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A JHourneyPosted Saturday, March 27, at 8:17 PM A JOURNEY BY R. AUBREY LA FOY Last Friday morning I spent several hours journeying down Memory Lane with a very delightful lady, Esther Kastrup. She was born in Harley in 1920 and moved to Okoboji in 1928. The family lived in the stone cottage owed by Val Brooks. ...
Band Music BAND MUSIC Several years ago our youngest son asked me, "Dad, why did you have me play a saxophone?" "Because that is what you asked for," I replied. "Well what did I know, I was only a little kid," Carl said. We have been honored to hear many orchestras and bands play beautiful music. ...
MEMORY LANE THE SWORD BY R. AUBREY LA FOY Wow! "A sword." What could be more exciting to two nine year old boys than discover a sword in a sheath in my cousin's grandparent's attic? Sam Holcomb is my 1st cousin and lived in Osage, Iowa but both of his grandparents lived in my hometown. ...
MEMORY LANE THE SWORD BY R. AUBREY LA FOY Wow! "A sword." What could be more exciting to two nine year old boys than discover a sword in a sheath in my cousin's grandparent's attic? Sam Holcomb is my 1st cousin and lived in Osage, Iowa but both of his grandparents lived in my hometown. ...
A stroll down memory lane is really somehting if you go to the Okoboji Cemetery in Arnolds Park. It is so full of history of our area that it boggles the mind. If only some of the ressidents there could speak it would fill up your computer in no time flat. ...
OLD GEEZER PHOTOS
The week has been very busy. Tuesday morning the Milford Kiwanis Club held their meeting at Westport Rural School Museum. It was a great time for me to show off our achievements. The school house was moved into Kenue Park in 1996 and since that time we have tried to fill it up with desks, ,pas, etc. ...
JULY 9 It really rained last night and we got over 4". It came down so hard the gutters didn't take it. Got up this am and found water in our lower level. Had to mop out of bedroom, bath and living roon. Went up to Walmart and got two more fans to dry it out. ...
Grandchildren Our house is very quiet as three of our grandchildren left yesterday. Sonja was here at Golf Camp at Emerald Hills and Ed helped out due to a back problem. Our Granddaughter, Becca, also came down to take them home. She had just got back from a "dig" in Israel. We compared notes and she told us a great deal of her stay there. Sonja had fun at the golf camp and Ed helped me stain the deck on our townhouse. The kids went swimming but I didn't. Will have to go there soon...
Twins We have three sons and seven grandchildren, none of which live here at Okoboji. We say our sons are the three Ms as Randy in Minnesota, Ray in Montana and Carl in Missouri. Each year Randy's kids attend a golf camp here on Emerald Hills Golf course. ...
Memory Lane It is wonderful to return to the Iowa Great Lakes each year. We love the area and the many opportunities the area has. Tuesday was my birthday. My driver's certificate indicates I am 84 years old. 84? I don't know what an 84 year old man is suppose to feel but I don't really feel any older. ...
Photos The Dickinson County Court House Committee has a collection of wonderful photos from our county past. Supervisor Pam Jordon has asked me to help identfy some. One of the photos was a America Legion Baseball team. Searching my memory I recall that my father Ray LaFoy) was involved with this team either as a coach or as Commander of the Milford American Legion about 1928. ...
Memory Lane This is my first attempt in writing a blog so forgive my errors. I have been writing articles since 1952 mainly about the Iowa Great Lakes. This area has a wealth of history and I am still amazed finding stories after writing over 800. Each cottage has a history as does each beach and community not to mention people. ...
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Aubrey LaFoy is a Dickinson County historian. He is a life-long resident of the Lakes area. Aubrey is a World War II veteran of China, Burma and India and board member of the Okoboji Protective Association and the Dickinson County Historical Museum. He has written four books and has a back-log of about 800 articles about the Lakes region.
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