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re: # 7,8,9,16 "Dandelion Day" - Somewhere in the early "30's, the town council decided a good way to beautify Anthon would be to eradicate all of the dandelions. Soooo, on a certain day everyone was to bring all of the little critters they could find to the town park and be given so many pennies (?) per gallon/quart/bucket (I can't remember which). I do remember the result was beyond their wildest expectations. A hay-rack was brought in to haul them off. I would suggest that you have a civics teacher assign the class to search the town council minutes for the years 1930 through 1935 for records of this activity. I'm certain there is a record of this effort.
#21 - Yes, that is my Dad and not me.
#22 - The house behind me was at the time occupied by Earny Towers. Prior to him, Lloyd Vogel had been our neighbor. Mr. Vogel had owned a harness shop on the north side of Main street two doors west of the Standard station. The team of mules were delivering a load of coal from the Wolf lumber yard.
#23 - Again, the Towers house and beyond the Heidelburg house on the corner (later occupied by school superintendent, Mr. Shedd.) Across the street further to the East is the town park. Our house is the one in whose yard I am standing in, next to Towers house.
#25 - Should really be deleted - this little boy was a Hornick native who became married to a cousin from Hornick and has no connection to Anthon. # - can't remember the number (the tennis partner) is another cousin and would not have been known by anyone in Anthon.
THANKS SONNY FOR THE UPDATE ON THE PHOTO SLIDE SHOW PICTURES. MUCH APPRECIATED! vsb~webmaster.
Photo 1: Mervin Jackson Sinclair Station at Oto, Iowa Tire Sale Ad. Believed to be circa: Late 1920's early 1930's (going by the tire sizes in the ad itself.) Mervin Jackson was in business for 40 years. His station was located where Drea's gas station is located today. If only we could buy good tires for these prices now! Thank you Marvin Buettner for sharing.
Photos 2-17: The Star Theater-Anthon, Iowa - Advertising Headers from the rolls of film "before the show started"...These were local area businesses that advertised before the shows started for the evening. Does anyone know the time frame for any of these businesses? When were these businesses in Anthon and Oto and WHERE were they located? Thank you so much Dan & Velma Brant for sharing! These were 35mm slides that Dan had and I scanned them.
Photos 18-20: Anthon photographs from years ago. These were shared by Merlene (Jackson) Flynn - Madrid, Iowa. Thank you so much Merlene for these. They are really neat.
Photo#21: St. Joseph's Catholic School and the old Catholic Church Building postcard was shared with us by Lori (Heath) Berning - Anthon, Iowa. Thank you very much Lori for sharing this postcard.
Photo's #22 through #32: Are postcard photographs of Anthon Iowa homes, school, church, and the local people, and dated 1908 and 1921. These were submitted by Mrs. Helen Finzen of Denison, Iowa. Thank you ever so much Helen for sharing all these wonderful postcards with our web-page family. These are super!
photo #22: Anthon home dated 1908. Anyone have a guess as to where this is located today (if it is still standing)?
photo #23: Another postcard picture of an Anthon home. The date is also 1908.
photo #24: Notes on postcard state: "Don't the Anthon people look good too you? It lists Prof. Scarboro?, Ethel Goodman, Florance Goodman, Leila Meyers and Elnor Coyne in the upper left corner of the postcard. It is also dated 1908.
photo #25: Carnival Scene at Anthon Iowa - note indicates: "Postmark on card 1921?"
photo #26:Written on the back of this postcard:"Catholic Picnic, Old Church 1908.
photo #27:Looks like the community showed up for a good baseball game. It was quite a popular past time back in 1908-the date on the back.
photo #28:"Cyclone Wreck" is the caption on the postcard picture. There was no year/date on the postcard. The trees in the background and the barn look similar to the #31 postcard below.
photo #29:Postcard marked 1908. Written on the back is says: Fishing: Frank Walling, Dr. Stillman. Henry Arnold signed the card. The Walling's and Arnold's have been long standing members of the Anthon community for well over 100 years. We still have Walling's and Arnold's that make Anthon their home today. It looks like the river was a bit out of it's banks here!
