Golden-Viv & Don's family-1981

The Helgeson girls once scattered are now all living in the Blackduck area near their parents. They farmed for a fews years on Grandma Rye's farm near Hill and then moved to the Blackduck area and ran the Cedar Lake Lodge for years. It was a family operation and each hand was outstretched to help make it a glowing success. Don has probably cleaned more fish than you can shake a stick at and Viv and the girls have probably cleaned more cabins then they care to remember.
On a lighter note, Viv was the baby of our family and was the only child born in the hospital. Opal was in high school and the only vehicle that we had was a 1932 Model B Ford stake truck. Opal and Dad were in the cab and the rest of us rode in the back of the truck to Luverne hospital. I'm sure we were waving and shoutin at people as we drove through town. I'm sure that Opal ducked down in the cab if she saw any of her friends.
When Viv was five years old, mother askd her to fetch a pail of cobs to start the fire in the cook stove. Viv told her Mother, "I have to do all the work around here." we have never let her forget it and it's usuallly one of our first forms of greetings to Viv.
Thanks to Randy's son, my Grandson, I am able to share these pictures with you.