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TURNER COUNTY COMMUNITY

VIBORG IS THE HEART OF DANISH HERITAGE IN SOUTH DAKOTA

By Bob Fitch

There are Danes throughout South Dakota, but Viborg is the heart of Danish heritage in South Dakota.

The South Dakota State Historical Society says a groups of Danes came to Dakota Territory shortly after the American Civil War, settling in the Yankton area. In the Viborg area, Peter Larsen Christiansen was the first Dane when he homesteaded near Swan Lake in 1864. Several more Danish families settled south of Swan Lake in the early years. Further south, Mads Rasmussen began operating a store in 1872 on his homestead claim, which was located one-half mile south of present-day Viborg.

When a post office opened, it became known as Daneville. The village grew quickly as a creamery and a blacksmith were added around Rasmussen’s store.

In 1893, the Sioux Falls, Yankton & Southwestern Railroad (which later became the Great Northern Railroad) completed a line between Sioux Falls and Yankton. However, the railroad missed Daneville by a half-mile. Several residents decided to build a new town and gradually Daneville faded away.

Bob Christensen and Cheri O’Dell are among the Viborg residents who help guests take a trip back in time at the Daneville Heritage Museum.

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The new town was named Viborg, which quickly became home to a general store, railroad depot, post office, lumber yard, stockyards, hotel and livery barn. The village was incorporated on Aug. 25, 1903.

Intricate needlework featuring the port of Copenhagen in Denmark. At one time, the city was called Hafnia.

Turner County’s Viborg was named after a Danish city where all of the country’s monarchs were elected from 10271665. It was one of Denmark’s cultural centers during the Reformation and remains one of the most important cities in the country.

Since 1820, more than 450,000 Danes have emigrated to the United States, the majority between 1880 and 1915. Economic problems were by far the greatest reason why most Danes left for foreign shores. In the mid-1800s, the population of Denmark increased rapidly and, at the same time, a large portion of the country’s land base was lost to Germans in a war. Most Danish immigrants in the 19th century were young, single farmers’ sons between the ages of 15 and 29; they left their homeland to escape from slipping into the landless class and with the hope that they could acquire a farm, marry, and start a family in a land of economic opportunity.

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• It is stupid elsewhere in the world, but it is even more stupid in America to tell just anyone you meet and who calls you a friend just how much money you have.

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eagerness to become naturalized citizens as factors that contributed to their rapid assimilation.

Bob Christensen, a Viborg resident and vice president of the Daneville Heritage Museum, said, “There were so many of those old Danes – well, like my folks, my grandpa and grandma and them – whenever we’d get together on a Sunday, they’d speak Dane all day. Up to 30-40 years ago, you could walk down the street and there'd still be people sitting around talking back and forth in Dane. But when we were kids, nobody would teach you Dane.”

Viborg native Cheri O’Dell, who oversees the Daneville Heritage Museum’s regular operations on a part-time basis, said, “I can recall some of the older folks, who were first generation Americans, their parents wouldn't let them speak Danish because ‘You’re American Using materials donated by area churches, the museum has built a replica chapel, representing the deep so you need to speak English.’ It's faith of the Danish immigrants who were typically Lutheran. kind of sad there is hardly anybody that can speak Danish anymore.”

Even though they assimilated quickly, the Danish people have still left their mark on American society. Notably, because numerous Danish bakers brought pastry with them, the term Danish is now permanently embedded in the American language. Other popular Danish cuisine includes kringle (almond paste pastry), Wienerbrød, æbleskiver (puffed pan cakes), frikadeller (Danish veal and pork meatballs), flæskesteg (pork roast), and risengrød (rice pudding).

Furthermore, sons and daughters of Denmark have made an impact on America in unusual ways. Denmark native Louis Lassen (1865-1935) created the hamburger in New Haven, Conn., in 1900. Danish-American George Nissen was an American gymnast and inventor who developed the modern trampoline. Victor Borge, known as the Great Dane and Clown Prince of Denmark, gained fame for his offbeat comedy and music routines. Soren Sorensen Adams was known as "king of the professional pranksters," and invented novelty products such as the Joy Buzzer, Cachoo Sneezing Power, Itching Powder, the Stink Bomb and the Dribble Glass.

These Danish Dancing Dolls were donated to the museum by Mylo and Dorothy Preheim. The costumes were made by Dorothy.

