Would you believe we have had three or more beautiful spring-like days in a row! I even got to my garden and planted one whole row of sweet corn. I am just hoping that the weather will hold and I can catch up on the weed population. I can’t believe how fast they grow! I was reading the other day that gardening was the most popular pastime in America. Well, I know you can pass a lot of time there but I never thought of it as being a pastime. Perhaps I don’t understand that as for me, I think it is work, even hard work at times. Perhaps it is all in the way you look at it. Steve and Marilyn VanWyhe had an open house Sunday afternoon in honor of their son, Justin, who graduated from Luverne High School this year. Congratulations to him. His sisters, Amber and Heather, were home to help him celebrate. Melvin and JoAnn Paulsen celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the Ramada Inn in Sioux Falls this weekend. Those attending were Floyd Paulsen, Indiana; Mark Paulsen and family, Marshall; their grandson, Glen Paulsen, and family, Sioux Falls, S.D.; Melvin’s sister, Donna and husband, Wayne, Randall, Long Prairie; JoAnn’s sister and husband, Joyce and Otis Wells, California; Melvin’s mother, Laura Paulsen, Hills; and Johnny and Marilyn Howland, Rapid City, S.D.Pastor Dan and Karen Ramaker returned home Monday from visiting relatives in Wisconsin and celebrating their wedding anniversary there. Happy Anniversary to them!Guest pastors in Steen Reformed Church this week were Brian Dengler, morning service, and the Rev. Fred Wilgenburg, evening service. Thursday evening guests in the Mildred Paulsen home were some relatives of the Steen family for whom this town was named, Cathy Lykes and her husband, Seattle, Wash. Kathy’s grandfather was John Steen and his brother was Pete Steen. Ole Steen and Otis Steen were also relatives. She would welcome any information that anyone has about Pete Steen as they know very little about him. I have their address if anyone has something to share.An open house for the 50th wedding anniversary of Arvin and Cena Mae Tilstra was Saturday afternoon at Steen Reformed Church. Those coming from a distance to help them celebrate were Marv and Carvill Brommer, Ontario, Calif.; Taylor Withrow, Amarillo, Texas; Linda Soehl, Howell, Mich.; Charles and Bobbie Timmer, Norfolk, Neb.; Cindy Gannon, Katie and Janet, Black Hawk; Larry and Joan Moeller, Mitchell, S.D.; and Cena Mae’s mother, Elizabeth Elbers, who is 95 years old, from Hills. There were many other friends and relatives from the surrounding area who also attended.Winnie Scholten attended a cousin’s family reunion Sunday afternoon at Orange City, Iowa. Spring has arrived! The Steen softball team played their first game of the season Friday evening. They played Carmel, Iowa, and won their first game. Way to go!The Girls’ League of Steen Reformed Church had their annual campout on June 6 and 7. I am sure a good time was had by all.With the arrival of June we find that it has been a very popular month for weddings. It reminds me of this little rhyme about June, moon, croon, spoon, honeymoon! Now I am not sure that is what happens in June but there are always many weddings. I did happen onto a little history that might enlighten us on the subject. The June tradition started back in the days of the Roman Empire. The idea was originated by men, but in more modern times the women began deciding such matters. The boys in togas, which was a garment, believed June was luckier for marriages than any other month. They even named it for Juno, the god of love. The tradition of marriage in June was carried down through the Middle Ages to now — and somewhere along the line the women took over the privilege of naming the date. I think it has not changed much since then. I would like to give a few words of advice to the brides-to-be as they embark upon a brand new life style:Marry a man who is a fortune in himself. Horses, lands and large inheritances are well enough, but the wheel of fortune may be gone in a few years. There are some things, however, which are a perpetual fortune — good manners, geniality of soul, kindness, intelligence, sympathy, courage, perseverance, industrious and wholeheartedness. Marry such a one and you marry a fortune, whether he has an income of $50,000 a year or an income of $1,000. Good luck and best wishes to all of the brides-to-be and the new brides in June this year!