photo #30:Postcard says on the front: August 15, Anthon, IA the name Ida Wolfe and the date 1908 are written on the right hand side of the postcard. Wonder what kind of church function everyone had attended that would have had balloons? Nice to see trees near the building - which I wonder if it is the old Catholic Church. Anyone know for sure?
photo #31:This postcard has "Cyclone Wreck, Anthon, IA" on the front of it. Written on the back of the postcard it says: Joe Jerman's barn. I believe it is the same barn that is in photo#28. Does anyone know where Joe Jerman's lived? East, north, south, or west of Anthon?
photo #32:What a grand building this was in 1908 - and still is part of our community today in 2004. St. Joseph Catholic School building - with all three stories - today we only have two stories left to the building after a fire destroyed the top floor. See the web's "school page" for more history on the Catholic School and the building. THANK YOU AGAIN HELEN FINZEN FOR SHARING SO MANY WONDERFUL POSTCARD PICTURES WITH US ALL!
photo #33:An apron from the A. L. Wolfe Lumber Co. shared with us from A. L. Wolfe's Grandson; Frank Wolfe and his wife Susan.
A. L. Wolfe owned the Lumber Co. in Anthon from 1908 until he sold the business to the Fullerton Lumber Company in 1955. The family lived in the home that Ralph and Grace Wilson currently (2004)live in. The photo postcard (#30)shared by Helen Finzen is of Ida Wolfe who was A. L. Wolfe's wife. Other information and memories from Frank Wolfe includes the following interesting items:
Ida and Andrew L. aka; A.L. Wolfe were the parents of five children; two boys- Andy,(4-29-16 - 8-15-52) and my father Frank,(4-4-13) and the rest were girls; Margaret,(6-10-11 - 8-6-63) Cecelia,(5-26-18 - 7-27-80) and Catherine. (5-26-18 - 9-2-63). Grandmother Ida Wolfe died in her sleep, at the young age of 50; having suffered a stroke. Frank also speaks of Frank Walling in the photo postcard #29; "Frank Walling in the fishing picture was a friend of my Grand-dad (A. L. Wolfe)and during the depression my Grand-dad helped with some loans to those farmers in need. I (Frank)remember their house being off main street to the south on the 2nd block. It was a big house with a full wrap-around front porch and quite fancy so he made it in the lumber business. Lots of detail to it with curved corner.
My Great-grandparents moved to Anthon from Stuart, Iowa. Before that they lived on a farm near Carroll, Iowa. They were married Feb. 24, 1868 in Ottawa, Illinois. Edward died in 1911 at Anthon and Catherine died in 1914 in Anthon, Iowa. Both are buried in Ottawa, Illinois. Edward and Catherine (O'Donnell) Wolfe were the parents of four children; Andrew L. (A.L. Wolfe)(1876-1961)who married Ida Cooney photo #30. Ida died in 1934. Richard, (1869-1893)never married, Mae C. (1872-1965) who married Herman B. Walling (1872-1930)and Margaret J,(1873-1966)who married Thomas B. O'Donnell (1872-1953).
Memories I have include my grand-dad A.L. Wolfe feeding a neighborhood kid by the name of Donnie (Jones) bacon almost every time we were there to visit, that practice was also repeated by me in east Texas, so we do keep the memories. Stories my dad had told me about Anthon was of the family farms and if a blade on a plow broke you just put it in an old potatoes sack, threw it over your shoulder and headed off for Sioux City to get it welded and in a few days you would be back! He also told about the Indians down at the river that would come now and then and set up camp and that they used some of them for odd jobs nobody else wanted to do. In the winter ice would be cut from the river for the refrigerators for the summer and they had an ice-house and would use sawdust to insulate the ice until it was needed.
Andy was the only child of A.L. and Ida Wolfe that stayed in Anthon to work at the lumber yard. The other children went in all directions; from Pennsylvania to California, marrying others from towns far from Anthon and most left the Midwest. My Dad went to college in Omaha, Nebraska at Creighton University and then went to work with C.I.T. Corp that financed things like cars for car dealers and was transferred all over from Kansas City (where I was born ) to Omaha to Hartford Conn. Pressures of business was enough to give my Dad limitations in health and for over 30 years my Mom took care of him on a respirator he needed at night. Boy the stories we can find in the history of man. My dad's body is buried in Lincoln NE, for Mom's family always lived there.
