BRUMMM, BRUMMM, SAYS AL AND REA...(2nd childhood?)
sent by eric pelli..thanks

PATRICK YLITALO (BRITA) AND BABY

HELEN DAAVETTILA (THE UBER DRIVER...JOKE) CAROL HEINONEN, ETHEL HARMALA

TOM STORM, CARL PIETILA, JIM HALONEN, DAVE TOROLA (FATHER OF THE GROOM) AND MATT HALONEN

TAWNA/ BETH RYYNANEN, ANN MARIE PIETILA, ADENA DAAVETTILA
(we were invited to take flowers home with us...)

GINNY PIETILA 

AVIS SHEFFER, DARLENE LEAN, ME

RELLIES AT THE WEDDING...ME WITH KATHLEEN HELPPI, LISA NIEMI,  KAREN KILPELA

(back up north)  KATHRYN AND JOE ESKOLA AND SON

AT LENNIE  AND LAURA HILL'S A FEW YEARS AGO...IN FRONT OF THE  PLAYHOUSE
MANY FAMILIES VISITING....FIND YOUR KIDS....click to enlarge

GIRLS TIME OUT...MARNE ANDERSON, BRITA HAAPALA, CAROL BERG, TESSIE JOHNSO
(thanks, marne)

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?)