New Exhibit Opening this Thursday!
“Northfield Women and World War II: From the Homefront to the Battlefront” will debut at the Northfield Historical Society museum on November 13, 2008 at 7 PM. The story of four Northfield women in service to their country during World War II, it will showcase Army Nurse Corps officers Ruth Nutting, Florence Wiechman and Kathleen Phillips, as well as Northfield newspaper columnist and hometown legend Nellie “Mom” Phillips.
Featuring over 150 vintage photographs from two overseas theaters of war and Northfield, many taken by the women themselves, it will offer their personal experiences. Clothing, memorabilia and oral histories will be included. Of particular note will be a Story Wall, where visitors can read tales about the war from a woman’s perspective. A CD player with headphones will offer recorded readings of their wartime letters, plus a humorous Christmas poem, all set to 1940’s big band music.
For further information, call the us at 645-9268.
You forgot to add Marilyn
You forgot to add Marilyn Machcek to the WWII women. She was well known to all of Northfield. Either ask the VFW about her or her husband, Jim Machecek.
Larry DeBoer
Northfield Women and WW II Exhibit
Hello Larry: I knew about Marilyn Machacek, and I had a nice visit with her husband Jim at the VFW last week. She was a really beautiful woman, as well as an accomplished one. Almost twenty Northfield women answered the call to military duty in WW II. Space limitations prevented the Historical Society from showcasing all of them at this time. We did include a listing of all these fine women, with their branch of service at the entrance to the exhibit. Because I was including my mother, Florence Heermance Wiechman, who was an Army nurse, I decided to focus that, plus Nellie Phillips. When more museum space may become available, Northfield Historical Society could very well decide to do an exhibit on all these deserving women. I hope so. Until then, I hope you will come to see Northfield Women and World War II: From the Homefront to the Battlefront. I beleive you will enjoy it, and thank you.