Here is a clarification from Samatha in the Veteran's office here in Leon. Bob Bixby Bob, let me clarify what your messages say below. Earl Hanthorn, through Leon Lions, provided markers to all Veterans buried in the Leon Cemetery up to July 1, 2007. After July 1, 2007, the County Board of Supervisors said they would provide a bronze grave marker at any cemetery in Decatur County to any honorably discharged Veteran that died on or after July 1, 2007. However, if a Veteran that was buried in a cemetery other than the Leon Cemetery before July 1, 2007, the family of the deceased Veteran can purchase a bronze grave marker from the Decatur County Veterans Affairs office for $25. Thanks, Samantha Schaff, Decatur County VA Office, decctyva@grm.net, 641-446-7494

Yes, she has an office accross from the Courthouse. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald M McClure" <rmcclure@hot.rr.com> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 7:59 PM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] LILLIE CEMETERY.. > bob: that va lady DOES still come to leon every week for a day or two, > doesn't she?......mac > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Bixby" <rjbixby@grm.net> > To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 1:00 PM > Subject: Re: [IADECATU] LILLIE CEMETERY.. > > >> All Veterans in the Leon Cemetery now have Bronze markers due to the work >> of >> Earl Hanthorn, the Lions Club, and the Leon Cemetery Assocation. >> >> Bob Bixby >> Decatur Museum >> Leon Lions Club >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <conestew@cox.net> >> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 7:54 PM >> Subject: Re: [IADECATU] LILLIE CEMETERY.. >> >> >>> Thanks for the reminder Mac - does anyone know the name(s) of who to >>> contact in Leon. I would like to get the said marker >>> for a couple of my relatives in Oak Hill and Leon Cemetery - Mary >>> Stewart >> of the message >> >> www.iagenweb.org/decatur >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for all the response concerning the "square" That was fun Donna in OR

