September 30, 1909
Local news
Rural mail carriers, Frederick, Brewer, Al and Marion Kepler, all secured substitutes on their routes yesterday and remained at home to attend the funeral of their brother carrier, O. T. Dunlap, and acted as pall bearers.
Obed Taylor Dunlap was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, Jan. 3, 1848, and died at Kalona, Iowa, Sept. 27, 1909 aged 61 years. He was married to Rosella Plummer Feb. 16, 1871, who departed this life in 1880. To this union were born two sons, Charles Ray and John Wesley. He came to Iowa in 1880. Was married to Lottie Fry, Oct. 27, 1887. To them were born four children, Mena, Belle, Leslie and Glee.
Mrs. Freund died Friday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe Duwa. She was born April 7 1842, and died Sept. 24, 1909. She was the mother of twelve children, nine of whom died when small, and the three surviving children are all living near here. They are Frank, Joe and Mrs. Joe Duwa. Her husband, Joseph Freund died twelve years ago.
Roy Snider has had a lot of suffering with that sore foot of his. Over ten weeks ago he stepped on a nail and he has been laid up or badly crippled ever since.
Hopkins Bros. lady baseball team, at Kalona, Oct. 2. Two games, afternoon and night.
David S. Yoder and wife are at Arthur, Illinois. They are taking life easy and visiting relatives.
Ralph Ashby and family of Pilotburg, are visiting at the W. W. Miller home today.
Mrs. Frank Mellecker of Wellman, visited at the Sommers home in Kalona, last night.
Sam Williamson and family of Iowa City, attended the funeral of O. T. Dunlap yesterday.
C. B. Oldaker is building a fine large barn on his lots in the northeast part of town, to be used in his large veterinary practice.
They say Charley Rickey is building one of the finest farm residences in the Pilotburg neighborhood. Eleven rooms, furnace heat, lighting system, bath and everything modern and up-to-date
Wm. Young and wife of Armington, Ill. and James Yeakel and wife of Fort Scott, Kansas, are visiting at the W. W. Miller home. The three ladies are sisters.
In the local last week about Frank Nejedley's Dakota farm, we should have said he bought unimproved land instead of improved land.
University authorities expect the enrollment to reach 2500 this year.
Miss Tice's and Miss Allen's rooms enjoyed a quarter holiday, picking nuts down at the spring.
The senior class in a body attended the funeral of Mr. Dunlap.
Richmond
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Giare of Wellman attended the funeral of Mrs. Freund Sunday.
Pete Schillig is making molasses for Frank Lintz.
Mr. and Mrs. Yeggy of Riverside were at Dr. Chittum's Saturday.
Sept. 22 at the Catholic church, occurred the marriage of Miss Zitta Welte to W. J. Kiefer.
Miss Leona Schillig and Vlesta Vecha are planning a trip to Colorado about the middle of October.
Bayertown
We are very sorry to learn of the serious illness of Mrs. Joseph Zahner.
Lottie, Alma and Lester Ford, Archie and Howard Bailey, Gertrude Ford and Harry Chody spent Sunday evening at Ed Ford's.
Fred Grundbacker is hauling material, preparing to build an addition to his house.
P. G. Bayer and J. S. Bailey went to Old Man's creek Saturday on a hunting expedition. They succeeded in bagging 40 squirrels and one chick.
Frank Pierce
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Troyer of Kalona and L. J. Maske and family were Sunday visitors at the Paul Maske home.
Harry and Fred Fry hauled wheat to Iowa City Tuesday.
S. C. Palmer and son Morley returned home last Friday after spending a month, seeing the Seattle Exposition.
Menno Bontrager has put up a double corn crib and hog house.
M. T. Yoder hulled clover for Menno Bontrager Monday and at L. J. Maske's Tuesday.
Amish
S. C. Palmer and M. F. Palmer have returned from their trip west.
The Miller & Kitzmiller sale will be held on the 6th of October.
All the children who were down with the whooping cough are about well again.
75 years ago
September 27, 1934
Local news
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Borntrager are the proud parents of a son born to them September 23.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe J. Hershberger are the parents of a son born to them September 26.
Mr. and Mrs. Urie Swartzendruber of Iowa county are the proud parents of a new daughter born to them September 26.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hofer are entertaining a new seven one-half pound son, born to them September 19th in Iowa City. His name is James William.
It has been reported that a wedding license has been issued to Mr. Paul Gingerich, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan J. Gingerich and Miss Voila Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oba J. Miller.
Miss Helen Snodgrass and Paul Yoder, students of Iowa Wesleyan College at Mt. Pleasant were visitors at the parental home.
