Born Manning
Enlistment June 8, 1898 at Omaha, Nebraska
Discharge May 11, 1899 at Augusta, Georgia
Company E, Nebraska 3rd Infantry
Buried Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, California
Siblings Sarah "Sadie" Robbins, Ernest, Clarence, Alice Yeager (all born in Manning)
Services will be conducted by Elks lodge 1415 of Huntington Park and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 952 of Huntington Park. He was a member of both organizations.
Burial will be in Sawtelle Veterans Cemetery.
Mr. Babcock, born August 6, 1877, son of Charles W. and Margaret V. (Smith) Babcock, died October 6, 1955. He came to California 29 years ago and lived in South Gate for 18 years.
He also was a member of William McKinley Camp 23 of the United Spanish War Veterans of Long Beach.
Surviving are his wife, Gertrude, of South Gate; four sons, Charles W. of La Mesa; Floyd of National City; L.D.
Babcock of Hollywood; and Russell of National City; a daughter, Mrs. Helen
Peterson of Stockton; and two sisters, Mrs. Sarah "Sadie"
Robbins and Mrs. Alice "Adie" Yeager of Nebraska.
South Gate Press, South Gate, California October 9, 1955
There is so much amazing historical information I've never heard about and continues to give Manning more "bragging" rights to important periods in our country's history.
I just ran into this article and sure hope there is a family member who still has these maps and that they contact me so I can get them to make high resolution scans of them and
use 1 of them in the Manning Veterans' history book.
Clarence Barten of Manning was guest speaker at the Manning
Rotary Club meeting held in the Legion Hall in Manning. He talked on the
weather. Mr. Barten was a meteorologist during World War II and was stationed
in England at the time of the Normandy Invasion. He assisted in drawing
weather maps for the invasion and displayed one at the meeting.
Carroll Daily Times Herald March 7, 1957
Unfortunately I have no pictures of Clarence or his family.
But in 2015, I saw this dogtag listed on E-bay and immediately purchased it.
We always hear/read about the bravery and loss of life during the D-Day Invasion but seldom, if ever, do we hear/read about the operations behind the invasion...
What if Clarence and the other meteorologists made a major error in the prediction of the weather and D-Day occurred during a rain storm or other serious weather event...probably
many more thousands of boys would have died/injured or the invasion might have failed.
So it is little pieces of history like this article above that need to be brought forward and
recognized/documented, and in Manning's case, preserved in the Manning Veterans book and historical digital database I'm building.
So if you haven't brought me your military pix and information to scan and add to the history book database - there is no better time than the present.
I've heard every excuse why some won't do this.
Even worse are those who tell me that "just the knowledge of their relative serving is good enough for them" and that "the say their
relative wouldn't want to be honored in a book" is really amazing.
Once those relatives who "remembered" their Veteran are deceased,
who is going to carry on and preserve that information?
I also question that their relative really would not have wanted to be recognized in the Veterans' book...There are a couple of situations where I had visited with a Veteran about
getting their information and then they pass away before I got that information - then when I talk to their children they tell me the excuses above.
Of course I would
really like to tell them that their dad was going to work with me but he passed away - all it would do is create animosity towards me by contradicting them or they would say I was lying,
so I just keep quiet and hope I might find information elsewhere.
But I can't force people to provide military information for the Veterans in
their families, NOR would I even try, but I do try to "encourage" and remind them about that information for a book.
Maybe you have already submitted military pix/information for a Veteran in your family but check to see what I might have found and added.
Make sure it is correct.
If you haven't submitted anything yet, take a look to see what I might have for the Veteran in your family, and then please dig out the military stuff you have or a relative has
and make sure what I have is correct and get me the pix/information I don't have.
Realize that you only have to look up 1 or maybe a couple of names, while I'm working on
over 1000 Manning connected Veterans' histories
Now what is on my Veteran web pages is not the sum total of what I probably have
in my database about a Veteran - the web page was originally set up in 1998 to show the names I have and some information and maybe a picture of that Veteran.
I don't have the web server space to show everything, nor would I.
Posting everything I have is too tempting for people to come, grab everything, and then leave - never
once contacting me.
As I continue to skim through the newspapers that my 2 helpers send me links to, I notice all kinds of amazing little trivia about Manning and its citizens.
I need to concentrate on capturing the obituaries and military information from those newspapers, but this other history is always tempting so occasionally I capture and OCR it, proof
read it, and then save it.
Here are a few examples from 1915 & 1946. Most of the names I'm very familiar with since I've been working on Manning's history for so long...
