Sept. 3rd, 1946
Dear Diary
Sounds strange for a 30 year old man to be starting a diary.
I was born in 1916 and now I am 30 years old. My 3rd child, a girl, was born
today maybe that's why I've decided to start this diary. Ede Mae Post came into
this world this morning like a house on fire. She will be a singer.
Maybe I'd better say a little bit about myself before I
continue. Male living in Neenah, Wisconsin working for Kimberly Clark as a
Chemical Engineer. I was not drafted or allowed to join in WWII due to the fact
that my job was considered "vital to the war effort". I guess coming
up with new and better ways to make paper to wipe your ass is more important
than killing someone. Come to think of it I guess they're right.
Grew up in Springfield Massachusetts moved to Florida for a
while then to Green Bay, Wisconsin. My dad was a real entrepreneur. Always on
to something new. From a cart full of watermelons to 10,000 Christmas trees
that he and his 6 brothers cut down in Canada and shipped to New York, it was
always something. We never starved during the depression but it was tight.
Yes I am related to THE Post family. He was my father's
cousin. We visited his estate when I was a lad and while the other kids were
playing with the horses and such I found my way into the library and was
reading when Old man Post came in. That's what got me a full scholarship to
Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin and where I met Maxine.
Maxine was a slender beauty of towering character and will
who stole my heart. Her childhood was fairly well off. Her father was a dentist
who was paid one way or the other. With a newly killed chicken or money it
didn't matter.
Three kids later brings us to this day.
Why am I starting this diary? I have a feeling that with the
new war going on in Europe that things might get out of hand and I want to chronicle
what I see from the heartland of America.
Today I filed what I hope will be the first of many patents.
This one is a better way to wring water out of those wood fibers that make up a
sheet of paper. Not too thrilling but it will increase the supply of toilet
paper dramatically.
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