Thomas R. Shrout as he was in the Great Depression

By Kayla Bowcutt

October 8, 2008 | 7:23 p.m. CDT

Thomas R. Shrout is pictured here in a high school yearbook photograph. Shrout’s childhood was affected by the Great Depression from elementary school through college.

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