This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lRC.2ACE/3483 Message Board Post: WALSH HERITAGE, ND - VOL 4 - 1881-1981 PAGE 1334 FRANCES VEJTASA was born of pioneer parents in Walsh County, ND near Fairdale on 15 Mar 1895. His father, Frank Vejtasa and his mother: Frances Svoboda were born in Austria, in the area of Moravia, presently centered in Czechoslovakia. Both parents spoke three languages: Czeck, German and English. Frances Vejtasa received her elementary education in the one-room country school of Silvesta Township, Walsh County. After finishing a rounded course in business training at the Union Commerical College, Grand Forks, ND, she became self-supporting by way of secretarial employment. An early step up was a Civil Service position in the War Risk Insurance Bureau, later consolidated with the U.S. Veterans Bureau in Washington, DC. Her innate desire to advance in knowledge led her to seek positions in large cities where night schools provided opportunties. Among these were Research University, Washington, DC. After passage of time, Frances Vejtasa returned to her home state. At the University of North Dakota she graduated with a B.A. degree in 1928 and 1928-1929 studied for her M.A. degree. While doing graduate work she was employed in part-time teaching at the UND Model High School and in the University's Commercial Department. PHOTOGRAPH: Vejtasa sisters: Frances, Antonia Hendrickson, Mary Gronlie, Emelia Vejtasa ~~Volunteer Posting~~