SERVING THE DEAF

BRUCE HOGAN WAS THE PROCESS SERVER FOR YOUR GRANDFATHER, HOWARD
PHILIPPART, WHO REPRESENTED ALL THE DEAF MUTES IN THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN. BRUCE SERVED A NUMBER OF DEAF MUTES AND HE WOULD
CARRY A PAD AND PAPER WITH HIM TO COMMUNICATE TO THEM WITH
NOTES. ONE DAY, HE WENT TO THE DOOR OF A DEAF CLIENT, RANG THE
BELL, ACTIVATED A LIGHT INSIDE THE HOUSE AND WAITED. EVENTUALLY,
THE DOOR WAS ANSWERED BY A WOMAN WITH A PAD AND PAPER. THE
CONVERSATION WENT LIKE THIS:
IS MR. JONES AT HOME?
NO, HE IS NOT.
WILL MR. JONES BE HOME TONIGHT?
NO, HE WON'T.
DOES MR. JONES EVER COME HOME?
I DON'T KNOW IF HE DOES OR NOT.
WHEN HE COMES IN PLEASE WRITE ME.
MAYBE I WILL, MAYBE I WON'T.
PUTTING HIS PAD AWAY MR. HOGAN FRUSTRATEDLY TURNED AND ABSENT
MINDEDLY SAID GOOD BYE. SHE ANSWERED WITH A VERBAL GOODBYE
AND A GUFFAW AS SHE CLOSED THE DOOR.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 00-00-1940