South Side News for May 20

By MYRNA FAUSKA

Entering the last half of May, we find the neighbors getting out and about a bit more, including yours truly. As I write this on Monday morning, I have just returned from some early appointments and am getting your weekly news from our little corner of the county written for your perusal.

This past Wednesday, eight of the Hill Country Belles Red Hats gals met for a coffee klatch Wednesday afternoon at the home of Frieda Jacobson; it was the first time any of us has gotten together since February last year. On Friday afternoon, neighbor Roland Koenig finished planting soybeans in our fields and brought me some wild asparagus for my supper. Yum! That evening I was in Kendall at St. John’s Church for the public library-sponsored movie “The Reading Room.” On Saturday evening, former neighbor Christine Schumann Blum called from Olivia, Minn., and we had a good long visit, getting caught up on each other’s lives. On Sunday I picked up a drive-by chicken dinner at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Kendall.

Arlene Garvens joined 10 more of her FTY Jun Quilt Guild members for a meeting Saturday morning at the Elroy Museum as they made plans for events this summer.

On Saturday, Guy Parkhurst of Janesville lunched with family at the Parkhurst farm before returning home later in the day. Randy Parkhurst called the home folks Sunday morning and had a good chat. His sister Debbie left for her home in Lexington, Ky., after a week and half at the home place.

On Tuesday, Layla Marty participated with the Royall sixth grade girls at a middle school track meet in Elroy. Great-uncle Allan Vlasak, great-aunt Lynette Vlasak and Sally Dana helped to cheer the home team on.

As usual, we can always count on the gals on the west end of the neighborhood for news. On Monday, Lynette Vlasak and Sally Dana were at the Kendall Legion Hall, where they attended state Rep. Tony Kurtz’s listening hour. On Wednesday the gals were on South Ridge to wish Darlene Martalock a happy birthday. The Kendall All-School Reunion Committee met at the Pony Express Supper Club on Friday afternoon to make tentative plans for the summer and fall. In the evening, Lynette and Sally hosted the movie night at St. John’s Church.

Allan Vlasak got another year older on Saturday, and he and Heather, along with sister Lynette and Sally, celebrated with supper at sister Arlys and spouse Lowell Zellmer’s in Johnnycake Hollow. On Sunday the gals were up on the hill at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, where they picked up their chicken dinner plus eight others to distribute among friends.

As I write this, it is only two weeks until Memorial Day, when we remember our veterans who sacrificed so much of their lives to protect those of us at home from our enemies. God has planted us in this blessed land where we have the freedoms that they served in order to guarantee our continued safety in times of calm and crises. We pray His blessings on all the men and women who are continuing to save us from enemies both at home and abroad.

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