Bean Sandwiches

We make bean sandwiches....they are one of Al's favorites. Only, I toast the bread first, and broil some of the bacon. After I put it together, broil it again until bacon is done and then turn broiler off and bake for about 10 minutes (or however much time I have). Just told Judy that I thought the "Bean Sandwich" came from Aunt Milly when Buzz got hurt. She was taking care of us and fixed those for us.....Introduced them to one of our friends and they add pepperoni to the sandwich to jazz it up.

Heading to the Hollydazzle parade in Minneapolis today. Going with some women on a charter bus. Thank goodness it is not below zero!!!

Holiday plans??????? or should we read them on facebook......

Jan

Grandma Halverson's little black book

Grandma Halverson had this small black book, smaller than a 3 x 5 index card. It is filled with a variety of items that she felt important including recipes, a couple of saying, chicken feed scratch, birthdays, anniversaries and addresses.

" A drinking driver never thinks. A thinking driver never drinks."

Jr. Graduate card: Here is what you have all ready done. And here's what you will do. On coming days as you work and plan to make your dreams come true. Congratulations. The world has need of a Graduate like you.

The Bean Sandwich Recipe:

Cover a slice of bread with butter. Cover with backed (baked) beans and on top put on grated cheese and bacon and back (bake) in oven about 350 and back (bake) till cheese is melted and bacon crisp.

Mom always added slices of sweet pickle and broiled the sandwich. When I started thinking about it, I realized that the cook stove that Grandma used probably didn't have a broiler. SO, I am concluding that Grandma Halverson either made the bean sandwich or just copied it in her little black book. I make one for myself every once in awhile. I know Joan and Den usually make them. Does anyone else carry on the tradition of the "Bean Sandwich".

Grandma's spelling wasn't the best. Backed for bake, Jone for Joan, Witch for which, etc. I sometimes wonder how much schooling she was able to have in her youth.

Witch 4 presedents were not citiciens of the United States: George Washington, Tomas Jeffersen, John Adams, James Monrow.

Fern's liscins on her Dodge 399-244 Minnesota

Recipe for Scratch feed for Little Chickens

20 lb. fineley cracked corn

20 lb. finely cracked wheat

10 lb. steel cut oats

Augie Homecoming

Judy

It was Augie's Homecoming last weekend. A friend was singing in the Alumni Chior at a service on campus Sunday AM so Karen and I attended. It was neat so I think it will be a regular event in our future. As we left we run into a friend from the class of 61 who was celebrating their 50 year reunion. As we visited she said that there was her room mate that we would remember. It was Sandy Haugan (I don't know here married name) I told her that Karen and I had stayed with her brother and sister in law and when we were shown the room, her wedding picture was in the room. She asked your name and when I told her she said that she knew you well and that you were such great friends of her brother and sister in law. She also said you had taught her how to make soup at a quilting event. She wanted to know how you were and to say hello. On another note as I looked at the Football program I see a Chris Bollen from Eugene, Ore is a Freshman on the team.

Hope all is well.

Orrin

Anniversary

We had a great anniversary 50 years. Never thought we'd live this long or make it to 50.
On the 10th we played dominos with friends. The 12th we had cake at church between services. Then on the 17-18 all the kids and grandkids were here. We took pictures, talked and ate. One Sunday am we went to church and then gathered at the Resort for the Sunday brunch and together time. Steven and Amanda had to leave Sunday afternoon. Steven had passed his A & P license and is working for a company that travels all over. They are expecting a baby girl in Nov.
About dinner time on Sat Judy and family (Jana, Jayne, Pat, Thomas and Catherine) arrived. It was good just being together and seeing all. After brunch on Sunday; swimming for the little ones and a nap for some we drove to Tims in Bayview to see his 385 ft tram. Thomas rode it 4 times.
Monday am Curtiss left and after breakfast with Judy and family; they headed west and we came home to rest. GREAT WEEKEND.
I'm working on some pictures. Love JOAN

50 years.....

Happy Anniversay Joan and Den.....whopping 50 years.........

Enjoy your family and get a family picture......to post

Karen, Robert and I went to Luverne to see that the graves were in order. Luverne Flowers does a great job. We also had cleaned up the grave of our Great Great Grandfather's grave a couple of weeks ago. Took some time to find it as it is in the old cemetary just West of the Catholic Cemetary. Also couldn't find the Halvorson name, but discovered is was Halvor Rasmusson and our Great Grandfather evidently was the oldest son and become Rasmus Halvorson. According to the Rock County history book he homesteaded on what was Leonard Halvorson's Farm (where Myron lived) and I believe is still owned by Darlene Pfiefer. Karen and I are signed up for Saturday of the Hardwick reunion. Also the Anderson Wedding. When are people showing up and how many are staying at the Hotel. Also Judy are you flying into Sioux Falls, or going back with us and flying from Sioux Falls? Madison is only about 45 minutes North of Sioux Falls as you mentioned seeing your friend who has moved to thr frontier (SD) Also Joan, what are the details of your wedding in Madison next weekend?