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Bob said some of that frivolity can be found in Viborg.

“Everybody used to have nicknames here in town. When I was younger, listening to stories by my dad and grandpa and uncles, I never heard a real name on some of those folks until I probably was in my 40s. People would be talking and using a name I never heard of, and then they’d say the nickname, ‘Oh, you know who that is, ‘Old Pistol Pete’ or ‘Click Hans.’

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And I’d say ‘Well, why didn’t you say so in the first place?’” (“Click Hans” was Hans Jorgensen, a photographer in Viborg for years.)

When Bob’s daughter and granddaughter traveled to Denmark, they were surprised at what they did not find. His daughter, Laura, said, “You don't find anything Danish. I couldn't believe it. They didn't have a lot of Danish food, like you make here. It was very Americanized.

We’ve got more Danish history here in Viborg than they do in many places over there.”

Sources • Daneville Heritage Museum, Viborg, S.D. • www.viborgsd.org/danish-heritage • Viborg, South Dakota 1893-1993. By The Viborg History Book Committee, 1992.

• National Park Service. “From Danish Blood to American Spirit.

• Library of Congress. “Scandinavian Immigration – The Danes.”

• Wikipedia. “Danish Americans.”

• South Dakota Immigrants. South Dakota State Historical Society Education Kit. • Museum of Danish America. www.danishmuseum.org.

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AN ALL-AMERICAN CELEBRATION AT VIBORG’S DANISH DAYS

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Pioneer Memorial Heart Checks.

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Main Street Cruise Night.

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Photos by Cheri O'Dell

Danish heritage is on full display in Viborg during Danish Days on July 13-17. The event includes a full line-up of traditions including a parade, community worship services, ball tournaments, dances and Danish food favorites. Complete details can be found at www.danishdays.org.

Viborg native Cheri O’Dell, who oversees the Daneville Heritage Museum, said, “To me the highlight of Danish Days is Friday night at the park. There’s entertainment and they crown a kongen (king) and dronning (queen), who are the oldest 100 percent Dane man and woman in attendance. And I’m in line for that – I’m getting closer every year.”

Bob Christensen, a Viborg resident and vice president of the Daneville Heritage Museum, said, “There’s Cruise Night and a softball tournament and Danish dancing. All the rails on the second level of the museum will be draped with quilts. On Sunday, there’s a community church service and fireworks.” Local kids always enjoy the airplane ping pong ball drop which includes prizes or special offers from local businesses.

He laughed about one young man who enjoyed the Taste of Denmark. “We served samples of aebleskiver, red cabbage and little sandwiches.

Towards the end, I think I had that one boy come back through about four or five times. He kept asking, ‘Can I have one more?’.” Taste of Denmark is 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, July 16 at the Viborg-Hurley School.

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Viborg Community Foundation Golf Tournament At Glenridge Golf Course.

Daneville Heritage Museum open.

Kids Fun Day at Viborg Public Library.

Water Wars at Jaycee Park.

Co-ed Sand Vollyball at Jaycee Park.

Food and Beer Tent Opens.

Car Show at Our Savior’s Church.

Root Beer Floats at Our Savior’s Church.

Danish Meal at Our Savior’s Church.

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The Lund Theatre.

Presentation of the Friends of Viborg Award.

Viborg Community Foundation Awards at Glood Park.

Crowning of Kongen (King) and Dronning (Queen) in Glood Park.

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Co-Ed Softball Tournament at Athletic Field.

5K/1 mile run at Pioneer Memorial Hospital.

Daneville Heritage Museum open.

Main Street “Building Faith, Community and The Future.”

Craft and Vendor Fair at the Community Center.

Taste of Denmark at Viborg-Hurley School.

Luncheon and Bake Sale at Bethany Lutheran.

Ping Pong Ball Drop at football field (12 & under).

Dunk Tank at The Tent. Pink Ladies Fundraiser.

Kids Carnival at Viborg-Hurley School Gym. Bingo at DBS. Poker Run. Red Book Service at Our Savior’s Lutheran followed by Danish Dancing.

Dance at DBS. The Lund Theatre.

FFA Chicken Bingo at the Tent.

Street Dance at the Tent. Live music by Brandon Jones.

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Community Worship Service at Glood Park.