John O'Loughlin returned to his school work at the Iowa State College at Ames.
Roy Oakes, who suffered severe bruises about the head in an auto crash between Muscatine and Davenport ten days ago came home.
While assisting with silo filling at the Menno Bontrager farm west of Frytown Tuesday afternoon, Paul Beard 21, sustained a badly crushed right arm when it was drawn into the running parts of the ensilage cutter.
The Adams and Sons Agency report the sale of the Jeff G. Gingerich farm just south of Frytown to Joe M. Gingerich of Millersburg, Ohio. The sale was made this week for the consideration of $115 per acre.
Jason G. Yoder of Wellman community in Iowa county is the purchaser of the Elmer Bontrager 200 acre farm northwest of Kalona.
J. R. and Frank Swartzendruber and Mr. Brown of Washington went to Des Moines Monday to bring back a Plymouth coach for Mrs. O. E. Helwick of Washington.
L. O. Gingerich is a new man assisting Homer Yoder, driving one of the Standard Oil trucks for him, beginning the latter part of last week.
Amos Hostetler was able to do part time work at the Edmondson Department store Monday after having been off duty for more than two weeks.
Mrs. Ada N. Yoder entertained Monday evening at her country home northeast of Kalona in honor of the birthday of Mr. Walter Beachy.
Miss Edna Brenneman, entertained a group of about twenty-five young folks at the country home of her parents.
Brush
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Litwiller and Billy, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Litwiller and Edna, and Mr. and Mrs. Jake Rensberger were Sunday dinner guests of Isaiah Litwiller's.
Harold Miller's are moving to Daytonville this week.
Donkey Ball Game
The two teams are made up of local men whom you would like to see do their playing riding a mule.
Jacks: C. Preston, C; F. Conklin, P; R. Moody, 1b; D. P. Yoder, 2b; C. Page, ss; C. Jebosek, 3b; J. Pieper, lf; H. Grady, cf; Ed Kern, rf; Subs: L. Swartzendruber, Wm. Kern, L. Moomey
Jinnies: J. Brenneman, c; Joas Miller, p; R. Brawner, 1b; K. Ehrenfelt, 2b; F. E. Miller, ss; E. Way, 3b; L. Kern, lf; Weldon Yoder, cf; L. Lahey, rf; Subs: Batterson, Jirsa, Ferd Skola
Richmond
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kallaus are the parents of a little daughter born Sept. 23.
Frank Lintz purchased a new Plymouth car from A. W. Duwa last week.
Mrs. Dan Bopp entertained at a quilting Monday night.
Mr. Alvin and Miss Zeta Critz of West Monroe, New York, and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Murphy and daughter, Ann of Solvay, New York arrived Sunday for a visit with their sister, Mrs. Wm. L. Shalla, and family.
Sharon
The following young people registered at S. U. I. last week. Elizabeth and Alpha Niffenegger, Mabel Yoder, Ruby Madden, Eugene Casey, Clark Meer, Cloyce Campbell and Delbert Miller.
The following Sharon boys enjoyed several days in Chicago at the Century of Progress recently, Dale Ressler, Wayne Roberts, Ralph Troyer, Paul Stutsman, Woodrow Weeber, Lysle Patterson, and Glenn Miller. While there they visited Harold Weeber and Donald Roberts who are attending the Coyne Electrical School there.
Roy Alt, Simon Brenneman, Frank Fry, and Ivan Zager returned early Tuesday morning from a fishing trip in Minnesota.
Carpenter work has been started on the new home of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Yoder a mile south of Sharon Center. The home is being built on the Gotleib Kesselring farm near the Luthern church on the Iowa City road.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hershberger, Kenneth, Everett, Jay and James spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Willard Boller.
Miss Susan Miller visited at the Jake Miller home in Kalona Sunday.
Martha and Ada Glick spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mamie Brenneman at her home.
Frank Pierce
Mrs. Ellory Taylor met with the misfortune of fracturing the bone in her leg last Saturday evening. The accident took place while she was assisting her husband drive some pigs. One of them ran against her leg.
Otis and Albert McKray are putting up a new house. The Eclipse Lumber Co. of Kalona has the contract.
The Snair Hardware Co. of Kalona are installing a new furnace at the church here this week.
Bayertown
Helen Sleichtor was taken to the University hospital at Iowa City Saturday where she underwent an operation for the removal of her tonsils.
Sunday guests at the Clarence Shenk home were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sass and children, of North Liberty, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Snider and family, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Klein, and daughters, Mrs. Mary Shenk, Anna Burkley and Mr. Clair Bailey.
