MUSCATINE COUNTY IOWA

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Picture: Concert Band marching in front of the Livery Barn on Main Street

Picture: Atalissa’s Business Men’s Football team taken in 1907
top row Charles Overman, Bill Brotchie, M.J. Doyle, John VanHorn, Delmer Heston and Hilbert Stucker,
middle row Lloyd Stucker, Dr. Brisbane and Stewart Archibald,
bottom row Ed Kephart, Sy Barkalow, Leo Hohnke and Fred Weiss, laying down is Bill Hohnke

Picture: Timberlake Family Reunion taken in 1933 unknown, unknown, Norma Sattertherwaite Dickey, unknown, Fred Sattertherwaite, Esther Sattertherwaite, Mrs. Elmer Sattertherwaite, Francis Sattertherwaite, Mrs. John Sattertherwaite, Mrs. Grace Dice, Wilma Sattertherwaite Gray, Mrs. Gertrude Parquet, Parry Parquest, Grace Sattertherwaite White, Clifford Fryermuth, Phillip Fryermuth, Alma Sattertherwaite Fryermuth, Marion Fryemuth Jaymes, Marrel Sattertherwaite, Clint Dice, Dale Fryermuth, John Sattertherwaite, Elsie Dice, Paul Sattertherwaite, Walter Sattertherwaite, Kenneth Sattertherwaite, Edith Lamport Croxsen, Fred Wilmer Croxsen II, son of Elsie Dice, Howard Dice, Lainen Fryermuth, unknown, Charles Lamport Croxen, Fred Wilmer Croxsen I, Vernon Dice and Clifford Dice

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Picture: West Liberty Fair in 1934 left to right Hub Coss, Fannie Coss and Sandy Stewart

Picture: 1947 Threshing Crew on the Weiskamp Farm
front row left to right Larry Jensen, Kathleen Weiskamp, Jed Jensen, Leo Wieskamp, Bob Staley, Art Reiland, Ray Oepping, Daryl Sterner, Floyd Staley, Hilbert Jensen, Bert Schafnit and Richard Wieskamp, standing left to right Glen Jensen, Ed Hadley and Archie Staley

Picture: 1979 snowstorm facing east on 102nd Street

Picture: Threshing Crew in 1944 at Hohnke’s cottage on the Cedar River
order unknown Marion Fryermuth, Kenneth Fryermuth, Eunice Schempp, Dwight Passmore, Junior Schempp, Fred Passmore, Dorothy Spilger, Clifford Fryermuth, Lillian Schempp, Nancy Spilger, Anna Spilger, Walter Benhagel, Phillip Freyermuth, Phillip Spilger, Lillian Garvin, Martha Benhagel, Theresa Passmore, Albert Benhagel, Ellsworth Sattertherwaite, Ida Schempp, Pastor Andrew Schempp, unknown, unknown, Leland Spilger, Harold Spilger, Bill Hohnke, Don Passmore, Agnes Hohnke and Alma Freyermuth

Picture: The String Man - August Aye

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Picture: Iowa Picker Champion on His MM
Donald Passmore, Atalissa, Iowa 2-Row Corn Picker Champion, won second place in the National 2-Row Corn Picking Contest at Worthington, Minn., October 13, 1961 on his MM self-propelled Uni-Huskor with an amazing score of 93.39, edged out of first place by less than one point (.69) by first place winner Cleo Hurt of Holt, Mo.

Picture: Walk For The Hungry – Nov. 16 1978
Some of the people participating in the “Walk For The Hungry” Sunday included Richard Eggers, carrying a banner, Don Eggers, Howard Harmon, Lota Gerdts, 69, the oldest person in the group, Ken Ruegsegger and his wife, Marilyn, peaking out from behind.

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Picture: Neighbors help out injured farmer – Nov. 1978

        Don Fix knows what it is to have good neighbors. After recently injuring his arms in a farm accident, over 35 area farmers and their wives showed up at the Fix farm to pick and store about 40 acres of corn still standing in the field. With seven combines constantly combining the corn, the help finished off the field in one afternoon. Scheduled for Monday morning, Nov. 6, wet weather delayed the crews until that afternoon.

        Some of the farmers working out in the field were Paul Reed, Louis Danner, Duane Forbes, Wayne Corriell, Don Passmore, Richard Shield, Warren Dutton, Bill, Gary and Craig McKillip, Dwain and Marvin Hepker, Cletus Kaska, Ken Smith, Leland, Merlyn and Wayne Spilger, Don Struck, Orville Esmoil, Wayne Kraft, Bill Welchman, Dave Schmidt, Calvin Flater, Paul Madsen, Don Rife, Sr., Don Rife, Jr. and Orville Sterner.

