Iowa
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Postville Herald
Postville, Allamakee co. Iowa
October 2, 1940
George Bareis, 87, Resident Since 1882 Passes
George J. Bareis, 87, passes away Thursday morning at 9:30
o'clock in the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Duwe, after an illness of seven weeks. Mr. Bareis had not
been in the best of health for some time, but he was able to be
up and around until his final illness. Funeral services were held
at the Joe Duwe residence Saturday afternoon with later services
being conducted in the Lutheran church by the Rev. F.R. Ludwig.
Burial was in the Postville cemetery. The following officiated as
pallbearers: Walter Meyer, Leonard Hammel, Lloyd Bruce, Gus
Miller, Will Willman and Fred A. Baltz.
George John Bareis was born July 12, 1853, in Aldorf, Wirtenberg,
Germany, where he spent the early days of his life. On March 2,
1879, he was married to Miss Eva Louise Engele and three years
later, on May 2, 1882, they left their native land for America.
After landing in this country they came directly to the Postville
vicinity where they spent many years on farms in Clayton county.
Mrs. Bareis passed away Decmeber 25, 1920, and a short time later
Mr. Bareis quit farming and lived with his sons and daughter. He
had been at the Duwe home for the past year.
He is survived by four sons and one daughter, Fred Bareis of
Castalia, Henry Bareis of Cresco, Will Bareis, John Bareis and
Mrs. Joe Duwe, all of Postville. He is also survived by 15
grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. One daughter, Mrs.
Caroline Knodt, of St. Paul, Minn., preceded him in death in
1937.
Tri-City Golf Club Leases Land
At t a meeting of the newly organized Tri-City Golf Club in the
club rooms of the Monona city hall, members took preliminary
steps towards the establishment of a nine-hole golf course. Forty
acres of property owned by Herman Preuss and located one mile
north of the Luana Consolidated school was leased. According to
Adrian Riveland, president of the club, work will be started
immediately on the property. The Preuss property is well suited
for a course as a spring is available and a creek, which winds
its way across the property, will act as a natural hazard to the
golfers. Fifty people in Postville, Luana and Monona have already
signed up to join the golf club, with 35 of the signers
signifying their desire for two year memberships. Bob Elderton of
Independence, noted golf professional, has been secured to lay
out the course, which will be ready for use in the spring of
1941.
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Mrs. W.F. Heins returned home on Sunday from her visit in Ionia,
Mich., where she had gone to attend the funeral of her cousin,
Mrs. Bertha Haas. While there she also met Mrs. Susan McKernan,
former Postville resident, who she found well and wanting to be
remembered to all her local friends. On the return trip Mrs.
Heins stopped in Chicago to visit her niece, Mrs. Ed Russett, and
family.
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Rev. J. Ian Fraser received the sad news today of the sudden
passing of his siter, Mrs. Clifford Pleggenkuhle, at her home in
Denver, Colo., this morning. He will go to attend the funeral.
Around the Vicinity and the State
-"It was more fun than the Fourth of July", was Mrs.
Anette Eastman's comment after her first plane ride. Mrs. Eastman
is 99 years old and lives in Shell Rock.
-High score of 95 went to the Garnavillo creamery for butter made
by its buttermaker, Alvin Thoresen, when awards were presented at
the meeting of Section One of the Iowa Creamery Operators
Association in Waukon last Thursday.
-W.E. Hogue, Corydon band leader, was very much surprised to hear
an 'echo' of th enumbers just rehearsed by the band recently. The
music, even Hogue's voice chiding the players, had been recorded
on a phonograph by Francis Fry.
-Harvey F. Haltmeyer, scoutmaster at McGregor for 18 years has
resigned. The Boy Scout troop was organized under him in 1922.
-The model airplane built by Jack Callahan of Chariton which flew
away at the model air meet in Des Moines on June 29, was found
recently. Henry Worth, a farmer living 10 miles east of Indianola
discovered it on his farm - the small plane had gone some 20
miles, quite a feat for a model airplane.
-Lawrence Frazier, Malvern, recently found a world war bonus
certificate for $1,040, made out to Homer Black, in a bundle of
newspapers. The Malvern Legion Post was notified and in turn will
give the good news to Mr. Black.
Local Topics
-Floyd Sires of Benson came here Sunday for a short visit at the
Mrs. Celia LaVelle home.
-Dayton Smith of Las Vegas, Nev., visited Tuesday evening with
Harvey H. Douglass. Mr. Smith is a former resident of Monona.
-Winfield Masonhall of Omaha, Nebr., visited over the week-end
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.J. Masonhall.
-Oscar Hanson went to Chicago, Ill., Sunday evening for a day's
visit with his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Bilden.
-A baby boy weighing 8 pounds and 3 ounces was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Orlando Kittelson of Clermont at the Postville hospital on
Monday.
