Relatives
On other Sunday afternoons, we would often go visiting to Aunt Sophie Olling,
Uncle Lefty Petersen, or Uncle Jens Petersen.
Usually the adults just sat around in a circle and talked.
Once in a great while we would get Sophie's husband, Pete Olling, to play his squeeze box.
That was always great entertainment.
Uncle Jens Petersen lived on a farm east of Ringsted 3-4 miles.
I remember the old farmstead had no running water and no electricity.
They had a well for water and kerosine lanterns for light.
Uncle Lefty Petersen lived in Ringsted only a block or so from our house.
He was trained as a butter maker and worked at the Ringsted Creamery,
then later he drove a fuel tank truck to supply farmers with petroleum products.