"For in family history is nature's masterpiece."
Photos #34 and #35: These two photographs were shared with our website family by Jerry and Jane (Carr) Schrunk; former area residents.
Jerry writes:"After seeing your web site, it seemed like these pictures of St. Joseph's Church might fit into the historical pictures section somewhere. They were taken in the summer of 1972 while Jane and I were on vacation in Anthon.
"Jane's parents, Frank and Bernice Carr, owned the Anthon Market in partnership with Frank's niece Vera, for some time until 1955 when my parents, Francis and Fern Schrunk, bought it. My parents had purchased the grocery store in Correctionville in 1947, and that is where we lived until 1955 (when they bought the Anthon Market.) I never really lived in Anthon, as I went to Iowa State that same year. The folks (Francis and Fern Schrunk) operated the Anthon Market until somewhere around early 1959, when the owner of the Correctionville Market passed away, and his wife asked Dad to buy it back - so he did. Porky Umbach bought the Anthon Market at that time (1959 circa.)"
Photos #36, #37, #38 and #39 have been submitted by Helen Finzen of Denison, Iowa. THANK HELEN!!
Photo #36 is a photo of the Daughters of Henry and Mabel Arnold of Anthon Iowa. Left to Right:Ruth, Hazel, Madge, and Elsie Arnold.
Photo #37: View of Anthon Iowa from the Arnold Farm; Circa: 1924. The Petersen family owns the old Arnold Farm at this time (2004). Matt and Rosie Petersen and sons live on the farm at this time, July 2004. Jay Arnold lives on the eastern 11 acres of that property (2004). The Arnold family came to the Anthon area around 1880.
PHOTO #38: Fifth grade class in 1943-44; Anthon, Iowa.
Top row, L to R: Jimmy Thompson, Buzz Pitkins, Earl Emory, Butch Carr, Ernie Osborn, Victor Banta, Bruce Gilman, Dean Wilson, Connie Goodman.
Middle row, L to R: Doris Weathers, Delorus Petersen, Bill Emory, Joe Mullicane 11, Richard Petersen, Clarence Thomas, Chris Ketelsen, Evelyn Harder, Selma Stender.
Bottom row, L to R: Fern Banta, Lavonne Ferns, Norma Buck, Anna Mae Peers, LaMona Huffman, Jeannette Oertal, Zona Gayle Reynolds, Eunice Hill, Mary Ann Deeds. Miss Lookingbill-teacher.
PHOTO #39: Main Street of Anthon, Iowa -winter of 1947. The Anthon Cafe is where the Heritage Bank building (area) is setting today, 2004. THANK YOU HELEN FOR SHARING THESE NEAT PICTURES!
Photo #40: Wilma (Dicus) Hayworth, mother of Ron Hayworth is the girl on the right-hand side of the photo. Circa: 1921. Other two girls are unidentified. Bridge is around Anthon but specific location unknown. Thank you Jerane and Ron Hayworth for sharing this neat photo!
Photo #41: This River Scene of the Little Sioux River at Anthon was graciously shared with us by Jerane and Ron Hayworth as well. Isn't this a neat picture too! THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING!
Photos #42-45: These four photos were shared with us by Suzanne Folk whose ancestors came from the Anthon-Danbury area. Suzanne said they were in a scrapbook of photos that her father had.
Photo 42 is either the Catholic School building at Danbury or at Anthon. Suzanne did not know where it was located, but her Dad told her it was either in Danbury or Anthon. Does anyone recognize this Catholic School building? Is it here at Anthon? Let us know!
Photo 43-45: These are photos of the School that use to set in what we today know as the "town park" in the center of town; Then we have a photo of Main street-east end/north side of the street-neat old cars lining the street! and last is a photo of Anthon's Main street looking east - early 1900's Carnival. Thank you so much Suzanne for sharing! Here is a little about Suzanne's family:
My dad is Bill Folk. He grew up in Milbank, SD.
