Found Sound (con’t) Side 2 – Audio Letter from Feb 1958

This is the third and final installment of “Found Sound:Feb 1958″

Well, here is “Side 2” of the Audio Letter from 1958.

This side of the tape begins on Sunday February 16, 1958.  The family will be gathered to celebrate Grandpa Holvick’s upcoming birthday which will fall on Tuesday February 18.  Grandpa was born in 1905 so he would be 53 years old when this was recorded.  My paternal grandparents, Frank and Josephine (“Grandma Jo” as I knew her) Palmer and my father’s sister Illene will be among those in attendance for the celebration.  It sounds like it was quite a party!

I thought some listeners may benefit from an additional ‘secret decoder ring’ to figure out the other people on the tape.

Palmer and Ellen Holvick – my maternal grandparents.  My mother Marilyn is their eldest child.

Ron & Margery “Marge” (Holvick) Larson – my Uncle and Aunt, and a young Lori Larson, their daughter.

Arlys (Holvick), my Aunt (who will marry the ‘boyfriend’ mentioned on this side of the tape — Dennis Jorenby, in 1959)

There is another voice that I cannot place (at the 00:17:37 chapter) — maybe my maternal Great-Grandmother “Nana”?  I’ll need some help from those who may have a better recollection than I for that voice.

This side of the tape concludes with the sad news where Grandpa Frank and Grandma Jo Palmer are injured and hospitalized as a result of an automobile accident that occurred on 81.

Audio for Side 2:

Chapters for Side 2:

Name	Start
Sunday, Feb 16, 1958 – At the Farm	00:00:00.000
Illene (Palmer)	00:00:29.536
Jo” (Josephine Palmer)	00:02:54.878
Frank Palmer	00:04:26.867
Illene	00:07:04.681
Ron Larson: Scooter @ Tena’s (Nana); -27 degrees	00:08:15.429
Marge (Holvick) Larson	00:10:10.778
Arlys (Holvick) Jorenby	00:11:44.401
Frank Palmer(?)	00:13:53.062
Jo Palmer	00:15:07.041
?	00:17:37.123
Marge/Arlys	00:18:42.151
Ellen Holvick	00:21:18.015
Palmer Holvick	00:22:22.311
Marge	00:23:15.775
Illene?	00:24:06.975
Arlys	00:26:25.354
Marge	00:27:00.463
Arlys	00:29:37.232
?	00:32:38.417
Illene	00:33:22.408
Marge	00:34:32.137
Palmer (end of Sunday Night Feb 16)	00:37:25.904
Tuesday, Feb 18, 1958 — Palmer	00:37:54.011
Ellen	00:42:09.911
Ellen	00:44:48.737
Palmer	00:49:34.198
Palmer	00:51:26.768
Ellen	00:56:46.785
Wednesday, Feb 19, 1958 — Palmer; Frank & Jo in accident on 81	00:57:23.531
Ellen	00:59:20.490
Palmer	01:00:19.770
Ellen	01:01:58.908
Palmer: Pickup demolished	01:02:40.901

Questions I have on this side:

1. What relation are Olaf (or Ollie) & JoAnn and their daughter Cindy? And who would ‘Auga’ be who would care for Cindy? (Aunt Illene talks about them early on this side).
2. There’s an “Elmer” mentioned — is that a neighbor or someone related?

I hope all who may have had a listen have enjoyed this timecapsule as much as I.

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Related: Side 1