Hummer
Sam Miller from near North Liberty has purchased the 32 acre farm east of the Hummer Chappel belonging to the Albert Kleinschmith estate.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Parsons and son, Gerald, from near Morse, and Mr. and Mrs. William Zeithamel and three sons, Billy, Bobby and Dicky, of Iowa City took dinner at the parental Robert Sass home, Mr. Sass tore the ligaments in one of his arms two weeks ago.
W. L. Snider filled his silo Monday.
J. A. Johnson and Mrs. Frank Hartsock and two little daughters of Iowa City were calling on friends in our neighborhood.
Sharon Hustlers Meet
The officers for the year of 1935 were elected. The results were: Pres. Gleanna Roberts; V. Pres. Gladys Hagenbuch; Secy-Treas. Mae Grout; News Reporter, Edna Gingerich.
Talks on the State Fair were given by Elizabeth Niffenegger, Marjorie Snider, Mable Yoder and Gladys Habenbuch.
East Union
Walter Marner helped Chris Rhodes cut corn Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Knepp and son, Donald, were Sunday dinner guests at the home of the Misses Mary and Barbara Miller.
Center High School
Editors: Elois Birkey and Ward Liebe
The school elected Vera Fry as editor-in-chief of the Center news.
Those absent from school this week were Donald Slaubaugh, Virgil Grout, Woodrow Liebe, Wilbur Miller, Simon Wertz and Lynn Wertz.
The Sophomore English class has been organized into a "Better Speech Club". Billy Evans has been chosen president of the "Better Speech Club."
This week the committee is as follows: Freda Brenneman, Beulah Gosnell and Virgil Grout.
Kalona High School
Editor-in-chief - Muriel Michel
Asst. Editor-in-chief - Mary Strabala
As we look at the Senior Class of '34 today, we find that most of them are in the farming occupation. I suppose you wonder who they are, so I'll name them for you:
Harold Brenneman
Wilma Boller
Fred Thatcher
Dorothy Miller
Arlis Niffenegger
Daniel Miller
Gordon Miller
James Moore
Three of these Seniors have the privilege of going on to school. Ned Fry and Earl Hershberger will attend school at the University of Iowa and Helen Snodgrass at Iowa Wesleyan College. Henry Grady is a kittenball player for Kalona and Richmond.
There are three who have moved to another part of the country. Mary and Wilma Ford are living at Luzerne and Viola Edle at Delta. The remaining seniors are at home.
50 years ago
October 1, 1959
Local news
Mr. and Mrs. Omar Schlabaugh are the parents of a daughter born September 26. She weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces and was named Dawn Marie.
Mrs. Amy Hochstetler entertained guests at a birthday dinner honoring the ninth birthday of her grand-daughter, Julie Bender. Those sharing the courtesy were Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Bender and family, Dr. and Mrs. M. L. Tweeton and sons, and Mr. and Mrs. Loran Hershberger and Susan Jo.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gardner of Iowa City are the parents of a daughter born September 29 at Iowa City. The maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Burkley of Kalona.
Mrs. Joe TeBockhorst was pleasantly surprised Sept. 29 in honor of her birthday anniversary.
Mrs. Keith White was the honored guest at a miscellaneous shower given by Ellen Spenner and Virginia Bontrager at the Bontrager home on September 29.
A budget of $3,450 was adopted at the Kalona Community Club meeting on Monday evening of this week. Awards were given to chairmen of the committees for the Kalona barbecue and horse show day by general chairman Logan Reif. Recipients were Joe Fisher, Dr. P. J. McAndrew, Raymond Yotty, Joe Chody and Chester Miller.
Karen Bermel, who is a student at Iowa Wesleyan College at Mt. Pleasant, a sister of Mrs. Joe Chody of Kalona, was admitted to Mercy hospital in Iowa City, Sunday as a medical patient.
Mrs. Don Miller is working in the grocery department at Reif's since the resignation of Mrs. Mabel Aller of Wellman.
Henry Francis TeBockhorst, 81, died in his sleep September 24, 1959, at his home on route one Washington. Death was due to a heart attack.
The Kalona Methodist Church observed the fiftieth anniversary in its present building on Sunday, September 27.
Following are the important dates listed for the local church:
1887-As an out growth of a revival meeting held at Snider Chapel, 1 ½ miles north of Kalona a Methodist church was organized.
1888 - Snider Chapel was purchased and moved to Kalona and the first Methodist Church dedicated on September 4.
1909 - New brick building erected at the present location and dedicated June 4, 1909.
1940 - September 5, Charter meeting of Womans Society of Christian Service
1957 - Church completely remodeled and consecrated
1959 - Church celebrates its fifty years in present church with program and open house.