Daneville Heritage Museum open. Scavenger hunt begins at noon.

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Family Fun Night at The Tent and Athletic Fields.

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Fireworks at the Athletic Fields.

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KEEPING LOCAL HISTORY ALIVE

An overview of the spacious area in the main building in the Daneville Heritage Museum in Viborg.

DANEVILLE MUSEUM IS A TOUR OF VIBORG’S STARS

By Bob Fitch

In Hollywood, a person can jump on a tour bus and see famous locales such as the Walk of Fame, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and Capitol Records; plus drive by the homes of TV and movie stars.

Walking through the Daneville Heritage Museum with Bob Christensen and Cheri O’Dell is just like that – only the stars are the people, places and things of Viborg, South Dakota.

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The museum is such a showcase of Danish-American history that people come from as far away as, well, Denmark to see it.

“We’ve had quite a few from Denmark here in the last couple of years. We've even had the mayor of Viborg, Denmark over here,” said Bob, who is vice president of the Daneville Heritage Museum. Cheri works in the museum part-time and said it’s fun when a Danish citizen drops in because, although most speak English, their accent gives them away immediately.

“Recently a father and his daughter and son-in-law came in.

The daughter’s husband was from Denmark and she had moved there with him. The father said his grandfather used to live here. Well, we put it together and found that he and I shared the same great grandparents. The daughter was now pregnant, so we figured after five generations our DNA was going back to Denmark,” she said.

The Daneville Creamery. This is the only known photo from the former village of Daneville which predates Viborg.

Whether it’s local citizens or visitors from another part of the U.S. or Denmark, the museum is ready to help hunt down information about their families. The archives include family histories and photo albums, obituaries published in the Viborg Enterprise, and yearbooks from Viborg High School and Viborg-Hurley High School. Many of these records are available and searchable on the museum’s website.

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While a large focus of the museum is on Danish heritage, there’s more to it than that because “The Danes aren’t the only ones in town. It’s really a Viborg area museum,” Bob said.

The museum started in 2003 and was in the old veterinary clinic. The newest building emulates the style of an old barn and was added in 2017. The old and new buildings are connected by another structure which includes an elevator.

The organization operates two other buildings: (1) The District #46 country school house sits across the street to the west of the First Baptist Church; and (2) The old creamery is across the street to the west of the museum. Bob said, “I worked at the creamery. I hauled those cans around; and hauled butter and ice cream and milk around. So there's a little bit of my history in here, too.”

The late Lester Lauritzen left his estate to fund the expansion of the museum. “For a small town, a lot of people are astounded when they open that front door,” he said.

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There’s a little bit of everything in the Daneville Heritage Museum including cream cans, appliances and tools.

A model ship which was built by John Ebbesen. Model ships were a traditional feature hanging above the center aisle in Danish churches. Ebbesen built model ships for several area churches when he was in his 80s and 90s.

Mail boxes from the old town of Hooker. Newell Sorensen once operated the general store, barber shop, gas pumps and post office in Hooker. The boxes were purchased by J. Merle Petersen from Sorensen’s auction sale.

Walking through the museum, Bob and Cheri pointed out some of the most interesting items or some of their favorites. There’s a photo of a railroad bridge that was located about a mile south of town … and the Lover’s Lane road which passed underneath. “And I remember guys trying to drive their car across the bridge and hope to God a train never come,” Bob said. He’s in charge of the museum’s Boy Scout display and his wife, Marilyn, is compiling photos of veterans and active service members from the Viborg area. So far, she’s collected more than 170 photographs.

Bob pointed out old farm equipment and tools. “I love this old corn sheller. Grandpa and Grandma had one like it. I loved to drop corn ears in there when we were feeding the hogs and chickens. The old bushel basket sat underneath.”

There are dolls representing all the regions of Denmark; shoe cobbler tools; and a representation of an old kitchen. Cheri pointed out a display of Rube’s clock and watch shop which used to be on the south end of Viborg.

“He set up the watch repair display before he moved into the nursing home. His place was a combination jewelry store and liquor store.”

The Daneville Heritage Museum features more than 170 photos of veterans and active service members from the Viborg area. Uniforms from different areas and other military memorabilia is also on display.

There’s post office boxes from the old Hooker post office; a collection of cameras; Toots Petersen’s huge glassware collection and extensive Dept. 56 snow village collection.

