Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Paape, Myhrwold
----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 04 Apr 1963
There are factors, large and small, which often change the shape of a whole lifetime. Karl can vouch for this. He might have been a career-man in the Navy today, but for a football injury which excluded him. This was not such a small factor, since it had confined him to bed for 355 consecutive days.
Later, he was attracted to the diplomatic service, but because he was not a veteran, this area was also closed to him at the time. So he trained for teaching. He taught in Montana, high school, for a year. When he applied at the El Paso school, they asked what his major was. Discovering it was history, the administration said, "Fine; you will teach Physical Education and coaching in the grade school system."
His natural inclinations and aptitude then led him to the study of law. This is where he finds himself now. Those same inclinations gave him a keen interest in political affairs. He has always enjoyed history and social studies, and these lead naturally into political interest. Karl is a "liberal" by persuasion, because he is more interested in the welfare of people as a whole, than of the few who may have more influence. He believes that in politics, as in other matters, it is impossible to stand still. The Democratic Party seems to him to be more receptive to new ideas, although he admits that there is probably more difference between conservatives and liberals within the parties.
Karl was born in Marshfield, and grew up there. Nancy was born in Janesville, but grew up in West Allis. Nancy had just graduated from Nurses' Training, and Karl had quit his job with a Casualty Company, when mutual friends introduced them. Again, two lifetimes changed. They have two children: Karen, who is six, and Billy, who is three, Nancy is not only a Registered Nurse, but acting Postmaster in our city.
An intimate friend of books, Karl seems to be most characterized as studious. His words show that he meditates; still waters run deeply. He thinks that Greenwood is one of the friendliest communities he has known. Probably its greatest problem is its difficulty in uniting toward a common goal.
