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My last article was on the J.G. (June) Olson and Harry Roberts families and stated how Harry loved baseball as did his son Gary. Gary has contacted me and triggered memories of another homestead family. That family was Charles F. “Chuck” and Maude O. Welch.

Lucile (Welch) Venhaus is the author of the article on the family in “Shifting Scenes, Vol II,” page 919. The article shares a very interesting history of them and their children.

“Both my parents, Charles (Chuck) and Maude O. Wilson Welch were born in Iowa, grew up in Nebraska, first met in South Dakota and were married in Sio...