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Did you know…
That in the 1920's the Ettrick Band
had 30 members and was under the
direction of Prof. A. Sorenson.
And on John Terpening's Orchestra...
I received this email from Lynn
Rall. According to my dad (Gibby
Rall), John Terpening's Orchestra
was called Terpening's Comedians.
Art Sorenson-clarinet, Clayton
Olson-piano, Norval Dale-trumpet,
Marvin Quinn-trombone, John
Terpening-drums. My dad played
with them when John couldn't be
there, one such occasion was John's
wedding dance at the old Ettrick City
Hall.
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On the photo above, taken in front of
the house next to the Galesville School, I
received the following email from Ruth
Lyon Buswell, Black River Falls, WI
which filled in one of the blanks in the top
row:
"Hi, Robyn! In the picture of the first
graders on the steps in your February
12th edition, the Ruthie in the back row
with the Red Riding Hood jacket is me-
Ruth Lyon Buswell. We lived up on the
farm until March of my first grade year so
I attended school in Galesville. The picture
brought back many fun memories of
those days! Must now send the Chat to
my brother, Charles, in New Mexico and
see if he recognizes anyone!
Keep up the good work! "
Starting at top left: Darvis Anderson,
Johnny Bleken, John Morphew, Ruthie ,
Glennis Berg, David Zimmer,
Next Row: Chris Taylor, Mario Alvarez,
Jim , Rolly Thompson, , Barbara Rhode,
Front Row (Standing): Jim (Spot ) Guertler,
Gary Grant, , Richard Peterson,
Bobby Sveen, , Jim Teska,
Kneeling: Gloria Byrne, Carolyn Davis,
Bonnie Johnson, Lois Gardner, Margaret
Guertler, Bette Wheeler,
Front Row:Gary Wesley, Denny Stoner,
Peggy Barenthin, Gloria Brandtner, Peggy
Poss
On the Ettrick Band, the first call I got
was from Russell Gilbertson.
"You know Kostner…. He was from Arcadia.
His brother used to own the Annex
Hotel in Arcadia in the 40's. The hotel
was right on the end of Main Street. The
building still stands, but it's not a Hotel."
"What ever happened to Norbert" I
asked. "Arnold was a band director for
one year either before or after he went to
Galesville. I'm not sure what happened to
him. But the guy with the Tuba, its Leslie
Larson. He used to be a neighbor of mine
in Tamarack. You see, after I read this, I
called my sister in Eau Claire. Germaine
Gilbertson, who worked at the hotel in
Arcadia. She remembered Jendrick, she
was in high school there. I asked her if she
knew if Leslie Larson played in the band
Did she remember what instrument he
played She did. It was a Tuba. I haven't
seen him for about ten years, he lives
Northwest of Buffalo, New York.
There isn't any of his close relations still
living around here. He lived on the farm
right next to Roy's Store, Holcomb Coulee.
"Then I received another phone call with
this information. "It should be Leslie Larson.
He was in school at Arcadia . Now
Norbert Kostner, his nickname was
"Korb". I talked to his nephew's wife.
Phyllis Kostner. She couldn't remember
what he did, but he was a World War I
Veteran and was certainly a member of
this band. I know he had two daughters.
Mr. Jendrick went to Arcadia after he left
Ettrick and was the band director there."
Vivienne Grant called on the front photo. That the sign on the front - are that
you listed as "Show Repairing" are you sure" My reply, "nope". "Well Russell
and I think it should be Danuser's Shoe Repairing. I notice that car, and I
remember having old touring cars like that. I used the library. 3139 was my
library number. I used that until they switched over to the new system. "
Then I received this phone call from Russ McKeeth….
"you went down the steps to Roy's Barber shop. When I was a kid I could cross my legs
behind my head, and Roy would give me a quarter and sometimes a free haircut. "
And this delightful conversation with Merna Adams. " There was an apartment an
upstairs on the North end. Ben & Bernice Swartling lived there, I was up there because
we went to teacher's convention together. Before school started the Rural teachers went
in the summer to get their materials and what they were supposed to teach. Some years,
the 5th & 6th had geography together, so you had two years to teach it. We had a lot of
classes to teach in one day. And we had penmanship, too. Bernice was telling about one
of her students, Garland Smith. They had been reading "Dick & Jane" in the morning
and about Spot, the dog. In the afternoon for a different study class they were reading
"Peter's Family" and in that story Spot had kittens . Garland immediately asked the
teacher how Spot, the dog, could have kittens. She always laughed when telling that
story. Anyway, we made hot lunch on a hot plate, like macaroni and cheese. We had a
fish pond at the Halloween program. We used that money to buy groceries like spaghetti
and sometimes people would bring something from home to add to it. When I talked at
White, we got commodities, but nothing for hot lunch...it was like apples, peanut butter,
and nutmeats. When I taught on South Prairie, I didn't own a car, I got a bike at the
Gamble Store in Winona and road that to school and back, it was cold but I had long
wool snow pants.
The library was downstairs on the south end. We used to have our Prom upstairs in the
old City Hall. Ben Swartling had a store on the North End, Diane wanted some of her
things for her wedding from there. Doc Cronk' lived upstairs in that other building
where the stairs go up on the outside. And of course, I went upstairs to use the bathroom.
When I went to High School, I first lived right there in Centerville. Later on in
High School I lived on what they call the Delaney Farm on Harris Road. My Grandma
& Grandpa lived there. I rode to High School with different people. My Senior year was
the first year we had a bus. I walked up to the corner where the old school was and
caught the bus, Ed Rall was the driver. Oh the other night, Rhonda and I went down
and came back and looked at the Chat and here was a picture of Gloria Brandtner, her
sister. She was going to send it to her."
I called her back to make sure I spelled her name correctly. "Oh here's another story.
I was named after Merna Church. Some relative was there from Nebraska to visit
shortly after she was born. He asked what her name was. Well, they hadn't named her
yet. He said, there's a little town in Nebraska called Merna. I really like that name.
And so they named her Merna Church."
Then Bill Crogan
sent in this photo,
confirming
Vivienne Grants
Statement on the
Shoe Repairing.
Bill said, "I remember
my dad
going in here for
Danuser Insurance."
I like this photo
because in the
distance on the
right you can see
the steeple on the
church.
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And on the thing in the box in the
photo..
I received many comments, everything
from "We're sure it's a snowman" to
"it’s a road sign, but it can be moved."
My favorite came in this photo from Bill
Crogan… On one side of the bottom
part it says "Go Slow" on the adjacent
side it says "Go Right". However,
The sign on top that goes across ….
Starts off with
this phrase…
"The Penalty
may be
Manslaughter"
I cannot
read the
bottom part.
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