Papaw didn’t exactly model his life after his father’s. He played baseball and football in high school, but not in college. Because of his academic fervor, Papaw attended the University of Texas at Austin, earning an undergraduate degree in accounting and eventually a master’s degree in business and administration (MBA). He still takes pride in being a member of the inaugural class of the Business Honors Program at the University of Texas and has served on its advisory council for several years. Papaw married his high-school sweetheart, Faye Heitkamp after attaining his undergrad.
The last name Heitkamp traces back to Germany, where my ancestors lived. The Germans, unlike the Acadians, were not forced out of their homeland, but they simply…show more content… The song goes on to say how Indianola was ravaged by a hurricane, leaving nothing, and erasing the city’s existence. In the post-WWII years, the hill-country land became extremely valuable and attractive to urban professionals seeking places for recreational purposes. Robison says, “Well I work for the doctor that bought our old ranch, from first quality federal the foreclosures branch, and he calls me hillbilly and he laughs at my hair, but the cancer will get him if anything’s fair.” While this mockery and belittlement didn’t literally happen to every German-Texan occupying land in the hill country, Robison’s lyrics symbolize how the German-Texans soon had their land taken away from them in the blink of an eye, mostly because of poor financial situations.
Coincidentally, the Heitkamps and Kaderlis had lifestyles similar to theirs in Germany. They lived in rural areas, mended their farms, and lived hard-working agrarian lifestyles. Like most German-Texans in the mid-nineteenth century, the Heitkamps and Kaderlis were very frugal and content with their simple way of life. The families became deeply rooted to their Central-Texas homes, and even Kaderli descendants still live in New Braunfels. No one from either family received a higher education until my grandmother, Faye Heitkamp, went to college and moved away from where she grew
