Hilda Ida Kirmse visited her relatives in Nebraska for two weeks during the fall
Hilda Ida Kirmse visited her relatives in Nebraska for two weeks during the fall of 1927. Hilda had almost fifty aunts and uncles and about one hundred first cousins so she had a lot of relatives that she could visit.
Miss Leona Arndt was pleasantly surprised Friday evening, November 11, when thirty young folks gathered at her home in observance of her birthday anniversary. Those present from a distance were Miss Hilda Brunken, of Meno, Okla., Henry Buss, of Lincoln, Wm Borcherding and Raymond Arndt, of Seward.
- WHAT: Hilda attended a birthday party for her cousin, Leona Arndt, shortly after she arrived.
- WHO: Leona Arndt
- WHEN: November 11, 1927
- WHERE: Columbus, Nebraska – probably
- SOURCE: Newspaper clipping in Hilda Brunken’s Album
- WHAT: Hilda visited with two of her aunts.
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Anna Hagelman, Hilda Brunken, Ida Brunken
- WHEN: November, 1927
- WHERE: Columbus, Nebraska – probably
- SOURCE: Hilda Brunken’s Album
- NOTES: Anna Hagelman, sister of Hilda’s mother, was a frequent visitor to Oklahoma.
- WHAT: Hilda visited the new Columbus, Nebraska Kramer High School.
- WHO: Hilda Ida Brunken
- WHEN: November, 1927
- WHERE: Columbus, Nebraska
- SOURCE: Hilda Brunken’s Album
- NOTES: “Officially dedicated in December 1925, Kramer High was named in honor of a long-time school board president Carl Kramer who had died in 1924.” Downloaded December 12, 2014.
- WHAT: Hilda Brunken visited her aunt, uncle, and cousin while she was in Columbus.
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Herman Karlin, Louise (Bunken) Karlin, Mildred Karlin, daughter of Louise (Brunken) and Herman Karlin
- WHEN: November, 1927
- WHERE: Columbus, Nebraska
- SOURCE: Hilda Brunken’s Album
- NOTES: Louise (Bunken) Karlin, was the youngest sister of Hilda’s father and the Karlins were frequent visitors to Oklahoma.
- WHAT: Hilda Brunken’s cousins
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Carrol Brunken, son of Rose Marie (Hupp) and Otto Brunken; Mildred Karlin, daughter of Herman and Louise (Brunken) Karlin
- WHEN: November, 1927
- WHERE: Columbus, Nebraska
- SOURCE: Hilda Brunken’s Album
- WHAT: Hilda visited with her cousin, Lucy Margaretha (Hagelman) Hellbusch, and family while she was in Nebraska.
- WHO:
- Clarence Hellbusch, Born 04 Mar 1915
- Alex Ray Hellbusch, Born 19 Jul 1926
- Arlo Hellbusch, Born 15 Jun 1921
- Leona Hellbusch, Born 28 Apr 1918
- Rueben Norvin Hellbusch, Born 19 Dec 1923
- Elton Hellbusch, Born 13 Nov 1916
- WHEN: November, 1927
- WHERE: Humphrey, Platte, Nebraska – probably
- SOURCE: Hilda Brunken’s Album
- WHAT: Hilda visited with her cousin, Herbert Arndt, during her stay in Nebraska.
- WHO: Herbert E. Arndt (1905-1980)
- WHEN: November, 1927
- WHERE: Nebraska
- SOURCE: Hilda Brunken’s Album
- WHAT: Hilda’s uncle, Edward Arndt, and her cousin, Herbert E. Arndt, are in a corn field with their tractor pulled/powered corn harvester.
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Edward Arndt (1875-1951); Herbert E. Arndt (1905-1980)
- WHEN: November, 1927
- WHERE: Near Columbus, Nebraska
- SOURCE: Hilda Brunken