For those of you who are related to the David/Rudnick/Wenzel/Friedrichsen/Schade/Borkowski family trees, PLEASE keep checking back.
Once I get the David stuff scanned I'll be
posting a lot of unidentified pictures. While Ardith was good about identifying her pictures, she had so many and the last few years of her life she couldn't see very well,
so there are a lot of pictures with no information.
It is so sad at how many pictures I run into that are unidentified in basically every family collection I work on...Especially when I find very old family
portraits that are in very good condition and great quality prints.
I'm trying to compare family traits from the pictures that are identified
to see if anyone in this picture resembles a David/Borkowski/Friedrichsen, etc. look.
I'm not sure if these 3 students are MHS graduates or maybe graduated in Audubon and were friends of Ardith (David) Lage, so I need help with IDs...
Unknown
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As I recall, the Manning Jaycees would open the now old gym (Rec Center) on weekends in the winter for the community
in the early to mid-1970s.
They would also hold events in the gym to raise money for their club...one of which was playing the KIOA "Goodguys" in 1972,
and a different group at another time.
After the new high school and gym was built and began its use in the fall of 1973, expanded activities at the old gym included adult volleyball leagues and a few other type sporting events.
This first picture shows the doorway to the hallway in the old high school.
I had forgotten about it but there is a display board above the doors but I don't remember what it listed.
The basketball game display board was over the gym doorway to the boys' locker room in the basement.
Jaycees vs the KIOA Goodguys
Gary Taylor back to camera, Barry Kusel facing camera - red pullovers
There are 2 reasons why I know that is Scott - one I wrote it on the back of the picture but the other reason is he had a "flailing" characteristic with his arms when he played basketball. I played a lot of games of cutthroat with him so I remember first-hand his style of BB.
I believe that the Jaycees stopped running the weekends at the gym during the 1974 and 1975 years.
Then in the fall of 1976, there was a "new crop" of Jaycees. While I was not a member I joined them to help run the Rec Center on weekends. Our group attended a school
board meeting to ask to use the gym for basketball practice for our adult town team (mostly Jaycees). The board agreed if we again opened the gym on weekends during the winter for
the community at large.
This continued for one more year into 1977 and Bob Tank, Jr., and I tended to be the volunteers most weekends...then in the fall of 1978, the very first Rec Director, Dick Reynolds, was hired and the rest is history.
For the next 15 years I continued to volunteer at the Rec Center. It was during this time the gym was renovated, the racquetball court was built, and finally the indoor pool was built.
While I was not on any boards or committees, I pretty much saw it all and oh the stories I could write about...lots of conflicts among the various boards, directors, and
community members, all of whom had their own ideas how things should be run.
While there were lots of struggles, there was also a lot of fun and great times and
now after 40 years, we have an amazing facility - well worth all of those struggles.
Many of the mayors, school board members, superintendents, council members, foundation members, and various rec center board members connected to those early years
of the Rec Center project are now deceased.
While each of them gave varying degrees of support to the Rec Center, they would all be amazed and I think proud of what the Manning community has accomplished
with the current facility.
I remember one young guy from Chicago who would visit relatives here and he would always comment on how they have nothing like the Manning rec center in his city.
I heard those comments over and over from visitors during the early years and BOY, would they be amazed today if they saw what we have now and what is being planned for the future.
Here is a promotional flier with donation form for anyone interested in supporting the future Rec Center project.
In January of 2018, I created this historical perspective linked below about recreation in Manning and also information and graphics for the current proposed project for the Rec Center.
It shows how projects don't get done overnight and also how very important volunteers and donations are to every project.
Update on the Hillside Splash project
On May 15, 2018, the city council approved $400,000 in matching funds for the proposed Hillside Splash project.
JEO Consulting has been working on design ideas and a proposal to complete this project in 3 phases.
Phase 1 will begin in 2019-20 with construction beginning in 2020-21, or as soon as funds are raised.
A zero-depth pool with some play features are planned in phase 1, with the slide aspects in phase 2, and a spray pad for phase 3.
Click on the link below to see some very interesting history on how Manning achieves so many amazing things and is now working on another unique project.
