I continue to work on the Ahrendsen collection and in there are several "Our Day Off" club ODO photos.
I can ID many of them, recognize others but can't come up with a name, and some are guesses.
Anyone care to help out?
You can certainly recognize your parents, aunts/uncles, or good friends of your family.
It's just a matter of taking some time to e-mail me.

Back: Clara "Babe" Musfeldt, Ila Grimm, Florence Karsten, Marion Ream, Rachel Steinke, Phyllis Lamp, Linda Zinke, Eunice Ahrendsen, ??
Front: Lola Ahrendsen, Loretta Handlos, Amanda Lamp, Minnie Lamp, Lois Struve

I don't mind if you send some guesses but please let me know they are guesses.

I was also recently contacted by a fellow from Hamburg, Germany. He had some relatives who immigrated to the Manning area...Musfeldt and those who married into this family such as Anthony, and the obscure name of Nottelmann, which I've been struggling with the original/correct spelling.

Having started my web page in 1996, I had always hoped more folks from Germany would contact me to help with the immigrants who came to this area, but sadly, just like my requests for help from Manning connected people, the pleas go pretty much without a response.
BUT this fellow from Germany has really been a BIG help and I really appreciate it.
He sent me scans of old German baptismal documents and other information that expands on several Manning surnames.
For instance Musfeldt was changed from Musfeld, either once they immigrated to the US, or shortly before coming to the US.
One of the earliest spellings was Müßfeld, also spelled Muessfeld.
I don't have time right now to display those documents to show the original spelling and variations, but it is very helpful when people from Germany and here in the US share what they have with me so I can add it to my ever-growing Manning Historical Database, where that information will be archived long after we are all gone.

Here is the translation provided by the fellow from Hamburg.

German writing on back of the picture

Diese Bilder
wurden genommen
von mein Freund der mit
mir auf ein Bild ist
von meinen Geburtstag
translation: These pictures were taken by my friend who is with me in a picture from my birthday

Here is his first contact with me...

This is another picture from the Homemakers Club...
I'm fairly sure this is Juan
He was probably a guest speaker for the club

Juan Maranon-Loor - 1968-69 AFS student from Ecuador
Host parents: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Baker

Anyone from MHS 1969 willing to help confirm this is Juan?

Here is another club picture - after a while, I go bonkers trying to compare other pictures and remember faces and names from decades ago.
So hopefully someone out there will help me...

Back: Amanda Lamp, Carolyn Pratt, Eunice Ahrendsen, ?Florence Karsten?, Elvia Richards
Middle: Rachel Steinke, Minnie Lamp, Lois Struve maybe holding Cory Struve, Marion Ream, Loretta Handlos, Ila Grimm
Front: ?Phyllis Lamp?, Louise Rudnick, Linda Zinke with son, Lola Ahrendsen

I realize that most people probably think I'm just wasting my time, or if it isn't one of their relatives, that they don't have any interest.
Well, it should be obvious by now to anyone who has followed my web pages, even if on occasion, that I'm interested in everyone's family history that is connected to the Manning area.
Maybe no one cares now but I would suspect that in the future, there will be some folks who might stumble on to my database and be tickled pink to see so many of their ancestors and the friends of their ancestors.

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