Picture: Atalissa Bailey born September 15, 1997. She was named Atalissa because her parents liked the name when they saw the sign on Inter-State 80.

Picture: Community rallies to help Hunter Kordick

        She has the face of an angel and big baby blue eyes. She also has epilepsy and suffers through 10-16 seizures a day. But there is hope for Hunter Nicole Kordick, the 15-month-old daughter of Scott and Beth Anne (Feldman) Kordick of Atalissa.

        Doctors feel that Hunter’s condition can be corrected through brain surgery. She is scheduled to go to Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit for two days of tests beginning June 23. The actual surgery is scheduled for July 7 at St. Paul’s Children’s Hospital. (Two separate surgeries are required.)

        Hunter’s friends and family from Atalissa and West Liberty have organized a benefit to help defray the costs of surgery. The benefit includes an auction and dance and will be held Friday, June 6, at the Atalissa Fire Department building beginning at 7 p.m. Deejays Chunk & Chuck will provide your favorite music from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. The auction will be held at 9 p.m. Refreshments will be available.

        Items are needed for the auction and include baked goods and other items. For more information about donating goodies, call 649-3389 or 649-2541. If you cannot attend, but would like to contribute to Hunter’s medical fund, mail your donation to: The Hunter Kordick Benefit Fund, P. O. Box 127, Atalissa, IA 52720.             - Wilton Advocate 6-5-97

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Picture: Car strikes house – Sept. 1989

        Norman C. Hahn, Muscatine, died after losing control of his vehicle at approximately 2 a.m. Sunday in Atalissa. The vehicle hit a car and a tree before crashing into the Don Gatzke residence at 210 Railroad Street in Atalissa. Hahn’s son, Tom, was injured in the accident.

Picture: Karl and Betsy Nebergall’s house after a tornado

Picture: Community rallying together to help clean up after the tornado at Nebergall’s

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Atalissa Boy in Hero Roll – Sept. 1927
Saves Life of Little Girl Risking His Own
Rescues Thelma Connor in Front of Passenger Train.

        Atalissa, Ia., Sept. 27 – But for the quick wit and prompt action of Edgar Turner, aged 12, of Atalissa, little Thelma Connor would have been killed by passenger train No. 8, recently.

       This train, which passes through the smaller towns without stopping, was well into Atalissa before the youth noticed the little girl sitting directly across the track on a tricycle. There was no time to lose and dashing by the depot he carried her off the track just before the train thundered past. He failed to tell anyone of the incident but Agent Robertson saw it and told of the heroic act. Steps have been taken to call attention of the Carnegie Hero Fund commission in hopes of getting a medal for the boy.

Picture: Iowa farm boy – April 7, 1989
Mick Freyermuth, a high school student from a farm near Atalissa, examines a fruit called Durian during his stay on the island country of Malaysia.

Picture: Wilma Carlisle (left) from the class of 1934, was honored for her 50th class reunion, and Wilma Wieskamp, class of 1924, celebrated the 60th anniversary of her graduation at the festivities during the Atalissa Alumni Banquet last Saturday night. (1984)

Picture: Big Six from Iowa in 1941 Harold Spilger, Phyllis Rochau, Wayne Spilger, Vivian Schmidt, Merlyn Spilger and Dorothy Rochau

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Picture: Frances “Perky” Carlisle of Atalissa and his niece Kathy Hundoble of Wilton take a break from their butchering tasks on the front steps of Perky’s home in Atalissa. Perky and Kathy, joint owners in a hog farming operation, butchered and gave away hogs this past week to friends and family. (Photo by NeVada Baker)

Story by NeVada Baker
        Francis “Perky” Carlisle of Atalissa and his niece Kathy Hundoble of Wilton, share a partnership in the hog farming business. Carlisle, 87, has been farming since 1933 and Hundoble quit her regular job to join her uncle in the business several years ago. Now that the hog market is so bad, they are giving away their hogs to family and friends.

        Of the 200 head of market size hogs on their lot, they have given away 13 hogs to family and friends as of Monday, November 30. I asked Carlisle how many hogs they plan to give away. He said, “I’ll run out of hogs someday. Some aren’t ready to go yet, so may be worth sending to town later. I still have 117 baby pigs to feed.”

        Carlisle stated that the market value of hogs is so low that it would actually cost him to send his hogs to market. “It is so close to getting nothing for our hogs, that I don’t feel bad about giving them away,” Carlisle said.

        Hundoble said she never thought, when she got into the hog business, she’d end up giving them away. “Thank goodness the cattle market isn’t this bad,” Kathy said.

