Help with Band identities

This photo was sent as a postcard to Jean (Petersen) Jones' great-aunt. Bettie Peterson, in 1909. Jean said, "One of them is Emil Johnson father of Randall Johnson, father of Gary, Othel (Al), and Dean Johnson. I don't know which one he is nor do I know any of the others. 

7-27-2021 via email:
My name is Kathy Johnson, daughter of Maurice and Leona Johnson. Maurice was a brother to Randell Johnson. Emil Johnson was my grandfather.(Emil Johnson is pictured in the first row, second from the right). I have seen this picture at Evelyn Johnson's home where we celebrated Christmas Eve every year. Evelyn was Emil's sister.The baritone that Emil has in the picture I refurbished and learned how to play. I played Christmas tunes on it one Christmas Eve at Evelyn's farmhouse.

7-27-2021
John Noyd said:  Front row right could very well be Almer G Noyd.
Bonnie Ekse said:  I think I’ve seen this photo before, or a similar one of the same band, and the front right tuba player was identified as Milton Lindskoog.

Click on the photo to enlarge it and let us know if anyone recognizes these men. There was a band from Arthur called the Progressive band, but we don't know if it was the same organization.

Click the below for an enlargemnt of a closeup of the band.

 Below is a photo of the Progressive band from Arthur.for comparison.

Old photos of Knudsen, Mickelsen, Teaquist and Huldeen

Not long ago I received a message from Howard Willey saying he had some old photos from Odebolt that he would like to share with any family descendants that might still live in the Odebolt area. I asked him to send scans or phone shots of them.

Howard says:
When my great grandmother immigrated from Denmark in 1883 she settled in Odebolt. She lived there until she got married in 1892, then she lived the rest of her life in Anthon, Iowa. Her name was Anna Knudsen Mickelsen 1865-1917.

(PLEASE RIGHT CLICK EACH PHOTO,
from the menu choose "Open Link in a New Tab",
then click the photo again to enlarge it.)

 

Anna Knudsen Mickelsen

Anna Knudsen Mickelsen

Below: The first person my great grandmother met in Odebolt was Anna Teaquist 1864-1947. Anna Teaquist married John Huldeen. I noticed in the Odebolt graveyard there are several Teaquist and Huldeen graves. Are there any of the descendants still living in the area that are interested in these pictures?

In the round picture Knudsen is on the left and Teaquist is on the right. In the fancy dresses picture are the same ladies, Knudsen on the right. 

                                                 Anna Knudsen Mickelsen and Anna Teaquist Huldeen

 

Anna Teaquist Huldeen and Anna Knudsen Mickelsen

 Below, the woman seated on the left is my great grandmother Anna Knudsen Mickelsen 1865-1917. I’m pretty sure the woman standing second from the left is Anna Teaquist Huldeen 1864-1947. The picture I assume is of a church ladies group or some other club/organization. Hopefully someone recognizes the other ladies

If you can identify any other of these women, please email me ((Barb Girvan Horak) at the email address on the right column. Also contact me if you wish to have Howard's contact info. 

 

New Site for Newspaper Archive

The link to the digital archives of the newspapers from Odebolt and Sac County as changed! They have also updated coverage to 2020!

Here is the new link
https://saccounty.advantage-preservation.com

 

The big Christmas lights donation match

2014 Memorial Circle

Odebolt needed new Christmas lights. They were getting shabby.

Several years ago Shear Magic Salon & Boutique (Rose Bengford Shultz and Janet Hoefling Thomas) started having a Christmas bake sale to raise funds for new lights and had raised a good sum to start the effort. 

This year Sue (Gronemeyer) Beers saw Shear Magic Salon & Boutique's post on Facebook about the baked goods for sale and wondered how much was needed for new lights. She and her brother, Steve, decided to start a matching funds drive to raise the money needed for new lights. All donations up to $2500 would be matched in memory of their parents, P. Dale and Marge Gronemeyer, and their brother, Todd. A Facebook post was made encouraging people to donate to the fund match, and the rest is history!

The City of Odebolt would like to thank Shear Magic Salon & Boutique for starting the Christmas lights fund! And thank you to the Gronemeyer family for kick-starting the challenge! 

Below are those that donated to the fund:
Jon Zeigmann Estate, Jon Ziegmann's Memorial Fund (memorials given in memory of Jon), Angie & Tyson Quirk, Barb (Girvan) & Don Horak, Robert & Karel Mollhoff, Donna Hoelsher (in memory of Tony), Dennis & Joan Jenkins, Linda & LaFontaine Siebrecht, Mark & Mary  Schroeder, Betty & James Sullivan and Marzella Schuldt.

Also, thanks go to Joyce Curtis (in memory of Becky Mandernach), Swanson Insurance and Real Estate, Dan & Jane Snyder, Richard & Bonnie (Girvan) Ekse, Joan Godbersen, and Kim & Kent Schroeder (in memory of Dave Sweeden).

And finally, a BIG thank you to Mark Hansen Rex Chevrolet for a donation of $5,000!
Odebolt IS going to have new Christmas lights next year and we can't wait to see them in 2021 

2020 Memorial Circle