In the fall of 1979, Governor Dixie Lee Ray and, then senator, Mike Lowry, came to Northern State.
The reason was that my father wanted to show them the newly reopened campus.
Dad wanted a veterans hospital to be put there.
In preparation, YACC, made a scale model of the entire campus. It was impressive.
Doc Jones, the famous superintendent, was even in attendance.
The governor, seemed truly impressed with the campus and all the amenities already in place.
It was a shame that she lost the election.
After she was out of office, the Veterans Hospital proposal faded away.
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