Must now be Summer

Hi All

Thanks to you that replied to my question on the Hardwick School Reunion. Rosie and I plan to attend on Sat.

Been on the road this last month. Moved 10 truck sense 1 April. Not sure when the next truck will be or where to.

It must be summer as I made a Strawberry Rhubarb Coffee Cake yesterday. Family next door had there last one graduate from high school yesterday. Took some to them to go with there coffee. To much cake for Rosie and I. Sure is good.

Everyone have a great weekend. I want to smoke some Ribs , also make some potato salad and bake bean on Sun.

Bob (TBS)

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

To anyone who has ever had a mother, I wish you a Happy Mother's Day.

Janna called me at nine this a.m. and said I should be sure that I had some going out for coffee clothes on by ten. At nine, she was just passing thru Salem and surprised me. She didn't get her card mailed in time, so brought it down. I was thrilled. We got SEATTLE'S BEST coffee at Border's and then went to T J Max to pick up some bath towels and other household things. She gets the keys to her apartment this coming Friday at three. Jayne is coming down from Tacoma to help and I will go up on Saturday with a car load of stuff I had found here in Eugene. She is doing well. She and Rivers have had one mediation meeting and are awaiting some numbers for the house and pension before they can go any farther. He doesn't want this to happen, but they do sit down and talk and still say thank you and such to each other. In other words, they aren't heaving rocks and sticks at each other for which I am thankful.

JoAnn and I are going out to eat later today. She has done a lot of child sitting with her two local grandsons the past week and also making the family dinners...so she doesn't mind not seeing the group today.

Life is all right. Keeping busy with amusements and meetings. Not much else to report.

Hope everyone else is doing well.

Love to all,

Judy O negatuve

WHAT IS EVERYONE UP TO?

Good Morning Everyone,

I am writing on my new laptop. Every once in awhile I hit something by mistake and my message will disappear. It is so much faster and senitive that the previous computer...I am keeping it to play games on which I can waste alot of time doing. When Jayne and Patrick were here for my birthday, Pat searched out this laptop and then installed the appropriate stuff so I can take it anywhere in the house to use it.

Not much happening here. Schedules for next year symphony, chamber group, and Bach Festival are all coming out. I have ordered the Bach tickets and have managed to control myself and just order ten tickets. Haven't decided when to plan a Minnesota trip yet?

I was out last evening with two friends. One grew up in Aiken, MN and the other outside of Brookings. We got together to have a drink and eat nibbles and mourn a one year anniversary since our friend, Marj, moved back to Madison, SD. In listening to their growing up stories, I realized that I had a rather smooth and ideal childhood. Our Father didn't get drunk, burn down the house in a fit of rage, make us work unrealistic hours for a child or verbally abuse us as their fathers did. Kathy stated that she realized when seeing her father in his coffin that it was the first time in her life that she wasn't afraid of him...how very sad. Geri spent a year living in a newly built chicken house after the house burned down.

Joan says Dennis is very happy that Arizona won their game last evening. I am sure there was a significant amount of noise in "The Resort" last evening.

Thomas and Katherine gave me a teddy bear from "Build a Bear Store" with their voices recorded birthday wishes inside their bear. I hope no one sees me carry a teddy bear. I am getting old, but as yet not that second childhoodish.

Take care all and my gratitude for all the blessings of the family in which I grew up.

Love, Judy 0-

Luverne Reunion

Don't think I wrote this to anyone. Charley Kadinger told me he remembers the day the Grandma Anderson got out on the metal roof of the Hardware store.......Isn't that crazy what one remembers from childhood. When I said my sister was at the reunion he said, Oh I recognized Joan. He was having a tough time as his wife died about 6 months ago and he had taken care of her for a number of year.....darn dementia or alziemer (can't find spell check on this) sorry!!!

Has 5 kids...lives in the tri cities in Washington State.

Every year Joan and I say we are not going to the reunion and we always seem to have a good time.

#3 and A+

SNOW

It has been snowing here and it is very pretty; however, there is one problem, I do not like snow and all the issues here in Eugene that come with it. Travel, icy walks and roads, canceled meetings, etc. Right now the snow has stopped and I am seeing "a patch of blue sky as big as a pair of overalls." I am hoping that Mom's saying of years ago works in the northwest.

