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Fiala Family Donates Items
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Recently, John and Delores Fiala of
Grand Island (John's mother Marie is the daughter of Jonas and Ida
Heim) donated several items that had belonged to that family to
the Pennsylvania Colony's future museum.
The items are: A decorative hair comb that belonged to Edna Heim
Keller; a photo of the Dawson town band, ca 1890, with a brass button
from Jonas Heim's band uniform; a ladderback chair with cane seat
from the home of Jonas Heim dating from the 1840's; a dry sink;
four dresses of the 1920's and 1930's that belonged to Marie Heim
Fiala and Edna Heim Keller; a portrait of Delila Hurst Emerson,
Ida Heim's mother, and a framed lace collar worn in the portrait;
a dress worn by Marie Heim Fiala at her graduation from Dawson High
School, May 18, 1927; a dress worn by Marie Heim at her marriage
to Emil A. (John) Fiala on December 31, 1930, and a handkerchief
she carried at her wedding; a white silk embroidered handkerchief
carried by Ida May Emerson at her wedding to Jonas A. Heim, February
15, 1894; and a black mourning veil of handmade silk with floral
designs. Pending the establishment of a museum, the items are being
stored by Robert Williamson.
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