After a few years, I received my master’s from Northern Michigan University and switched to teaching fifth grade, which I thrived in, ending up as the school’s principal. I went straight in to teaching music in the Gladstone Schools in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, a “little” north of Ripon in the U.P. You have helped Ripon’s image immensely! When I left Ripon, I was head waiter in the dining hall under Lucille Hawkinson and secretary in the music department under Charles Bolin, along with directing a church choir in the area. Thank you for all of your accomplishments. KEN BENSON ’59 ( ) : “Wow! The years have been kind. If you haven’t visited Montana, put it on your “bucket list.” Sure, I miss the big-city life, but “it’s all about family, isn’t it?” And, Montana is a beautiful state to live in. So, when the three grandkids are in school, I should have plenty of things to keep me busy. Plus,I am working with the local Chamber of Commerce, the hospital foundation, the high school and the 4H Club. The local paper ran an editorial on that and I received 14 inquiries. So, when my three grandchildren are in school, I will stay occupied. Since I was in the “fundraising business” all of my life, I have offered my consultation services free of charge to any nonprofit in the territory that could use my help. But it is nice to know we are just one hour from Missoula, where the University of Montana is. So big-city David moved from a city of 3,000,000 people to a town of just 800 people. Our daughter, Summer, became a single mom to children ages 4, 11 and 14. We moved back to Montana after four years of living in Thousand Oaks, California. Class of 1959: I am happy to say that at the age of 84, my wife, Sandy, and I made a major move.
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