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To the Editor:
I just received a phone call from Al Folden, retired Victoria Postmaster and member of Lake Minnetonka Stamp Club. He has a brain tumor. Please keep him in your prayers.
Uncle Ron Holtmeier
Victoria, Minnesota
To the Editor:
Another year! Can hardly believe it. Still enjoying your great newspaper. In June I will be visiting my kids and friends for three weeks in Minnesota. Have been doing that for the past 22 years. Always look forward to that, and it's a happy time.
Was born and raised in Victoria 80 years ago. I'm still in good health and working part time. Must also mention that my husband Karl and I lived in Waconia from 1946 to 1984, when we moved to Florida. He died suddenly in November, 1985. Enough nostalgia.
Have a super day.
Diane Gramith
Naples, Florida
To the Editor:
Please include this in the next issue of the Victoria Gazette. Noah was the grandson of Beatrice Mechtel of Victoria.
We express our immense gratitude for the overwhelming expressions of sym-pathy we received upon Noah's death.
Noah was in the Air Force for less than a year. His home base for Security Forces was Mildenhall Royal Air Force Base in England. They held a memorial service for him on April 5th. He was at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, recovering from successful surgery at the time of his death. Your continued prayers and support are appreciated while the Air Force searches for the cause of his death.
Many of you have shared your mem-ories of how Noah touched your lives. He lived a full and blessed life in his short number of years. As an article in Stars and Stripes stated, "It was how Radde lived, not died, that mattered most." It's obvious his military family knew him as well as we did.
Whether you sent food, called, sent a card, or said a prayer, your thoughtfulness is great appreciated.
Dayle, Jan, Mark, and Philip Radde
And Beatrice Mechtel
To the Editor:
I am writing about the closing of another landmark in Victoria.
C.H. Carpenter Lumber has been in business since 1918. That would be 88 years. My father, E.B. Plocher, worked for Lyman Irwin Lumber Company, which was located north of the Noter-mann Store in Victoria. In 1918, C.H. Carpenter bought the yard from Lyman Irwin and it was moved to its present location.
We have seen great changes in downtown Victoria. We have lost the dairy farms, creamery, implement dealer, hardware store, feed store, grocery store, meat market and locker plant, blacksmith shop, barber shop. The public school used to have ten grades and the parochial school had eight grades.
I guess this is what we call progress. People talk about bringing back a vibrant downtown. I wish them luck, but I don't think it's going to happen.
Wilfred Plocher
Waconia, Minnesota
To the Editor:
Thank you for a great paper. It's a race at our place to see who gets the paper first, and then see who finds the fishhook first. Just so you know how bad the mail is here, we got the April issue of the Gazette before the March issue, and to think I was a rural carrier out of Hamel and Victoria. Worked with Marlys Timm. Our jobs were important then.
Arlene Poppler
Bradenton, Florida
To the Editor:
Thank you for your years of working together with C.H. Carpenter Lumber as one of your stops for all of your building needs. Over the last 80 years we have served many generations of home builders and remodelers. We intend to continue that strong tradition of quality and service and count you among our most valued customers.
That is why I am writing to advise you of changes that affect how we work together in the future. Effective April 30th, 2006, we are merging our Shakopee and Victoria operations into our world class Lakeville facility.
This is an important step in our over-all plan to better serve you through im-provements in showroom capacity, covered storage, material handling equip-ment, direct rail shipments from our sup-pliers, and, of course, our trusted and knowledgeable employees.
Though our lumberyard is moving, our focus on addressing all of your build-ing needs in Shakopee and Victoria has not changed. We look forward to provid-ing many more years of service to you and all of our customers.
Steve Hastings, CEO
C.H. Carpenter Lumber Company
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
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