Potpourri from Dallas letter includes memories and Hadj notes
The writer recalls family moments with Olga Hugos and Gladys Stephenson, shares schoolyard anecdotes, and reflects on Corinne Naslund Hunt. It includes World War II era dam plans, Danish immigrants, weather in Saudi Arabia, and a Mecca Hadj passage with Nigerians and Hadj pilgrims. ends with admiration for Muslim faith and hardships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga Hugos
Dallas
Texas
Gladys
Dan Stephenson
Saudi Arabia
Jericho
Judah
Mecca
Hadj
Nigeria
Elderly friends and dinner guests color a family chronicle
A nostalgic column details Sunday dinners and visits with elderly neighbors in Republican Valley. It recalls Foster and Anna Swanson households, calendar pictures in an outhouse, and gifts from kin. The writer notes cultural divides, cross generational bonds, and small domestic joys. The piece ends with fond wishes from the Vandahls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Valley
Foster
Grandma
Kansas City
A. P. Swanson
Lindy
Anna
Swansons
Obituary of Alfred Florell and local notices
Alfred Conrad Florell 85 died March 13 1971 at Republic County Hospital after born near Rackley Kansas March 3 1886. He married Belle Woods January 6 1909 in Mankato. Survived by wife Frances Palacek Loren Marvin and others. service held March 16 1971 Amana Lutheran Church Scandia. Burial Courtland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Conrad Florell
John P
Emma Florell
Rackley
Kansas
Republic County Hospital
M. P. Oden
Ada
Frances
Ethel Mae
Loren
Marvin
J. P. Florell
Fritz
W. H. Florell
Gust
Leonard
Nels
Emma Octavia
Belle Florell
Frances Palacek
F. J. Palacek
Holland
Michigan
Miaxine
Scandia
Martha
North Platte
Nebraska
Avada Carlson
Aaron
Hildur Nolan
Floyd
Courtland
Evera Johanson
Karl
Galena
Illinois
Carl Florell
Myrtle
Formosa
Ben Florell
Jamestown
Barbara Ann Palecek
Seattle
Washington
Janice McCaulley
Ellsworth
Linda Shelly
Canyon
Texas
Victoria Nylund
Hays
Pamala Florell
Florell
Amana Lutheran Church
Melvin Peterson
Wallace Aspegren
Jesus
Glenn A. Larson
Guy Fraser
Max Muth
Max Berry
Arnold Perry
Russell Lervold
John J. Nylund
Courtland Cemetery
Faulkner
Dart Funeral Home
Local Church Notices Invite Easter Week Services
Scandia United Methodist Church and Norway area churches list Sunday services Sunday School times and pastors. Amana Lutheran Melvin Peterson notes religious observances including Palm Sunday Easter Sunday messages and invitations to contemplation of Christ's meaning for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gerond Claes
M. Larson
Ruby M. Larson
Art E. Larson
National Advertising Representative
Kansas Press Service, Inc
Topeka
Kan
Jim
Corinne Naslund Hunt
Blue Valley
Washington D. C
Viandahl
Denmark
Maradahl
Corinne Nasl and
Hunt
Don Larsons
George Larson
Larry
Lowell Chellberg
Roy Tedrow
Larry Fogelberg
Gordon Kenyon
Don Thomas
Rita
Russell Hall
Harold Johnson
Gary Clark
Whitehall
Wis
Amy Grace
Amy
Grace Robison
Frankfurt
Germany
Leonard Clark
Garden City
U. S
England
Okinawa
Red Sea
Saud University
David E. Vandahls
Donald Runit
Smurthwaite House
Kansas State
Donna
Field House
Glenn Loring
Gary
Anna Holiman
Richard Loring
Mrs
Harold Anderson
Homer Cardwell
Hell
Carl Hammer
Don Cox
Deanne and
Dana
ElRene Sederlin
Joyce Hammer
Ellen Thompson
Minor
Milton Stensass’ Home
Everett Johnson
Bryan and
Shari
Reuben Johnson
Salina
Alice Hammer
Walter Boyles
Dean Sothers
Mildred Anderson
Judith Anderson
J. L. Bennett
Colony House
Hkansas
Velda Sothers
Nordman
GUN & Fixit
S. Scandia
A. C. Florell
Conrad Florell
Marvin R. Florell
Pamela Florell
Walter Shelley
Peter
Timothy
Milessia
J. Palecek
Roger McCaulley
Russell
Shirlene
James Nylund
Stephanie
John Florell
Manhattan
Fairbury
W. W. Anderson
Republic
Journal Offce
Lyle Miller
United Methodist
Norway
OUR Savior’s Lutheran
Norway, Kansas
John Jones
Amana Lutheran
Melvin T. Peterson
BN India
Ferry GR
George Cayley
Amys Ssr Traneportation Union
The
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation
Federal
Belleville Building & Loan Association
ORTHO
Chevron and Design
BUX
Reg
U.S. Pat
Grain and Feed CO
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