Oh the Fun of playing in the Sun (1968)
1909 cartoon about 2 boys nabbing their friends' clothes while "skinny dippin.'"
RONALD J. HANSEN, 80, of Atlantic (formerly of Manning), died November 24th, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. A Celebration of Life for RONALD HANSEN will be held December 15th at 11 a.m., at the United Methodist Church, in Atlantic.
You can find his full obituary on my Manning Memorial web page or the tribute that is linked under the "What's New in 2018" section on the left.
Back: Harry Kruse, Carl Arthur Kruse, Ed Kruse
Front: Chris Ehrichs, Marie Ehrichs, Anna (Schroeder - Kruse) Ehrichs
Marie (Ehrichs) Hagedorn holding Charles Edward Kruse
Marie was a half-sister to
Harry Kruse, Carl Arthur Kruse, Edward Kruse
She married Lewis Hagedorn and they were the parents of Robert, Roger, Mary Ann Brandt, Raymond.
Back: Bertha (Schroeder) Ehrichs, Annie Schroeder
Front: Ella Kruse
Anonymous -
I recently received an obituary with the return e-mail address of "volunteer contributor" but no name or other identifying information.
While I appreciate receiving Manning connected information and obituaries, I am very cautious with anonymous or unsigned sourced information.
For over 22 years I have protected the e-mail addresses and contact information I have of people who I work with. The only way I give out their contact information
to another person is first getting permission. So you don't have to worry about me sharing your addresses/e-mails/phone numbers with anyone - without your permission.
I followed the newspaper name, at the bottom of the obituary, with an Internet search and found the exact same obituary, so I know it is fully legitimate.
I responded 2 times to the anonymous person, hoping that they would get back to me but so far No response. I am hoping they, or someone else in the family would be able to help me
with military pictures and information for Willis Kruse - the former Manning citizen featured in the obituary.
I did not have Willis' name in my Manning Veterans' database, or
any pictures, but I do have some school related pictures and information about him.
Even though he passed away 12 years ago, I'm going to make a tribute for him, like I do with every other Manning connected person who passes away (at least those who I find out about).
Maybe it will inspire a Kruse relative to contact me and help me with military information to use in the Manning Veterans' History Book.
I added more school information to his original obituary.
WILLIS H. KRUSE age 70, a fifteen year resident of Banning, California, passed away March 19, 2006.
Born on March 3, 1936, in Manning, Iowa. He was a resident of Bloomington for 25 years and recently of Banning, California, for the past 15 years. He was employed as a production clerk for 37 years, retiring from Alumax Alum. Co.
Willis served as an Airman Second Class US Air Force for 4 1/2 years.
He attended Iowa No. 8 Country School in Crawford County, and was a 1954 graduate of Manning High School; holding the fastest high school track record for many years, played football, and was a scout master in Boys Scouts of America.
Survivors include his spouse, Sharon S. Kruse; daughters, Debra A. White of Redlands, California, and Jennette M. Peterson of Yucaipa, California; sons, William A. Kruse of Edmond, Oklahoma, Robert W. Kruse of Banning, California, David G. Kruse of Mira Loma, California, James A. Kruse of Mesa, Arizona; brother, Arthur J. Kruse, Wisconsin; sister, Darlene Anderson, Iowa; 13 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild.
Preceded in death by parents, Carl Arthur Kruse and Amanda A. Jentzen of Manning, Iowa.
Visitation will be held on March 28, 2006, from 5-9 PM at Acheson & Graham. Funeral will be on March 29, 10 AM at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 12776 Sixth St., Yucaipa, California.
Burial will follow at Riverside National Cemetery, Staging Area #2 at 1:15 PM.
Back: Ray Walder coach, Roland Valentine, Allan Eich, Pete Petersen,
William Richards, Jack Mohr, Duane Monson, Wayne Vennink, Larry Gillespie head coach
Middle: Richard Mullennax, Willis Kruse, Dick Zerwas, Roger Nielsen,
Roger Vollstedt, Deanes Rowedder, Russell Spies, Larry Kasperbauer
Front: Gary Nady, Fredric Dethlefsen, Merlin Ramsey, Robert Neubaum, Art Zerwas, Richard Rix, Alan "Goose" Vennink, Claus Bunz,
Lowell Stribe, Kenneth Graves, Raymond Christensen
1945 Iowa No. 8
Update: more interesting and fun pictures...