His mother (my Grandmother) was Lorene (McNiff) Folk. She was born in Anthon.
Her parents were James McNiff and Katherine Carr. James and Katherine moved to Ortonville, MN sometime between 1918 and 1920.
Katherine's parents were Michael and Jane (Murray) Carr. They are buried at Anthon and her husband James; his parents were John and Mary Ann (Lynn) McNiff . They are buried at Danbury.
PHOTOS #46 & #47: These photos were shared with our web family by Ray and Prisilla Wilson from Spirit Lake, Iowa. Photo #46 is a group photo of the Shamrock Cafe that was located next to the Anthon (Weathers) Meat Locker on East Main Street. The photo is Circa 1950's and the people are (front to back) Bernice Carr, My Grandmother Fae Eichorn, Mrs ? Huffman, Mary Conley and Grace Wilson (sitting).
PHOTO #47 is: a 1920's photo of The original Wilson Motor Company(originally called "Universal Motor Company") that was started by Ray E. Wilson (the man at the gas pump)and was located across the street West of John Wilson's current (2005)Wilson Motor Company. My Dad, Ralph Wilson, used this building for his Chrysler, Plymouth and DeSoto dealership showroom from 1954-1964 and added a wash-bay in back about 1957. The building is still in use today. Thank you so much for sharing these family photos with us Ray! More photos? ...we'd love to see them!
PHOTO #48 is: a photo of the John H.Arnold family taken about 1928-1930. This family photo was shared by Irene Whitford. The elder Arnold's were Irene's Great Grandparents.
PHOTO #49 is: John and Mabel Arnold. Taken circa: 1950 - Anthon, Iowa. This family photo was also shared with us by Irene Whitford. Thank you so much for sharing these photos Irene!
PHOTO #50 is: A photo of the funeral (casket) for Frank (Francis) McNiff. The funeral was mentioned in "The Letters to Pauline" in the "Remember When" section. Frank died in November 1918.
Frank McNiff was the brother to my Great Grandfather, James McNiff. I believe he is the Jim McNiff mentioned in some of the "Letters to Pauline."
I was told that Maud Ely, also mentioned in the "Letters," was Frank's fiancee.
I noticed that the scene in the picture was described in the letter dated 5/30/21. You can see the casket on the carriage and all the men in uniform. "I was very happy to read those letters. It gave me some more info on the McNiff's that I didn't have. Suzanne.
Suzanne Folk, who also shared photos before, believed Frank died from pneumonia.
Thank you so much Suzanne for taking time again so that others can enjoy as well as remember our soldiers / brother's in arms.
PHOTOS #51 through #62 are from Mary Haunreiter. Thank you so much Mary for sharing these wonderful old family heirlooms - many of which are over 100 years old! Mary is transcribing her Grandmother's diary and when she completes the project hopefully she will share that with our web page family for our "Remember When..." web page. I can't wait to see the diary Mary...Hurry! and again, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING!
PHOTO 51: Mary Haunreiter whose grandparents; Harry and Madge (Overstreet) Pearce at one time had called the Anthon, Oto, and Piero areas home is sharing their old photographs with us. Thank you so much Mary for thinking about and then doing it!
Old Church at Piero - this is where my grandparents, Harry Pearce and Madge Overstreet were married. They were married in 1908 but I don't know the date of this particular picture.
PHOTO 52:Madge Overstreet:about 1905, along the Little Sioux River.
PHOTO 53:Home in Anthon, Iowa owned by Frank and Melissa (Earp) Overstreet: in the photo are Frank Overstreet, Mother-in-law Isabelle Bell, and Frank's wife Melissa (Earp) Overstreet. Circa: taken about 1905 but it might be earlier.
PHOTO 54: Taken in Anthon: Madge Overstreet on left, Ethel Witt on right.
Both girls are 11 years old so this was taken in 1897. I have little information about Ethel, I believe she was just a girlhood friend of my grandmother Madge. *Webmaster's footnote:In the Anthon Centennial Book from 1988 - Anthon High School Class of 1901 listed Ethel Witt as one of the six graduates. The next graduating class listed wasn't until 1904.
