Dorcil was born at Zenda. His parents were Charles and Mima Rickard. In
     1925 the family moved to Medicine Lodge. He entered the eighth grade in
     the old grade school building and graduated from high school in 1931.
       Dorcil started teaching in 1932 at a rural school, South 80, near Hardtner.
     He also taught at Granview north of Medicine Lodge and seventh and eighth 
     grades at Isabel Consolidated Schools.
       Both Dorcil and I earned our college degrees during many summers at Ft.
     Hays State, Wichita University, Colorado State at Greeley, Oregon State
     University at Cornwallis, University of California at Los Angeles, and
     Highlands University at Las Vegas, New Mexico. We both received our Bachelor's
     and Master's Degrees from Highlands Univesity.
       I was born at Nashville, Kansas. My parents were Thomas and Maggie Manson.
     After leaving their farm near Nashville, the Mansons lived in Wichita for
     three years, before moving to Medicine Lodge in 1923. I entered school in
     Medicine Lodge as a sixth grader and graduated from high school in 1931.
       I started teaching in 1932 at Pleasant Valley rural school north of Medicine
     Lodge. I also taught Crooked Creek west of Isabel and White Plains east of
     Isabel in Pratt County.
       Dorcil and I were married in 1933 at Medicine Lodge. After teaching, as
     mentioned above, we moved to Wyoming in 1941 to work for Singer Sewing
     Machine Company in Rock Springs and Rawlins.
       In 1943 Dorcil went into the ARmy, and I returned to Nashville to teach
     again. Dorcil went to Fitzsimmons General Hospital for training as an X-Ray
     technician and was sent to England with the 98th General Hospital for duty.
     He was dischared in 1945 and returned to Nashville and once again became
     a school teacher.
       In 1951 Dorcil and I went to Las Vegas, New Mexico, to finish our degrees
     at Highlands University. In 1952 we joined the staff of Los Alamos, New
     Mexico, schools, Dorcil spent 23 years there as a teacher, elementary
     principal, and secondary principal. My twenty-one years there were spent
     teaching primary for seven years and fourteen years as a junior high school
     counselor.
       I retired in 1973, after thrity-seven years of teaching. Dorcil retired
     in 1975, after thirty-eight years in educational work.
       During the teaching years in Los Alamos, Dorcil was active in Lions Club,
     and we were memers of the Episcopal Church. Our closest friends adopted
     three Indian children, and we are godparents for the one named Kate.
       Since retirement, we live in Los Alamos about six months, enjoying the
     cool summers of the high mountains. The other six months we live in our
     home at San Carlos, Mexico, north of Guaymas, enjoying the warm winter
     weather. Here we enjoy a sweet little Medican lady, named Magdalena who,
     for several years, has come to clean house for us, an Juan stops by often
     with his pickup load of fresh fruits and vegetables. Dorcil has a boat 
     and fishes a lot.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 382 
     Submitted by: Darlene Rickard