As I go through the various plastic tubs, scrapbooks, envelopes, etc I find old and interesting pictures buried or mixed in with general modern day
pictures - one of many reasons why I prefer to go through people's collections. If they decide what to bring to me, they'll inevitably miss those
historic treasures I'm looking for.
I know it basically goes on "deaf ears" but I'll ask again for help with IDs...
Ila Grimm & Ardith Lage
Zion Lutheran Kitchen Band 1966
Back: Fern (Struve) Jensen, Ida Musfeldt, Marlene (Anthony) Jahn, Dorothy Kusel
Front: Ila Grimm, Helen Weible, Neva Hinners, Lydia Musfeldt, Frances Fielweber, Ardith Lage
Zion church group 1985
This picture was taken on the north balcony in the old Fireman's hall.
Brothers of the Brush 1956 Diamond Jubilee
Back row: Walter Lage, Gale Moore, Louis Puck, George Erps
Front row: Jasper “Jap” Ward, Floyd “Mac” McCammond, Gerhardt “Gabby” Lamp, Don Maasen
Winners in the beard contest were 1st Gabby Lamp, 2nd Jasper Ward, 3rd Gale Moore
Lance Lage, Bobbie Johnson with his 1956 Brothers of the Brush beard.
One of these gals is Mary Ann Rothfolk (on left?) - the other gal unknown
Paul Behrens
Interesting sticker coupon
on back of the Behrens picture
These are the "Little" things I'm looking for that most people will miss...
Harvey Kienast on the south end of the old Zion Lutheran Church along 2nd Street.
Lucille (Genzen) Pfannkuch - unknown location
It also shows the wonderful Paper White Birch
that once lined the parking -
only to be destroyed by the birch borrer.
Then replaced with American Elms - later destroyed by
the introduced Dutch Elm disease.
Even though I may have scans of the exact same or very similar pictures, I'm always looking for better/cleaner/less damaged pictures to scan.
I also have professional scanners and equipment now and over 22 years of experience, plus very large hard drives to store very high resolution scanned files - here
is a 20 year comparison difference. So once again, I'm so glad that I was able to go through the Lage collection and find another picture of Wesley Lage in
his uniform.
Lincoln Township on the Bobenmoyer hill - not sure where this is
Probably Lincoln No. 9 country school in the bottom
Ardith on right - she attended both Lincoln No. 5 and 9
Only one Bobenmoyer attended Lincoln No. 5
But all of the Davids attended No. 5 and only Ardith attended No. 9
Unknown lady & town
Confirmation at Trinity Church - Lincoln Township
??, ??, Ardith David, ??
??, Wesley Lage
Note the 2 large American Elms in the back right - wiped out by the Dutch Elm disease in the 1960s
Either Linda Burns or Linda Keesey - Ardith had a questionmark on back.
Written on back "At Ann Struve - August 1951"
Laura Lage, Ann Struve, ??, Anna (Lorenzen) Ehrichs?
Gertie Gruhn - daughter of Martin & Gertrude (Vogt) Becker
married Fred Gruhn and they later lived in Spirit Lake - one child, Don Gruhn
In the Lage house on the farm
Back: Gladys Mahnke?, Leona (Karsten) Brus, Christina Ranniger, ??, ??
Front: Alice Karsten, ??, Lisetta Derner, Laura Lage
February 12, 1954
Back: Minnie (Moeller) Sinow, Lisetta (Sinow) Derner, Laura Lage
Middle: ??, Ardith Lage, face half hidden, Iona Derner?
Front: Laura Derner holding Linda, Arletta Derner, Amanda (Moeller) Sinow
Back: John Derner, ??, Melvin Sinow, Milton Sinow
Middle: ??, ??, boy?, ??, Walt Lage, Herman Lage
Front: Lyle Eich, ?little boy?, ??, Roland Derner, Wes Lage
Sheryl unknown Kindergarten 1958
Curtis Glen Struve
February 6, 1952 - December 2, 2018
Click to see the tribute
Curt Struve, age 66, of Manning, passed away on Sunday, December 2, 2018.
