Hi all -
Guess it's about time for another "Mom's Story" installment. Hope everyone had a happy Father's Day with their dads or kids or whatever. After church we went out for Chinese (doesn't that sound cosmopolitan - "out for Chinese"?) and then came home and Bill indulged one of his fantasies - playing with fire and not getting burned. We had 7 or 8 big brush piles down in the pasture by the barn, and have been trying to get them burned for a few weeks now. So, yesterday was the day. We have piles of ash now, but no brush - so things are looking better.
Enjoy this new installment.
We finally got a TV in 1951. On Nov. 23, 1963, President Kennedy was riding in a motorcade down thru Dallas, TX and was shot. We saw all that on TV and watched the horse-drawn carriage take him to the cemetery in Arlington, VA. Mrs. Lake and Mom Howard were visiting us that day on the farm, and they were very sad.
On Labor Day weekend in 1962, all my brothers and sisters and Dad and Ma Adler surprised us for our 25th. Anniversary. They came with campers, and parked in the yard, slept on the floors and couches in the house, and it was a lot of fun. Les wasn’t too happy about it because he still had to get up in the morning and do chores, and everyone stayed up late at night playing Sheephead and making music and dancing. We moved the dining room table out of the way, and danced in the dining room on the hardwood floor. It was a really good time. (This picture is the family sitting out under the trees in the yard next to the house).
When I was 40 years old, I had my veins stripped at St. Joseph’s Hospital in West Bend. Dr. Edwards from Kewaskum did the surgery.
In 1989, I had gall bladder surgery at St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac on Election Day, Nov. 6th. Dr. VanBeek and Dr..Ebbon did the surgery.
In 1990, I had my right hip replaced. It was on March 27th. at Theda Clark. Dr. Kennedy, a bone specialist in Appleton, WI did the surgery. Joan came home from Arkansas for two weeks to be with Dad. Then Delores came and stayed a couple weeks until I could walk and Les was the therapist.
We watched Prince Charles and Princess Diana get married on July 29, 1981. It was a gorgeous wedding. We also watched the men go to the moon, which was very exciting to see. A few years later, the space shuttle Challenger went up and we saw it blow up in the air. Eight crew members lost their lives. One was a teacher, and all her students were watching as well. It was a very sad day for the country.
Ed Geen from Pittsville, WI got caught for murdering several people and was put in jail for life. Jeffrey Dalmer did the same thing and died in jail.
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Well, we'll close for this week.
JB
On Labor Day weekend in 1962, all my brothers and sisters and Dad and Ma Adler surprised us for our 25th. Anniversary. They came with campers, and parked in the yard, slept on the floors and couches in the house, and it was a lot of fun.
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