Reflections

The following excerpts are exactly as published in that particular

issue of the Lansing paper.

75 Years Ago

March 19, 1930

Harpers Ferry

W. L. Cota loaded out another car of ties last week.

The Perry Jones and John Chapin families left by truck early Tuesday

morning for Davenport where the men are employed.

E. J. Foley, station agent of the G. N. railroad at Deer River, Minn.,

came Tuesday evening and remained until Wednesday morning. He was here

to attend the funeral of Joe Lechtenberg.

Waterville

It looks like spring. The robins and the meadow lark are here.

Our girls’ basket ball team journeyed to Guttenberg Friday to take

part in the district tourney. They lost to West Union and this eliminated

them from further play.

H. F. Dumbin, our undertaker, conducted the Jas. Fox funeral at

McGregor Tuesday. This old gentleman, who was 78 years of age, lived with his

daughter, Mrs. Joe Walsh, and died Saturday p.m.

Lansing School Notes

Lansing Loses in Finals

As was mentioned in last week’s issue, Lansing won easily from Luana,

in its first game at the Sectional Tourney. On Friday night they met

Marquette, winner of the McGregor-Marquette game. Despite Marquette’s

six-point lead in the last quarter, Lansing won, staging a last minute

rally which netted 12 points, making the final score 34 to 28, in

Lansing’s favor. Saturday afternoon they opposed Volga City and won

decisively, 30 to 17. By virtue of this victory they competed against Clermont

in the finals that night. The Lansing boys, by persistent team work

held their opponents to a tie in the first half, the score at that time

being 7 to 7. Clermont, however, scored several goals shortly after the

half, which gave them a large lead. Even then, Lansing had hopes of

victory and rallied within two points of the lead when the gun sounded. The

final score was Clermont 21, Lansing 19.

Three regulars will be lost to the team through graduation. They are

Curtis Lenz, Harold Fritz and Willard Fritz. Lenz, a center, has been a

constant scorer throughout the year. He has also worked well on defense

and, without doubt, he will be greatly missed next year. Harold and

Willard Fritz, two fast, clever men have been invaluable to the team.

Their playing has been outstanding during the entire season and vacancies

which they cause will be large ones.

Lansing

Nice rains Saturday and again Sunday night-just what was wanted to put

the ground in shape for plowing, and not a few farmers are busy in

their fields this week.

N. Martinson of the Ford garage, and Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Feurhelm, went

to St. Paul last Wednesday, driving back in a couple new cars, one a

standard coupe for the Feurhelms who drove on Monday to some point in

Illinois, where Ernie will again be employed on a construction job.

From a copy of the Montana Oil Journal of March 8th, published at Great

Falls, we see that an old Allamakee boy, T. F. Russell, is among the

fortunate ones who have struck oil in that locality. Mr. Russell is also

interested in other gushers in the vicinity with a group of Havre men.

He is a brother of Mrs. Richard Cassidy, of Lafayette township.

Henry Walters left Monday morning for Winona, Minn., where he will

again engage for the season on government river construction work.

B. H. Wellendorf is agent for the Lockwood out-board engine and has a

display of several of them on hand at present in his bakery on Main

street. They are dandies and, if interested, drop in there and see them.

English Bench

Carpenter Imhoff of New Albin put up a large brooder house last week

for Mrs. Elsie Sommermeier.

Russell Lane repaired several windmills and pumps in these parts last

week, one being the pump at the school house.

Ed Bunge of Eitzen was a business caller on Friday, buying young stock

to pasture this season on his Winnebago farm.

Don’t forget the basketball social and program Thursday evening of

this week, March 13, at what is known as the “Hartley Social,� at

French Creek. All roads lead there. Miss Silvia Sires, teacher.

The Fred Weymiller portable sawmill began work on Monday, with about

eight hundred logs in the home yard of Fred King who will have the frame

work sawed for a new barn, 80x54.

New Albin

Mrs. Jno. Wemerslage won the sack of flour at the guessing contest

during the Lenten Sale held at Travis & Kumpf’s store, the number in the

jar being 2,532 and her guess being 2,510.

Pat Waters, who is employed in the Lone Star State, sends five dollars

toward the homecoming fund. Mr. Waters says that he is planning strong

on coming home for the occasion and hopes New Albin will be in tip top

shape.

Captain Smerud Entertains

Captain Sarah Smerud entertained the girls’ basket ball team to a

fine 5:30 dinner at the home of John Ryan Sunday in honor of winning the

county championship, and the runners-up cup at Guttenberg. The tables

were decorated with the team’s colors, purple and gold. The two cups

and an angel-food cake prettily decorated with the team’s colors,

presented to them by Coach Humphrey’s mother, of Elkader, Ia., held a

place of honor in the center of the table, while the team’s mascots held

guard over the well-filled plates.

Captain Smerud, Gladys McCormack and Bernice Meyer gave toasts , Marie

Kelly read the selection of poetry dedicated to the N. A. team. Helen

Jordan and Lillian Welper, accompanied by Doris May, at the piano, sang

several beautiful selections.

After the dinner the girls, led by Katheryn Kelly and Mabel Pottratz,

gave their N. A. yell, “Boom Chicka Boom.� The evening was spent in

dancing and other amusing entertainment.

The girls departed as the wee sma’ hours approached, while the

“portable� played their victory song.

Looking Backward, 35 Years (1895)

Bechtel & Spieler are operating a woodsawing outfit in Lansing at 35c

per cord. Mrs. Polleys of Lansing is again in the toils of the law,

Wisconsin officers, with requisition papers, coming after her Friday. John

Broderick and wife, arrived safely in England March 1st, after a nine

days’ voyage. Ten wigwams of strange Winnebago Indians are camped near

New Albin. The Lycurgus Literary society will debate the prohibition

question Friday. Steve O’Leary and Ellen Laughlin will take the

affirmative and Pat Gilroy and Vick Harkins the negative.