I wonder....is LAURA MCLAUGHLIN the former Laura SELLERS, married first to Thomas Cary McLaughlin? Thomas died in 1904, Anyone know? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancee Seifert" <iggy29@grm.net> To: <IADECATU@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 11:49 AM Subject: [IADECATU] MARMMEN - MCLAUGHLIN MARRIAGE > Decatur County Journal > Leon, Iowa > Thursday, March 25, 1920 > > Mr. LOUIE O. MARMMEN of Lake City, Iowa, and Mrs. LAURA E. MCLAUGHLIN, > formerly of Decatur City, were united in marriage at the Presbyterian > Church > in Des Moines Wednesday, March 10th at 4 p.m., Rev. F.C. McKean > officiating. > Mrs. MCLAUGHLIN was reared in Decatur County and is a highly accomplished > lady and is held in the highest esteem by her many friends and is worthy > and > most deserving of the man she has chosen for her companion. Mr. MARMMEN > has > been a prosperous farmer in Calhoun County and has lived on his own farm > until March 1st. He has now retired and moved into his modern home at > Lake > City. Mr. and Mrs. MARMMEN left today for a short trip to Morrison, Ill. > They will be at their new home in Lake City after March 15th. We wish > them > much happiness and prosperity and extend our most hearty congratulations > to > them in their new home. > ----------------------------------------------- > Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert > May 18, 2010 > iggy29@grm.net > > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ok, I wonder....did any of our grandparents/great aunts/uncles.....go? and did they have any luck? or did they come back broken hearted? Anyone have any stories to this? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancee Seifert" <iggy29@grm.net> To: <IADECATU@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 12:01 PM Subject: [IADECATU] 'WANTED'........ > Decatur County Journal > Leon, Iowa > Thursday, March 25, 1920 > > (This is a very interesting land advertisement. Nancee) > > 'WANTED' to get in touch with every farmer in this community who has > recently sold his farm or who is thinking of buying or locating on a farm. > We want to write you particulars of the GREAT WESTERN LAND BOOM which is > just starting in the Black Hills -- which is considered the richest > hundred > miles square on earth. Land can be purchased from $7 per acre up. A big > profit can be made by investing in this land which is mostly all improved, > including land of all descriptions, as follows: Farm land, Irrigated > land, > Grazing land, Dairy farms, Ranch land, Alfalfa land and land with > prospects > of oil (wells being drilled at present.) Great wealth has already been > produced in this territory and more is yet to come from its rich, > productive > soil. > > Black Hills land is selling for one-fiftieth to one-tenth as much as > over-crowded eastern farm lands and this land produces crops of better > yield > and market value. No where close can farming be made to show as high a > profit per acre. On these low-cost lands, all crops grow bounteously. > The > Bell Fourche Valley exceeds even the history-famed Nile Valley in the > fertility of its rich, black soil. A single crop has frequently paid the > entire purchase cost of these lands. All the advantages that you enjoy in > your present locality are offered you here, with other opportunities > vastly > greater. Any farmer can easily make a lot of money from wheat in 1920. > South American crops can't be shipped on account of lack of boats. > Russian > fields are unplanted while Australian crops are killed by drouth; and less > than one-half the usual acreage is planted in the U.S. Spring wheat > recently > sold for $3 in Minneapolis. These facts insure wheat being higher than > ever > before (in 1920, $3 to $3.50 certain.) > > Come now and look these lands over in time to get in a spring wheat crop. > We will meet you at the train and take you over these lands free of > charge. > Write now for complete information. Every fact will be placed before > you -- > every question answered without cost or obligation. > > Fill out the attached coupon and mail today. > > THE GREAT WESTERN LAND BUREAU, > Bell Fourche, So. Dak. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert > May 18, 2010 > iggy29@grm.net > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Decatur County Journal Leon, Iowa Thursday, Appril 22, 1920 Mr. BERNIE FREEL and Miss MARY HELEN KOGER were married at the home of the bride's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S.W. CHAMBERLAIN, on Sunday, April 11th, in the presence of a few relatives and friends. Justice of the Peace W.D. Shelton, officiating. After the ceremony and congratulations, they were all invited to the dining room where Mrs. CHAMBERLAIN had prepared a table of good things to eat to which all did ample justice. The bride is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. CHAMBERLAIN, of Decatur, Iowa, and is a highly respected young lady. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.E. FREEL, of Adelphi, Iowa, and is a noble young man and comes highly recommended to this place. This young couple will go to housekeeping at once on a farm near Adelphi. Their many friends join in wishing them a long and happy life together. ----------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 18, 2010 iggy29@grm.net

Decatur County Journal Leon, Iowa Thursday, March 25, 1920 (This is a very interesting land advertisement. Nancee) 'WANTED' to get in touch with every farmer in this community who has recently sold his farm or who is thinking of buying or locating on a farm. We want to write you particulars of the GREAT WESTERN LAND BOOM which is just starting in the Black Hills -- which is considered the richest hundred miles square on earth. Land can be purchased from $7 per acre up. A big profit can be made by investing in this land which is mostly all improved, including land of all descriptions, as follows: Farm land, Irrigated land, Grazing land, Dairy farms, Ranch land, Alfalfa land and land with prospects of oil (wells being drilled at present.) Great wealth has already been produced in this territory and more is yet to come from its rich, productive soil. Black Hills land is selling for one-fiftieth to one-tenth as much as over-crowded eastern farm lands and this land produces crops of better yield and market value. No where close can farming be made to show as high a profit per acre. On these low-cost lands, all crops grow bounteously. The Bell Fourche Valley exceeds even the history-famed Nile Valley in the fertility of its rich, black soil. A single crop has frequently paid the entire purchase cost of these lands. All the advantages that you enjoy in your present locality are offered you here, with other opportunities vastly greater. Any farmer can easily make a lot of money from wheat in 1920. South American crops can't be shipped on account of lack of boats. Russian fields are unplanted while Australian crops are killed by drouth; and less than one-half the usual acreage is planted in the U.S. Spring wheat recently sold for $3 in Minneapolis. These facts insure wheat being higher than ever before (in 1920, $3 to $3.50 certain.) Come now and look these lands over in time to get in a spring wheat crop. We will meet you at the train and take you over these lands free of charge. Write now for complete information. Every fact will be placed before you -- every question answered without cost or obligation. Fill out the attached coupon and mail today. THE GREAT WESTERN LAND BUREAU, Bell Fourche, So. Dak. ----------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 18, 2010 iggy29@grm.net

