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CHAPTER XVIII.TOWNS AND VILLAGES.
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OFFICIAL AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY, 1915.Mayor, T. M. Rasmussen; town clerk, George C. Corl; marshal, Roy McLain; assessor, Robert C. Watterson; justice of the peace, James P. Lair; constable, John C. Coe; postmaster, Frank A. Kreamer; mail carriers, Frank Basham, Ad Seibert, James Hicks, Harry Hockenberry, Andrew C. Jensen; principal of school, William H. Hoyman. Attorneys--H. F. Andrews, T. M. Rasmussen. Clergymen--Catholic, Rev. Father John Mayer; Congregational, Rev. Jessie Getty; Methodist, Rev. Henry P. Grinyer; Christian, Rev. Charles S. Linkletter; Lutheran, Rev. Peter Rasmussen. Physicians--J. M. Rendleman, John Riley, John C. Newlon, Robert A. Jacobsen; dentist--Leroy J. Oldaker; railroad agent--W. O. Griffith; Iowa Telephone--Ola Willis; electrician--Louie Petersen; veterinary surgeon-- Roy A. Lantz. Banks--Exchange Bank, Edwin Delahoyde, cashier; First National Bank, James M. Carlson, cashier; land agents--John H. Rendleman, J. B. J. Lohner, Lawrence Hansen, Lee McAnninch; insurance agents--Theodore Patty, A. W. Harvey; life insurance--Albert C. Andrews; druggists--Nels Hansen, Exira Drug Co.; general stores--Ed Cotton. Hans P. Petersen, Erke Brothers, A. L. Hamon ; grocer--Fred H. Cotton; hardware --John Nelson, William E. Varney; variety store--Peter R. Jorgensen; meat market--Peter Hassenfeldt; grain elevator--Herman Barnholdt; creamery--Exira Creamery Company, Chris Petersen; produce--Exira Produce Company, George W. McNary; agricultural implements--Kommes Brothers; harness makers--Jack W. Alsup, Hans Miller; livestock dealers --Hensley & Dimick; Livestock and grain--Exira Co-Operative Co., W. F. Williams; oil--Standard Oil Company, Mike Harned; hotel--Park Hotel, Mrs. D. V. Wright; boarding houses--Mrs. Stella Gearhart, Noel Jobes; restaurant--Mrs. Susan Spoo; cafe--Wagner Brothers; jeweller-- Peter M. Christensen; lumber--Green Bay Lumber Company, Merle R. Terhune, manager; Fullerton Lumber Company, H. P. Hansen, manager; liveryman--Daniel Branstater; garage--Hans P. Hansen, Wesley Donaldson, Johnson & Westphalen; auto repair shop--Nelson & Phillips; machinists --Exira Auto and Machine Works, P. K. Jensen; blacksmiths--Andrew A. Andersen, Nels L. Beck; lightning rods--John Miller; contractor and builder, and planing mill--George C. Voss; Palace Theater, Joe Meurer; undertaker--George L. Gore; billiard hall--Hunt Brothers; dressmakers--Amber Kelsey, Mrs. Cannon; pantitoriam--Earl Thomas; shoemakers-- David Workman, Gerald Hensley, Hans Miller; coal dealers--George B. Gill, Mrs. Keziah Pesing, Peter Goode; masons--Joseph Gearheart, Jack Hinckle, George Leffingwell, Frank Leffingwell; carpenters--Robert C. Watterson, Ad Watterson, Grant Jones, William H. Voss, Charles C. Johnson, William Fulton, Thomas Murphy, Willis Hinkle, J. W. Kline; painters and paper hangers--Kirk Knox, William O. Scott, Frank Schmidt, A. M. Larsen, Walter Larsen, M. W. Nelsen, Robert L. Houston; barbers--Hugh Smith, Bishop & Statzell; popcorn--Roy Bolton; bus drivers-- George Milliman, Joseph Shaw; draymen--Frank B. Heath, George Chase, L. H. Watson; house movers--Joe Chase, George Chase; Commercial Club, L. J. Oldaker, secretary; Exira Lady Boosters, Maude Oldaker, secretary; Thursday Club, Mrs. Dolly Newlon, president; Treble Clef, Mrs. Hattie Witthauer, president; Dressmaking College, Mrs. Alice Connrardy; tailor, A. Wolcott. |
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Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, November, 2018, from History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915), by H. F. Andrews, page 266-267. |
