Epistles from Pap | Page 5

delegation go into
"hiding" across the state line, preventing action on the reapportionment
bill by removing a quorum. It also froze all other legislative activities.
The Republicans finally agreed to withdraw the objectionable bill, and
the "runaway" Democrats returned.
His growing family necessitated a larger income and after a
gubernatorial run failed to materialize, Pap retired from the Senate, in
1929. He devoted more time to his law practice and became a lobbyist
for the Indiana Railroad Lobby Assn. In such capacity, he continued to
monitor his former peers, and had the reputation of having attended
every Legislative Session from 1913 to 1951.
Throughout his life, Russellville was a continuing source of
gratification to Pap, and also provided a wealth of material for
anecdotes of small-town life, which were incorporated into his
public-speaking and his voluminous correspondence.
The family farm just outside the village was also a valued source of
income, as well as sustenance, and Pap took a personal hand in its
operation, spending more and more time there as he grew older.
Andrew E. Durham passed away at home in Greencastle, July 23, 1954.
GLOSSARY
Pap was an inveterate inventor of nicknames, applied mostly to his
family. Some of the letters in the collection contain the following
references:
"Annabelle Lee" (Mrs. Ralph Weinrichter of Menlo Park, California)
has a daughter, Kathryn, and a son, Ralph Weinrichter II, also of Menlo

Park.
Deceased daughter Sarah Jane (Mrs. Robert Anderson) had five
children: Heather (deceased) Scott, Roderick, Jennifer (now Mrs.
William Amon of Fairfax, Virginia) and Cathy (Mrs. Richard Sandler,
also of Fairfax.)
Joan's four include William McGaughey, Jr., and Andrew D. of
Minneapolis, Minnesota, David P. of Rochester, New York and
Margaret Durham McGaughey Isaacson of Brunswick, Maine.
In addition to the two sons mentioned by Frank (George and Andrew)
he has two daughters, Stephanie (Mrs. Stephanie D. Burton, of Winter
Haven, Florida) and Madeleine (Mrs. Keith Thomas of Shelbyville,
Indiana.)
Aunt Margaret -- sister, Margaret D. (married name, Bridges)
Franklin Pierce, a.k.a. Frankfurter -- son J. Frank
Francisco -- daughter-in-law Frances (nee Haberkorn)
Ira -- Ira Flauer, hired hand on the family's Russellville farm
Jane -- daughter Sarah Jane (married name, Anderson, now deceased)
Joan, a.k.a. Jonie Bonie -- daughter Mary Joanna (married name,
McGaughey)
Margaretta -- daughter Margaret (deceased)
Munny, a.k.a. Munny-Bun -- wife Aura May (nee Sawyer)
The Old Brakeman -- Walter J. Behmer, retired Gen. Supt., The
Pennsylvania Railroad
"Red" Purnell -- Fred Purnell, Congressman from Indiana
Sugar Foot, a.k.a. Footser -- daughter Aura May
Uncle Ernest -- brother J. Ernest Durham
ABOUT THE CO-AUTHOR
J. Frank Durham, who compiled this anthology of his father's letters,
was born in Greencastle, Indiana, October 3, 1915. He went to work
early, as a newsboy carrying the Indianapolis News and local paper,
and then began his education at the legendary Dan Beard's Boy Scout
Camp, in Pike County, Pennsylvania. He was subsequently a member
of the Phillips Exeter Academy Class of 1934, obtained an AB degree
from hometown DePauw University in 1937 and LLB from Indiana
University in 1941.
Frank's budding law practice was interrupted by World War Two. He
enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve, graduating from bomb disposal

school and serving on Guadalcanal, where he received a field
promotion to the rank of ensign. After being released from active duty,
Frank chaired a committee that secured the only captured German V-1
Rocket ever put on public display in the United States. A unique war
memorial, this "Buzz Bomb" rests atop a solid limestone V-shaped base
at the southwest corner of the Putnam County Courthouse, in
Greencastle.
In 1944, Frank married Frances M. Haberkorn of Detroit, Michigan.
They had four children, Andrew H., George B., Stephanie and
Madeleine. During a 1975 tour of the Pacific, Frances suffered a fatal
aneurysm. In 1979, Frank married Elaine Eide Moe, of Sacramento,
California, who is not only a gourmet cook but an active jazz band
pianist.
Although he never developed his father's intense interest in politics,
there are similarities. Frank was elected Prosecuting Attorney of the
64th Judicial Circuit for two terms, and then Greencastle City Judge for
two more terms. He still practices probate law; was a trust officer of the
Russellville Bank for 25 years, and a former bank vice president.
For recreation, Frank runs a bulldozer and backhoe on the family farm
near Russellville, continuing to actively participate in its management,
like his "Pap" before him. The farm also has the hangar and airstrip for
Frank's Cessna, which he enjoys flying when not engaged in his law
practice or farming. He first soloed in 1935. In 1971, he was a guest of
the Canadian Government, helping celebrate the 100th anniversary of
the Northwest Territory by flying with a small group down the
Mackenzie River. He has flown a small