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Above: Mable Nelson Thompson meets Gary Hanson of rural north Strum, on his farm. Both are former students of Norseville School. Gary's father, Maurice Hanson and Mable attended Norseville school at the same time. Gary's aunt, Betty Pedersen, was their teacher. The Norseville School Sign that shows in all Norseville pictures hangs protected today in Gary & Corinne Hanson's garage. Left: Mable Nelson Thompson, shown as a student in other Norseville School Class pictures in 1924, holds the teacher's bell. Mable, her daughters and son were advised by Rob Rindal that the large school bell is affixed to a Silo on Nels Norheim's farm. Nels also attended Norseville School. Rob Rindal seemed more than happy to talk about the school, and had several old photographs of the structures and activities formerly located and conducted on the property where he lives. He walked with us to the area where the school building once stood. Then he got in his truck and led us on County Road D to Nelson Road, the area where he thought the home of Johan and Anne Haugen, my mother's grandparents, and the home of Anton and Minnie Nelson, my mother's parents, once stood. |