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Well, there has been a change in our weather pattern! We got to see some 40 degrees once. Can you tell that the snow is beginning to leave us? There is a certain lamp post up here that is becoming visible once again. The snow has melted enough that I can see its location. It is good to see trickles of water from the big snow piles going down the road. Someone asked if I thought the piles of snow would be gone by the fourth of July. We will see.

I said I was going to visit cross roads this trip. So let us start at the corner of Eagle and Kober roads. I remember Mr. and Mrs. Russell Arthur living there. Then my brother Russell and his bride established a home there following the Arthurs. Going on south on the east side was a rural school, Big Creek #7. I think Mary (Simpson) Bing was a teacher there. When I walked to high school in ’35 and ’36 I would meet her walking to that school to teach. In later years that schoolhouse was converted to a home for the Dixon family.

Going on south on the west side lived Jake Bellinger, later owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peters Jr. Next on the east side lived the Elery Dunkelberger family, then there was a little creek to pass over and on the west side lived the Roy Yarrow family, later occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Ben Meyer, and then followed by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pauls. There have been many new dwelling built on that road since.

We have come to the corner of Reinbeck and Kober roads, so going south I think I remember only one farm home being there. It was the home of Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Kober. Now we are at the corner of Tama and Kober. In this next mile was a country lane going west that would take you to the Jake Pauls residence. They had an entrance to their farm from both the east and west. Going on south to the east lived the Woodworth family. And a little further south lived the Vorel family, followed by the Ritters who operated Ritter’s Hatchery. Then down on the corner Mr. and Mrs. D.B. Cooper lived. Now we’re at the corner of the Kober and McQuilkin road. There have been many changes in our countryside these past years so if I have made a mistake, please excuse me. Time changes and waits for no one. Hope to review Kline Road next week.

I wish to pay special thanks to the mystery person for the hairdo this past week. My La Porte City personality to remember this week is Miss Nina Weinands who was a reporter for the local paper and also has an article in the Where People Count Most historical book about our city. Remember when.