Decatur County Journal Leon, Iowa Thursday, March 25, 1920 Mr. LOUIE O. MARMMEN of Lake City, Iowa, and Mrs. LAURA E. MCLAUGHLIN, formerly of Decatur City, were united in marriage at the Presbyterian Church in Des Moines Wednesday, March 10th at 4 p.m., Rev. F.C. McKean officiating. Mrs. MCLAUGHLIN was reared in Decatur County and is a highly accomplished lady and is held in the highest esteem by her many friends and is worthy and most deserving of the man she has chosen for her companion. Mr. MARMMEN has been a prosperous farmer in Calhoun County and has lived on his own farm until March 1st. He has now retired and moved into his modern home at Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. MARMMEN left today for a short trip to Morrison, Ill. They will be at their new home in Lake City after March 15th. We wish them much happiness and prosperity and extend our most hearty congratulations to them in their new home. ----------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 18, 2010 iggy29@grm.net

Decatur County Journal Leon, Iowa Thursday, March 25, 1920 The Aurora, Illinois chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, has recently voted to establish a scholarship at the college at Parkville, Mo., in honor of Mrs. HELEN DAILY, of that city, formerly of Leon. The Aurora Beacon News in the issue of March 15th, published the following: At the regular monthly meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution Saturday at the home of Mrs. D.J. Peffers in Downer place it was voted to subscribe at once to the fund which will be raised in Aurora for the purchase of the Blanford clock. It was also voted to provide a scholarship in the Parkville, Missouri school, founded by Mrs. George Lawrence, forrmerly state regent of the D.A.R., this scholarship to be established in honor of Mrs. HELEN F. DAILY, the second regent of the Aurora Chapter. Mrs. F.T. Bell read a paper, contrasting present day conditions with those of Revolutionary days. It was voted to provide the charter for the new organization, the Children of the D.A.R., of which Miss Marlan Strossman is the local president. Many expressions of sympathy with Mrs. Strossman and her daughter were heard; Mr. Strossman having died suddenly last week. At the conclusion of the meeting refreshments were served. ---------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 18, 2010 iggy29@grm.net

