February
23, 1936 We all went to church. Peter L. Classens came over for dinner. In the afternoon was Abe Z. Friesen’s
wedding. Rev. Henry F. Isaac married
them. In the evening we went to
Cornelius H. Doerksens. We got quite a
dust and electrical storm.
It was Sunday, so the whole
family went to worship services. They
had gone to the north church building because they had guests for dinner
afterward the service. Then Abram Z.
Friesen (b. 1914) and Katharina L. Friesen (1909-1963) were married, and the
Siemens must have attended. (Abram Z.
Friesen was the brother of Anna Z. Friesen, the future wife of Cornelius’ son
John, i.e. “John’s Anna.”) Probably it was
at the bride’s home, but it might also have been at the church building. There would have been a big faspa for the wedding guests, but
Cornelius does not mention if they attended.
Then some visiting to wrap up the evening.
But what a day it would have
been for the wedding. There was a big
dust storm, and all the dust in the air created a lot of static
electricity. So there were lots of
electrical discharges and perhaps even lightning from the clouds. During a dust storm it would get so bad that
cars could not be started without grounding them first.
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