Old Photo #113 – Plum Coulee 4

Back in my Plum Coulee days, Bob Reichert was the Postmaster. His job made him central in the village's daily life, but he was involved in all manner of community activities after hours. His daughter, Sandra, recently accepted a posthumous award for community service on his behalf.

Mr. Reichert's youngest son, Jim, created a major commotion in Coulee when, in the early '60s, he got a set of drums and began practicing feverishly in his bedroom just two doors from the entrance to the Collegiate. We younger boys were in awe, of course and, years later, he joined the band I was in. I'm not sure where Jim hangs his sticks these days, but our guitarist is now the mortician for the Winkler/Morden/Plum Coulee area, our keyboardist is the CFO for a radio network headquartered in Altona, and I'm a monocular photographer up in the Interlake.