July 2019

Owen,

I am Henryk Magnuski. I was born in Poland but came to America. Your grandfather tells me you are fun to be around. Therefore, I told him that I would give you and your brother one of my inventions, a walkie talkie, for your birthday. I helped invent and prefect walkie-talkies many years ago. Below is a picture of me and the other one is of a soldier in WWII using one of my walkie-talkies.

Henryk Magnuski

Your grandfather claims that yellow is your favorite color. What color do you think your walkie talkie is? Your gift will be nicer than the big and bulky ones used during WWII. You and Jack will have fun with them.

I hope that your birthday will be fun and that you get a lot of gifts.

Happy Birthday,

July 2019

Owen,

Your grandfather talks all the time about you and Jack. He calls you, Peg Leg. He was kidding you about being a pirate when you grew up. Now, if you really want to be one, you decide. However, I have a better idea. Think about being a chemist.

When I was in high school, I took a test to determine a job best for me. The test was for girls my age. The results were that I would be best suited to be a housewife. I told the school that I wanted to take the test given to the boys. When that came back, the test said that I would be good at being a dentist or scientist. I chose being a scientist.

Patsy Sherman

I wrote this quote some time ago, “You can encourage and teach young people to observe, to ask questions when unexpected things happen. You can teach yourself not to ignore the unanticipated.”

When I was working in the lab at 3M, someone spilled something on my shoes. We tried for hours to remove it and couldn’t. Then I got the idea of using something like that as a water repellent, and I created it. 3M named my discovery, Scotchgard.

I am giving you a beginner’s chemistry set for your birthday. Be careful, but always think and wonder.

Best wishes,

July 2019

Owen,

I was walking around Crown Point the other day and ran into your papa. He kept talking about you and your brother. He also mentioned that your birthdays were at the beginning of the month.

Allow me to introduce myself. My scientific name is Diplodocus. You can call me Dippy. Paleontologists gave me my official name, which comes from Greek meaning double beam. The double beam refers to the plates that are under my tail. It acts as a support for my tail, which runs around 45 feet long. Also, my neck is 26 feet long. However, look how long I am. I am about 110 feet long.

Dippy

On your birthday, I am giving you some toy dinosaurs with which you can play. However, I want you to stand tall and look at everything before you decide something. With my long neck, I could see a great deal, which helps me to decide what needs to be done.

Well, Happy Birthday Owen and many more. Hey, I have had 145 million birthdays. That’s a little less than the number of papa’s birthdays.

Take care,