January 11, 1932

Albert was in Helena with Martin Pole[1. I did a little searching at Ancestry.com to see if I could learn anything about Martin Pole – but nothing much came up. Martin has been mentioned several times in Mary’s journal several times so I did some additional searching, thinking maybe the last name was misspelled. I finally came across a record for a man named “Martin Pohl” in the 1930 U.S. Census. According to that record, Martin was born about 1903 in Germany. His occupation was listed as “locksmith miner” and he was single and living as a “roomer” with Charles Lehmann in Helena. By 1940, he was living in Marysville and married to “Helen Pohl” and her daughter “Ruth E. Hickman”. Interestingly, Helen is listed as “head of household”.]. Next morning he had a fierce swollen face from abscessed teeth.

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