PHOTO 55: This is a photograph of Mary Haunreiter's grandfather's family. Harry Pearce was her Grandfather. His parents were Levi and Olive Pearce - all of the brothers and sisters shown in the photograph were born in the Anthon /Peiro area. Mary state: "I met several of them in my life time. They settled in the Anthon area around the late 1870's. All of them attended public school in Anthon. Later, as they married some of them moved up into Alberta, Canada, British Columbia, Illinois and South Dakota. A couple of siblings stayed in Iowa. Grandpa Harry Pearce's siblings were: Daisy Pearce, Ocy Pearce, Bessie Pearce (married Ernest West), Elda Pearce, Emma Pearce (married -?- Leach), Nellie Pearce (married Charles Yotter of Anthon), Asa Pearce, Anna Pearce (married Ves Davis)." Photograph taken in 1904.
PHOTO 56:Iowa Prairie Girls: This photograph was heavily damaged and Mary did her best to restore it. Mary writes: "There is something very wonderful about the photograph. My grandmother is second from the right, and next to her on the right is her future sister-in-law, Bessie Pearce, who was also her good friend." Mary can not identify the rest of the women in the photograph. This was taken about 1906. Does anyone else possibly know who the other girls are?
PHOTO 57:Lillian Morgan and Madge Overstreet: Madge Overstreet on the left with her best friend and future sister-in-law, Lillian Morgan of Anthon.(Lillian would later marry Madge's brother Charles Overstreet)
PHOTO 58:Charles Overstreet and Lillian Morgan:
Charles was the brother of Mary Haunreiter's grandmother, Madge Overstreet. The house in the background is Lillian Morgan's home in Anthon. Charles Overstreet and Lillian Morgan were kind of "a romantic item" throughout their teen years and my grandmother; Madge, in her 1906 diary, writes about them often as a couple.
Charles and Lillian Morgan were married in Anthon around 1908 and then headed to South Dakota to homestead on a ranch on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation near Hot Springs, SD. Charles and Lillian had two children and then, in 1912, Charlie was thrown from a horse as he was rounding up cattle and died from breaking his neck in the fall. It was a great family tragedy as he was a popular and much loved member of the family. This photograph was taken about 1906 or 1907. It may have been taken on the occasion of their engagement.
PHOTO 59:The Overstreet family farm taken in the early 1900's. Notice the horse and buggy coming down the lane...and the barn half hidden by the trees to the left in the photo. Beautiful property back then, and well cared for.
PHOTO 60:The former Overstreet farm home - the photo was taken in 1958 by someone in the family who was back in the area. Sad state of affairs and it looks abandoned. *Webmaster's footnote: I am wondering WHERE this farm home was located in Kedron Township, rural Anthon. Does anyone know? Does the photo of the farm in #59 look familiar to anyone? Let us know where it was located if you know, and who the last people were to live in the house.
PHOTO 61:Mary Haunreiter's Great Grandfather; Levi Pearce family farm home. Photo taken in 1958 with Levi's son Ocy Pearce in front of the house. Mary mentions that she found an article, not sure where it was from, which mentions L. L. Pearce being a postmaster in Piero. In an article about Lucky Valley, a Charles Yotter was mentioned and one of Mary's aunts; Nellie Pearce, married a Charles Yotter.
PHOTO 62: A photograph of the barn at the Levi L. Pearce farm near Piero. Mary states: "The barn says 1902 but we believe the photograph might have been taken a few years later. The man on the left is my grandfather, Harry Pearce, and the young man on the horse on the right is his younger brother, Ocy Pearce. We think there is one more photograph of this barn from a different angle and when it is found, then I'll send a copy of it for the webpage. Wonder if that barn is still standing?"