60 Years Ago

March 21, 1945

U. S. Pacific Hdq., Guam, March 15, (AP) – The American flag was

raised over Iwo Island, within 750 miles of Tokyo, Wednesday, signifying

tactical conquest of its bloody 8 square miles, altho Japanese still are

resisting to the death. More than 20,000 Nipponese already have died

there.

Boston, Mass., March 15, (AP) – The largest hospital ship in the

world – the army craft Louis A. Milne, was declared ready for formal

commissioning ceremonies here tomorrow. The 10,000 ton converted freighter

can accommodate 966 bed patients, 200 more than any other craft of her

type. On a brief trip, she can carry 2,000 patients. The vessel is 527

feet long, displaces 15,000 tons and has a normal speed of between 13

and 14 knots. The conversion cost about $7,000,000.

French Creek

The Iowa River overflowed its banks Saturday and crossing the bottom

was impossible.

Telephones in these parts were out for the past week due to rain and

wind and Art Sandbeck of Waukon was on the job trying to repair them.

Lansing

I. I. Satrang, president of the Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank of

Waterville, will receive this week a captured enemy rifle as a reward

for his outstanding performance and activity during the Sixth War Loan

Drive.

S2-c Robert Murphy left Wednesday morning last for Farragut, Idaho,

where he receives a new assignment with the Navy. He has just completed

his first leave, an 8 days visit with home folks, the Cyril Murphy family

and other relatives.

The Art Bakewell family have been informed by their son, Stf. Sgt.

James, that he has completed his number of combat missions and is heading

for home, expecting to get here some time next month. Jim is a gunner on

one of the big bombers and has been stationed in Italy since last

summer. He is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Art Bakewell and was a

University of Iowa student before going into service.

A farewell party was held a week ago for Mr. and Mrs. Joe Manning who

will soon move to town. A number of neighbors and friends gathered at

their home south of Lansing and spent the evening playing cards. At a

late hour a delicious supper was served from baskets brought by the

guests, and both Joe and Loretta were presented with a gift in remembrance of

the affair. Over the week-end the Mannings purchased the Herman

Krzbietke home on North Second street, formerly the R. A. Dunlevy hours for

$3,300 with possession to be given in thirty days. Mr. and Mrs. Krzbietke

own another home in New Albin and will most likely move back there and

again use the bus for transportation to the Toywood factory.

The Joe Manning sale on last Wednesday was well attended and everything

sold brought top prices. It totaled about $6,000, with cows going to

$136.00; yearlings brought about $60.00; sows, $59.00; hay, $17.00 per

ton; corn, 97 cents per bushel; oats, the ceiling price of 70 cents, and

some used machinery almost as much or more than new.

The new gas boat hull that Jack Luth has been building the past month

or so in the Roy Thorsten tavern on Second Street was taken out Saturday

afternoon and removed to South Lansing where work on it will be

completed and the engine installed. It is a finely constructed craft, 26 feet

long with a 6 ft. beam, made of choice redwood, and will be used for

commercial fishing.

CBM Ray Sweeney arrived here yesterday morning from California on the

morning train to spend a 30 days leave from navy duties with home folks,

the Ben Sweeney family and other relatives and friends. It was about a

year ago since Ray was home and he was accompanied by a shipmate

friend, Pete Michael of Indiana, who will visit here awhile.

New Albin

Orval A. Hosch, New Albin high school graduate and former student of

Loras College, Dubuque, was graduated Ensign, U. S. N. R. from the U. S.

N. R. M. S., Ft. Schuyler, New York City, March 6th. For the past 18

months he has been in flight training under instruction and in

Midshipmen’s School. After his present leave he will resume flying at NAS,

Dallas, Texas, and NAS Pensicola, Florida, with an ultimate assignment to a

naval aircraft carrier or operations group. He terminated a 16 days

leave at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hosch, New Albin,

yesterday.

Robert Thomson, who is employed with the Iowa State Conservation

Commission at Fort Dodge, Iowa, came Friday for a visit over the weekend with

his wife here. Another brother, Irvin and wife of Perry, visited New

Albin relatives a few days last week, returning home Friday.

50 Years Ago

March 16, 1955

Wisconsin Contracts To

Be Awarded March 22

Work To Include Repair of

Dike and Four Bridges

It has been announced by the Wisconsin highway commission that next

Tuesday, March 22, they will let the contracts for the repair and

rehabilitation of the dike and four bridges across sloughs and the Burlington

railway track which eventually will put the Black hawk Bridge back in

operation between Lansing and De Soto.

It will be a free crossing and maintained by the highway commissions of

both states.

The Iowa contract has already been let to a construction company in

Baltimore, Md., and their work is expected to get started soon and be

completed by early fall. The state of Wisconsin will no doubt keep in line

as both states are to share all expenses.

Lansing

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Connor left Sunday for Minneapolis, Minn., where he

has secured employment for a couple of months. Later in the spring he

intends to do spray painting in this territory with a couple of young

men associates from Waukon, so we are told. Bob has sold out his interest

in the Connor Super Mart.

Len Barthell of the U. S. Barberry eradication field work drove in from

Missouri and spent the week end with his wife at the home of her father

Julius Boeckh.

Devillo McKee, who farms on the home place north of town got one bone

in his right wrist broken last Wednesday, while finishing up a grinding

job with the tractor. He has since been carrying his arm in a sling.