And since I've been scanning/digitizing pictures/history since 1994, I even have pictures of many of the people/locations listed and will show just a few because I don't have time
to search for more and then edit them for this feature.
Oh if the "old timers" I use to visit/work with about Manning history were still alive: the 80 - 100 year olds during the late 1970s
through the early 1990s, I would ask them so many more questions...
I highlighted the
name/topic in yellow that I am showing pictures of...
Karl Schmidt resigned his position with the Fairmont
Creamery Company in Manning and Lloyd Harmon has taken the place.
Carroll Times April 29, 1915
The regular meeting of the American Legion was held in the Legion Hall Thursday.
New members taken in were Myles Dau, Loyd Borkowski, Alvan Hansen, and
Wesley Lage.
The building of an appropriate memorial honoring Veterans of World War II was
discussed. J.L. Bingham is chairman of this committee.
The post will again sponsor the Boy Scouts. Donald Schrum was selected scoutmaster.
Peter F. Hansen was chairman of the food committee which served lunch after the close of the meeting.
Carroll Times Herald November 1, 1946
Ralph H. McGrath, a veteran of four years' service in the
Pacific area, is confined to his home with an attack of malaria.
Carroll Times Herald November 1, 1946
Ernest S. Babcock last year sold 7783 acres of land, mostly
Minnesota land. This week he reports the sale of 160 acres to our townsman,
Orrin W. Emmons, 160 acres to a Mr. Wier, of Grundy Center, and 80 acres to a
Schleswig gentleman, all near the town of Austin, Minnesota. About fifteen farmers living near Manning or Westside moved to Austin last spring.
Carroll Times April 29, 1915
Nick Rostermundt and John Hoffman returned from California
recently and nearly as soon as Mr. Hoffman got off the railroad cars he was looking for a suitable location to build a
dwelling for himself. He did not like "sunny California" and sold his
property in that state, after one years' residence, and joined the procession
coming back to Iowa.
A lot was purchased from Peter Rothfolk east of Mr. Rothfolk's residence.
Carroll Times April 29, 1915
The senior class of the Manning Public Schools will be
drilled for their class play by Mr. Rigors, a Moville gentleman who had charge
of the play last year. This year's play is entitled "The Servant
Problem." The class of 1915 will consist of thirteen members, namely: Hilda
Schelldorf, Clara Puck, Alma Rohr, Rose Hinz, Ruth Rogers, Minnie Potthast, Cecelia Addison, Sarah Campbell, Irene Grantz,
Hilda Dethlefs, George Weidner, Walter Grau, and Herbert Blair.
Carroll Times April 29, 1915
I've never heard of the Schelldorf Orchestra - lots of Schelldorfs in Manning and several played in bands but I don't recall hearing about a Schelldorf orchestra.
J.D. Barborka, the celebrated harpist, assisted by Manning talent gave a musical in the opera house Tuesday
night for the benefit of the Presbyterian Church.
Following is the program: Orchestra, Schelldorf's; Instrumental Duet, Clara Puck, Milda Schelldorf; Vocal Solo, Mary Boyer; Harp
Solo, J.D. Barborka; Vocal Duet, Mrs. Strong, Mrs. Carpenter; Reading, Mrs. C.B. Miller; Vocal Solo, Miss Turner; April Shower
Drill, Second Grade Girls; Instrumental Duet, Ruth and Clyde Kenyon; Harp Solo,
J.D. Barborka; Ladies Quartette, Mesdames Wyatt, Strong, Bridwell, and Miss Anderson; Vocal Solo, Mrs. Strong; Bell Solo, Bruno
Thompson; Tambourine Drill, Seventh Grade Girls; Harp Solo, J.D. Barborka; Vocal Solo, Melitta
Moser; Monologue, Delphia Hays; Instrumental Duet, Eula Sweger, Margaret
McCulloch; Vocal Solo, Mrs. Merlin D. Wyatt; Indian Club Drill, High School Girls; Schelldorf Orchestra.
Carroll Times April 29, 1915
I've only been able to find this image in newspapers and fliers and so far not an
actual printed photo.
The opera house (Germania Hall) burned down in 1924.
The Manning Schuetzen Verein brick building replaced it.
In 1975, this building (later called Firemen's Hall) was torn down.
Today it is where Level B restaurant is located.
The brick walls are all up and the roof on the big business
block being built by George Dau (505 Main Street). The building is 65x130, two
stories high and basement under entire building. Mr. Dau claims he does not as yet know who will occupy the building when completed.
Carroll Times April 29, 1915
