DHA LXXIX
(9/2/2004)

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The DHA board will continue to meet the first and third Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. at the museum; including Sept. 1 & 15. The museum will be open Sundays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Also Fridays 1:30 to 3 p.m., to start numbering and listing items people donate or loan to the museum. They may bring in items, or come in to number and list items already given to DHA.

The afternoon of Thursday, August 26th, the DHA Museum hosted its first group, some residents from PMH&HS homes, a few associated visitors, and some casual drop-ins. Marjorie and Toots Peterson furnished lunch and coffee. The latter and Lester Lauritzen were hosts. After the guests had viewed the items on display, all present spent a pleasant hour visiting and reminiscing.

Among those present were Maynard Larsen, Jean Andal, Virginia Ebbesen, Murial Gors, Ralph Peterson, Maurice Christensen and May Paulson, and as Viborg Transit bus driver, & PMH escort, Juanita O'Gorman. DHA looks forward to more such groups.

Below are two photos of the group visiting at the lunch table. Mange Tak

To all DHA's visitors above and all those during Sunday openings or otherwise. To those that left contributions. To Sandy Astelford, PMHHS Activity Director, and Paul Jensen, Viborg Transit, for making arrangements.

To Elna Keller, Sioux Falls, for a hunting photo; a photo of her father, Timon Swensen, with his 4-H club and the corn ear carved out of a log. (Can anyone ID the 4-Hers?); the Swenson's home school house, 2 miles east and 1 south of Viborg; another hunting photo, and a copy of her grand father, Christian Swensen's naturalization certificate, dated April 16, 1903, in the museum.

With the refurbishment of the DHA Museum building having progressed to the point of permitting the museum to be open, with displays, for Danish Days, and after; with sufficient displays to make it interesting and worth visiting, DHA will include a weekly photo of an artifact, or a group of artifacts, as available.

(Also some unidentified photos remain for the DHA Mystery Album feature, which may be interspersed with or accompany "In The Museum" photos.)

In recognition of the fact that it was the need for a home for the extensive collection of fine Danish and settlers' artifacts of Alphie "Toots" and the late J. Merle Petersen, that fanned smouldering preservationist interest into the development of the Daneville Heritage association and its present museum, the following first "In The Museum" photograph will be a portion of Toots' extensive displays in the DHA Museum.