Olaf Einar Vaade came to United States A. in 1912. He remembers seeing the debris from the Titanic on the ocean.
Olaf and Anna had a family of ten. Olaf, and Ingrid in Norway, and Agnes, Solveig, Arnold and Hazel were born in Dakota and baptized at the West Prairie Church. They are pictured here. They first lived in the house across the road from Ole Thorn's farm in Addie (now Erling Skaufel Farm) Township. Later they built a home in back of the present Gust Suess House, and then into the house that Kenny Gaden just dismantled. Olaf and Einar Bardahl were cousins, but more like brothers as Olaf was raised by Einar's Parents in Norway (Steinkjer). During the early 1920's they ran a movie concession above the Reule's Store. Ingrid remembers that her Dad made them pay their 100 just like the other kids to get in. Royal McCulloch remembered the Fatty Arbuckle movies, and when the film would catch fire, all the kids would rush for the doors. Ingrid remembers that once they had a film about Indians, and there was a little baby, and she commented, "Oh, isn't she cute?" One of her classmates came back, "Cute? She's homelier than you are!"
The Vaade Blacksmith became Vaade and Carl Arneson Garage, and in 1923 Vaade sold his garage to George Paintner and moved to Stoughton, Wisconsin.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 465