Down the Lane

About the Book

Indian legend tells of the Ogopogo and how it inhabits the lakes of the great north-west, particularly Okanagan Lake in British Columbia. They do not bear their young to a live birth but reproduce their species in a mysterious egg laying fashion. This mystical creature grows with great speed inasmuch as it is to be a huge servant of creation and given the task of keeping the seas clean and balanced. Scottish legend tells of the little people who have lived in the British Isles since time began. These little people assist the Great Creator in a magical way long taught in Scottish legend. These little people are said to be “Mugwumps”. Small active children who get into much mischief are said to be “Mugwumps”. The magic that ensues when Mugwumps and Ogopogos get together will form as you read “Down The Lane”.

About the Author

Ms. June E. Clark was born June Elizabeth Spitler in Tecumseh, Michigan on January 31, 1922. The family took residence in Butler, Pennsylvania in 1930 when her father took a job there at the onset of the Great Depression. She graduated from Butler High School in May of 1939. June married James Bruce Clark on June 28, 1940 in Tecumseh, Michigan. With the entry of the United States into the 2nd World War, her husband enlisted in the United States Army Air Corp. After twenty-three years of military service and traveling to various bases around the world, the family of eight children last stationed at Carswell Air Force Base in Ft. Worth, Texas, before Lt. Colonel James B. Clark's retirement in 1965. June became widowed on December 14, 1979 when Colonel Clark was fatally wounded in a terrorist attack during his duty as a government contract engineer in Istanbul, Turkey. Being a mother of a large family, she is now the grandmother of 9 and the great grandmother of 5. She graduated from Texas Christian University in May of 1981 as an All Level Art Education Teacher. June now resides in Benbrook, Texas.