I remember my uncle Tommy saying they wanted a straw stack in the barnyard for the cattle, which is what this picture is about. In the year of 1953 an occasional threshing machine could still be seen working. Throughout the winter months the cattle would eat into it so that by spring the pile looked like a mushroom with its round top still intact. As inscribed at the bottom it was at Grandpa Sandvig’s place and I believe it is he in the picture. Of special note is a familiar cab-over truck backed in place for the grain to run into. It and the machine belonged to the Mougey Brothers of Sheldon. 1953-2022, 69 years, how the time has flown by.
A man from the town of Venlo in the Netherlands stated he will be coming to the U. S. to research the existence of our local town named Venlo, a few miles south of Sheldon. Apparently, anything Venlo-related will be of interest to him. Maybe grandparents of this told stories you remember, pictures, advertising calendars from the Venlo store, newspaper articles, etc., etc. It would be fun to see the narrative he constructs based on what he finds, and I’m sure that when finished he would share it with us. Most of us have good cameras on our phones and can take pictures of pertinent objects. I doubt if Administrator Leon will object to considering Venlo on this website.
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