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I will continue to add more Monitor articles down below, as I continue to scan them, along with corresponding information for some of them, so you may need to scroll down on the right side to find some of the more recent articles featured.
September 14, 1950, Manning Monitor
I assume this was William Ramsey, son of Charles & Elizabeth (Campbell) Ramsey.
Siblings: Neva Hahn, Howard, Doris Rutz, Donald, Bob, and Merlin.
September 14, 1950, Manning Monitor - (Mevis L. Wiese)
I've known about this proposal since working on the Manning Schools history book in 2006.
This proposal was voted down, and I think there were a few other attempts at expanding.
Not until 1964 & 1972,
did the community vote to build a new grade and then high school at its present location.
Today, way too many people want instant action but that is generally not the way the world works.
Hopefully and eventually an addition to the existing school will be built -
it just may take more time than many of us would like.
September 14, 1950, Manning Monitor
September 14, 1950, Manning Monitor
As I continue to scan the Monitors, I run into all kinds of interesting things and names I've known for decades.
I ran into the Kleespies name in one of the Monitors and noticed I only had one Kleespies' obituary, so I started searching the Internet and stumbled into something that
I had never expected to find.
I would guess that no one in Manning anymore knows of the Kleespies name - unless they read about it in my web page stories or what
I put in the Monitor.
Follow this link to see the tragic account about DeNage Kleespies in 1980.
I also included pictures and other information while
she was living in Manning.
We all have to face differing levels of tragedy but fortunately most of us don't face what DeNage and her husband had happened to them.
August 3, 1950, Manning Monitor
August 3, 1950, Manning Monitor
August 3, 1950, Manning Monitor
August 3, 1950, Manning Monitor
August 3, 1950, Manning Monitor
August 3, 1950, Manning Monitor
You don't often hear the word "Appreciation" in conjunction with buying local.
August 3, 1950, Manning Monitor
August 3, 1950, Manning Monitor
Erna (Porsch) Schultz, daughter of Adolph and Marie (Lehwald) Porsch, wife of Ray Schultz
1943 Roland Valentine, Ray Schultz
Ray Schultz WWII
August 10, 1950, Manning Monitor
Rita (Wanninger) Misselhorn - Mrs. Amos Misselhorn
August 10, 1950, Manning Monitor
August 10, 1950, Manning Monitor
Lorraine Grundmeier - (later Mrs. Merlyn "Buzz" Hargens)
Grant & Lorraine Grundmeier
Back: Shirley, Grant, Lorraine, JoAnn
Clarence, Gerald, Hulda (Jensen)
August 10, 1950, Manning Monitor
August 10, 1950, Manning Monitor
August 10, 1950, Manning Monitor
August 17, 1950, Manning Monitor
Craig Ruhde MHS 1968
August 17, 1950, Manning Monitor
It is little articles like this that will help to add to the military history for the various Manning Veterans in the Manning Veterans book.
August 17, 1950, Manning Monitor
Amos Misselhorn WWII
Rita & Amos Misselhorn
Kent, Twyla, Keith Misselhorn
August 17, 1950, Manning Monitor
323 Main Street
August 17, 1950, Manning Monitor
August 17, 1950, Manning Monitor
August 24, 1950, Manning Monitor
Unfortunately I have no military pictures of Hugo who was KIA in Korea, and very little military information
August 31, 1950, Manning Monitor
August 31, 1950, Manning Monitor
Back: Joanne (Mrs. Edward Drees), Eunice (Mrs. Julius Koester), Lucille (Mrs. Louis Boell)
Front: Elverda (Mrs. Eldor Schwitzer), Amelia (Westphalen), Hubert Lamp
August 31, 1950, Manning Monitor
August 31, 1950, Manning Monitor - 324 Main Street
August 31, 1950, Manning Monitor
Part of the F.D. Ross Ford Garage business, located in the Ford Garage (now Plastico)
July 20, 1950, Manning Monitor
July 27, 1950, Manning Monitor
July 20, 1950, Manning Monitor
July 20, 1950, Manning Monitor
July 20, 1950, Manning Monitor
July 20, 1950, Manning Monitor
July 27, 1950, Manning Monitor
July 27, 1950, Manning Monitor
July 27, 1950, Manning Monitor
Does anyone know who Clark was?
July 27, 1950, Manning Monitor
July 27, 1950, Manning Monitor
820 Third Street from 1945 - 1954 Leland "Tom" F. Knudsen
Today the location of John Altenhein's Auto Repair
It's up to everyone connected to Manning who grew up here to help me...I can't do it by myself!
I keep getting different names for the tall gal in the middle - is this Judy Borkowski?
The name sewn on her shirt is Darlys.
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.
"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
106 served in the Civil War
1 served in the Indian War
5 served in the Spanish American War
350+ served during WWI
650+ 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
29 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.