A sample of the model ship-building talent of the late John Ebbesen is on display. A traditional feature of Danish churches is the presence of ships’ models hanging from the center aisle of the nave. Because Denmark is a seafaring nation, some ships commemorate loved ones lost to the waves; others celebrate a safe return from a voyage or a lifetime at sea; and ships can also signify the role of the church as a refuge from life’s storms. Ebbesen built model ships for several area churches to hang in their sanctuaries when he was in his 80s and 90s.

Rube’s clock and watch shop which used to be on the south end of Viborg. Rube set up the watch repair display in the museum before he moved into the nursing home.

Rube’s was a combination jewelry store and liquor store.

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The museum includes a re-creation of a chapel with items from several area churches. In addition, an antique organ from Germany was re-built piece-by-piece in the loft of the museum by Marty Larsen. The “pipes” are all made of wooden boxes. Unlike organs in other area

museums, this one is fully-functional and in tune. Several organists have played recitals and the barn-style architecture provides for good acoustics.

The museum recently received a grant from the American Scandinavian foundation which has given them the opportunity to present educational programs including a Danish cooking video; classes on traditional stitchery, and a museum scavenger hunt for fourth graders. The scavenger hunt was so successful for the kids it will be available for everyone visiting during Viborg’s Danish Days on July 13-17. Cheri said, “After I created the scavenger hunt, I gave one to Bob and challenged him to see if he could find everything.”

Bob said, “I knew where some of it was, but had to do some searching to find other things. Until I actually got involved, I didn’t realize how much stuff is in here.

I’ve walked through dozens of times and, heck, I've probably only seen 10 percent of it. We've got something to be proud of all right.”

Downtown Viborg in 1916. Looking east from the corner of Main Street and Park Avenue.

Downtown Viborg in 1916. Looking west from the corner of Main Street and Park Avenue.

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HUTCHINSON COUNTY FAMILY

EXUBERANCE AT HOME AND ON THE ROAD

By Bob Fitch

Ryan and Cassie Wielenga don’t have to worry about keeping their stories straight. If they get something wrong in conversation, their four children will be sure to quickly and exuberantly straighten them out. “We’re here to answer all your questions,” said eight-year-old daughter Valerie during the interview.

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Based on an acreage south of Menno, Ryan and Cassie operate Wielenga Trucking, LLC. Ryan, four full-time employees and several part-time employees haul cattle, grain, and wet and dry distiller’s feed. Cassie does all the accounting, taxes and reports.

According to Ryan, “We run four trucks.” “Actually, five trucks,” interjected six-year-old son Jensen. Ryan continued the story, “Ok, we’ve got five trucks, but we run four pretty much full-time.

And have one more we run in the busy times.”

Originally from northwestern Iowa, Ryan moved with his parents, Lyle and Barb Wielenga, to Avon, S.D., when he was eight years old.

Valerie made sure to point out that “We just call her grandma” when referring to Ryan’s mom.

After graduating from Avon High School, Ryan attended Mitchell Technical College where he studied construction. “But I never worked a day of construction in my life,” he said. However, his kids set great store by his carpentry skills: “He built a dog house for the dog that’s a mansion; and it has an attic for the cats and a porch for the dog; and the inside is all insulated,” said 10-year-old daughter Savanah.

“He’s got all the talent,” Jensen said very confidently about his dad.

While in college, Ryan worked as a hired man for Parkston area farmer Gail Radke. He continued to work there full-time until July 2008 when he started driving semi for Randy Tjeerdsma of Yankton. His dad, Lyle, was already driving for Tjeerdsma Trucking. In April 2009, Ryan went to work for Mettler

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Lillian was born in 2018, she quit working in town because the trucking business had grown so much.

Stepping back, Cassie and Ryan met in 2002.

“Ryan and his parents drove from Avon to Menno for church. My best friend went to his church. A group from their church was going to the LifeLight Music Fest. I decided at the last minute to go with. That’s when we met,” she said.

They were married five years later. In unison, Savanah and Valerie said, “And it was 107 degrees on the seventh day of the seventh month in 2007.” Savanah added: “It was so hot they didn’t even want to eat the cake.”