Wanda do you have an Elijah Bohannon Ryan in your tree? He married Malissa Ellen Mclaughlin. Thier newborn daughter is burried with her mother, Malissa. If I remember correctly, I have their wedding/engagement photo from 1885. I was wondering on Elijah's birth/death date. My grandma said that 99% of the people in Elk are related by blood or marriage... Stacy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee and Wanda Rauch" <lrwr@sbcglobal.net> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] BAKER/MCGAHUEY/RAUCH > Nancee - I just had to reply to your e-mail about all the Rauch's in Elk > Cemetery. I am married to a Rauch, but a different family than is buried > at > Elk. My husband's family is from Missouri and Illinois. BUT, if you were > at the Elk Cemetery, you had to observe all the Akers' and Ryan's buried > there. All of those are my dad's family. My Grandmother and Grandfather > Akers (Thomas and Clara Akers), my great grandparents (Matthew Ryan) and > numerous aunts, uncles, great aunts and great uncles and a bunch of > cousins > are buried there. I think half of the cemetery is my family in one way or > the other. My husband laughs when we go there because he says there are > more Rauch tombstones than Akers or Ryan but not a one is related to him. > Wanda > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nancee Seifert" <iggy29@grm.net> > To: <IADECATU@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 10:43 AM > Subject: [IADECATU] BAKER/MCGAHUEY/RAUCH > > >>I was at Elk Cemetery yesterday (my first time there) and saw ALL the >>large >> & beautiful headstones for RAUCH families. >> >> My step-uncle, WILLARD CARVER BAKER, married LOUISE MAXINE MCGAHUEY and >> they >> lived in the Denver/Aurora area all their adult lives. Actually, I only >> met >> them once when my Dad came from California and we all went to Denver to >> visit with them. Ted and I were living in Longmont, Colorado at that >> time. >> Growing up, I only knew them as Willard & Louise.... WILLARD was a >> manager >> for Nabisco Co. and I believe LOUISE taught music at Colorado >> University.. >> >> A friend, some years ago, sent the family info. on LOUISE.. Her parents >> were >> MAHLON BASSEL MCGAHUEY and FLORENCE FRANCES RAUCH - both buried in the >> Elk >> Cemetery. >> Were JOHN ANTON RAUCH and ELIZABETH MONROE ROBERTS - FLORENCE's parents? >> >> WILLARD passed away in 1983 and LOUISE in 1995.. They had no children.. >> I've >> always wondered where their estate went after their deaths.. >> >> I'm interested in knowing more about them if anyone has any information. >> Thanks, Nancee >> >> www.iagenweb.org/decatur >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I bought gas at 16.9 but the cheapest I ever sold it for was 19.9. I worked in a small independent station in Houston after HS graduation. "White Gas"( if you remember that) I bought for lawnmower at 12.9. Houston was notorious for it's "Gas Wars" Larry L. McElwee Dodge City, Ks. mcelwee1942@cox.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <conestew@cox.net> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 9:07 PM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] SQUARE.. >A girlfriend and I drove to California the fall of l968 and had to pay 47 >or 48 cents a gallon for gas in LA and we thought we > were robbed w/o a gun. Mary Stewart > > > ---- Leroy Achee <joandleroy@spillwaycable.com> wrote: >> We scooped the square in Greenfield, Adair County in the 70's plenty - a >> gallon of gas was .35 when I first started driving - which I had to fill >> from the farm barrell if I wanted to go to town 13 miles away. >> Apparently >> it was much farther coming from Greenfield as several dates were quashed >> for me because the boys mothers thought I lived too far away - at least >> that >> was the story I got hmmmmmm --- >> >> I remember how outraged my Dad was when gas JUMPED to .50!!! Oh for >> those >> days again - Jo Achee

A girlfriend and I drove to California the fall of l968 and had to pay 47 or 48 cents a gallon for gas in LA and we thought we were robbed w/o a gun. Mary Stewart ---- Leroy Achee <joandleroy@spillwaycable.com> wrote: > We scooped the square in Greenfield, Adair County in the 70's plenty - a > gallon of gas was .35 when I first started driving - which I had to fill > from the farm barrell if I wanted to go to town 13 miles away. Apparently > it was much farther coming from Greenfield as several dates were quashed > for me because the boys mothers thought I lived too far away - at least that > was the story I got hmmmmmm --- > > I remember how outraged my Dad was when gas JUMPED to .50!!! Oh for those > days again - Jo Achee > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nancee Seifert" <iggy29@grm.net> > To: <IADECATU@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 12:44 PM > Subject: [IADECATU] SQUARE.. > > > > From: Mom Wade > > Date: 5/17/2010 9:21:54 AM > > To: list > > Subject: [IADECATU] square > > > > > > I think I'm playing to an empty house!!! 99 times around the square > > without > > a pit stop--come on, you guys, that's funny stuff. Donna in OR > > www.iagenweb.org/Decatur > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---- > > Hey Donna: I don't remember reading that - must have missed it; I agree it > > is funny.. Every town I lived in had a 'square' and we all cruised it.. My > > boyfriend at the time would put 25 cents worth of gas in his car and we'd > > ride around all Sunday afternoon... Now, try that today.... smile.. > > > > The 'empty house' you refer to - being the Decatur Co. List - seems to be > > on hiatus.. I, too, miss all the posts.. But, now I know where to get a > > tenderloin!! Nancee > > > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2879 - Release Date: 05/17/10 > 06:26:00 > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