-Evelyn Dresser and Ethelyn Smith of Manchester and Foster
Burroughs of Waterloo visited Saturday evening and Sunday with
Miss Smith's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Smith. Another guest at
the Smith home on Sunday was Mrs. Evan Swenson.
-A baby girl, weighing six pounds and two ounces, was born at the
Postville hospital Tuesday morning to Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Evans of
Luana. She has been named Karon Kay.
Feickert-Meyer
Miss Irene Meyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Meyer, who live
notheast of Castalia, and Theodore Feickert, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Feickert of Forbes, North Dakota, were married Tuesday
morning at the home of the bride's parents. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. F.R. Ludwig. Attendants were Leonard Meyer,
brother of the bride, and Georgene Koenig, a friend of the
contracting parties. The bride was attired in a chiffon wedding
gown, floor length, and the bridegroom wore a suit of the
conventional blue. Shortly following the ceremony a wedding
dinner was served to fifteen relatives and friends at the Meyer
home. Table waitresses were Chrystal Koenig and Marian Dunning.
Mr. Feickert has been located in this vicinity for the last five
years, working on various farms. The newlyweds will make their
home for the time being with the bride's parents.
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Allamakee Journal
Lansing, Allamakee co. Iowa
October 2, 1940
Raymond Mulholland got home after two years enrollment in the CCC
camp at Cherokee. Another brother, John, will soon leave for a
year's enlistment, having been notified to appear with the next
group to leave Waukon.
Mr. Oscar Thorsen, receiver for Blackhawk bridge, was in town
last Wednesday and paid the last half of 1939 taxes on the
bridge. We are inclined to wonder what effect, if any, the tax
commission's decision newly rendered by the state supreme court,
that all property assessed at its full value, will have on the
bridge company. It is now in at a small fraction of its value.
At a recent meeting of the Lansing American Legion Auxiliary,
Mrs. Len Barthell was elected delegate to attend the Fourth
District Conference at Charles City. Alternates were Mrs. George
Aschom and Mrs. Helga Leach.
The New Albin high school baseball team was defeated by
Waterville in the first game of the season. Pitching for New
Albin was O. Hosch with D. Irons and R. Moore catching. On the
Waterville side Young pitching and Heffern catching.
The good ladies of St. Mary's Parish, Dorchester, did themselves
proud last Sunday in serving a sumptuous chicken and ham dinner,
with all the trimmings, to about 400 people, who came from all
parts of the county.
Miss Mary O'Neill, student at Bayless Business College, Dubuque,
spent the weekend with her parents.
A new soda fountain was installed in the S & D Cafe, Waukon,
bring about an attractive and convenient improvement.
Ray Sweeney, Bob Langheim and James Seeley of the U.S.S.
Pennsylvania arrived yesterday morning from Bremerton, WA. The
boys have a vacation period from Uncle Sam's Navy and will enjoy
it with home folks.
Marriage vows were exchanged between Gladys Middendorf and Bernet
Richard at St. Peter's Evangelical Reform Church, New Albin.
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Postville Herald
Postville, Allamakee co. Iowa
October 16, 1940
Local Topics
-Miss Sophie Sandbeck, Union Prairie township, a beautiful blond
young lady, was chosen Corn Day queen for Waukon's annual
festival.
-Alton Nelson, who has been a member of the Decorah police force
for 11 years, has been named as flying instructor for the
training of air pilots at the University of Iowa.
-Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Nagle of Waukon were married 56 years on
October 7, and although 81 years old, Mr. Nagle celebrated the
event by assisting with painting the exterior of a neighbor's
house.
-Mrs. T.K. Thompson of St. Olaf received a letter last week from
relatives in Norway. The letter which was written July 18, was
the first news she had received of her folks since the German
invasion.
-Ben Davis of Waukon, former Allamakee county sheriff, visited
with is friends here Saturday afternoon.
-Rudolph Hartwig drove to St. Ansgar on Tuesday to attend the
funeral of Alvin Bewick.
-Eva Kehr went to Lansing Saturday evening and spent the weekend
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Kehr.
-Mr. and Mrs. Rolan Heins are the parents of a baby girl, who was
born Thursday morning at the Heins farm home south of Postville.
The little miss weighed 8 1/2 pounds at birth.
-Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Pearson and Robert went to Waukon on Sunday
to attend a birthday party in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Anton
Kolden. The occasion was Mrs. Kolden's birthday anniversary.
-Mr. and Mrs. Eldo Kurdelmeier and Lyle attended the wedding of
Mr. Kurdelmeier's brother, Alvin Kurdelmeier, to Dorothy Krueger
at Cresco on October 6.
-Winfield Masonhall of Omaha, Nebr., visited over the week-end
here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.J. Masonhall, and with
friends.