Visitation Thursday, December 6, 2018 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM Zion Lutheran Church, Manning
Funeral Service Friday, December 7, 2018 10:30 AM Zion Lutheran Church, Manning
Interment at a Later Date - Manning Cemetery
Ohde Funeral Home in charge of services.
The song was sung by many duets since it was written in 1944: Esther Williams and Ricardo Montalban, Louis Jordan and Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby and Doris Day, Dinah Shore and Buddy Clark, Homer & Jethro and June Carter, and many many more...
Dora Schroeder - Tom's wife - Ferguson Studio in Denison
Fred & Adele (Marquardt) Schroeder's wedding November 19, 1912 - Lutheran Church in Denison
Attendants - her brother Frank Marquardt and his wife to be, Minna Ploog, married February 19, 1913.
Albert Joens
Written on back: Tom Schroeder kids - Henry & Kenny
J. Henry and Cornelius, the sons of Tom Schroeder's brother Cornelius.
The girl is the child of Dora & Tom Schroeder - Luella Adela Schroeder
We are not sure where the name Kenny came from - a nickname for Cornelius or just an incorrect name.
Tom Schroeder - Ferguson studion - Denison, Iowa
unknown kids - Buchan Studio Worthington Minnesota
No studio or other information
Written on back Tom Schroeder - Fred Schroeder & wife
A guess is that this wedding photo was Dora and Cornelius's wedding in 1910.
Dora was married twice, first to Cornelius, then to his brother Tom
Unknown WWI Veteran
If you can help with information/corrections - please e-mail me at your earliest convenience.
The more boxes I go through, the more stuff I find that I had completely forgotten about and in some cases, unfortunately did not make notes as to where/when/how I found/acquired
some of these things. I think I found this next item and 2 others for Harold Schroeder and Arlo Dammann in the McMahon building as it was being torn down...or maybe
in the old Greenbay Lumber building which was also part of the McMahon property.
No matter where I found them, at least I had the sense to grab them and save them - I doubt you'll find any others like this elsewhere.
What you have in your Manning collection/scrapbook/box/attic will help me with my Manning historical projects - you just don't realize it but when I work on something
a person sends me I always find a nugget or two of history I've been looking for or never knew existed.
My cousin, Jon Ahrendsen, recently sent me 2 Carroll County Atlases. He took a few snapshots of family connections for himself and then forwarded them to me to show
me some of the extras in the atlases.
The very first name in the very first snapshot caught my eye right away!
As soon as I saw Accola I remembered his name and that I was looking for proof he served in the military...lo and behold it mentions he served in Europe during WWII.
All I had in my notes is that Albert Claussen remembered that Wayne had served - no other information about him, other than his name that I had in the military database.
Down below I write about my recent scans of things I've saved over the years. Here are a few military related items that I didn't know I had on this specific subject. When I
found stuff years ago I didn't always take a close look at exactly what I had but just knew that they are things that need to be saved.
I had Robert Kerkhoff's name in my WWII list but nothing else...not until going through my boxes of stuff did I realize I had something about him. When I have nothing
about a person or topic, then something is a major find.
Here is a letter Robert sent to Ben & Loretta Sextro and Eddie Sextro is mentioned in the letter, too. This is page 1 of a 3-page letter.
I have 4 short newspaper articles about this next Veteran, and even though it is just an envelope, it shows his handwriting, location, and rank at the time.
All of these little items add to the pieces of the puzzle about a person.
I got side-tracked for a few days when I needed to reorganize some of the "stuff" I've collected/saved over the years.
I decided to scan just a "few" of the items I have...it seems I'm always scanning everyone else's stuff but never get any of my things digitized.
Here are a few items to take you down memory lane.
These first two envelopes had no letters inside but provide names out of Manning's past.
The first name Emmons was once a very prominent family in early Manning history. As soon as I scanned this envelope I sent it to one of the Emmons' descendants from
out west who has been sharing Manning connected history with me. He was tickled to get this small piece of Emmons history.
From Fred Hassler in California to Ernest Sutherland
A ManCryCo (Manning Creamery Company) envelope.
