Enjoyed reading Oiva's piece on saunas. In case you're wondering why he used a MIT thermometer to measure the temperature in his parents' sauna on Fox Farm Rd it's because he was a civil engineering student at MIT. He was a very smart man who served in WWII from 1942-1945 and then served the town of New Ipswich on many committees and was a volunteer EMT.
I remember going up to Kusti and Mary Luhtalas with my dad . Mary used to make Villi, a Finnish yogurt starter and give some to my dad to bring home. I never really liked it but my dad loved it. Also remember the house always being very dark inside, with many throw rugs. We also went to use their sauna, maybe every other week.
Enjoyed reading Oiva's piece on saunas. In case you're wondering why he used a MIT thermometer to measure the temperature in his parents' sauna on Fox Farm Rd it's because he was a civil engineering student at MIT. He was a very smart man who served in WWII from 1942-1945 and then served the town of New Ipswich on many committees and was a volunteer EMT.
I remember going up to Kusti and Mary Luhtalas with my dad . Mary used to make Villi, a Finnish yogurt starter and give some to my dad to bring home. I never really liked it but my dad loved it. Also remember the house always being very dark inside, with many throw rugs. We also went to use their sauna, maybe every other week.
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Oiva was also in my aunt Lillian Aho's class at Appleton which also included Mildred Somero.