1959 - Church school membership 110; Church membership 213.
Richmond
Happy Hour Club
The Happy Hour Club met with Mrs. Roy Kallaus at her home on Wednesday evening, September 23. The evening was spent visiting and sewing carpet rags. The following members were present, Mrs. Emma Freund, Mrs. Clem Shalla, Mrs. Paul Kern, Mrs. Walt Ledman, Mrs. Della Downs, Mrs. Jim Keifer, Mrs. Ed Beranek, Mrs. Mary Yotty, Mrs. Wino Strabala, Mrs. Harry Strabala.
Mrs. Ed Beranek served a delicious lunch assisted by Mrs. Walt Ledman and Mrs. Clem Shalla.
Louise Kallaus was pleasantly surprised at the home of her sister, Mrs. Everett Hershberger in Iowa City on her birthday Thursday, September 23, when the Kallaus family were invited in to spend the evening.
Pilotburg
Larry Stransky, who is attending college at Ames spent the weekend at the parental Wayne Stransky home.
Betty Yoder who now has a secretarial position at the Oakdale sanitarium spent the weekend at home.
Allan and Edith Stransky accompanied a shipment of cattle to Chicago Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Smith and three children from California have moved into the Ferguson house on the corner. Mr. Smith works for Welkona.
The twelve year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Van de Voort has been suffering with asthma.
Marion, Frank and Max, Larry Bush and Harlan Yoder and T. V. Knerr of Kalona attended the farm progress show at Clarence, Iowa.
Karen Thomas, small daughter of Melvin and Jo Ann Thomas of Burlington is now home from the hospital where she suffered a week with pneumonia.
Bayertown
Mrs. Harold Shenk underwent an operation at Mercy Hospital, her friends are glad to know she is recovering nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moore returned home Thursday evening from their vacation in Kentucky.
Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Meyer and sons were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Weber and Tom Friday.
Kalona Kubs Football
The Kalona Kubs were victorious for the second consecutive game by spilling Lone Tree, 32-0.
Two touchdowns were scored by the Kubs in the second period. Tom Bailey intercepted a Lone Tree pass at midfield. After a steady gain by the Kub eleven Jim Yoder twisted through the Lone Tree line to score from the 8 yard line. Marvin Eimen's extra point attempt was unfruitful.
Kalona's aerial game was perfect Friday night. Eimen and Grady each completed a pass to Steve Reif for a total of 22 yards.
Grade School Notes
First Grade
David Brenneman treated the class on his sixth birthday with apples and candy sticks.
Second Grade
Carolyn Goodlander brought a birthday treat this week.
Third Grade
We, as a class, are divided into three reading groups. Names chosen for the groups are Champions, Hawkeyes, and Popeyes.
Steven Schlabaugh became eight years old the twenty-fifth of September.
Fifth Grade
This week, the fifth grade teacher from West Chester visited our room. Also Mrs. Henss, Bill's mother. We would like all our mothers to visit us.
We are glad to have Martha back again; she was sick and absent for three weeks.
Sixth Grade
This week, the sixth grade class has been very busy. For opening exercises this week, Tim TeBockhorst, Philip Ropp and Gary Kos gave a skit. Marie Shetler read the poem, "Railroad", and Karen Garber and Dortha Brenneman sang, "Old folks at Home."
We have started studying about the cradles of civilization. Karen Garber gave a report on the Sumerians, and Bonnie Yoder gave a report on the Babylonian. Wendy Garrett brought an Arabian doll, an Arab's head dress, and a hat the son of a rich Arab would wear.
John Helmuth and Carolyn Borntrager celebrated their birthdays this week. They were both twelve years old.
25 years ago
October 1, 1984
Kalona Business
When Ron Harland started in the oil business in 1958 as an agent for Standard Oil, literal hand delivery of fuel was not uncommon. At that time getting fuel to upstairs apartments in downtown Kalona meant carried up in five gallon cans one in each hand.
Operated from the family home at 312 B Ave. Harland Oil has been strictly a Harland enterprise with Mrs. Harland taking calls and attending to the bookkeeping and the couple's sons as employees in the past Mrs. Harland has been with the oil business all her life. Her father Ed Kern started the business. In the early years George Allen was an employee helping deliver heating oil.
Today it is uncommon for Harland Oil to fill 50 gallon drums. Most are 300 gallons and up and the price is along way from the seven and eight cents a gallon charged when Harland came home from military service.
After a quarter of a century in the business Harland has seen the system change from a dependence on the railroad for bulk delivery and the use of horses to tankers and snowmobiles.
