Manfield Reformatory's Resident Family

While standing on the porch of the Mansfield Reformatory before parting our ways, Ted told the group of us one last story. There is a pine tree that is up near the road on the other side of the pond. He showed us that the tree has missing branches all along the top few feet of it. The story goes that Ted and his brother, Art Jr., used to climb that tree when it was smaller and hang from the top branches. I took a look at the tree on the way out and smiled to myself as I pictured the two young Glattke children playing as young children do without a worry in the world, enjoying life as they would have it down on “the Farm”.

It was an incredible opportunity for me to not only communicate with Mr. Theodore Glattke over the past couple of years, but to be invited on an informal VIP tour of where the Glattke Family lived, worked and played, and to hear personal stories from Ted Glattke himself was phenomenal. I cannot thank Mr. Glattke enough for all of the time he has spent with me and I appreciate him more daily as I work together with him to tell his family story from my point of view.

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