My dad, Phil Mongeau, is front row, far left. He was about a year out of high school and came to Lansing when FDR and democrats swept Michigan in 1936. These were the days before civil service and the "spoils" system allocated many state jobs. My dad and brother Izzy benefited from older brother Lloyd's party work and were sent to Lansing. My dad started as a mail clerk for the Highway department. The intramural competition between state departments was fierce back then. A championship, such as the one the boys in the picture are celebrating, was worth major bragging rights around the capitol. My dad was a player, though lore has it that brother Izzy had a little more game. We have a Muskegon Chronicle story that has my dad scoring 19 of Muskegon St.Mary's 21 points in a 21-13 victory over Ravenna.