Two years later, the couple started the trucking company. There was a lot of grain piled at local elevators after the fall 2009 harvest that needed to be hauled. Still, in the early days of the trucking company, there was never a guarantee that there would be a load to haul the next day. “Right away, when you have a slow day, you’re kind of wondering if it’s going to work out or not. But as the years have gone by, you really appreciate the slow days now,” Ryan said.

Cassie and Ryan Wielenga of Menno. Photos by DeAnn McClure, Photography by DeAnn.

“Even though we’re not directly farmers, we pride ourselves on having the farmer work ethic. Both of our dads are hard workers and we definitely learned that from them,” he said.

Cassie added: “We work for the farmer. We definitely put in the hours.”

The company picks up distillers byproduct at ethanol plants in a wide area, including Sioux Center and Marcus, Iowa; Plainview, Neb.; and Marion, Aurora, Chancellor and Oneida. Jensen said, “He goes all over the world.” “Nooooo,” Savanah corrected him.

“He’s never gone past Montana.”

Ryan said, “The majority of the work is within 100 miles of here. In the winter, we deliver a lot of the distillers grain to the western part of the state and into Nebraska and Montana.”

Wielenga Trucking also delivers finished cattle to local packing plants; and travels to Montana in the fall to pick up feeder cattle for delivery in this area. Since 2015, he’s hauled some cattle back for himself, although a partner takes care of the cattle feeding.

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The kids take turns on the road with Ryan. “My favorite trip is going to Montana and bringing calves back,” said Savanah. Four-year-old daughter Lillian made sure to mention that

Ryan, Lillian, Valerie, Savanah and Jensen. Wielenga Trucking transports cattle, grain, and wet and dry distiller’s feed. The Wielenga kids sometimes join Dad on the road. Jensen likes to get dirty helping in the shop.

Valerie and Dad had seen “Williams’ Big Bud, The World’s Largest Farm Tractor” at Big Sandy, Mont. Valerie and Ryan were picking up a load of calves just a few miles away during the week of her birthday in October 2020.

Cassie said when Ryan isn’t on the road, he’s busy doing the maintenance on the trucks, although he has help from Jensen, who said: “I like to go in the shop.

My job is sweeping up and we grease the cattle pots and I help change the oil. My main job is tires.

I mostly do everything.” Cassie told him he likes to get dirty. “Oh yeah!” was his enthusiastic reply. He also keeps busy building semi-trucks with his erector set.

Savanah and Valerie enjoy living in the country and playing with animals. “We have one dog named Buddy and three cats named Callie, Coco and Chip. I hope to have a horse some day,” said Savanah.

Valerie added, “My favorite animals are pigs and chickens but we don’t have any. And I can do cartwheels.”

Encouraging her sister, Savanah said: “Show him your one-handed cartwheel!” So she did.

Cassie said, “We strive to keep the kids active and outdoors. And it’s nice having my mom and dad (Bill and Mary Schoenfish) just north of town where they’re free to roam on the farm. Also, my dad owns the farm in this quarter and my sister (Kari) lives in the next house over

where we used to live.” The kids frequently run through the alfalfa patch to her sister’s house. “We just walk there,” said Lillian.

Cassie added: “My sister’s very willing to take the kids, although I’m worried we may be keeping her from having kids.”

As the four youngsters head for the basement, this writer told them: “I’ll holler if I have any more questions for you.” But Valerie warned him: “We don’t holler in the house.”

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FOCUS ON FAITH

PIONEER DESCENDANTS GROUNDED IN A GENERATIONAL FAITH

By Bob Fitch

Pioneers in Dakota Territory knew their church would be the centerpiece of their lives, grounding them in a generational faith.

Top two photos: Willow Creek Lutheran Church. Bottom two photos: Benton Lutheran Church. Photos courtesy Christian Begeman.

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“They knew their church would keep them grounded in a pretty harsh land,” said Tom Stadem, pastor of Willow Creek Lutheran Church and Benton Lutheran Church in rural Minnehaha County. “These farm families came together, realizing this church will be the gathering place; this will be the worship place; this will be the milestone place where families come to baptize, confirm in the faith, to be married with a vow in worship, and to be buried among the saints with the promise of Christ.”