Mary's footnote to her photographs she has shared with our web page family: "I have learned that Lillian Morgan, (in the photographs #57 and #58) was a teacher in Anthon in 1906. Lillian (& Charles) moved on to South Dakota and in the little town they all lived in the local historical committee did a huge book with family histories from every family that had lived in that area. Lillian's daughter wrote about their family history and about her mother (Lillian Morgan Overstreet) living in Anthon until 1909, having her first child there and then moving to South Dakota. She mentioned that Lillian taught school for several years in Anthon.
Mary also states: "As I go through your website looking at current news, alumni news etc. I'm seeing several names that my grandmother (Madge Overstreet Pearce) mentions in her diary. I keep thinking about the diary exerpt and since its just part of the diary - go ahead and put it on your website."
THANK YOU SO MUCH Mary for sharing these wonderful old family photos - and some family history with us.
Thanks also Mary for allowing us to read part of your Grandmother's diary! Diary exerpts from Madge Overstreet's diary can be found on the "REMEMBER WHEN..." web page.
Can anyone drive around the Anthon area today, and see these homes that are in Mary's photos? Does anyone think they look familiar and could you tell us where they might have been located if they are no longer standing?
Mary found her Grandfather's Levi Pearce's home located TODAY on 255th Street. The family that calls the Pearce farm home today (2006) is the HARDER family.
PHOTO 63: Bernard Coyne and his parents. Taken early 1900's by the Catholic Church in Anthon, Iowa. Notice that the photograph is also stamped with "BERNARD COYNE GIANT OF THE WORLD."
This photograph was shared with us by LYNN (MEYER)McCORMICK of Anthon, Iowa THANK YOU SO MUCH LYNN FOR SHARING PHOTOS WITH US!
PHOTO 64: Main street of Anthon Iowa - looking towards the west at the north side of the street. Notice what looks to be a wooden walk-way across the street towards the front of the photo. Look at the old cars on Main street too! This photo was shared with us by LYNN (MEYER) McCORMICK of Anthon, Iowa.
I can't thank you enough Lynn for sharing your photos with our web page family. Not everyone grew up here, but their ancestors at one time may have called Anthon "home" and I'm sure these photos help bring alive their ancestors everyday lives in a new way. THANKS AGAIN Lynn for sharing.
PHOTO 65:This is a photograph was shared with us by Mary Haunreiter, Granddaughter of Madge Overstreet and author of Madge Overstreet's Diary found on the "Remember When" page of the Anthon web site. This photo was taken by Madge Overstreet of Scott O'Connor and his daughter, Marvel. The O'Connor's are mentioned frequently in Madge Overstreet's 1906 diary. Scott's wife was Gertie O'Connor and they are listed in the Grant Township Census for 1900. They are also listed in the Grant Township 1920 census. Scott's occupation is listed as farmer. I believe that my mother, Marvel Bruce, was named after Marvel O'Connor. THANK YOU Mary for sharing this. Maybe an O'Connor family member somewhere will appreciate seeing their ancestor's photograph here!
PHOTO: 66: Another nice family photo shared with us by Mary Haunreiter, granddaughter of Madge Overstreet Pearce (see her diary on the "Remember When" page of this website.) This is a photograph of Nellie Pearce Yotter and the Reverend Charles Yotter, and their son, Ronald, the first of their three children. Nellie was born in 1885 in Anthon, Iowa to Levi and Olive Pearce of Peiro, Iowa. I don't have much information about Charles Yotter other than he was a minister at Bethel Church in Piero around 1912. I believe this photograph was taken at their home in the Peiro area around that time. Yotters are mentioned in Madge Overstreet's diary but I'm not sure what family of Yotters she is referring to, there seem to be several living in that area in 1906. According to later census records he is listed as a Methodist minister in quite a few towns in Iowa. The family eventually settled just outside Chicago, Illinois. Mary states:"They were wonderfully kind people and I have great memories of them from when I was a little girl visiting their home."
PHOTO: 67: Another photo found by Mary Haunreiter, granddaughter of Madge Overstreet Pearce. Mary writes:"Three "Marcus School Girls" is what is written on the back of this photograph of three girls. The girl on the far right is Madge Overstreet of Anthon, the other two girls are unknown. One might be Ethel Witt on the left but I don't really know for sure. I also haven't been able to locate any record of a "Marcus School" which is written
on the back of the picture. Anyone recognize them? The photograph folder says "Dwight" on it as the name of the photographer and the year is estimated at about 1903."
