Listed
below are excerpts from transcriptions of audio tapes of
two meetings with different combinations of the people
shown here. They occurred on May 28 and September 25,
1995. For the entire script,
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Wilma, Jeannie, Wm, Helma and Marie were
children of Wm
Carl Heiden
Mildred was married to
Arthur Heiden
and was mother of Ralph Heiden
Helen was wife of Wm Frank and they were
parents of Dianne
Ralph, Dianne, Pat and Mary Lou were
first cousins
Ralph Heiden - I always wondered why
Grape existed. By the time I was
around, there was only a general store there any more.
Norma "Jeanie" Heiden - Oh, that’s were they used to have “Grape juice!” It was the
first electric generating plant there on the river. It’s were we got
our electricity from at first.
Helma (Heiden) Nickel - There was a quarry there too. The Seitz’s had something to
do with that and then they had a big trucking company. They went to
the Bridge School and were sort of “big shots” there in organizing
the 100th Anniversary celebration
Mildred (Roggerman) Heiden -
Walter Berns has a book all about
Grape and the area
around there.
Wilma (Heiden) Bicking - The family that lived in
Grape were called the “Sourwines”
but it’s spelled Saurweins. That’s the truth!
Listed
below are excerpts from transcriptions of audio tapes of
two meetings with different combinations of the people
shown here. They occurred on May 28 and September 25,
1995. For the entire script,
