The cub reporter has discovered a button on his digital camera that will deliver a moving picture. We are proud to announce the first homecoming movie to be presented on the class blog. Get your popcorn, then click on the forward icon on the player, above. Please ignore the Cub's sound effects, the "AHHHH" was not intended as a commentary.
Classmate Karl Tegland writes:
I was sorry to learn of the death of Alice Johnson, our school nurse.
Alice and her husband, Lloyd "Army" Johnson, lived just down the road from us and were two of the nicest people I've ever met. I never heard either of them say a negative word about anybody.
Alice always welcomed the neighborhood kids into their house and often gave us her homemade fudge -- the best in the world. Army Johnson owned a laundry (located across the alley from the back of the Corner Bar) and did all the gym towels for the school system. I still remember seeing his green Rambler parked in the alley behind Central Junior High in the late afternoon, when he was picking up towels.
I have nothing but fond childhoold memories of both of them.
Karl Tegland
Alice Johnson
Alice E. Johnson, 97, Alexandria, died Thursday, September 25, 2008, at her home. Alice was a school nurse in the Alexandria school system from 1938 to 1975.
Memorial services are scheduled for Monday, September 29 at 11 a.m. at First Lutheran Church in Alexandria.
Visitation will be Sunday, September 28 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Anderson Funeral Home.
Arrangements are with Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria.
Carolyn Hoffland writes:
Wow! Stan, you did it again,your "video" was fantastic, you really pulled at our "heart" strings! Our daughter, Melissa, is right, this is one of the best blog sites yet. We are so happy that alot of other "years" classmates write in. We keep more updated on this blog with Alexandria and alumni, than most. Keep up the good work, Stan. And, thanks to the "others" who played a part in this production as well.
Fondly, Carolyn Hoffland
PS: Melissa your Dad is an "angel"!
Kathy, Nancy and Barb Paciotti
Karl Tegland with Raucous --- before his "retirement."WOWZERS! You” 60 something’s” are really ROCKING this blog! I am Harland’s daughter, and I frequently visit your blog site to see what kind of scoop I can find on my father! You know he always told Sara and I that he was “a perfect angel”, but we know better than that! SO, any scoop we can get would be great! I have learned so much already, and I am afraid to say that his “angel” image has been shattered!
On a serious note…this is one of the best blog sites! I am the class of 1989 at JHS, and word has it that there may not even be a reunion, as there is no committee! So, keep rockin’ on Class of 65……..you have it made!
Melissa Hoffland Ullmann
For many of us, our first taste of live Rock and Roll occurred in the Alexandria Junior High Auditorium, when the Silvertones electrified a packed house one night in the late 50s. Boys like Bruce Phelps, Willie Penny, Al Esterberg, Rick Beresford and others performed this new music we’d heard only on the radio, but our very own Rock and Roller was K.B. Tegland.
Parents said Rock 'n Roll was just a fad. But we knew we’d never outgrow it. It was here to stay.
Decades later, K.B. was in a band, still playing his guitar, now in the State of Washington. This little video features riffs from Karl and the Eagle Creek Band at a live performance near Seattle.
Thanks to Karl for the music, and classmates for the photos. Hope you like the flick. And be sure to crank the volume.
The trailboss
Front row, Nancy Kemp, Lynn Dietz, Margaret Linser, Sara Smith with Fritz, Sandy Larson, Marilyn Olson; second row, Mary Jo Simenson, Patty Peterson, Betty Larson, Ruth Ryding, Carol Charter, Kathy Carlson. Published Wednesday, September 10, 2008
William Charles Seal, 59, Minneapolis, formerly of Alexandria, died suddenly on Tuesday, September 2, 2008.
He was a proud father of four, veteran of the Vietnam War – 101st Airborne Unit, accomplished writer, and religiously devoted.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Margaret; and his father, Glendon.
Survivors include his children, Elizabeth, Glendon (Amy) and William Jr.; former wife of 34 years, Carol; and his mother, Phyllis.
A memorial service was held Tuesday, September 9 at Cremation Society of Minnesota, 7110 France Avenue South, Edina; (952) 924-4100. Interment was at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Memorials are preferred to the family.
The trailboss' Shakopee neighbor and a guide netted a dozen muskellunge monsters yesterday and Thursday at a secret location in Alexandria. Derek, above, says the catch of muskies measured between 48 and 52 inches and weighed between 30 and 40 pounds. They were all carefully released. Stan, who carried one dozen 40-pound bags of system-saver salt to his basement water softener this afternoon, was impressed by Derek's fish photos and the size of the massive catch. Derek was impressed that Stan was able to immediately guess the name of the mystery Alexandria lake, and was quickly sworn to secrecy. It would now require at least a bottle of single malt scotch to learn the location. (No, they weren't caught off Obert's dock on Lake Darling.)
For his 61st birthday present, Tom Obert received a copy of "Digital Photography for Dummies." Today he submitted this perfectly-exposed, nicely-framed photograph, claiming it was taken somewhere near Lake Ida or Lake Miltona. He did not report the name, age or address of his subject, nor the results of an interview.
Note to Ruthie: Next year, "Journalism for Dummies." :)
The Class of '63 had a reunion last July. Here’s a picture of ’64 alumna, Vicki Steffen Melaas, and Roger Melaas '63. David Erickson, '63, is on the left with his wife, Linda.