-Walter C. Brandt of Philadelphia, Pa., came Friday morning for
an extended visit here with his mother, Mrs. Mary Schroeder, and
with other relatives and friends.
-Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eaton Waters Monday evening
were Mrs. Waters' brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Thomas of Waukon. The Thomases were married last Wednesday
evening in the Norwegian Lutheran church at Waukon and had been
in Chicago on a honeymoon. Mrs. Thomas is the former Miss
Charlotte Tysland.
-Mr. and Mrs. Louis Halverson, who were married October 4,
returned home on Thursday evening from a five day honeymoon trip
to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where they visited relatives.
-Lloyd Luhman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Luhman, left Thursday
afternoon for Ogden where he joined the Carl Nebbe orchestra.
-Mr. and Mrs. Elrie Ruckdaschel and family, Mr. and Mrs. A.W.
Swenson and Doris Swenson visited in Harpers Ferry and Lansing
Sunday.
Ruth Moore Marries Clifford Starkey
Ruth Evelyn Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Moore of
Luana, and Clifford Starkey, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Starkey of
Marquette were married Saturday at Marquette by Justice E.E.
Hagensick. They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Cleophus Anderson
of Marquette. They will make their home in Marquette where the
bridegroom is employed by the Milwaukee railroad.
Nephew of Mrs. Kozelka Drowns
Leo Tayek, 21, of Monona, who was drowned Sunday afternoon in the
Mississippi river near Waukon Junction, was a nephew of Mrs. Wm.
Kozelka of Postville. Tayek fell from a motor boat operated by
Kenneth Schneider of Monona in the same vicinity of the drowning
of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Senneff of Waukon on July 4. Funeral
services were conducted this afternoon in Monona. He is survived
by his bride of six weeks, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tayek
of near Monona, and a brother, Donald.
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Postville Herald
Postville, Allamakee co. Iowa
October 23, 1940
Mrs. Celia LaVelle Passed Away
Mrs. Celia LaVelle, 66, a resident of Postville for many years,
passed away early Sunday morning after an illness of nine months.
Funeral servces were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the LaVelle
residence by the Rev. J. Ian Fraser. Burial was made in the
Postville cemetery. As Celia Russell she was born Aug. 4, 1874,
at Rossville, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Russell. She
moved to Postville with her parents in her youth and lived here
until 1895. She was married at Waukon March 27, 1895, to William
LaVelle and after the ceremony moved with her husband to a farm 3
1/2 miles southwest of Postville, where they made their home
until 1929. Since 1929 she had lived in Postville. On June 29,
1930, about a year after moving here, Mr. LaVelle passed away.
She became the mother of three sons and five daughters. Two
daughters, Thelma and Ethel, have passed away. She is survived by
her sons, Ralph and Ashley LaVelle of Postville, and Harry
LaVelle of Platte, So. Dak., and her daughters, (Phyllis) Mrs.
Horace B. LaForm of Detroit, Mich., (Esther) Mrs. Clarence J.
Riser of Prairie du Chien, Wis., and (Ruth) Mrs. Floyd Sires of
Cedar Falls. She is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mary
Bellows of Jamestown, No. Dak. and Mrs. Jack Martin of Seattle,
Wash., and one brother, Gilbert Russell of Platte, So. Dak. Two
brothers, Ira and Will, and two sisters, Cora and Delia, passed
away previously. For the last five weeks Mrs. Mary Bellows has
been here to help care for Mrs. LaVelle.
Rudolph Hein Passes On at Denver, Colo.
Word was received here last Friday that Rudolph F. Hein, a former
resident of Postville, had passed away at his home in Denver,
Colo. funeral services were conducted in Denver on Monday with
burial also being made in that city. The following relatives from
Postville left for Denver Friday afternoon to attend the
services: Mr. and Mrs. L.O. Beucher, Mrs. Otto J. Beucher, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Hein, Mrs. Geo. Hein, Mrs. Frank D. Rounds and
Mrs. Bernard Waters. Mrs. Guy Mead of Waterloo also attended the
funeral.
Rudolph F. Hein was born April 25, 1892, a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Hein. His early life was spent at his birthplace on the Hein
farm south of Postville in Grand Meadow township, Clayton county.
During those years he obtained an early education by attending
Grand Meadow District No. 6, rural school. When Carl Hein passed
away in 1900, Mrs. Hein moved to Postville with her family.
Rudolph F. Hein attended Postville high school and became amember
of the graduating class. For a number of years he clerked in the
Farmers Store and later at Kohlmann Bros. store. In 1917 he was
married to Miss Lottie Beucher and a short time after the
ceremony, was drafted for World War duty. He saw service in
France and then returned to Postville after an absence of a year.
