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Sept. 10, 1909
Bayertown
The dance at Bayertown Saturday evening was well attended and all report a good time.
P. G. Bayer and family, Alice and Harry Chody, Gertrude Ford and Ella Cupp were Sunday guests at the Fred Grundbacker home.
Harry Grout put a foundation for a new barn, which will be put up next spring.
John Whitmore purchased a new feeder for his threshing machine while at the state fair.
Master Lester Amish is on the sick list.
Richmond
September 11, 1909, at the home of the late C. F. Saur, occurred the death of Verena Kreger.
Mrs. Kreger was born in Germany, Dec. 10, 1828. She came to New York and in 1866 came to Iowa and settled in Richmond where she has since resided.
She leaves two sons to mourn her loss, George of this neighborhood and Joe of Iowa City.
Wm. Chapek is putting in a cement walk in front of his grocery store.
Tony Escher delivered a team of horses to M. Dennison for $500.
Wm. Schillig is helping Albert Escher with his work.
Joe Duwa is shelling corn for the Havel boys.
Albert Sharp is putting in a cement wall around his barn.
Frank Pierce
Quite a severe wind and rain storm struck this vicinity Monday evening. It blew the corn all down flat, and also blew down Eli Yoder's new silo which they were putting up that day.
Otto Zager is painting for C. C. Swartzendruber.
Ray Patterson and Ray Bonham went to Chicago last week, where they bought a new well digging machine.
We understand Miss Emma Liebe is to be the new operator of the Wagner switch board.
Aaron Gingerich's new house is almost complete. It certainly will make them a fine home.
Fry Bros. have put in a wall for a new ice house.
Frank Shenk put up a corn crib for Geo. Burkley last week.
Phillip Michael has his new cattle barn complete and it is a fine building.
Albert and Amiel Frantz and Warren Hall of Hills, are doing a lot of cement work in this community.
West Sharon
Chris Nagy and Albert Johnson are building a barn on the Dan Cooper place near Cosgrove.
Harry Wyant of Missouri is visiting with his aunt, Mrs. George Hartsock.
Fred Buck and Fred Gosnell are drilling a well on the Edwin Thomas farm near Iowa City.
Dan Sleichter, wife and daughter of South Sharon, spent Saturday and Sunday at the George Rupener and Ed Borschel homes.
Egypt
Charley Kos and Otto Novy were Sunday visitors with friends near Richmond.
Messrs. and Mmes. S. L. Heck and Edward Shalla and families were Sunday visitors at the John Heck home near Yatton.
The Misses Vlastie and Alma Vacha spent Sunday evening with Miss Lottie Horak.
Prairie Flower
Esther Bartholomew and Rosie Faulkner left Tuesday for Pella, where they expect to enter school at Central College.
Gretna Crain of Highland Center is visiting her sister, Mrs. Harve Knupp.
The revival services at the Prairie Flower church, closed last Sunday evening. There have been in all something over thirty additional members taken into the church.
75 years ago
September 7, 1934
Local news
Reuben Edward is the name of the new son born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nisley last Friday, Aug. 31.
A new daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gnagey at their home, Sept. 3. The new Miss will answer to the name of Doris Darlene.
A birthday party was given at the H. V. Beck home Tuesday afternoon from four until six for their son, Richard, on his sixth birthday.
Cecil Yoder, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris A. Yoder underwent a tonsil operation last Thursday.
Miss Marie Boone took seriously sick Friday night with intestinal flu.
Alma, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Bontrager, underwent an operation Tuesday morning for the removal of her tonsils.
Harry Bigelow met with a very painful accident last Friday while working with the culvert gang on Highway No. 22 east of Kalona. His knee was injured severely and was necessary for him to use a cane.
Mrs. V. D. Hochstetler suffered from infection in one of her hands.
Max Boone left Saturday evening for Mt. Pleasant where he will attend Iowa Wesleyan College for another year.
The Misses Leona Welte and Lydia Hershberger and Mrs. Alva Kepler began their years work as teachers in the following schools, Richmond, Pleasant Hill and Middleburg.
Mrs. Alice Sleichter and Gladys left Thursday for Wyoming, Iowa. Mrs. Sleichter returned home Friday, while Gladys remained there to teach in the public school this coming year.
Last Thursday Mose Levy appeared before Mayor Engstrom at the City hall in a hearing charged with the selling of melons, other than those of his own raising, on the streets of Kalona without first obtaining a license.
