Alta Ahrendsen

Marion Ream's writing - her good friend Alta

Alta Ahrendsen & Lena Gruhn Jansen 1982

Alta Ahrendsen

Unknown couple

Evelyn & Virtus Martens 40th

Evelyn & Virtus Martens

Florence & Lester with Lyle & Joyce Karsten

Florence (Lamp) Karsten

Lester Karsten

Henry Ream - honorary Deputy Sheriff - Missouri

Hugo & Ola Ress 50th - Zion Lutheran Church

??, Amanda Lamp, ??, Janice Ress?

Mary & Reas Anneberg December 1980 - Don't know their connection to Marion/Henry Ream

Myrtle M. Flowers - Don't know her connection to Marion/Henry Ream Myrtle M. Flowers
Born January 21, 1879 - Died October 28, 1976 - 97 years, 9 months, 7 days
95 years, 10 months, 6 days when this picture was taken

Minnie Lamp, ??, Eunice Ahrendsen, Ila Grimm, ??, Carolyn (Pratt) Blohm, ??, Lola Ahrendsen

Unknown

Unknown men

1955 Mardi Gras - prom waitresses

Amanda (Koester) Lamp

"Beauties of Tomorrow"

Unknown boy - location

car November 1960

Cattle grazing

Unknown cattle yard - barn

Club

Marion Ream tall back left
Florence Karsten tall back right
Amanda Lamp front middle

I think Ila Grimm on left

Amanda Lamp on right

Some of the club members

Rachel Steinke in front

Unknown December 1958

Back left Elvia Richards
Front left maybe Marion Ream with Grimm boy
Might be Loretta (Seyller) Sextro in polka dot dress.

Some of the club members

Back: ??, Amanda Lamp
Front: ??, Marion Ream

Tallest lady in second row in front of little girl next to taller girl is probably Phyllis Lamp - Mrs. Wilbur
Lady back row far right Marion Ream

Must be "balance a book on the head" contest

Back: I think Elvia Richards & Ila Grimm
Front: 3rd from left Amanda Lamp

One of the earlier oats pick-up heads on a combine

Oats windrowed for curing (drying the seed head)

Combining standing oats - Henry Ream on tractor

Unknown couple - Lyden Studio

Unknown farm yard

I like to scan pictures like this that show farming practices in the past

The tongue, steel wheels, and running gear under the feed bunk are probably from an old threshing machine

I like to scan pictures like this that show farming practices in the past

Feed stored in the wagon covered with plywood

Dug out the garage

Besides chickens - geese were a big part of making money and raising food for farmers

Goslings

GHS (something High School - unknown connection to Marion/Henry

Some of the last names that are legible: Bettenfield, Easy, Thorne, Bothford, Sexton

Grading a country road

Club

?Phyllis Lamp?, Elvia Richards, Florence Karsten, ??, Rachel Steinke

Marion Ream front right
Ila Grimm 3rd up behind Marion

September 15, 1949

Henry Ream cultivating

Henry Ream pushing snow with his Farmall M

Henry Ream plowing

Jerry Gouty age 6 1st year school - not sure how he is connected to Marion/Henry

not sure how she is connected to Marion/Henry

Thomas David Lane 12 months 1955 - not sure how he is connected to Marion/Henry

Man with camera

Unknown lady

Marion Ream, Ila Grimm

Marion Ream front left

More club members

Melvin Hammer

Melvin Hammer Memorial Sunday
Memorial services will be held for Melvin J. Hammer in connection with the regular service at Zion Lutheran Church next Sunday morning. The services will begin at 10:45 a.m. Melvin died of wounds received in battle on February 2, 1945, while fighting with the armed forces in Burma.
Melvin Hammer, born October 28, 1924, is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William and Clara (Ress) Hammer of Denison, and by the following brothers and sisters: Elizabeth, Betty, Louella, Arthur, Donald, and Marcella; by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Gustav and Wilhelmine (Fischer) Ress of Manilla and by his grandmother, Mrs. John Hammer of Manning.
He entered the service of his country on April 3, 1944, and left for overseas duty in September of last year. His basic training was obtained at Ft. Riley, Kansas, and he achieved the rank of Private with the 475th Infantry.
Melvin attended the Lutheran School of Denison and was confirmed in the local Lutheran Church on April 10, 1938.

Melvin Hammer and Marion (Jochimsen) Ream were 1st cousins.

unknown

Henry Ream horses harnessed and ready to pull a piece of farm equipment

Henry Ream's horses

planting corn June 1948

storm or tornado blew down a building probably on the Ream place

storm or tornado blew down a building probably on the Ream place

The corncrib probably survived because it was full of corn

Replacing the building (probably a hoghouse) that blew down

new building - hoghouse?

new building