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Carroll County IAGenWeb Church History |
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Carroll County IAGenWeb Church History |
| PART ONE | PAGE |
| Aerial View of St. John Church School and Rectory, Arcadia, Iowa | 1 |
| Photo of St. John’s Church, Arcadia, Iowa. Built in 1918. | 2 |
| Dedication | 3 |
| Preface | 5 |
| History of St. John's Parish, Arcadia, Iowa | 13 |
| Photos of Parishoners | 30 |
| The Parishioners that built our church | 35 |
| Frrst and most recent marriages and baptisms | 41 |
| PART TWO | PAGE |
| Priests from St. John’s Parish | 42 |
| Brothers From St. John’s Parish | 44 |
| Sisters From St. John’s Parish | 44 |
| Origin and History of Sisters of St. Francis | 52 |
| PART THREE | PAGE |
| History and Development of St. John’s School | 52 |
| Grade School Class Photos | 55 |
| Grade School Class Photos - Grade 5, 4, 3 | 56 |
| Grade School Class Photos - Grade 2, 1 | 57 |
| Our Grade School Teachers | 65 |
| St. John’s Sports Activities | 68 |
| Kuemper High School, Carroll, Iowa - Teachers and Class Photos | 70 |
| History of High School | 72 |
| PART FOUR | PAGE |
| Members of Our Parish Eighty-Four Years or More | 78 |
| Edward & Helena Bolke Schroeder | 79 |
| Alphonse & Mayme Scherbring Schweers | 79 |
| Anniversaries Celebrated | 80 |
| Some of Our Senior Citizens of the Parish | 88 |
| PART FIVE | PAGE |
| Organizations of the Church | 100 |
| In Memorium (of those who died in the Armed Service) | 103 |
| Legionnaires from St. John’s Parish - 1975 | 104 |
| First Communions list of classes from 1890-1974 | 110 |
| Graduations from 1913 or 1914 to 1955 | 121 |
| Photos of Priests and Sisters | 131 |
| PART SIX | PAGE |
| History of Arcadia | 141 |
| Life Among the Early Settlers | 144 |
| Census of Arcadia Township for 1874 | 145 |
| Early Farming | 145 |
| Breaking the Prairie | 145 |
| (Town council records) Taken from the Town Meeting Minutes | 146 |
| List of Mayors | 146 |
| The first telephone office | 146 |
| Verein Hall and The American Legion Hall | 147 |
| Photos of various businesses in early Arcadia | 153 |
| Arcadia - Carroll County, Iowa, Plat. | 155 |
| Newspaper article: $1,055 taken at Arcadia postoffice | 156 |
| Photos from around town | 157 |
| Freight train were derailed Sunday October 7, 1956 | 157 |
| Photo of Nativity Scene, Tornado damage (5 photos), Freight Train Derailed | 158 |
| Photos of youth sports and organizations | 165 |
| The Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Arcadia, Iowa | 168 |
| The Presbyterian Church of Arcadia | 169 |
| PART SEVEN | PAGE |
| Wedding Pictures | 174 |
| Family Pictures | 177 |
| PART EIGHT | PAGE |
| Various Farming photos: | |
| Louis Schroeder | 195 |
| Tony Grote and sons Anthony, Arnold, Walter, Michael and Leo | 195 |
| Dentlingers at hay baling time | 195 |
| Threshing at Joe Lampe farm east of Arcadia | 195 |
| Joe Glass threshing crew | 195 |
| J.H. Kohorst and his Mighty Michigan | 195 |
| Henry Terlisner, Leo Wegman, Henry F. Olberding, Joe Lengeling | 195 |
| Kaywood the barber and his new car | 195 |
| Various Automobile Photos: | |
| H.F. Eike Farm | 196 |
| Mr. and Mrs. Louie Schroeder | 196 |
| Joe Schweers and Cy Diers | 196 |
| Mr. and Mrs. Clem Mueggenberg | 196 |
| Father Bob and Loren Leiting and Tony Sanders facing camera | 196 |
| Matilda Dentlinger’s | 196 |
| Ruth Diers | 196 |
| Frank Schrad and Barnie Schroeder | 203 |
| Mrs. Anton Hoelscher with children | 203 |
| Anna Vonnahme | 203 |
| Helena Schroeder and Philomena Schroeder | 203 |
| Herman and Alphonse Schweers | 203 |
