Names and places mentioned in Part 3, in roughly the order they come up.
People
Name
Relationship to Judy
Key facts
Mr. Hazenmuller
High school choir teacher
Sat and wept with his class the afternoon President Kennedy was shot, November 22, 1963
Curt (Curtis)
Brother
A year ahead of Judy; on the 1964 World’s Fair trip; later attended Concordia. “Mr. Everything” — not easy to follow. Father of Sarah (Part 2)
Joyce
Sister
Two years ahead of Judy; on the World’s Fair trip; later went into nurses’ training
Linwood Beck
Luther League leader
Organized the 1964 trip to the national Luther League convention in Detroit and added New York and the World’s Fair
Herb
Father
Paymaster at Otter Tail Power, signing every company paycheck; one of the first employees trained in computer programming (c. 1966–67); retired early 1980s and received a gold brick
Eunice
Mother
Worked at the Fergus Falls State Hospital — first on the teenage ward, then longest in rehabilitation. Possibly earned her LPN
Roy Anderson
Family friend; Judy’s boss
Social worker and director of the Fergus Falls mental health center. Called and offered Judy part-time office work at 50 cents an hour
Guy Warden
Neighbor on Alcott
Appears in one of Judy’s more memorable dreams
Kyrk
Son
Appears with Herb in a recurring dream Judy had after her father died
Gloria
Friend
Often came along on weeknight trips to the lake cabin
Dave
Husband
Unlike Judy, tells his dreams in perfect sequence
Dr. George Welch
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Superintendent of the Fergus Falls State Hospital, 1892–1927
Dr. William Patterson
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Superintendent of the State Hospital until 1968, including Eunice’s years there
Places
Place
Relevance
Cobo Hall, Detroit
Site of the 1964 national Luther League convention
1964 New York World’s Fair
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens; visited with the Luther League in summer 1964
“Four Seasons Hotel,” New York
The first hotel on the trip, as Judy remembers the name. The group left after finding mattresses on the floor and no sheets — clearly not the Four Seasons we know today, which didn’t open in New York until 1993
Statue of Liberty & Empire State Building
Also visited on the New York trip
Holiday Inn
Site of the Class of ’66’s 50th reunion
Otter Tail Power
Herb’s employer; Judy visited on Career Day and on Saturdays as a girl
Fergus Falls State Hospital
Eunice’s workplace
Hospital X-ray department
Where Judy spent her spring Career Day
Concordia College
Where Curt went to college
Sioux Falls, SD
Where Judy spent some time with a friend after graduating
Fergus Falls community college
Where Judy took business classes starting fall 1966
Fergus Falls mental health center
Judy’s first real job, including the Child Development Center, where kids came in for evaluations
Alcott St, Fergus Falls
The street the family lived on
Ottertail Lake cabin
Family cabin bought around 1959–60; weeknight swims, dinners and weekends
Notes
The yellow label: Judy couldn’t recall the label for “Please Mr. Postman,” only that it was yellow. It was Tamla — and the label was yellow.
Kyrk vs. Curt: Kyrk is Judy’s son; Curt is her brother. Both come up in this part.
