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ORPHAN TRAIN Don Youniss presents this program of a social experiment that transported children from crowded eastern cities to the country’s Midwest for adoption. Wisconsin, being in the Midwest, was favored by the many of the child placing institutions due to the large number of families that had room to take a needy child into their home, with plenty of food from the farm for all. “The C. & N.W. train from the south early morning brought to Fort Howard about 30 orphaned children from the New York Orphan Asylum.” Per September 21, 1893 - Green Bay Press Gazette. Open to PBAC members and the public.

MILLIES’S STORY Marcia Kritzler-Egeland, Holocaust Educator, will share with us the story of her mother, Mildred Straahs Kritzler, beginning with her permanent separation from her parents at age 9, and her rescue by American Quakers resulting in her arrival in the United States in 1941 at age 12. Marcia's presentation includes detailed facts of her mother's escape as well as information about the fate of her parents and the escape of her brother Walter from the death camps. Open to PBAC members and the public.

CHEESE FACTORIES OF DOOR COUNTY Don Rudolph, a fourth generation Door County farmer, will share information about the history of cheese factories. In 1917 Door County had 35 cheese factories and 5 creameries. This presentation will reflect a very vital economic fixture in our early dairy industries that many of our relatives had a stake in.