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Charles Johnson
Charles and Emma Johnson live at Fairhaven. Charles remembers the Burr Oak next to Fairhaven that he used to have a treehouse in when he was a kid - in the early 1920s - they'd fly kites and lose alot of them in that tree! They'd damn the creek alongside where Fairhaven is now with branches to make a skating rink.
The Burr Oak was taken down in 2006 after one third of it fell over and the rest was discovered to be hollow.
In the 1920s Franklin Street was less than half developed; the rest was developed in the late 1940s. There used to be willow trees on either side of the street. Charles grew up on Franklin Street (Charles thinks it was 178 Franklin) and later lived in Madison for 62 years. As of 2007, Charles and Emma have been married for 72 years!
Emma went to the State Teachers College (now UW-Whitewater) and studied education. Charles started at the Teachers College in general education and later transferred to Stout and finished up in vocational education. He later worked for the Madison Area Technical College. He was the first one in the department in 1936; when he left in 1975 there were 20 daytime teachers and 20 teachers for the evening courses.
John Cooper, who used to live two houses in on the east side of Franklin Street, taught Charles how to make a whistle out of a piece of willow branch.
The Burr Oak was taken down in 2006 after one third of it fell over and the rest was discovered to be hollow.
In the 1920s Franklin Street was less than half developed; the rest was developed in the late 1940s. There used to be willow trees on either side of the street. Charles grew up on Franklin Street (Charles thinks it was 178 Franklin) and later lived in Madison for 62 years. As of 2007, Charles and Emma have been married for 72 years!
Emma went to the State Teachers College (now UW-Whitewater) and studied education. Charles started at the Teachers College in general education and later transferred to Stout and finished up in vocational education. He later worked for the Madison Area Technical College. He was the first one in the department in 1936; when he left in 1975 there were 20 daytime teachers and 20 teachers for the evening courses.
John Cooper, who used to live two houses in on the east side of Franklin Street, taught Charles how to make a whistle out of a piece of willow branch.
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