Machinery Merit Badge Certification. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 3 3/4" Description: white cardstock - black print: "Scout Wesley H. Rethwill Troop 85 has met the requirements for the merit badge in Machinery Date 10-50 Cedar Valley Council signed Roy C. Myers, Advancement Committee, Maynard E.Hanson, Scout Executive."

Angling Merit Badge Certification. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 3 3/4" Description: white cardstock - black print: "Scout Wesley H. Rethwill Troop 85 has met the requirements for the merit badge in Angling Date 10-50 Cedar Valley Council signed Roy C. Myers, Advancement Committee, Maynard E.Hanson, Scout Executive."

Textiles Merit Badge Certification. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 3 3/4" Description: white cardstock - black print: "Scout Wesley H. Rethwill Troop 85 has met the requirements for the merit badge in Textiles Date 10-50 Cedar Valley Council signed Roy C. Myers, Advancement Committee, Maynard E.Hanson, Scout Executive."

Animal Industry Merit Badge Certification. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 3 3/4" Description: white cardstock - black print: "Name Wesley H. Rethwill Scouting Unit Troop # 85 has met the requirements for the merit badge in Animal Industry Date 1-51 Cedar Valley Council signed Roy C. Myers, Advancement Committee, Maynard E.Hanson, Scout Executive."

Bookbinding Merit Badge Certification. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 3 3/4" Description: white cardstock - black print: "Name Wesley H. Rethwill Scouting Unit Troop # 85 has met the requirements for the merit badge in Bookbinding Date 1-51 Cedar Valley Council signed Roy C. Myers, Advancement Committee, Maynard E.Hanson, Scout Executive."

Merit Badge Certification. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 3 3/4" Description: white cardstock - black print: "Name Wesley H. Rethwill Scouting Unit 85 has met the requirements for the merit badge in Finger Painting, Carpentry, Business, Sculpture Date 2-51 Cedar Valley Council signed Roy C. Myers, Advancement Committee, Maynard E.Hanson, Scout Executive."

Eagle Scout Bronze Palm Rank Certificate. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 3 3/4" Description: white cardstock - black print: "Scout Wesley Rethwill Troop 85 is hereby certified as an Eagle Scout with Bronze Palm Date 5-51 Cedar Valley Council signed Roy C. Myers, Advancement Committee, Maynard Hanson, Scout Executive."

Eagle Scout Gold Palm Rank Certificate.. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 3 3/4" Description: white cardstock - black print: "Scout Wesley Rethwill Troop 85 is hereby certified as an Eagle Scout with Gold Palm Date 2-52 Cedar Valley Council signed Roy C. Myers, Advancement Committee, Maynard Hanson, Scout Executive."

Rethwill Envelope. Material: paper. Size: 2 3/4" x 4" Description: tan colored paper envelope - "Wesley H Rethwill 300 9th St NE Waseca, Minnesota No. 85 in case of emergency please notify: Mr. W.H. Rethwill or Mrs. W.H. Rethwill."

Lucy Schuette. 1 3/4" x 3 1/4" oval. Description: black and white photo portrait of the young girl Lucy Schuette Lorenz.

Gordon and Della Tollefson. 2 1/2" x 3 1/4". Description: color photo portrait of man and woman - reverse side identification: "Nov, 1987 Gordon & Della Tollefson."

Young man. 3 1/2" x 5" black and white photo of an unidentified young man, likely Roy Tollefson.

Jeanette and Roy Tollefson and Jeanie (Lorenz) Weber bride. 5" x 4" color photo.

Unidentified woman. 5" x 7" black and white photo.

Roy Tollefson. 5" x 7" black and white photo.

Methodist Church Congregation. 5" x 7" black and white photo. Large group of people outside of the Methodist Church, Waseca, MN - reverse side handwritten: "M.E. Church Waseca, Minn See if you can find yourself. Lucy, my mother you and I in the front row. Jeanette Lorenz Tollefson."

Stanley F. (Bud) and Kathryn Tollefson. 4 1/2" x 3 3/4" color photo.

Lucy Shuette Lorenz. 4 3/4" x 6" oval black and white photo mounted on cardboard - "Christman Waterville, Minn." on lower right.

Waseca High School Class of 1928 50th Reunion. 4 3/4" x 3 1/2" color photo. Identification from the Waseca Journal newspaper September 19, 1978. "Twenty-one members of the Class of 1928 reunited Saturday night to observe the 50th year since their high school graduation. The reunion was held at the Powell House in Waseca. In the front row (front left) are: Esther (Peterson) Helmer, Almeda (Buckman) Stromme, Helen (Sheldon) Gray, Helen (Wadd) Borgeson, Marvel Curry and Gertrude (Nigg) Rainville. S ... more

Waseca High School Class of 1928 50th Reunion. 4 3/4" x 3 1/2" color photo. Identification from the Waseca Journal newspaper September 19, 1978. "Members of the Class of 1928 held their 50th class reunion Saturday in Waseca. Of the 46 graduates from Waseca that year, 21 were attending the reunion Saturday. Pictured here, from left to right, are Don Gedosch, Delmer Drysdale, Laurel Hanson, Robert Gray, Warren Schultz, Keith Phelps, Ray Palmer, George Herter, Glen Myers and Clifford Smith."

Rural New Richland Township School District # 31. Material: paper. Size: 6" x 4". Description: black and white photo newspaper copy; "1967" handwritten upper left; "April 1912" handwritten lower right; captioned: "According to Mrs. Esther Brecke, this picture of School District 31 students was taken about 1910. The teacher was Miss Ethel Wagner who is deceased. Students back row, left to right: Elmer Matthies, now of Albert Lea; Esther Herbst (Mrs. Joe Brecke) of New Richland; Dewey Johnson, d ... more

New Richland School Third and Fourth graders. 5 3/4" x 3 1/2" black and white photo from the New Richland Star December 14, 1967 newspaper - captioned: "These third and fourth grade boys and girls are pictured as they stood on the school steps in 1932. Quite a few of them objected to the date in the cutlines of this picture in last week's Star. Seems they didn't care about being 10 years older than they actually are. They are from left to right: back row: Marie Christianson, Kathleen Farrell, Do ... more

Central Class of 1919. 6" x 4 1/4" black and white photo from the Waseca County News Newspaper - captioned: "Central classes strike a pose. We're not sure what year this photo was taken at Central High School, but we do know there was representation from several classes, including 1918, 1919, 1920 and 1921. It was submitted by Allen Wolf of Waseca. Included are 1) Lawrence Wasbotten, 3) Harold Minkse, 5) Merle McGuire, 7) Rollins Jungke, 9) Pat Wyman, 12) Carl Erickson, 14) Andew Phelps, 15) Orr ... more

Local Poetry and Prose. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 8 1/2". Description: white glossy cardstock cover; black and pastel cover graphic: tree, hill, sky, person on park bench; title: "Thoughts to Think By" and author and illustrator: Schimanski and Burdick; back cover features author photograph - contents: 121 numbered pages of inspirational prose, poetry and illustrations - front page signatures of Burdick and Schmanski.

Music Education: The Normal Music Course First Reader. Material: paper. Size: 6 1/2" x 8". Description: faded red hardback cover imprinted in black: "The Normal Music Course"; contents: 104 numbered pages of lyrics and musical exercises and songs from beginners to most advanced practices; several handwritten notes in book front, back and throughout, presumably written by Clara Bishman.