Mr. Hein was in poor health and at the advice of physicians moved
to Denver, Colo., where he lived until his final illness. After
first locating in Denver he attended college and then taught
school at Palisade, Colo., for a year and a half. He is survived
by his wife and one son, Merle. Another son, Ralph, was drowned
last July. He is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Guy Mead of
Waterloo, Mrs. F.D. Rounds and Mrs. Bernard Waters, and one
brother, Wm. H. Hein. Although Mr. Hein had been in ill health
for a number of years his death was a shock to friends and
relatives here. He had been seriously ill for only two days.
Orrin Ward Passes Away
Orrin Ward, 70, passed away early Tuesday morning at the Decorah
hospital where he had been taken following an accident at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Looney, 2 1/4 miles northeast of
Postville. He had been in a serious condition since October 15,
when he slipped and fell down a flight of stairs. He was born
July 10, 1870, coming to the Postville vicinity from Bloomington,
Wis. about 30 years ago. He worked on several farms in this
community, helping with various farm tasks. Three of his
employers were Ed McNeil, Leska Martins and Harold A. Brewer.
Seven years ago he went to the Tom Looney farm where he had
worked as a farm hand. He is survived by three daughters, Ora,
Wanda and Una, all of Rochester, Minn., three sisters and one
brother. Funeral services were conducted this afternoon in the
Schutte funeral rooms by the Rev. J. Ian Fraser. Burial was made
in Grand Meadow cemetery southeast of Postville.
R.J. Brown Passes On
R.J. Brown, 72, who for 15 years had served as janitor of the
local schools, passed away Thursday afternoon at his home near
Waterville after an illness of several years. He is survived by
his wife and nine children, Roy at Luana, Charley at Castalia,
William near Waterville, and Rilla (Mrs. Frank Mielke), Ethel
(Mrs. Harmey Russell) of Atalissa, Agnes (Mrs. Jerry Russell)
near Waterville, Darwin of Luana, Wray of covington, Tenn., and
Bruce of Moorhead. After leaving the position as school janitor
during which he made many friends, he and his wife have lived at
Waterville where they could be cared for by their children.
Funeral services were held at Monona sunday afternoon from the
Schultz funeral home and burial was made in the cemetery at
Sixteen. (Luana correspondence column)
Reckward - Reincke
Mardella Reincke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reincke of
Froelich, and Wilbur Reckward, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Reckward of near Castalia, were married at the Lutheran parsonage
by the Rev. William Striepe of Castalia Thursday morning, October
10 at 9:30 o'clock. The bride wore a floor-length gown of white
taffeta and a finger tip veil trimmed with lace. She carried a
bouquet of tea roses. Charlotte Reckward, sister of the
bridegroom, was maid of honor. Her floor-length gown was a pink
taffeta. The bridegroom was attended by Delbert Reincke, brother
of the bride. After the ceremony a wedding dinner was served to
fifteen at the home of the bride's parents. In the evening a
shower and dance were held in the city hall in Monona. Mr. and
Mrs. Reckward will live on a farm near Castalia.
Swenson - Jones
The Frankville Presbyterian church was the scene of a wedding
Tuesday evening when Jacob H. Swenson and Eliza Jones, both of
Postville, were united in marriage by the Rev. J. Ian Fraser.
Attendants to the couple were Leo and Viola Brink and Ruth
Ludeking of Waukon. The couple will live in Postville.
Local Topics
-Mrs. Bernard Waters accompanied relatives from Postville to
Boulder, Colorado, Saturday to attend the funeral of her brother,
Rudolph Hein, who passed away on Friday.
-Leonard J. Bulman of Center township, candidate for Allamakee
county sheriff, visited friends in Postville on Tuesday.
-Mr. and Mrs. E.S. Pardee of Edgewood visited friends in
Postville on Sunday. Mrs. Pardee will be remembered as the former
Miss Pearl Robbins.
-Joseph Meister and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Harris of Wheaton, Ill.,
visited from Thursday until Monday morning at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. James McGlaughlin. Mr. Meister is Mrs. McGlaughlin's
grandfather. Other visitors at the McGlaughlin home from Sunday
until Tuesday morning were Mrs. McGlaughin's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Spencer Meister of Aurora, Ill., and Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Mogill of Marengo, Illinois.
-Mrs. Horace B. LaForm of Detroit, Mich. arrived here on Tuesday
to attend the funeral of her mother, Mrs. Celia LaVelle.
-Mr. and Mrs. Tollef Hauge, Thomas Hauge, Mr. and Mrs. Milford
Osterhus and Audrey, and Mrs. E.N. Evenson, all of Ossian; Mr.
and Mrs. Tollef Larson, Mrs. H. Loftsgard of Decorah; and Mrs.
A.B. Freeland of Waterloo, were guests Sunday in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Lofstuen where the latter's baby daughter was
christened that day, being given the names Sonja Henriette.
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