Moormanism #3 10/14/71, from McLeansboro Times Leader McLeansboro, Illinois

MOORMANISM #3, 10-14-71

Route 1

McLeansboro, Illinois  62859

October 4, 1971

Times Leader, Inc.

McLeansboro, Illinois  62859

            Dear Editor:

            I think something ought to be done for Lake McLeansboro. First of all I think the name ought to be changed. I do not recommend these as names but Goose Neck’s Pond would be a better name or Gobbler’s Snout Lake or Mrs. O’Mallery’s Frog Pond.

            A couple of wooden piers would encourage more  people to fish since fishing from the edge one encounters a blanket of moss and some one who does not have a boat cannot do much good at fishing.

Of course, I have heard others talk of deepening the edges and I guess that would be a good idea too or just plain cleaning out the lake, yet a couple of wooden piers would aid those who fish in the lake. McLeansboro Lake isn’t much more than an oversized frog pond.

Please note that I have not recommended buckets for the bullfrogs or neon signs welcoming the ducks or an insane asylum for the mud turtles or central heating system to keep the fish warm but something should be done for Lake McLeansboro.

                                                                                                Ira E Moorman

His love for nature came out in this letter. Hank’s humor or sarcasm is also apparent in here, too. He thought it wasn’t asking too much to get the lake cleaned up. Hank would be happy to know that it has been cleaned up, but it was many years after he died that the job was done.