| Barney Haverkamp (shingling at 86 yrs.) and Jay Quinn | 203 |
| Frank Schlerman’s 95th birthday | 203 |
| Hoelscher Bros - Henry, Frank, Clem, Joe | 203 |
| 1932. Irwin Hinners, Loretta Hinners, Tony Grote, Hildegarde Grote, Alfred Hinners | 203 |
| Frank & Anna Hinners (seated), Alfred, Loretta & Irwin Hinners | 204 |
| Father Stork and Barney Haverkamp | 204 |
| Joseph Thieman | 204 |
| Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gerken & Mrs. Ed Schroeder (Gerken’s 55th Anniversary) | 204 |
| Helery F. Eike | 204 |
| Mr. and Mrs. Barney Leiting | 204 |
| Herma Leiting Sr | 204 |
| Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hinners and Father [Ahmann], 25th Anniversary | 204 |
| Mr. and Mrs. Ben Schroeder, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schroeder, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schroeder, Mr. and Mrs. Hank Schroeder, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schroeder and Bernard Schroeder | 204 |
| Mr. and Mrs. John Vonnahme | 204 |
| Various Photos - Some Military: | |
| Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lampman 1947 | 205 |
| Patricia, James, Paul and John Jr Schroeder | 205 |
| Ben Haverkamp & Frank Fitzhenry | 205 |
| Ed Noethe | 205 |
| Frank Pille and Joe Lehrter | 205 |
| Jerry Berg | 205 |
| Terry Wiese | 205 |
| Robert Schweers | 205 |
| Larry Wolterman and Allen Vonnahme | 205 |
| Photos of Horses: | |
| Leroy, Roland and Ralph Niehaus | 206 |
| Orville and Ivan Schroeder | 206 |
| Dale Schweers | 206 |
| John Schroeder Sr and horses | 206 |
| Clem and John Schrad | 206 |
| Don Staples | 206 |
| Herman Leiting | 206 |
| Peter Schmitz | 206 |
| Photos of: | |
| Lenus Terlisner, Frank Enenbach and Oliver Enenbach | 213 |
| Louis Schroeder in the middle | 213 |
| Vincent, Bob and Milo Wolterman with tiling machine | 213 |
| Corn picking on Wilbert Vonnahme farm (1944) | 213 |
| Windmill of years ago on the John and Ed Noethe farm | 213 |
| Iowa Buttermakers: Frank Noethe of Arcadia and Matt Wagner of Halbur | 213 |
| Phillip Redig and his father, Anton | 213 |
| Orville and Ivan Schroeder | 213 |
| Vic Tomka and Dennis Sanders - 1963 | 214 |
| Milfred, Vincent, Marvin and David Collison | 214 |
| Mrs. Peters House, the Gross home now | 214 |
| Vernon Kohorst home | 214 |
| Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schroeder and family | 214 |
| This tool shed standing on the Vernon Kohorst farm was part of St. John’s school. It was moved to the then J.H. Kohorst place in 1918. | 214 |
| Home of Alphonse Schweers | 214 |
| These two cottonwood trees were planted by Augustine Staiert to mark his property | 214 |
| Joe Schweers | 215 |
| Margaret Hannasch, Hank Peters, Mrs. Hank Peters, Loretta Diers, Moses Schroeder, Albert Hannasch, Leo Timmerman, Art Diers | 215 |
| Joe Kohorst, Leo Timmerman, Neil Reiman, Phil Redig | 215 |
| Don Badding | 215 |
| Mass servers of St. John’s Parish 1915. Ed Noethe, Joe Olberding, Frank Terlisner, John Lutiwitz, Art Terlisner, Carl Bolke, Clarence Stangl, Louie Niehaus, John Noethe, Mike Stangl, Leo Niehaus, Rev. Schulte | 215 |
| Ron Sundrup high school graduation, Dennis Sundrup first communion | 215 |
| Art, Vince, Leo and Al Schweers altar boys 1929 | 215 |
| Arden and Arvid Reiman | 215 |
| Randy Schmitz and Jeff Wiebers, First Communion 1962 | 215 |
| Loren Leiting First Communion, Tony Sanders | 215 |
| 4-H Club 1938 | 216 |
| Sewing Class (about 1924) | 216 |
| Herman Leiting - age 12 | 216 |
| John Andersen & Keith Schroeder | 216 |
| Loren Dentlinger | 216 |
| Loren, Glen, Robert Leiting | 216 |
