG Scott. He was Auditor of the County at that time and at

another time he was the Treasurer. The irony is that he really, really

wanted to be a farmer. I didn't - and all of the trips we took to various

farms were of great interest to me but not in the way of leading me to be a

farmer. HG (his only name was Herbert and the G was a fiction like Harry

Truman's "S") lost at least three farms to natural causes - that includes

the farm my father, 2 uncles and aunt Eileen were born on about a mile or

so NE of Lamoni.

He was born on 21 April and I was born on 20 April. He was not without

humor because, when I was 6 or 7 he convinced me that I had to be a day

older than him.

I lost him when I was in the army but was able to finagle a furlough home

for the funeral.

A great man, a soft-spoken man, a firm Methodist and, probably, a

magnificent farmer if given the chance (and he probably has the chance now.)

jack

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