The Misses Mary and Barbara Miller entertained a few guests at a waffle supper Friday evening in honor of Miss Blanche Ropp of Kansas City who is visiting relatives here at present. Those present were the Misses Anna Yoder, Naomi Dickel and Lena Yoder.
Last Saturday evening while Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Miller were down town enjoying the band concert, someone visited their chicken house and removed a few fowls, evidently for their Sunday dinner.
The Kalona schools started Tuesday with the staff of teachers as follows: Supt. H. V. Snodgrass; L. J. Zehr, C. A. Bragg, Miss Raine, all instructors in the High School department; Mrs. Velma Way, Miss Nimtz, Miss Cheesebro, and Miss Pence, all of the grade department.
The $8 hog stepped out of the light Friday when the top price paid was $7.95. The top price was paid for extra good 210 and 260 pound butchers. Grain prices too were a bit weak Friday.
A span of sorrel mules being shown by Mike Trier, of Keota, at the state fair, won first in hitched team.
This item should have considerable local interest when it is learned that Lewis Yoder of Kalona, bought one of them from Eitermiller & Nichel and the other from Anthony Potsander. Recently he sold the span to Mr. Brunk of Ottumwa, for $512.50 and reserved the privilege of showing them at the state fair and retaining their premiums which will amount to over $130.
Mr. Yoder and sons; Donald, Dale and Duane, accompanied by L. W. Durst and E. I. Coffey, drove to Des Moines Tuesday for the horse show.
Evergreen
Several neighbors and friends gathered at the Willard Gingerich home last Wednesday evening in honor of Mrs. Gingerich's birthday.
Art Gingerich's truck delivered turkey feed to Chester Miller one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Moore helped the Alfred Bunnell family, who have been staying at their home, move to Dayton Saturday.
Pete Miller hulled clover on the John Gingerich farm near East Union church last Wednesday.
Richmond
Charles Votruba and Joe Nayadley are working on the road between South English and Wellman now. They will room at South English as it is too far to drive home every evening from there.
The annual meeting of the Camp Creek telephone line was held at Chapek's store Wednesday evening. Harold Schnoebelen was re-elected President, and Frank Patterson was elected as Secy-Tres. to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Frank Chez.
Will Schillig is the first to start cutting corn in this section and had 20 acres cut and shocked Saturday noon.
We will start making sorghum here next week. The cane looks good in spite of the dry weather.
Middleburg
The Messrs. Theodore Marquaret, George Mladek, Robert Toupal, Theodore Matthus and John Baynansky, all of Chicago, spent Sunday night and Monday at the Jeff Yoder home. The boys enjoy coming to Iowa, but do not enjoy the Iowa mud.
Richard Brown and Harold Brown of Iowa City spent a two weeks vacation with their grandmother, Mrs. Logan Snider.
Egypt
Dale Horak visited Sunday afternoon at Harry Malichky's.
The Egypt school has started last Monday with eleven pupils, with Mrs. Long as teacher.
Mrs. Mary Sojka and Claud visited Friday afternoon at the Wess Sojka home.
Amish
Center High started Monday morning with R. N. Skinner and Miss Melva Gingerich as teachers, Mr. and Mrs. Skinner are occupying Mrs. Agnes Fry's house in Frytown.
Mr. and Mrs. Lew Warye and daughters, Ruth and Dorothy, who had been attending the State Fair, spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. Warye's sister, Mrs. S. J. Palmer.
Donald Slead who is staying with his aunt, Mrs. Lew Swartzendruber, is helping R. G. Miller through silo filling.
Prairie Flower
Schools in this vicinity began Monday. Miss Grace Ballard is the new teacher at Prairie Flower. Mrs. Marjorie Lytle teaches Union, and Miss Clara Caldwell teaches Bethel.
Wayne Arnold is driving for Roy Mapel since his grandson, David Ashby is attending high school at Wellman.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Fishburn attended the State Fair Thursday and Friday. Wayne Arnold done the chores for them.
Frank Pierce
Russell McKray went to Lamont, Iowa last week where he will teach in the Junior High school and instruct the High School band.
School began at Oakland, Dist. No. 2 last Monday with Mary Bontrager as teacher.
Cornelius Gingerich sold a span of mules to Jake Ayers of Wellman last week. He delivered them Monday to Joetown.
Sharon
September 3rd - Sharon High School began on Monday with the following instructors: Omar Rhodes, Supt., Mrs. Esther Wilkins and Miss Delma Harding. The enrollment is around 37.
Silo filling has commenced in our neighborhood. It takes a lot of acreage this year to fill them.
