Welcome:
I am Wesley Nulle, grandson of Annie (Hass) Nulle.

I want to thank everyone who has come so far and near to celebrate this event.

This has been a very great surprise to Harry Hass and myself that so many were interested in coming to this family reunion.

Now I think we should give a big hand to our VFW Auxiliary women for this fine dinner they served on this Labor Day holiday. Will the ladies please stand up. I know all of them and they do a great and wonderful job!

We would also like to thank Harry Hass & his daughter, Portia, for all the time and work they put into this occasion.

Now for a little history of the Marx & Christina (Tölk) Hass family.

Marx and his wife came from Schleswig/Holstein, Germany about the mid 1800's to New Orleans, Louisiana. From there they came up the Mississippi river to Clinton, Iowa where he worked in a shipyard or boat dock until he had enough money to buy land in Western Iowa (for $1.50 per acre which is now worth $3000.00 per acre).

He purchased the land from the railroad when this part of the country opened up.

At this time Manning was the only town in the area. The closest town was Arcadia, Iowa which was about 20 miles away.

Marx traveled by horse & wagon to Arcadia where he purchased his supplies and materials to build farm buildings.

After he put some buildings on his farm he had his family join him.

I was told this history by his son, Frank Hass, who was the last Hass to live there.

If anyone is interested in seeing this farm it is located 4 miles west of Manning and 2 1/2 miles south on the left side of the road where very little remains.

I knew this place well because I lived across the road, the first place south.

Frank Hass told me 10 children and a pair of twins were born, the twins died and were buried somewhere on the farm place.

At this time I would like to have one descendant from each of Marx 10 children give a short history of their family.

1 Margarita (Maggie) Hass Tank 1869 -- Norma
2 Peter Hass 1871 -- Harry or Leroy Hass
3 Annie Hass Nulle 1873 -- Wesley Nulle
4 Johannes Hass 1875 -- John Hass
5 Albert Hass 1877 -- speaker from Ogilvie, Minnesota
6 Henry Hass 1881 -- Naomi Bailey
7 Evalina Hass Paulsen 1883 -- Lillie
8 Frank & Paulina Anthony Hass 1886 -- no living relatives remain
9 Emma Hass Stammer 1888 -- Donald Stammer
10 Ed Hass 1889 -- Ruby Duncan
11 & 12 twins buried some where on the Hass homeplace according to Frank Hass -- dates are known.

Marx Hass 1836 - 1910 and Christina Tölk Hass 1849 - 1913 are buried in the Manning City Cemetery.

Hermanette Tank has spent a lot of time on the Hass history booklet.

Manning will be 125 years old in 2006 with a population of about 1500 people.
We have a very vigorous community, it has 5 active churches well attended.
We have an excellent school system, Kindergarten through High School.

We have had 2 ball teams win 1st place in state tournament.
Basketball in 1948 & Football in 2002.

Medical facilities consist of a modern hospital, nursing home and family health clinic.

Things and places to see in Manning are:
A German Hausbarn built in the mid 1600's in Schleswig/Holstein, Germany and was brought over to Manning and rebuilt in this German community.
It joins an early 1900 farm place which is completely restored. A conference hall and restaurant have also been built.
The Veteran's Memorial wall has been built recently across from the hospital.