Sunday, September 16, 2018

i don't know what year this is, but my nephew mike harju, and his cousin art karvonen, and mikko halonen are in this class.

OLDIE...VERNA GRANGROTH, ESTHER TOROLA, LUELLA RUONAVAARA AND EVA WUOLLET WITH THEIR BABIES

THIS WAS AT OUR HOUSE YEARS AGO, LOOKS LIKE A BUSY BEES EVENT...
MOST OF THESE GIRLS ARE MOTHERS, EVEN GRANDMOTHERS AT THIS TIME
TOROLA'S, FRANTTI, HAATAJA'S, KANGAS'S, LARSON'S, PETERSON'S,, ETC

ME AND MY BROTHER PAUL....I BABYSAT HIM TONS, AND LOVED HIM TO PIECES
I WAS 17 WHEN HE WAS BORN, HELPED MY MOM A LOT WITH HIM.

CARL AND DAVID, SKIIG DOWN THE POLE LINE TO TRAPROCK...4 AND 5 YEARS OLD

MORE OLDIES...FRONT: CONNIE ROIKO, LISA TOROLA NIEMI,  KATIE TOLKKINEN LEUKEMA, MARGIE TOROLA HELMINEN, CARRIE TOROLA HYRKAS, SARAH GRANGROTH
PLAYING WITH THEIR DOLLIES IN OAK KNOLL, MN

OUR FAMILY, TAKEN THE NIGHT BEFORE PETE AND I WERE MARRIED:
FRONT: COUSIN SHARON OLSON, MOM, PAUL, DAD, RICHARD OLSON
BK: JERRY, ME, TWIN BRO. EARL, JANE, AND GLORIA (COOKIE)
1957

MY BRO. PAUL IN THE STROLLER...AND FREQUENT VISITORS FROM A FEW HOUSES DOWN:  MARY ANDERSON LARSON, DEAN, AND TOM ANDERSON


PETE, GEORGE HAAPALA, IRVINE PETERSON, WALTER TOROLA, CHESTER YLITALO, ART SKOOG...I THINK IT WAS TAKEN IN MENAHGA

PETE TOOK THIS PIC AT OUR OPENING ST. JOHN'S SERVICES IN OUR NEW CHURCH, CALUMET...(you mean i had brown hair back then?)