Gleanna Roberts met with painful injuries last Sunday morning. She was in Iowa City with her aunt, Mrs. Myrtle Magowan. While drying her hair over a gas jet, the combs in her hair caught fire. She immediately put her hands to her head to put out the fire and thus burned her fingers quite badly. Medical aid was summoned and she is now at home and attending High School.
Howard Reesler's, former owners of the Sharon store, have gone into a grocery in Cedar Rapids. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kinsinger are the new proprietors of the store here.
Bayertown
Miss Gladys Huggenbuch is numbered among the sick.
Little Lois Burkley is on the sick list.
Rolland Maxwell, Cleldon Grout and Al Yoder attended the State Fair last week.
Pilotburg
Little Frances Leeper celebrated her 11th birthday with a party last Wednesday afternoon. Several girls were invited and they had a fine time. Mrs. Clifford Reeves and little daughter, Myrna, visited Mrs. Carl D. Anderson and Wenona while Maxine attended the party.
The schools are beginning today. Miss Celesta Hasty will teach Lookout; Miss Mildred Foster of Wellman will teach Pilotburg; and Miss Fern Bishop will teach Summitt. Richard Scott will attend Washington High School, Margaret and Violet Vodicka the Kalona High School, Jeanette Wade and Daryl Oldfield at Wellman.
Miss Opal Wilson underwent a tonsil operation last Saturday morning at Wellman. She was taken to the Mrs. Alida Jones home for a few days, then will go to her own home near Lexington.
Brush
Aaron Stoltzfus, D. D. Miller and Chris Gingerich filled their silos last week.
About 35 young folks were guests Sunday at the Chris Marner home in honor of Helen Hilbert and Gilbert Johnson of Chicago, and Bernice Reber of Milford, Nebraska.
50 years ago
September 13, 1959
Local news
A daughter Karen Annette was born August 15 to Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Knepp of Kansas City, Missouri.
Perry Paul was the name given to a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Sojka, September 12.
Miss Rita Jean Donahoe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Donohoe, Oxford, and Mr. Charles G. Stumpf, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stumpf, Richmond, exchanged wedding vows at September 8 at Cosgrove.
Mrs. Harry Malichky Sr., Mrs. Curtis Figgins and Jean attended a pre-nuptial shower honoring Donna Sojka, in Riverside, Sunday afternoon,,
Pfc. James Gingerich, who is stationed at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, is home on furlough this week, visiting in the parental Ora G. Gingerich home near Kalona.
S/4 Dale Britten, serving with the U.S. Army in Germany recently enjoyed a furlough and was able to visit England and Scotland.
The Palms Café west of the Farmers Savings Bank will have open house on September 21.
Construction has begun in the Sunnyside addition in the east part of Kalona for the new home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Showman and family.
Joe Kolosiek is a patient at Mercy hospital in Iowa City, where he underwent major surgery Friday.
Mrs. Carl D. Smith and Mrs. Emery E. Rhodes were among 350 sets of twins who recently attended the International Twins Association annual convention held at Hotel Savery in Des Moines, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Chody and Randy went to Mt. Pleasant, Sunday evening, where they visited Mrs. Chody's sister, Karen Bermel, who is a student at Iowa Wesleyan college.
R. H. Peterseim, Vernon Hartzler, A. J. Haberman, Don and Meredith Mass, Jr. left Friday for a ten day fishing trip to Canada.
The last jalopy race of the reason will be held at the Louisa County Fair Grounds in Columbus Junction on September 19.
Prairie Dale
by Nita Miller
Sunday dinner guests in the Mahlon Miller home were Mr. and Mrs. Dave Mast and family and Mr. and Mrs. Willard Yoder and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Emery Hochstedler were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Swantz.
Mr. and Mrs. George Witmer and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Schlabach and daughters were Sunday evening supper guests in the Daniel D. Miller home.
Grade School Notes
First Grade
We believe our room has the largest number of girls and boys this year. There are 33 of us.
Four of our people are already riding on the dental train. They are Sharon Mullet, Rosanna and Rosella Marner and Connie Hartzler.
Visitors have been to see us, Miss Kitty Gray, Robert Kinsinger's cat and Bunny Boy, Janice Thompson's rabbit.
Mrs. Peters
Second Grade
We have several new boys and girls in our room. Danny Dickel is back with us again. Four new girls have come into our room. Their names are: Joy Kane, Sharon Furgason, Mary Mast, and Fannie Borntrager.
David Hershberger brought us a birthday treat this week.
Dianna Skog
Multi-Grade
One of our members, Judy Yoder, has been gone over a week now because of a fractured elbow. We hope she can come back soon.