From Ronald Masters, Manning chiropractor
Christmas greetings to the Seyller family
1950s Chamber Fair
Edward Henkenius Voc Ag Teacher 1963
FFA order 1963
1981 Centennial Cancellation - Coast to Coast
1981 Centennial logo - Manning Monitor
Sale of old school gym 1982
Rec Center membership renewal 1987
1982 Agriculture Appreciate Day in Manning
I've scanned lots of country school report cards but was surprised and tickled to run across something I had not scanned and frankly did not know existed.
These 4 cards show the tests my dad had to take/pass to graduate from 8th Grade in country school, so he could then attend high school in Manning.
The right side card was apparently the final testing in May of 1934 where he received his diploma.
Profile of Dave Kusel in grade school
If you have items like I featured above - I'd like to get them to scan...that way they'll be preserved in my database.
Some will think "what a waste of time" - but they don't work with the community like I do and get requests for all kinds of topics...like recently where
I was asked about the old Coke Mural that was on the south wall of the Corner Cafe.
Of course I knew there were at least 2 different Coke designs so I can let
groups working on Manning history and restoration know about things they aren't aware of and can then make more informed decisions when they proceed.
The plans are to fully restore the old Coke mural in the near future.
So when I ask you for your old parade, school, community, family pictures to scan, I'll be looking for things like the mural that you wouldn't even consider or realize you have.
2005 view
Did you know the old timers of German ancestry called this building "Eck" which means Corner...
1970s view of the newer Coke Mural
1960s view of the newer Coke Mural
1955 view of the Storz beer Mural
Storz beer Mural was there until at least 1961
1955 view of the Storz beer Mural
1913 view of "Banquet" Beer by Dubuque Brewing & Malting on Buhmann's Place
So again, I put out the plea to every Manning connected person to get me your old Manning stuff so I can scan those things and someday something I scanned in your collection may be requested by another Manning group.
In case you weren't aware of it, I have been actively working on many Manning historical aspects since I set up my web page in 1996, one of which is the Veteran topic and I set up that military web page in 2001.
Then in 2009, I officially started working on a Manning Veterans' history book project.
I had assumed I would have published it by now but for many reasons it is going to be a much longer project than anticipated - BUT well worth it to do it the right way and
as thoroughly as I can.
For instance, while it is nice to have the obituaries for those Weems boys who served, I don't have much military information for them and no original military photos scanned for Newton, Charley, or Earl.
I also just now found out about the burial site for John Hoffmann. I either forgot if I knew or just missed it while working on all of the Hoffmann stuff I scanned over the years, but
thanks to Jim Stoffers who is connected to one branch of the Hoffmann family, he brought it to my attention that John is buried in Hawaii.
John was killed in a plane accident somewhere between India and China while serving in the Africa Campaign.
We all lose friends and relatives but to have someone in your family get ripped away - killed overseas fighting tyranny is something hard to comprehend. Because of working on Manning Veteran history I understand much better now, while growing up with the kids of the parents and siblings of these great Manning men who sacrificed so much, that even into the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, there was a terrible pain with the parents/siblings...while the kids in these families who were my age probably didn't fully understand either, since they never knew their uncles.
Now is the time to fully honor those Manning Veterans and their families who sacrificed so much, along with all of the other Manning Veterans who served by getting pictures, information, documents, etc to me to scan and use in the Manning Veterans' book.
It would help to speed up the process and for me to get more detailed and thorough information about these Veterans if more family members would come forward and help out.
I saw this item on E-bay and purchased it. It caught my eye from the standpoint of several historical aspects so I felt it needed to be preserved in my Manning Historical Database.
An observation I made during Orland's funeral was the lack of attendance by business people and Manning citizens in general. I realize many of
them paid their respects at the viewing the day before and the church is relatively small but having attended funerals for 50+ years and knowing Manning history...society has
changed a lot - it was quite common when a businessman passed away years ago that the businesses on Main Street closed down during the funeral and most of the owners
attended the funeral.
Here are just two examples.
Ulysses L. Patton
July 30, 1908
ONE OF OUR OLDEST PIONEER CITIZENS PASSES AWAY LAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
Was a Member of the City Council for Fifteen Years and on School Board for Nine Years.
