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    Montgomery Historical Society (MHS) will be hosting their annual meeting on Wednesday, April 29, at the Rustic Farmer on Main, 201 1st Street South.
    The evening will start with a social hour at 6:30 p.m., a brief business meeting at 7 p.m., and will finish with a presentation by author and historian Jeffrey M. Sauve on “The Le Sueur Lyre.”

Many moons ago the 74-year-old, soon to be 75, Ronald Prchal was given the nickname “Chubby” or “Chubs” by his father. “Between sixth and seventh grade I grew nine inches and 60 pounds,” said Chubby. “I got the nickname from my dad.”

Even his friends Wendy Vargo and Bob Krocak agree, no one knows him by his given name. “If you said Ron Prchal, people would ask you if he was related to Chubby,” laughed Krocak. Chubby’s younger brother, Ralph Prchal, said, “He used to be chubby, and now he’s not. He’s the skinniest of anyone (from his friends and family).”

 

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