Miss Yoder
Fourth Grade
There are thirty-three students in our class this year. We have three new pupils, Ellen Beachy and Loren Fisher from Riverside and Paul Heness from Washington, Indiana.
Mrs. Rogers
Sixth Grade
There are twenty-nine pupils in our class this year. We had a class meeting and decided to nominate class officers each month. This month's officers are: President, Barbara Beckman, Secretary, John Kos. During opening exercises this week, Carolyn Borntrager showed us her rock collection, Barbara Yoder showed us her collection of geodes, and Barbara Beckman and Wendy Garrett entertained us with a flute duet.
Mary Yoder brought a walking stick and Carolyn Borntrager brought us several bees for us to observe.
Mrs. Roffman
U-High Edges Kalona 14-12
Kalona's aggressive game was due in part to a 192-pound senior, Jim Yoder, who racked up 158 net yards of gain during the game. Also of tremendous help was Steve Reif's fine tackling on defense and rushing on offense. Marvin Eimen pitched in for the cause with almost 40 yards.
25 years ago
September 10, 1984
New arrivals
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Hohenshell are parents of a son born September 5.
Mr. and Mrs. Doug O. Ulin are parents of a son born September 7.
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Gingerich of rural Riverside are the parents of a son, Jonathan Scott, born September 10. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Eddie L. Tullis of Atmore, Alabama, and Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Gingerich of rural Kalona.
Local news
Ground breaking for construction of a new handicap-accessible home for Mr. and Mrs. Walter (Betty) Gingerich is expected this week. The one-story, two-bedroom home, designed by L. David Yoder, will be built adjacent to the couple's present home on B Ave. Undertaken as a community project, donations (monetary, labor and materials) are being sought. Financial contributions may be made at either Kalona bank or mailed to the United Christian and Baptist Church who initiated the project. Don O. Miller is project chairman and arrangements for labor or materials donations may be made with him.
Known as Yoder's Tax and Accounting Service since January 1, 1977, the business is actually one of Kalona's oldest tax services, established in 1943. At the time Donald G. Yoder purchased the service, it was known as Miller's Tax Service and had been operated for 34 years by Thomas H. Miller.
Jeannie Jones, Lori Schrock, Sharon Thomas and Karen Vincent attended a Kenra hair Clinic conducted by Kenneth Andus in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, September 8-9.
M-P football
Despite a score by fullback Scott Bell that cut Washington's lead to 7-6 in the last quarter of the game Friday night at Washington, Mid-Prairie dropped its non-conference opener. Scott Barthelman, finished with 71 yards in sixteen carries for his team. A lot of Barthelman's yardage was over offensive tackle Doug Cook.
IMS news
Iowa Mennonite School seniors Diane K. Gingerich and Debra D. Marner are among some 15,000 high school seniors throughout the United Sates who are semifinalists in the thirtieth annual Merit Scholarship program.
Volleyball team
Linda Schweitzer, Sara Hochstetler, Leah Stutzman, Jani Nafziger, Karol Miller, Julia Widmer, Sheryl Hostetler, Annette Wenger and Coach June Davidhizar.
Flint Ridge
by Bill Jr.
Members of Center Haymakers Bank in 1927. Bandmaster Stark, Glen Bontrager, Delbert Miller, M. Bontrager, Oren Alt, Harold Ressler, Robert Dolan, Muriel Smalley (drummer), W.D. (Bill) Berkey, Omar Yoder, G. M. Ludwig, Donald Roberts, Ethel Meer, Donald Snider, Corlyn Weeber, Earl Kinsinger, Lloyd Grout, Kenneth Garwood, Woodrow Weeber, Ralph Meer, Raymond Berkey, Ralph Troyer, Ivan Alt, Clifford Berkey, Mildred Ressler, Everett Winborn.
I was told by some of the Kesselring Junction and Sharon Center ol timers that this band could really strike up a storm those days.
Two gangs one from Lower Deer Creek and one from upper Deer Creek went shivereeing late Sunday night and all ended up at the Village Inn for breakfast with four newlyweds which was a purtty good deal.
We have not seen any wooly worms or wooly bears yet but had several reports of folks seeing them and they have all been light brown in color which says we have a very mild winter in store.
We have been enjoying some pears and blue plums off the trees in the Flint Ridge Park.
You will be able to get a free ride in our covered wagon at the Kalona Fall Festival as the rides are being paid for by the Kalona United Central Bank.
We installed a fancy new tarp on our covered wagon and prince and Babe are all shined up.
Adios