Mr. Patton has been in the stock business in Manning for a number of years and
was associated in the business with his son, Dwight, at the time of his death.
As a token of the esteem in which Mr. Patton is held by the business men here
every place of business in the city was closed from 10 to 12 o'clock, during
the time of his funeral and all public work was suspended the entire day.
John Frahm, Prominent Business Man Died Tuesday
Entered Into Rest May 28, 1940 At Home Manning
The spacious funeral home and every,
available place around the premises was occupied by friends during the
services. Every business place in town was closed in his respect during the services.
The deceased leaves many memories and some heritages which will endure through
Manning's history. He was one of the towns leading citizens; a man of pleasing
personality; jovial; kind and honorable. He was a good friend to have and he
had a host of friends. The Chamber of Commerce, Manning, 3-Mile House and
5-Mile House Schuetzen Verein, of which he was a member,
and other organizations always found him a willing worker and liberal giver.
The town and community will feel his departure in losing a faithful helper and
progressive citizen. He was a faithful husband and a kind and loving father in
his home and gave himself unselfishly for the comforts and good of his family.
Another reason why more citizens should have attended the funeral was to honor and show respect to Orland for his military service...a Veteran of the Korean War.
Now these comments are solely my own and not intended to judge/criticize anyone but just as an observation of change over the years.
Visitation Wednesday April 25, 2018 , 3:30 PM - 7:00 PM at Ohde Funeral Home, Manning
Funeral Service Thursday April 26, 2018, 10:30 AM at First Presbyterian Church, Manning
Visitation resumes at church at 9:30 AM.
Interment with Military Honors will follow the funeral at the Manning Cemetery
More information and pictures coming...
Korean War Veterans continues
For those of you who are occasional visitors to the Manning Exchange - please make sure to click on the "archived articles" section where previous featured stories are kept.
We would like to hear from you, the "1983 Leaders of Tomorrow" who have relatives and chums in your hometown of Manning, Iowa.
Who grew up on a farm south of Manning, has chased tornados, and is now a meteorologist for the National Weather Service?
Click to see the answer in his own words
Note: Your story does not have to be as thorough as found at the link above but at least send us a couple paragraphs to bring us up to date from 1983. Here is the DIRECT link to the 1983 web page.
Parents of the "1983" kids - please encourage your children to send in their updated information and any pix they may want to include.
Sometimes a little nudge by mom or dad will get the ball rolling!
Each 1983 "Leader of Tomorrow" has interesting family history.
Here are the names of the "1983 kids" who we are looking for an update from...
Aaron & Courtney Potthoff, Adam Croghan, Andrew & Amanda & Brandon Puck, Alex & Abbey Ranniger, Allison & Megan Keese, Angela & Heather & Michele Hass, Angie & Alan Irlbeck, Bradley Christensen, Bryan & Nathan Rohe,
Chelsea Souter, Christin Ann Fara, Christopher Wegner, Cole & Ty Henderson, Dale & Vanessa & Derek Hargens, Daniel Wayne Tibben, Daniel & Janelle Stribe, Dawn & Derrick Rohe, Dawn & Michelle Willenborg,
Elizabeth & Jamy Zinke, Ericka & Andrea Ehlers, Gary & Beth & Tim Ferneding, Heather & Jessica & Jimmy Switzer, Jackelyn McKeighan, Jamie Jo Irlbeck, Jeffrey & Joey & Jeremy Irlbeck, Jeffry & Kelli & Jason Lorenzen,
Jeremia Rex Macumber, Jennifer & Jason & Renee Knueven, Jennifer & Jeremy Misselhorn, Jeremy Puck, Jessica Rasmussen, Jill Kienast, Joe Stein, Joseph & Mackenzie Hinners,
Kasie & Andrea & Amy Lorenzen, Kenzie Kae Kerkhoff, Lauren & Shad Bauer, Marte Wanninger, Matthew & Mandi Weitl, Melissa & Angie Pfannkuch, Michael & Amy & Jeremy Kasperbauer, Michael & Michaela Hargens,
Melissa & Michaela Vinke, Michael & Matthew Siepker, Michaela & Crystal Ehlers, Natasha Vonnahme, Ryan & Rachel Pfannkuch, Sabrina Lee, Sarah Kaszinski, Sheri & Trena Bell, Tara Zeman,
Stephen & Ryan & Darren Andersen, Tonya Jo Wurr, Tiffany & Michelle Jahn, Tim & Matt Hugeback, Brian & Katie & Steph Beck, Troy & Robin Wanninger
If you send me some information about yourself, I may also be able to find some pictures of your parents, grandparents, family members that I have in my database (as shown above).
