4001909 Albert’s Letter
Albert Lorang, away at college at Lacey, WA, sends a postage due letter.
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Albert Lorang, away at college at Lacey, WA, sends a postage due letter.
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First page of a January letter. Albert was a bit of a rascal growing up. John sent him to St. Martin’s College in Lacey, WA to have the priests help watch over him during his college education. Albert, just a little later, fell in love with a wonderful woman, Hazel Misner; and settled down with
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Albert, John and Mary’s 4th son, was away at college at St. Martin’s in Washington state. Albert wrote home several times, with several stories of his days at St. Martin’s. Here are samples of the first pages of a few of his letters.
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A serious event for the early farmers. The red writing is by John’s son, Henry Lorang. Other journals record that when it hailed, they had to spend days turning the crop to dry it out. John seems to be recording the weather for the “weather bueror” bureau.
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To son Barney and Peter, away at college.
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Peter and Barney Lorang, John’s two eldest, were now going away to college at WSU. This letter was found written in Old German. My husband, Roger Lucas, sent this to a German friend of ours, Marcella Grandpre, who sent it to her mother. Her mother sent it to a priest in Germany and it was
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