Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Holiday Celebration

 As is the tradition, the River Falls Area Retired Educators' Association held its annual holiday meeting.  On December 10, 2015, we were entertained by music and stories provided by our members.

Members of RFArea REA provide seasonal music for our group.  From left to right:  Ruth Wood, DeAn Krey,
Kathleen Drecktrah, Jean Loudon, Jane Harred, Bill Montgomery, Bernie Brohaugh, and Gorden Hedahl.

New members Tom and Gail Possley

Gail Possley, Doug Johnson, Gwen Paul, and
new member Kathleen Drecktrah
Doug Johnson, Gwen Paulson, Kathleen Drecktrah,
and Larry Harred

Gorden Hedahl dressed appropriately with
his Christmas tree tie

Evelyn Johnson also in festive attire
Cheryl Maplethorpe and Tony Pedriana

DeAn Krey and Jane Harred
Ruth Wood tells her story about the year her mother decorated
their Christmas tree with plastic "Toughies" she got from
the factory in which she was working.

















DeAn Krey recollects her childhood on a Wisconsin
farm not too many miles from River Falls--the snowy
year her father feigned car trouble so that he could
run back to the house and put her new bicycle under
the tree for her to find when they returned from
Christmas Eve church services.




Bob Krey and Karen Brohaugh enjoy
memories of Christmases past.
Jeanette and Glenn Potts
Jean Loudon and Jane Harred sing carols.

Don Leake recalls his and wife Anne's Christmas
as members of the Peace Corps in Africa.

Gorden Hedahl's first memory at age three included
North Dakota snowdrifts and a grandfather retrieving
the family in a horse-drawn sleigh.

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