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AUTUMN 2012

QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER

Executive Board of Directors

Gil Mangels, President

Cathleen Wilde, VP; Ned Wilde, Treas.

Nancy Pray, Secretary

Gracia Normandeau Jones

Kendall Dupuis Mike Maddy

Stan Cohen Art Mangels Annette Schiele

Advisory Board of Directors

Jim Pomajevich

Dedicated to the memories of

Joanne, to my posterity . . .

and yours . . . with sincere

thanks and admiration to my

ancestors . . . and yours, for

giving us American Pie.

By now most of you have

heard that Joanne, my wife,

companion and helpmate for

47 years passed away

August 4, 2012.

The good news is that she is no longer in pain.

The really "Good News" is that she had the Gospel

of Jesus Christ in her heart and in her life.

While at times she felt married to the museum

reception desk, she enjoyed meeting the public and

often chatted at length with visitors who needed to

rest and sit down for a while.

Many exhibits have her magic touch. Several

of her personal items and heirlooms are still

enjoyed by museum viewers. One favorite is her

1800's harp which our granddaughter Desire'

played like an angel at the memorial service.

We were often asked by young folks about the

longevity of our marriage. Among the points we

offered to build a happy and long marriage were

commitment and a shared sense of humor that

wasn't at the other's expense.

Those who have preceded me in losing a loved

one know that at times the loneliness is depressing.

And some of you have caught yourselves as I have,

wanting to ask your spouse a question, or share

events of the day. I am okay. Everyone, at some

time in their life, will in some way or another

experience a great loss. I have included many in my

prayers and appreciate you including me in yours.

Please see page 2

Dedication to our beloved Joanne

A few have wondered about the future of the museum-

Our work is not yet finished!!

Many of you know that most of our interpretive

displays are designed to teach and remind us of the

good things about America. Our artifacts stress that

"freedom is dependent on responsibility."

Socialism, like a malignant cancer, continues to

infect our nation. History has shown that socialism

fails and can easily turn into a dictatorship.

A portion of our displays explain the kinds of

government and the importance of returning to the

U.S. Constitution, and the balanced form of govern-

ment our founders envisioned.

So if you're considering giving a portion of your

estate to cancer research which has received billions

of dollars, and still not cured it - much of it going to

administrative costs - why not think of the Miracle

of America Museum? In its battle to preserve

America, is fighting the cancer that can enslave your

and my posterity. The Miracle of America Museum

wastes nothing on administrative costs.

Howard Hudson-

1950 snake bite

kit, NOS (new old

stock) shoelaces

and other stock

items for the

hardware store and

shoe shop, and

Harley literature.

(Pictured here)

Susan Henning

Mangels

-

(married to my

cousin Pete

Mangels) Photos and memorabilia from her

parents cherry orchards ("Dick A Ree")

Norma Ryan

- WWII helmet and uniform with

rifleman's badge.

Probably the furthest hand delivered items

were from 90 year old

Bill (Earl) Moore

who

drove up from California to bring us a nice 1906

Winchester 22 caliber rifle, several early

motorcycling photos and military items.

An unusual donation by

Camden Wall

that

really stretched the memory file was a limited

edition print done by

his mother Marcellite

Garner Wall

of Minnie Mouse

(pictured at right)

.

She was an artist for Disney from 1929-1941 and

was also the voice of Minnie in the early movies.

Perhaps you've noticed that the Paul Bunyan

has received some much needed paint. Some repair

beams were donated by

Dupuis Lumber

and

Volunteer

Dick Schieke

is involved with the deck

and railing repairs.

Gary Guest

brought another load of Cameras

and beautiful photos of Glacier Park and Flathead

Lake that his dad had taken, as well as a few

Hileman Native American photos. We're waiting for

a contractor to begin work on a lean-to building that

will house the

wooden wheel

wagons. This will

make room in the

print shop building

for the new array

of cameras for the

photo shop. A

$1,000 Capital

Improvement

Grant from

Walmart

will help

with the new

structure.

The two

cameras pictured

on page 3 were

donated by

Chuck Tremblay

of Post Falls, ID

along with 1911 and 1924 photos of Polson.