Local news
Mr. and Mrs. C. Ardell Swartzendruber of Denver, Colorado, are parents of a daughter. Sarah Ann born September 30. She is welcomed by a sister Heidi, and grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Swartzendruber of Kalona.
The children of Duane E. and Ellen L. (Miller) Yoder will host an open house in honor of the couple's 40th wedding anniversary, October 14. The couple was married October 14, 1944.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Dayton will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary with an Open House Oct. 7. Mr. Dayton and Gladys Fritz were married September 24, 1944.
President Jim Yoder presented a lifetime membership to Homer Brenneman and the Optimist of the Year Award to Rolland Yoder. Lucky Optimist was J. Claude Miller. Dennis Miller and Mark Swartzendruber won the centerpiece drawings.
Richmond
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Welte, Mrs. Rita Ann Welte and Mrs. Mike Latta, Julie and Emily of Riverside spent the weekend in Des Moines with Mr. and Mrs. Phil Berrie and helped them move to their recently purchased home.
Mr. and Mrs. Linus Patterson returned home Wednesday of last week from Jacksonville, Florida, after a two-week visit with their daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter, Ed and Alice Bayne and Johanna.
Pleasantview
"Country School" has been meeting regularly every Wednesday morning on I.C.F. and have a good time together. Last week the story of Johnny Appleseed was read and the "Pupils" talked about different kinds of apples they used to raise. They came up with a list of twenty different varieties, and there was lots of "apple polishin" going on.
A Farewell was held in the Rec Room Friday, September 21, for Bernie Bowman who has resigned and accepted a position at Meth-Wick Manor in Cedar Rapids.
Nettie Christner and Maude Gingerich were guests at a dinner at the Kalonial Townhouse Wednesday of the Herb Hartzler family. Mrs. Robert Hartzler and her mother of Alaska were visiting. Nettie Christner attended a baby shower Saturday at the Bill Eash home for Aaron Eash, son of Bill and Lori Eash.
M-P FFA News
The Mid-Prairie FFA Chapter held its monthly meeting Thursday, September 27, at the Senior High School. Greenhand members were raised to Chapter Farmers and new members were initiated to Greenhands. Chapter Farmers were Jon Horak, Jeff Sieren, Corey Wade, Wyatt Boyse, Tom Slaubaugh, Todd Townsend, Ross Stuckey, Tony Kron, Jim LeFever and Jim Humston. Greenhands were Houston Norman, Terry Durian, Sam Bontrager, Tim Britton, Steve Bohr, Collin Stewart, Scott Butcher, Jason Dumont, Jamie Boyse, David Stewart, Alan Lovetinsky and Jerry Bulechek.
IMS Cross Country Team
The Iowa Mennonite Cross-Country boys varsity team finished third of the ten schools at the BGM Invitational, September 6. Steve Miller and George Miller ran outstandingly on the hilly and winding course to finish seventh and eighth and were both clocked at 11:18 for two miles. Tim Kauffman even though not up to full strength because of the flu, ran a strong race for 22nd place with a time of 12:13. Marcus Hostetler was the fourth scorer for IMS.
Flint Ridge
By Bill Jr.
September 29, Flint Ridge and the Valley received a killing frost and now we are hoping for a month or six weeks of Indian summer.
Bruce Hochstetler of the Upper Deer Creek area and Ron Bender of Poplar Grove both reported that they saw a few stray geese and ducks flying south last week already, which kinds seems a little early to me.
Fannie Swartzendruber of the Riverside area claims she saw a couple dark black wooly worms which is a sign of a hard winter, but everyone else says the wooly worms are very light which is a sign for a mild winter. The shells on the walnuts are very thin and ears on the corn stalks have the husk very loose which are signs of a very, very mild winter. So we will wait and see.
Jonathon M. Miller of the Frytown area has sold his farm over there and has bought a couple lots from the Cephas Kauffman's out on Flint Ridge where anew house is taking shape on a very high point right between the two Calvin Yoder residences.
Jonathon started farming on Shaver Creek during the mid-thirtys where he lived for year and later moved to Frytown where he raised his family and is now moving back on the Ridge near his daughter to retire. He says he has a very nice view and can see right over into Frytown from his new purchase and we say Congratulations! to Jonathon.
Marvin Kinsinger of wall Street was a Monday evening visitor of Don Yoder while Ruth and Eileen went to a shower at Hickory Grove.
Alvin Weaver did some very elaborate welding with his portable welder last Friday in the Flint Ridge park for the Cowboys.
Uncle Kenny and Aunt Dorothy Yoder of South DaytonVille were recent guests of ours.
Adios