| Rudolph Redig, Bill Buchholz, Philip Redig, Mary Redig, Elizabeth Redig, Elenore Buchholz, Mrs. Anton Redig, Katherine Redig, Jacob Redig, Anna Redig, Cecelia Redig, O’Connell girl, Mary Buchholz, Agnes Buchholz, Margaret Redig | 216 |
| Bob, Karen and Ron Sundrup | 216 |
| Vic & Shirley Schroeder | 217 |
| Jim Berg | 217 |
| Mary Jo & Roselyn Badding | 217 |
| Marian Schmitz & Clair Schmitz and the Gibbon twins | 217 |
| Photos of people: | 222 |
| Charlotte Ocken, Janice Heinrichs, Marie Irlbeck, Berniece Lampman, Jeaneane Leiting, Ruth Nieland, Marlene Henkenius | 222 |
| Leo, Mike, Luella, MaryAnn, Tony, Arnold Grote | 222 |
| RoseMarie, Georgian and Gregory Schweers | 222 |
| Aloysius & Lawrence Dentlinger | 222 |
| Leroy, Arlene, Maryann Niehaus | 222 |
| Gladys Vonnahme, Lois Schrad, Ruth Diers, Delores Heinrichs, Connie Leiting, Vera Vonnahme, Helen Jane Collison, Berniece Leiting, Marian Schmitz, Ruth Ann Schroeder, Charlotte Schweers, Norma Berg, Donna Mae Duffy, Lola Mae Oswald, Virginia Beckman | 222 |
| Mr. and Mrs. Don Berg | 222 |
| Vera Vonnahme, Norma Wolterman, Marian Schmitz, Helen Leiting, Connie Leiting, Gladys Vonnahme | 222 |
| Orville Duffy, Don Diers, Leroy Vonnahme | 222 |
| Marian Schmitz, Ruth Diers, Phyllis Sexton, Connie Leiting | 222 |
| Darrell, Dan, Jim, Jaynee, Julie Henkenius | 223 |
| Alan, Oran, Arden Kohorst | 223 |
| Joan & Bruce Leiting | 223 |
| Bill, Doug, Barb Diers | 223 |
| Carol Berg | 223 |
| Peter Schmitz | 223 |
| LeeAnn Leiting | 223 |
| Butch Schmitz | 223 |
| Kim, Shelia, Cindy Martens, Barbie, Terri, Christie & Pat Sundrup | 223 |
| Bill, Calvin Badding, David Staiert, Doug Staiert, Joe Badding | 223 |
| Bob Schweers’ birthday party | 224 |
| Jean Schweers’ birthday party | 224 |
| Boys of the eighth grade of 1953 - Skip day at Peony Park in Omaha | 224 |
| Kathy Badding’s birthday party 1957 | 224 |
| Diane Sundrup’s birthday party | 224 |
| Birthday party for Sue Diers 1965 | 224 |
| Dale Schweers’ birthday party | 224 |
| Den “3” Cub Scouts - Joe Schweers, David Redig, Alan Glass, Brent Wiese, Russell Wolterman and Ricky Lussman | 224 |
| Alan Glass’ birthday party 1968 | 224 |
| John Berning’s birthday party | 225 |
| Joel, Lee & Marie Dentlinger | 225 |
| Tom Berg’s 1st Birthday | 225 |
| Carol Staples & Joan Mueggenberg | 225 |
| Albert Irlbeck family | 225 |
| Schroeder & Hannasch girls | 225 |
| Lewis & Leo Schmitz | 225 |
| Louis Schroeder’s kids | 225 |
| Ethel Freeze, Marian Leiting, Norma Wolterman, Gene Leiting, Bob Wolterman, Earl Leichti | 225 |
| Lola Dentlinger with her beanstalk | 225 |
| Cubs Lost. Dave Diers, Tom Berg | 225 |
| Bowling League 1973-74 | 226 |
| St. John’s Cleaning Crew | 226 |
| These ladies have gotten together at Christmas time every year for 18 years - Maxine Jahde, Mary Jo Berning, Vera Booth, Alice Schmitz, Marian Schmitz, Gladys Steinkamp | 226 |
| Group photo of First Aid Class | 226 |
| Shirley Wolterman modeling Mrs. Louis Schroeder’s wedding dress | 226 |
| Jennifer Berg | 226 |
| Photo (no caption) | 226 |
| Charles Duffy | 227 |
| Phil Redig | 227 |
| Leona Vonnahme’s birthday | 227 |
| Labor Day Celebrations history | 227 |
| American Legion Honor Guard | 227 |
| Julie, Jim & Jaynee Henkenius, LeAnn, Doug Leiting, Darrell Henkenius, Linda Leiting | 227 |
| Motorcycles - Lance Howe, Shawn Schmitz. First Family - LeAnn Leiting, Nancy Andersen, Linda Leiting, John Andersen | 227 |
| John Berning, Jim Berning, Curt Schweers | 227 |
| 4 photos, no captions | 228 |
| PART NINE | PAGE |
| Local Markets May 1918 | 228 |
| Town Ordinances | 228 |
| Bits and Pieces | 229 |
| Our Committees | 230 |
| List of Parishioners and Their Children | 236 |