We scooped the square in Greenfield, Adair County in the 70's plenty - a gallon of gas was .35 when I first started driving - which I had to fill from the farm barrell if I wanted to go to town 13 miles away. Apparently it was much farther coming from Greenfield as several dates were quashed for me because the boys mothers thought I lived too far away - at least that was the story I got hmmmmmm --- I remember how outraged my Dad was when gas JUMPED to .50!!! Oh for those days again - Jo Achee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancee Seifert" <iggy29@grm.net> To: <IADECATU@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 12:44 PM Subject: [IADECATU] SQUARE.. > From: Mom Wade > Date: 5/17/2010 9:21:54 AM > To: list > Subject: [IADECATU] square > > > I think I'm playing to an empty house!!! 99 times around the square > without > a pit stop--come on, you guys, that's funny stuff. Donna in OR > www.iagenweb.org/Decatur > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > Hey Donna: I don't remember reading that - must have missed it; I agree it > is funny.. Every town I lived in had a 'square' and we all cruised it.. My > boyfriend at the time would put 25 cents worth of gas in his car and we'd > ride around all Sunday afternoon... Now, try that today.... smile.. > > The 'empty house' you refer to - being the Decatur Co. List - seems to be > on hiatus.. I, too, miss all the posts.. But, now I know where to get a > tenderloin!! Nancee > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2879 - Release Date: 05/17/10 06:26:00

Nancee - I just had to reply to your e-mail about all the Rauch's in Elk Cemetery. I am married to a Rauch, but a different family than is buried at Elk. My husband's family is from Missouri and Illinois. BUT, if you were at the Elk Cemetery, you had to observe all the Akers' and Ryan's buried there. All of those are my dad's family. My Grandmother and Grandfather Akers (Thomas and Clara Akers), my great grandparents (Matthew Ryan) and numerous aunts, uncles, great aunts and great uncles and a bunch of cousins are buried there. I think half of the cemetery is my family in one way or the other. My husband laughs when we go there because he says there are more Rauch tombstones than Akers or Ryan but not a one is related to him. Wanda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancee Seifert" <iggy29@grm.net> To: <IADECATU@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 10:43 AM Subject: [IADECATU] BAKER/MCGAHUEY/RAUCH >I was at Elk Cemetery yesterday (my first time there) and saw ALL the large > & beautiful headstones for RAUCH families. > > My step-uncle, WILLARD CARVER BAKER, married LOUISE MAXINE MCGAHUEY and > they > lived in the Denver/Aurora area all their adult lives. Actually, I only > met > them once when my Dad came from California and we all went to Denver to > visit with them. Ted and I were living in Longmont, Colorado at that > time. > Growing up, I only knew them as Willard & Louise.... WILLARD was a manager > for Nabisco Co. and I believe LOUISE taught music at Colorado University.. > > A friend, some years ago, sent the family info. on LOUISE.. Her parents > were > MAHLON BASSEL MCGAHUEY and FLORENCE FRANCES RAUCH - both buried in the Elk > Cemetery. > Were JOHN ANTON RAUCH and ELIZABETH MONROE ROBERTS - FLORENCE's parents? > > WILLARD passed away in 1983 and LOUISE in 1995.. They had no children.. > I've > always wondered where their estate went after their deaths.. > > I'm interested in knowing more about them if anyone has any information. > Thanks, Nancee > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I never did that, but my children used to Drag Main here in Hill City, KS. They could use a tank of gas doing this in the late 70's and early 80's. Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancee Seifert" <iggy29@grm.net> To: <IADECATU@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 12:44 PM Subject: [IADECATU] SQUARE.. > From: Mom Wade > Date: 5/17/2010 9:21:54 AM > To: list > Subject: [IADECATU] square > > > I think I'm playing to an empty house!!! 99 times around the square > without > a pit stop--come on, you guys, that's funny stuff. Donna in OR > www.iagenweb.org/Decatur > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > Hey Donna: I don't remember reading that - must have missed it; I agree it > is funny.. Every town I lived in had a 'square' and we all cruised it.. My > boyfriend at the time would put 25 cents worth of gas in his car and we'd > ride around all Sunday afternoon... Now, try that today.... smile.. > > The 'empty house' you refer to - being the Decatur Co. List - seems to be > on hiatus.. I, too, miss all the posts.. But, now I know where to get a > tenderloin!! Nancee > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

