I remember that he lived with his mother back then. I also remember his "day sleeper" sign on the kitchen door. Years later, at the WR 75th, Bill Gabriel and I dropped by the cemetery in Mineral Wells and it pleased me to see that sign hanging on the stone.
Not that it has any relevance to anything, but the last time I saw Jack was sometime in my college days when I visited my old stomping grounds at Southwest High and discovered that he was teaching science there. He was wearing a tan suit and a navy tie that day. I guess for some reason I must have been thinking he wore his Scout uniform 24/7.
I remember when we re-roofed Jack's house. That was the first time I visited there. I remember all the books he had read in his "library'. It was a good learning experience for me to put down shingles. Jack was also my science teacher at Southwest High School before I joined the post.
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