Grace Lemon was not related to Mom. Sometime during her high school years, she worked for Grandpa and Grandma Halverson. She worked for room and board. I remember watching her do her shorthand homework if I stayed at the farm. Hard worker, neat and very clean. She was a Dubbe and did have older and younger siblings. I think one of her older siblings was married to a relative of Mamie and John Hagadorn. I know she had family in the Mpls. area. Her family had lived in the back part of the hardware store...I gather they were not super neat as the place was fumigated for bed bugs before the folks moved the business and family in there. The fumigation incident is why I have always associated dirty and bed bugs with each other. Mom was very careful the first year we lived there in watching for bugs. I do not know where she met Don Lemon but as Orrin said she stayed with G and G when Don was sent overseas. He was gone for at least 2 years or more. Terry was born after Don was deployed. Terry was a very tiny baby (4 pounds) but loved G and G. He used to say he "had sada milk (sour milk) and ginger snaps with Grandpa". After Don's discharged they moved to Topeka, Kansas where Don came from originally. They had at least two other children, Judy and Carol. Carol Schaal used to keep in touch with Grace...I had heard she died from Alzheimer's disease. When Grandpa H. died, I think Grace was listed as a foster or adopted daughter. I know she was well loved and that was returned to them.

Yesterday would have been Dad's 111 birthday. Can't even imagine him like that.

If there is a reunion, I need a date and place. Also Joan and Den will be celebrating 50 yrs of marriage this coming June.

Thomas was having tubes put in his ears this a.m., but haven't heard if the snow delayed the process.

Love and Hugs,

Judy O negative

Ck my comments on Bob's question on the Lemon Family. Correct any comments I made as to how the relationship existed with the Andersons. Also Joan, I always wondered what happened to Charlie Kadinger. I think he had a brother in Judy's class. He joined the Navy right before graduation and I remember his being awarded his diploma at graduation and his dad sending Charlie up to get the diploma. It was the farm immediately East of the grade school. If Erickson's lived there at one time it would have been before Kadigers lived there. The Doppenberg brothers lived there after the Kadigers moved then Jake Burness. His daughter was killed in a car accident the same time as Dad died.

Orrin

The New Year's Trip to California

Orrin, Karen & Erick in front of the Painted Ladies in San Francisco







Orrin & Karen on a Cold Day at the Golden Gate Bridge!

Winter Reunion

Jan and I went to the reunion. There were only 45 there; however we enjoyed it. I only had a couple classmates and Jan had a couple; but at the end I saw this young man who had Orrins class on his name tag so I asked him if he knew Orrin; but he was from Marshall and had married a Luverne girl. Then Marily Lammerts brother Duane was there and as we were talking to him we discovered a resident living here @ The Resort. His name was WEsley and Nancy Greve. Retired policeman now living in Hutchingson. Duane Lammerts wife was a Holder or something like that. Judy the only classmate you had was the fellow from Kenneth. If you deceide to visit Az the third Wed in Feb is good, You always find someone from your past. Oh I forgot; Charles Catenger. They lived on the farm by the grade school. He told Jan he quit school when he was a soph and join the navy. He said he got more from the navy than he game them. By the way didn't Cleo Erickson live on that farm at one time.
We had a winter storm this past weekend. Lots of wind and blowing sand then came the rain and it was cold. Tim took us out for his birthday. Can't believe these kids are getting as old as they are. Happy Winter.

Lemons

Hi All

During the summer a family from KS would stop for a visit. I think the name was Lemon made up of Mom, dad, son, and daughter. Questions:

How was mom related to them?

What ever happened to the family and do any of you still talk with them?

O Nice thought of a family reunion . Can help do some things but sure the sister have all the great Ideas.

Bob (TBS)

I think I am the one that has suggested an Anderson Reunion. It may work best if it is around Carie's wedding or the Hardwick Reunion. Bob, we have had the same amount of snow, but not the high winds. Judy, have you ever given the thought to as much as we hurt for our children when they face tough events in their lives, how did our parents handle six of us. I think we were very fortunate to grow up with our parents. I have always thought to accentuate the positive characteristics that they had. Enough on reflection.

Orrin

GOING TO SPOKANE

Dean Jackson, brother in law, in Spokane had a stroke about ten days ago. He died on Wednesday a.m. in his sleep. There is a memorial service on Saturday and I am making a quick trip to Spokane...going on Friday afternoon and coming back to Eugene on Sunday. I would stay longer, but some people in that part of the country are basking in sunny Arizona. I also have a busy week scheduled with a couple of medical appointments and committee meetings.