From: Mom Wade Date: 5/17/2010 9:21:54 AM To: list Subject: [IADECATU] square I think I'm playing to an empty house!!! 99 times around the square without a pit stop--come on, you guys, that's funny stuff. Donna in OR www.iagenweb.org/Decatur ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Hey Donna: I don't remember reading that - must have missed it; I agree it is funny.. Every town I lived in had a 'square' and we all cruised it.. My boyfriend at the time would put 25 cents worth of gas in his car and we'd ride around all Sunday afternoon... Now, try that today.... smile.. The 'empty house' you refer to - being the Decatur Co. List - seems to be on hiatus.. I, too, miss all the posts.. But, now I know where to get a tenderloin!! Nancee

yeow.....seems funny now.....actually, down right stoopid, but "in the day" it made perfect sense to a teener.......mac ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mom Wade" <mnpwade@verizon.net> To: "list" <IADECATU@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 10:21 AM Subject: [IADECATU] square >I think I'm playing to an empty house!!! 99 times around the square >without a pit stop--come on, you guys, that's funny stuff. Donna in OR > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

On May 17, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Jean wrote: > Used to that "cruising" on the Centerville, Iowa square. Brought back some > memories. > Jean, AZ Out-of-county report: "cruising the town square" in Lineville, IA (Wayne County) in the late '40s and early '50s was mostly done on foot, as I recall. Most of the cars/pickups were parked and the less spry folks would sit in their vehicles and "people watch" while throngs of pedestrians orbited the square and greeted each other. Rick, Merced, CA

Used to that "cruising" on the Centerville, Iowa square. Brought back some memories. Jean, AZ Smile And The World Smiles Too -----Original Message----- From: iadecatu-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:iadecatu-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nancee Seifert Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 10:45 AM To: IADECATU@rootsweb.com Subject: [IADECATU] SQUARE.. From: Mom Wade Date: 5/17/2010 9:21:54 AM To: list Subject: [IADECATU] square I think I'm playing to an empty house!!! 99 times around the square without a pit stop--come on, you guys, that's funny stuff. Donna in OR www.iagenweb.org/Decatur ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- Hey Donna: I don't remember reading that - must have missed it; I agree it is funny.. Every town I lived in had a 'square' and we all cruised it.. My boyfriend at the time would put 25 cents worth of gas in his car and we'd ride around all Sunday afternoon... Now, try that today.... smile.. The 'empty house' you refer to - being the Decatur Co. List - seems to be on hiatus.. I, too, miss all the posts.. But, now I know where to get a tenderloin!! Nancee www.iagenweb.org/decatur ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I was at Elk Cemetery yesterday (my first time there) and saw ALL the large & beautiful headstones for RAUCH families. My step-uncle, WILLARD CARVER BAKER, married LOUISE MAXINE MCGAHUEY and they lived in the Denver/Aurora area all their adult lives. Actually, I only met them once when my Dad came from California and we all went to Denver to visit with them. Ted and I were living in Longmont, Colorado at that time. Growing up, I only knew them as Willard & Louise.... WILLARD was a manager for Nabisco Co. and I believe LOUISE taught music at Colorado University.. A friend, some years ago, sent the family info. on LOUISE.. Her parents were MAHLON BASSEL MCGAHUEY and FLORENCE FRANCES RAUCH - both buried in the Elk Cemetery. Were JOHN ANTON RAUCH and ELIZABETH MONROE ROBERTS - FLORENCE's parents? WILLARD passed away in 1983 and LOUISE in 1995.. They had no children.. I've always wondered where their estate went after their deaths.. I'm interested in knowing more about them if anyone has any information. Thanks, Nancee