(Note: I am using this donor note with permission from Ed McGreevey, DDS who lives in Keokuk IA. He included it with check mailed to John Cuvelier to help restore this Lawler treasure):
“Back in the early 1940s the McGreevey family stopped in Lawler at the fountain and had a drink of water while on their way to Fort Atkinson. My dad was to interview for the superintendent postion available in that community. While we were all getting a drink, Harry Kane (president of Lawler High school board) came along and began visiting with Dad. Harry suggested that after he interviewed in Fort, he should apply for a similar postion in Lawler. My father did that and the rest is history. We moved into the schoolhouse that fall just before classes began. I guess there was no other place available at the time. So that iconic two-sided fountain was kind of special to the McGreevey family! I’ve even been lucky enough to be taking a drink from one side of the fountain while a horse was taking a drink from the other side. Ha!”