We can use them in your story along with your "1983" picture.
What ever became of the
1983 "Leaders of Tomorrow"
Have some of your "Dreams" come true?
"Let it be known that he who wears the military order of the purple heart has given of his blood in the defense of his homeland and
shall forever be revered by his fellow countrymen."
George Washington, August 7, 1782
Just as a reminder: the Manning History book committee continues to work on a Manning area Veterans' history book
project.
For those of you who are Veterans or have/had Veterans in your family - will you come forward?
The history book committee will do their best to get as many pictures and information about the 1000+ Manning Veterans
but we can't do it all by ourselves.
How many small communities do you know have published 5 history books? The first one was the History of Manning 1898, then the 1981 Manning Centennial book, next the 2006 Manning Quasqui book, and most recently the 2009 Manning School history book. Probably the last book to be published will be the upcoming Manning Veterans' book - unless someone comes forward in the next generation to take over these projects after I'm gone. Will you help with the Veterans' history book project? If you are a Manning connected Veteran or are presently serving and do not submit your military connected pictures and infomation you probably won't be in this once-in-a-life-time Manning Veterans' history book. With a limited number of volunteers we can only do so much on our own but will try to get pictures of as many Veterans as we can. There are over 1000 Manning Veterans so we have a long ways to go before the book can be published.
Manning Veterans are slowly coming forward and below is another example. We hope to eventually get more pictures and information for Mike to put in the book but for now this is what I have to show to you.
One thing that many Veterans and people who are submitting information have not fully understood is that this next
Manning history book is specifically a Veterans' only book. It won't be like the Centennial or Quasqui history books were,
where there is a Veterans' section along with other community aspects. We are aiming for a 2-volume book (around 1090 total pages) which will really be unique!!!
This book will be ALL Veterans' information (and the post auxiliaries) - hence it
won't be a "Name, Rank, and Serial Number" only history but we want a complete history for each Veteran.
For instance - below is Louis Boell's picture and the information
that was published in the Veteran section of the 1982 Aspinwall Centennial history book. It has the basic
information but we are looking for more and I spoke to Louie by phone and he sent more pictures
and information - also for his brothers.
To see what Louis submitted click on the link underneath "Are you a Manning Veteran" shown below.
Note: we also want some family background such as parents and grandparents. All too often you will only see just the Veteran's name with their basic military information but without the family connections it will be difficult for future historians and genealogists to know for sure who this person belongs to.
Please e-mail me about your Veteran questions manningveterans@davidkusel.com
1 Manning citizen served in the War of 1812
48 served in the Civil War
1 served in the Indian War
3 served in the Spanish American War
300+ served during WWI
550+ served during WWII
87+ served in the Korean war era
65+ (more names need to be found) served in the Vietnam era
55+ (many more names need to be found) served from 1975 to present
26 paid the ultimate price with their lives defending the U.S. Flag
We are starting the Manning Veterans' history book project
Don't wait until you see "Deadline" or it WILL be too late!!!
Click to read promos for the Veteran book
If you simply don't want those old family pictures you inherited please don't throw them - send them my way.
A lot of times I can recognize a face or location in those old pix.
One thing to keep in mind while you are looking for pictures - if they are glued in old scrap books please do NOT try to pull them out or cut them out. I can scan the whole page of the scrapbook and crop out the pictures you want to use in the book. If you attempt to forcibly remove the pictures you will probably damage them and when I scan them that damage will probably show up. This means I'll either have to use my graphics program to touch up the damage which can take a lot of time, or if they are badly damaged I just may not even take the time to scan them.