Baptisms and confirmations demonstrate the longevity and continuity within the church community. “We're baptizing seventh generation kids. That's saying a lot in this day and age. At the Benton church, of the four kids we have going through confirmation right now, they all have their roots going back to those first charter members of the congregation,” said Pastor Tom, whose father, Leroy, is a retired Lutheran minister. Tom was a social worker and was employed in youth and family ministry for many years. He started working at Willow Creek and Benton in 2014, and was formally called as a pastor when he was ordained in 2019. He and his wife, Judy, have four grown children.

“I always say baptism is the promise given by God's word – that is not debatable, not taken away. Once you're in God's hands, he says ‘I won’t lose one out of my hands.’ But faith is the passing through relationship from one generation to the next, as the Psalms talk about.” Psalm 145:4 says, “One generation will commend your works to another; they will tell of your mighty acts.” And Psalm 100:5 says, “For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.”

“In this kind of a setting, I think faith was such a huge part of why people came here. Faith is the evidence of things not seen, but things hoped for … the hope of a new life, the hope of having land that can sustain a family. In the rural community, just because we're so close to the land and the weather and creation, there's this wonderful dependence that we have on our Creator who gives and blesses,” he said.

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According to Doug, “My dad said, back when he was young before telephones, when somebody would die, they’d ring the bell the next morning at 10 o'clock for an hour just to let the community know someone had passed away. And then the tradition went down to a half hour and then 15 minutes,

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then it stopped. Let me tell you, you pull that rope for even a little bit like I do on Sunday morning, boy you’re tired.

But my dad said he rang it all by himself for an hour when his mother died.”

Pastor Tom said, “There's something beautiful and pure about that bell tone going out over the prairie, reminding people this is the Sabbath day, keep it holy. This is the gospel word pure and clear – and it just rings out. And when you hear it, it's undeniable. So I just love the sound of the church bell as we begin worship. It's got some beautiful things to say about who we are and what we believe.

“You think about the purpose of the church bell. First, of course, it reminds people it’s the sabbath, it’s the Lord's day, let's come worship. But there was also that warning, putting a church up high on a hill, if that thing kept ringing, there was trouble and everybody would come. So it's also a call for help.

So it's got some beautiful symbolism.”

Pastor Tom continued, “Willow Creek has this tradition of ringing the bell on Christmas Eve. Families will come together and they'll take turns ringing and ringing it – it’s Christmas Eve and the promises of Christmas have come!”

Besides sharing their Lutheran faith, Doug and Pastor Tom share a cup of coffee and a dose of humor every Tuesday.

Doug said, “I just had quite a shocker. I got a DNA report and I found out I’m part Norwegian.” Tom, who is Norwegian, responded: “So he's been needing counseling that it’s not so bad to be a Norwegian.” “I’m just glad my folks are gone because they’d have been devastated,” Doug said.

Willow Creek Lutheran, located northwest of Baltic, was founded by Norwegian immigrants in 1875; while Benton Lutheran Church, located west of Crooks, was founded by Swedish immigrants in 1878.

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from the tree, you know. When I was a kid, I was related to 80 percent of the people in the church. As I got older, my folks always said, ‘I don't care what you do on Saturday night, but you're going to church on Sunday morning.’”

Doug said his friends call him the “Silent Swede” because he’s bashful.

“Nobody will believe that,” laughed Tom. Doug also told a story of a trip church members took to Norway several years ago. They did spend the night of the Summer Soltice in Sweden. “And, you know, that was the only time I didn’t have

headache.” Pastor Tom doesn’t tell a lot of jokes from the pulpit, but when he does he makes sure to use Sven as the butt of the joke when preaching at the Norwegian Willow Creek Church and use Ole as the butt of the joke at the Swedish Benton church.

Pastor Tom said both churches have a good crop of little kids coming up.

“So it feels good. It feels like there's life and it feels like we've got a future if we can just keep the kids coming in hearing the gospel and passing on the faith.” Doug added, “When a young couple has a baby crying in

church, I love it. That means there are kids in church. If it's real quiet, it means there’s no kids.”

Pastor Tom concluded, “I love the smaller congregation – the close knit understanding when a kid grows up in this congregation, they're going to have multiple grandparents who know them, love them and care for them – and they will be known and loved and cared for by a whole community. The promise given in baptism is so huge – we just need to remind our children early and often of what God has done and promised you in that moment.”

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“Why sir,” said the farmer, “Didn’t you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn.

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