Polson, Montana

Newsletter layout courtesy of

Carmine Mowbray of

MISCELLANEOUS DONATIONS

David and Brenda Bosley

Jack and Alowee Briggs

Joseph and Cheryl Collins

Paul Fugleberg

Berry Gerrity

Bill and Jeannette Gregg

John and Babe Hellyer

Greg Hertz

Charles and Penny Jarecki

Kathryn Johnson

Bob Bushnell and Olga Lincoln

Ed and Anna Lonnevick

Charles Mangels

Peter and Susan Mangels

Arvid Mostad

Carmine Mowbray

Tyke and Mary Parsons

Bert and Grace Poloson

Art Robinson

Janet Rogers

L.H. and A.J. Sagers

Darold and Doré Schaffer

Ron and Annette Schiele

René Silverthorne

Michael and Janna Taylor

Memorials continue to arrive.

Businesses:

Humphrey Law

Office

Moody's Market, Inc.

Pomajevich Properties

LCRCC

Beautiful floral

arrangements for the

memorial came from:

George and Brenda Brimhall,

CMWS Team, Feightner Family,

Glacier Bank

and

Les Schwab

Thank you all for your kind remembrance of Joanne -

Almost $3000 was donated in Joanne's memory to the museum endowment fund.

We will do our best to remember everyone here:

Arlen Wisseman

donated an air-powered saw for

cutting mine timbers. An outside compressor provided

air through a long hose to run the saw as you wouldn't

want the exhaust fumes and sparks from a

conventional chain saw in the mine shaft. It was last

used in the mid 1960's at the Orphan Uranium Mine in

Grand Canyon, AZ.

Dr. Paul Hanson

is cleaning up his parents'

property on Finley Point and brought several loads of

neat and useful items including scrap iron for recycle

and some destined for sculpture. Probably my favorite

item is the 1937 Rotoette rotor tiller

(pictured below)

.

Please be a friend

Do you think your contribution would be only a

drop in the bucket? That's what oceans are made of!

Thank you for your support - every drop of it.

And

your contribution is tax deductible.

K20 Aerial 4X5 camera and a K-8 Keystone 8mm.

When the Sandpiper Gallery called

for "Horsin Around" art, Gil took them

literally. Here are two "horse In A

Round" sculptures. See if you can

identify the threshing machine parts,

wagon wheel rims, snowmobile muffler,

bicycle sprocket, rattail rasp, wood

augers, ball bearings, wheel wrench

ends, military fence posts and a large

spring. Gil creates these whimsical

sculptures as "Spoof Mfg.", a division

of Mangels Machine and Welding and

they are available for sale.

"Horsin' Around" sculptures on display at Sandpiper Gallery

We salute our

Sustaining Members

Jim and Debbie Christian

Jim and Barb Sohm

Family Members

Mary Arden

Ruth and Lyle Baxter Family

Melvin Humphrey

W. Earl and Florence Moore

Steve Noe

Darold and Doré Schaffer

Carl Skabronski

Gordon and Donna Terry

Easton Weingart

Pat Wooldbridge Family

Live History Days Help Appreciated

Thanks to all who helped make our live

history days a success by serving food, operating

equipment and demonstrating their talents.

Donations of food came from

McDonald's,

Rod's Harvest Foods, Safeway

and

Super One

.

Hunt's Timbers

donated logs for demonstration

and these were picked up by our sawmill operator

Larry Eslick

.

Miscellaneous Cash Donations

Bruce and Linda Johnston, Polson Rotary

Club, Joseph T. Jones of Kentucky; Susan

Haack Aders and Joseph Woznicki

.

In spite of the difficult economy and partially

because of it, our Endowment fund needs to be

enlarged. Only the interest income is used each

year and the banks are presently not paying

much. The board is again asking that you please

consider donating the museum 1% to 5% of your

estate to the Miracle of America Museum

endowment fund. If enough folks choose this sort

of gifting it would help insure continued

preservation of our collections and displays for

your posterity to enjoy. If you agree, please

consider discussing this with your estate planner

or lawyer.

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