This also was a surprise. I didn’t know Dad went to college for anything, but according to this, he went to Elgin Community College in  1959 to learn welding. I didn’t realize that ECC was part of the Elgin Public Schools either.

Dad was always willing to talk about being in the Navy, but in his later years, especially. Here is his certificate of Honorable Discharge.

I don’t know when or why I wrote this small note to my mom; it could have been any number of years. Here it is, going to toss it after I post this.