Continuing yesterday’s posting about Duane and Addie Vig, with Addie’s impending death many memories came back. Duane, who was on my call committee, had various enterprises. He farmed a couple of quarters (a quarter section is 160 acres) of land. In addition he had automotive service station in town and a bulk delivery service delivering gasoline and diesel fuel. Duane and Addie lived in a new house on the south edged of town. They also owned a house on a small acreage on the north side. And thereby hangs a tale, or two.
Duane and I joined in a small venture. On his acreage his father and mother lived in the house. There were also a barn and a chicken coop, both empty initially. About fifty miles east of Mohall, lived my cousin Clarice, with her dairy farmer husband, Alvin. Dairy farmers don’t need the bull calves that are born to their dairy cows. Duane and I bought some of those calves and raised them for sale in Duane’s buildings.
When I arrived in Mohall the church, Zion Lutheran, did not have Christmas Eve services, just Christmas Day. The evening services are not very convenient for farmers. With a barn so proximate to town the church youth group decided to sponsor a Christmas Eve service in Duane’s barn. Why the tradition didn’t continue I’ve forgotten but subsequent Eve services were in church.
It was amusing that in preparation for the service in the barn the youth spent much effort cleaning the barn. Of course there were no special efforts at cleaning the stable for Jesus birth.
Takk for alt,
Al .
The late Duane Vig.
No comments:
Post a Comment