Olivia Walton, the daughter of Jennifer Jackson Walton, is going to the U of O and she and I will be on the same flights. We will be meeting her Dad in Portland and flying into Spokane together.
Dean has been very affected by dementia for the past 5 years and has been in a care center for at least 1 1/2 years. He was a great brother in law and loveable uncle. Janna when about 3 was sure Uncle Dean would buy her a pair of red shoes and a new tryke. In fact she named a little stuffed owl Uncle Dean.

I need to get ready as I am getting my hair cut in 1 hour. Wish you could send me a piece of funeral cake Bob.

Love, Judy O-

Cake

With the cold weather and not doing anything outside I made a funeral cake. I left off the powered sugar and it is still very good With the wind moving the last snowfall around and the cold there has been no school today or yesterday
Bob (TBS)

Reunion

I don't know anything about an Anderson reunion...sorry!!!

Jan A positive

Anderson Reunion

Just returned home from being with the Anderson boys in Hutch. Mike went over and spent time with Mindy. She has 10 more days over there. There has been references to a Anderson reunion this year. Where and when is this going to happen . Also who is the organizer? I have asked this question before but no one want to give an answer to the above question

Any info on the above questions would help in the planing of summer

Stuff and Such from Oregon

Orrin, I am impressed that you can remember anything from HS Biology. I am not sure that I can remember who the instructor was at the time I took the class. I do have in my wallet that I am O negative.

Understand from a couple of people that went to the Oregon-Auburn game that many Auburn fans, up to 15,000, came without tickets hoping to buy a couple. Someone was charging $4,000 per ticket. Saturday there was a "I love our Ducks" Parade. It had at least 49 entries and included anyone or thing from Eugene that had done well. The Duck team was entry 49. Two very long flatbed trucks filled with Duck football players. I didn't go as I had a meeting. The older I get I try to avoid large groups and traffic.

Katherine picked up a swear word somewhere. It is DAMP IT! Which actually sounds pretty acceptable as far as swear words go. On Sunday, Thomas got up and thought they should have a backwards day at their house. Clothes inside out and backwards, dinner for breakfast and breakfast for dinner. He is so very determined...well both have pretty strong sense of determination.

The sad news, but all right news, is that Janna and Rivers have separated. Right now she is staying with a teacher friend. She was on the phone Sunday crying because her moving out was very hard on him. Promise to change, etc. I say change first and then see what happens. He does not have a high sense of getting out and applying for jobs. Two years ago he got a ecology certification, but has done nothing to use it. Both are great people, but maybe this should have happened a couple of years ago. It all comes down to, I am too old for all this drama. I just want it on television.

I don't know about the Hdwk. reunion. Kari's wedding and the reunion aren't very close together...would like to do both, but not sure about summer plans...depends somewhat on the drama that will unfold over the next couple of months.

Judy

Blood Type

It has been over 50 years since Biology Class. As I remember types A and O are the most prevelent. It is the negatives that are a bit rare. In fact if I were a negative I would certainly carry the information on my person. As you have seen in the Luverne Alumni News. Who will be attending the Hardwick Reunion?

Orrin

Blood Type

OK.....I don't want to beat this blood type to death but how come I am the only one with A + blood type? Of course, don't know what Mom and Dad had for a blood type. I look to much like Joan to be switched in the nursery at the hospital.

#Jan

Joan Blood type

Just found out my blood type is O+. Weather here is getting great. We sure do keep busy. Jan and a couple friends painted our unit; I supervised. Dennis hasn't seen it until Sat eve as he has been out of town. Andy arrives today for a weeks visit.
Dennis and I celebrate 50 yrs this year. Can't believe we have been married or I am that old. Joan

Blood Type

Wow....Judy and Bob are O negative

Orrin is O positive

I am A positive

Check your out Joan and Buzz

Jan #3

Blood Type

Rosie dug out my dog tags and they say that I'm O Neg

Blood Type

I am O Positive. I believe O Positive is the universal donor. I used to get regular calls from the Blood Bank, but suddenly they dicided that my allergy meds were too much so they don't want it anymore. Is anyone other than Judy negative?

Orrin

Blood Type

password

Hi, I have been trying to comment on Jan's question, but the comment sign in will not accept my password. I am an O negative. When I was born I am not sure that the medical world was aware that if your blood type was O negative your mother's body could build up antibodies that might make future pregnancies difficult. I guess that Mom did not have difficulties with that issue as the next five of you were born. I do know that she had a misscarriage sometime after Buzz was born. It will be interesting to hear what the rest of you are typed. I think Dad was AB, not sure about Mom. Judy

Blood Type

Ok..sisters and brothers......What are your blood types? Mine is A positive