Tim Kienast was sure this isn't Marlene Ruhde who was originally identified on the right side of this picture, so he contacted Marlene's daughter and she confirmed this isn't her mother but thought she might be Madlyn Younie, then Tim contacted Lois Croghan to see if she could confirm this is Madlyn and I just received a phone call from Lois and this is Madlyn so another teeny piece of Manning's history is confirmed.

I just wish more people would help out with identifications while there are still people old enough who could/should know, or before other photos that are identified get thrown away that could be used for identification comparisons of pictures I have in my database. Sadly, many old pictures I've scanned that aren't indentified will probably never get identified because the people who would have known them are also deceased and their descendants/relatives don't have much interest in helping out.


Herb Groteluschen, Everett "Butch" Himes, Lou Bohnsack, Madlyn (Cramer) Younie
In 2009, Jon Groteluschen sent me quite a few of his pictures to scan and then again in 2021, he sent me many of his albums and pix to scan. He wanted to make sure they would be preserved and that his children probably wouldn't have much interest in keeping most of them after he was gone.
Anyway Jon helped identify most of his pictures and thought the lady on the right was Marlene Ruhde.
He thought a Marlene Schrum also worked in this grocery store but wasn't sure.
Tim had Pam Sebring look at this picture and she said her mother didn't work at the Groteluschen grocery store and this wasn't her mother (Marlene Ruhde) but thought the unknown lady might be Madelyn Younie.
I can't find a picture of Madlyn right now, but below are pictures of her sisters, Pauline and Audrey for comparison.


Everett "Butch" Himes, Lou Bohnsack, Madlyn (Cramer) Younie

LaRue Dietz, Audrey (Cramer) Olsen

Pauline (Cramer) Graves 1966

If you didn't see Jon's tribute the first time around or just wasn't interested - I would encourage you to look at all of the wonderful pix & documents Jon sent to me to scan. It wasn't his ego why he wanted me to digitize his stuff, but his pride in the Manning community he grew up in and to preserve just a little part of that history.
Be sure to click on the "Articles" links - you'll see some amazing newspaper articles I scanned from Jon's collection.
Not many people will take the time to help me with Manning's history, like Jon did...

Groteluschen history

1981 Manning Centennial book
MANNING FOOD MARKET
According to records, one of the early pioneers in the grocery business was A. Young, who owned a stock of goods in the food business. November 23, 1887, he sold his stock to E.E.A. Brunnier and J.H. Burmeister. This was shortlived and on December 8, 1887, Brunnier purchased Burmeister's interest. He managed the store for many years. The next owners were the Kleespies Brothers, Leo and Henry. In 1928 Frank Ehrichs purchased Leo's interest and the store became Kleespies and Ehrichs. Ehrichs became the sole owner in 1930. This store carried a complete line of general merchandise, dry goods, groceries and meats. Vincent Wehr managed the meat department for Ehrichs, who also had a general merchandise store in Aspinwall. In 1936 Olson Brothers of Audubon purchased the store and it was managed by Herb Groteluschen. December 1945, Herb purchased the store and operated it under the name of Manning Food Market. Clerks were Lou Bohnsack, Leola Gray and Jack Junge.

The store, located at 324 Main, was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Walt Baker in 1965. To allow for expansion to a growing business, the store was moved to the former Ohde building at 320 Main Street in 1972. After the untimely death of Walter Baker, the store was continued by his wife, Genevieve and son, Ron. They carry a complete line of fresh and frozen foods, staples of all kinds and have an excellent meat department. The clerks at the present time are Fern Ramsey, Minnie Dales, Harold Baker, Charles Laverty and Ralph Grundmeier.

This has been a continuous grocery business since before 1887 and is still a thriving asset to the community.

Note: at the time of the Baker operation - there were 4 different grocery stores in Manning - some food for thought for today!


As I also write about quite often, one of the big reasons why I like to work on and preserve Manning history is because of all of my connections to it...Frank Ehrichs mentioned in the story above was my great-uncle who lived in Aspinwall...the birth place where my mother grew up.