Burton Lyman (Excelsior book)r
1937 1938
February 25. The town's second annual Klondike Day defied low temperatures as the
people took part in skiing and skating races, a dog derby, a snow - modeling contest,January 6. Mrs. Willard T. Dillman had been manager and editor of the Minnetonka
a hockey game, the crowning of Queen Beth Teske and Princess Patty Lee, and finally,Record from 1912 until now the day of her death. Her husband had purchased the
a masquerade skating party. Chairman Roger Olds was assisted by Cliff
and
Leo paper in 1902. Ten years later he established a printing company in Minneapolis and
Cable, Eva Schmidt Morse, J. Mason and Joe Colihan. (HCR)left the local paper under his wife's supervision. Frederick O. Stout, who had moved
to Excelsior from Oklahoma to take charge of the Record's printing department,
May 4. Anson Mase asked if the Council would dedicate the triangle at the intersec-was still working there. During that time he had served as Justice of the Peace for two
tion of Second and Lake Streets to his grandfather, the late Captain Johnson. He said years, as Village Recorder for eight years, and as Mayor another eight years. One year
that the grandsons, and granddaughter Helen Hehl, would erect a flagpole and monu-after Mrs. Dillman's death, Mr. Stout left Excelsior to accept a position elsewhere.
ment and would landscape the property. The Village, for its part, would install curb MR)
and gutter around the triangle and have water brought in from the street.
February 17. When Richard and A.B. Lyman reported the loss of $200 worth of
May 27. The Minnetonka State Bank moved into temporary quarters while work turkeys from their farm south of Excel-
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permission for a systematic fox hunt infootsquarevaultwastobebuiltwith18 -inch thick walls and the latest burglar -proo e -„
features. New up-to-date gtodatea ui ment and a more modern look, inside and out would r 5 the Minnetonka Game Refuge. Over 80
be completed about August 1. (HCR)i foxes were taken in that 12- square -mile7rearea. The Conservation Department per -
August 20. Mr. and Mrs. John Seamans'iodically permitted fox and crow hunt -
celebrated their Golden Wedding Anni-x•ing to improve conditions for upland
versary. John was born seven years after 3 game and protect the farmers' stock and
his father, Silas Seamans, claimed a crops. (MR)
homestead near Minnewashta in 1854.
At 14 years of age, John began taking s June 6. The Council "went on record as
lessons on the bass viol from the conduct -approving the placing of one or two
or of the orchestra then playing at
a wells in Excelsior to raise the level of
Hotel Lafayette. Before long he joined a " ,Lake Minnetonka." (VC; HAD, 69, 73;
the B.A. Rose orchestra, playing in the 44,s6-i y HAW, 94) The lake had been so low that,
Twin Cities and on the big Minnetonka t
steamers. He liked to sing, too, with his Two views of Minnewashta:
brother Edgar and in light opera. He
Connor's Store (above) and Minnewashta Congregational Church (below)
joined two opera companies where he I
proved to be a "quick study," soon knew
fifty roles, and could "go on" with short
notice.1 "'John and Sarah (Board) Seamans celebratedForawhileafterhemarrietheir50thweddinganniversaryin1937
Catherine Board of Indiana, in 1887,
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athecouplelivedinCalifornia. Mr. Seamans had become a painter and decorator before iil
their return to Excelsior in 1898, an occupation which may have seemed a more 4
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reliable source of income than small opera companies for the support of their six
flirchildren. Yet the gift of song was a heritage which appeared and reappeared in various
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Seamans families through succeeding generations. (MR)
November 10. Warren H. Morse, son of County Commissioner H.A. Morse, married l gMissLorraineKlickofChristmasLake. Rev. Waldo Richards of the Congregational
Church officiated, and Mrs. F.W. Colburn was the organist. Four - year -old Donna I°Aldritt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Aldritt, was the flower girl; and Miss Geral-h
dine Klick, the maid of honor. Richard Klick and Vernon Morse served as ushers. The y r
couple planned to be at home, after December 1, in an apartment on Second Street.
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