A Monday morning visitor is always rare even at the Village. Ione’s visitor on Monday was a school chum who has remained a friend. Audrey Wildung came with the latest gossip, the newest jokes, the greatest laughter and bags of homemade treats. It’s been the practice of out-of-towners to make a stop at Audrey’s when in Luverne for she keeps everyone informed on the latest happenings in their lives. I used to hear an old saying "company on Monday, company all week long." This didn’t prove to be true, however.Villagers were shocked and saddened by the sudden death of Duane Nelson. Our deepest sympathy to his family. Flowers given in his memory were shared with us.A sight new to the Villagers, with the arrival of Vic and Fran, appeared one morning. Pulling up to the front door was one of those green wagons. Jim Sandager had unloaded his cargo so he stopped to see his parents before heading for home. Jim is currently busy running for the office of councilman at large in his hometown, Des Moines, Iowa. The Overgaard boys have gotten their field harvested. This year a little boy waved at us as the circle of the picker was made.We celebrated Ruby’s birthday. She treated cake and ice cream and on the exact date she spent the day with her daughter in Fairmont. We also observed National Pastoral Week and National Pharmacy Week by letting Pastor Berg and Lewis Drug know how much they are appreciated. What would we do without them.The Villagers have been assisting Erma on occasion by cutting news items from old issues of the Crescent. They will be compiled into scrapbooks for the museum. As I was looking over a 1969 issue I noticed how want ads have changed. My latest Crescent had four ads. One for a car, complete tree removal business, a Rock County Social Worker and a garage sale. The papers we’re cutting having long lists of classified ads. A garage, TV’s for sale or repair, Shaklee products, lumber, wood, cosmetics are available, combining service, found items, cesspool cleaning, livestock consignment, colored phones, paint, soft water for sale, apples, wanting piano students, coronet for sale, house rental, sewing machine repair, custom swathing, strayed dog, fruit jars for sale. I checked and every issue I read had lots of want ads. I found this interesting. The papers have been given to the museum by the late Fred Paulsen.Five pretty young H-BC students came to help us play bingo. They were peer helpers all wearing bright red sweatshirts identifying them as volleyball players. Jessie Leenderts, Ashley Bosch, Cassie Tilstra, Diedre VandenBusshe and Kelly Mulder were excited for that evening they were playing a conference game with Adrian. I’m happy to report they won. Hopefully, the girls will come again.The Villagers are so busy. Caregiver Deb always has something for us to do. A delicious cake was made by caregiver Grace from the carrots out of our garden. We still have a few left to be pulled. Caregivers Katie and Jason were confirmed at the church on the hill. Pastor Berg’s message was from the story of the blind man. He was appropriately dressed like one. Dark glasses, white cane, pencils to sell and the ever present tin cup. I’ll stop my ramblings but —I’ll keep you posted.