        Carlisle said he could remember a long time ago when the market was this low, but stated he lives in the present and for the future. This attitude is probably why he has been given the nickname “Perky”.

        Several friends and family members were at the Carlisle farm in Atalissa this past weekend to help butcher 13 hogs given them by Perky and Kathy.

        Hundoble stated, “Tradition holds at the Carlisle farm that if you get a hog, you have to help butcher it.” (More on the Carlisle tradition next week.)

Picture: Lucinda Lundy with friends in 1920 adults unknown, Claude Dickey sitting, unknown, unknown, Hazel Dickey holding Leland, Phett, Cindy Lundy in rocking chair, children Chester Dickey, Ellsworth child, Marie Dickey, Leland Dickey and Clifford Dickey.

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Picture: Tom Stewart, a recent surgery patient, was assisted in his crop harvest by (above, from left) Cletus Kaska, Harold Ridenour, John Miller, Fred Passmore, Ron Bohnsack, Tom Stewart, Charles Smith and Terry Struck

Picture: (Below, from left) Marion Burnett, Paul Madsen, Mel Hepker, Ted Jansen, Bill McKillip, Don Rife, Don Beaver, Ronald Beh and Edward Hadley also aided Mr. Stewart. Joey McKillip and Angie Rife enjoyed the community effort, too. (1972)

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Picture: Float from Atalissa in the 1920’s from the scrapbook of Emily Oepping

Picture: Tom Carlisle as Grand Marshall on 1975 Parade

Picture: Ray Isabel and friends – 1976 Parade

Picture: Chester Dickey, Billy Ziegenhorn, Todd and Angie Dickey in the 1976 Parade

Picture: Jenifer Kline, Debbie Wilson and Sue Hepker in the 1977 Parade

Picture: Grand Marshall’s in the 1979 Parade are Fred and Theresa Passmore

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Picture: First place Royal Neighbors Float in the 1980 Parade

Picture: Bed races in the 1982 Parade

Picture: Mearl and Lois Nebergall in the 1980 Parade

Picture: 1983 Parade

Picture: Lyle and Billie McKillip Grand Marshall’s in the 1988 Parade

Picture: Alvin and Hilda Hinrichs Grand Marshall’s in the 1989 Parade

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Picture: Wilma Rock in the 1990 Parade

Picture: 1994 Parade Wilma Rock’s Clowns

Picture: 1995 Parade

Picture: 1996 Parade coming down Cherry Street

Picture: Ray and Don Pelzer John Deere Tractors

Picture: 4-H tour of Centennial Fair Beards 1976
back row Clifford Daufeldt, Ed Hildebrandt, Clarence Daufeldt, and Lester Corriell
front row Warren McIntire and Don Ruess

Picture: Friends gathered in 1934
Stuart Phillips, Jim Dickey, Stanley Shima, Bill Dickey, Mike Dickey, Fritz Phillips, Albert Daufeldt, Arthur Daufeldt and Clarence Daufeldt

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Picture: Justus and Eva Melick and family Stanley Melick, Esther Melick and Orville Melick

Picture: Marie March and children Wilma, Ruth, Waneta and Edith

Picture: Brothers at lunch in 1955 Tom and Sandy Stewart

Picture: 1975 fishing trip at Lake Jefferson, Minnesota Chuck and Evelyn Evans, June and Skeeter Phillips, Dorothy and Perky Carlisle and Ron McMichael

Picture: At Lucille Fryermuth’s farm with
back row Ewolt Schmidt, Dwight Passmore and David Schmidt
sitting Fred Passmore, Don Passmore and his dog and Carlos Schmidt

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Picture: Four generations on the Gatzke farm in 1944
Emma Gatzke, baby Nancy, Dorothy Spilger, Anna Gatzke Spilger

Picture: Hanging out with the girls
front row Martha Watters, Betty Chapman, Mabel Carlisle, Dorothy Chapman, Frieda Gertz,
back row Eleanor Hargrave, Loren Ellsworth and Margaret Watters

Picture: Perky Carlisle overlooking Atalissa

Picture: On their way to Sunday School
back row Russell Hayes and Dorothy VanHorn,
middle row Lois Van Horn, Loretta Kephart, Viola Kephart and Eleanor Hargrave,
front row Wilma Hargrave and Norma VanHorn

Picture: Hells Angels Dick Erwin and Don Passmore in front of M-M Café in 1947

Picture: Smith family in 1936
front row Charles Smith and Jean Smith,
back row Zella Smith Statler, Ada McGill Smith, Grant Smith, Adele Smith and Curtis Smith

Picture: John and Ann Peeters in 1961