The Morons’ Club

Introduction

There actually was a Morons’ Club in the late 1940s in my hometown of Waldheim. There have been several requests for me to publish this book, but as regular publishers rejected it and I didn’t have the cash to publish it myself, I am pacing it here for those to read. It was a time when everyone had nicknames, a time when there was limited entertainment, no social media, and young boys would have to entertain themselves. Oldtimers of Waldheim will recognize the names of the main characters, Henry Feyerabend, Norman Bartel, Eldred Fast, and others. I only found out about the Morons’ Club when I attended Henry Feyerabend’s funeral when Eldred Fast reminisced about the club. I became interested and gathered stories from Eldred, Norman’s wife, Mary Bartel, and Rosella Braun. I have inserted a time traveler into the story to create a contrast between then and now. I hope you enjoy the story.

  Dedicated to the Surviving Members

Of the Waldheim Morons’ Club

Who Found Ways to Have Fun.

1946-1949

Table of Contents

Chapter One – Jefferson                                                                              

Chapter Two – The Outhouse                                                                    

Chapter Three – The Morons’ Club                                                            

Chapter Four – 1946 – Day One                                                                

Chapter Five – Love on the Telephone                                                        

Chapter Six – Winter, Monopoly and War                                                  

Chapter Seven – The Morons’ Club Telephone Company                           

Chapter Eight – Spring, Rafts and Gophers                                                        

Chapter Nine – Clipski, Royalty and Celebrity                                         

Chapter Ten – The Return