Thanks so much Mary for continuing to share with our Anthon web pages family!
PHOTO: 68-73: Contributed by Ron Thompson, of Wisconsin; who is the Great-great Grandson of David W. and Almeda (Rinehart) Huffman, the Great Grandson of Arthur and Azella E. (Dicks) Huffman, the Grandson of George and Cecile (Huffman) Jerman, and the son of Lorna Gay (Jerman) Thompson. These families were all local to the Rock Branch, Wolf Creek Township area NW of Anthon. Ron's Great Grandpa Art Huffman also ran the Home Oil Station in Anthon until his untimely death of a heart attack while at work in 1945. THANK YOU SO MUCH RON FOR SHARING THE PHOTOS AS WELL AS THE OTHER ITEMS YOU SENT FOR THE WEBSITE! LOOK TO THE "REMEMBER WHEN...." AND THE "GENEALOGY PAGE" ON THIS WEBSITE FOR OTHER OLD INFORMATION / THOUGHTS FROM RON. AGAIN - MANY THANKS!
PHOTO 68: Can anyone recognize or does anyone know any of the people in this really neat photograph of the CHRISTIAN CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL, ANTHON, IOWA 1938? The only identified person in the photo is that of ORIA CUSTER, Daughter of Bess Custer. Oria graduated with the Class of 1945 and is the tallest dark haired girl in the back row.
Please contact the WEBMASTER if you can. [I think Homer Anderson would be a good one to get a hold of and ask if he knows who any of these people are!]
PHOTO 69: This is a photo of JESS AND MINNIE (HUFFMAN) SADLER who would have lived her entire life in the Rock Branch and Moville Iowa area. Minnie was born in 1894 and passed away in 1984. Minnie was one of 15 children born to David W. and Almeda (Rinehart) Huffman. Her siblings were: Albert, Marion, Ray, Arthur, Lydia (Rogers), Minnie (Sadler), Velma (Sadler), Wesley, Charles, Ralph, George, Clyde, Harry, Myron, and a sister who died in infancy. The first four siblings listed all passed away before 1945, as well as the sister who died in infancy.
PHOTO 70: This is a photo of CHARLES HUFFMAN who was a brother to Minnie (Huffman) Sadler. Charles was the son of David W. and Almeda (Rinehart) Huffman who lived northwest of Anthon, Iowa.
PHOTO 71: NO NAME was given with this photo from the Huffman family, but I think it looks much like Minnie (Huffman) Sadler's photo above.
PHOTO 72: Unknown couple from the HUFFMAN family.
PHOTO 73: WESLEY HUFFMAN was a brother to Minnie (Huffman) Sadler and Charles Huffman in the above photos. Wesley was one of fifteen children born to David W. and Almeda (Rinehart) Huffman.
PHOTO 74:This photo along with photo #75 was submitted by Mary Haunreiter, granddaughter of Madge Overstreet Pearce. Mary writes:"I recently realized that there are still members of the "Fey" family living in the Anthon area or who are in regular contact with people there. I'm attaching two photographs of Phil Fey, who lived in Anthon from the time he was 16. I met him when I was a little girl and he was one of my mother's favorite people. I also have a post card that he sent to my mother from wherever he was stationed during World War I."
The photo is of Phil Fey and Mary's mother, Marvel Pearce when Marvel was about 8 years old, in 1918. This was taken on the homestead that Harry and Madge Overstreet Pearce lived on in South Dakota. Harry and Madge were the parents of Marvel Pearce.
PHOTO 75:This photo was taken around 1965 and is of Phil Fey and his wife Carrie. Mary Haunreiter also included Phil's biography with the photos.
This is Phil's biography:
"Phil Fey was born near Wheatland, Iowa, the 5th son of thirteen children. When Phil was sixteen, he went west to Anthon, Iowa, with three of his brothers to work. Phil worked for Frank Overstreet who owned a farm outside of Anthon, (near Peiro) and when the Overstreets moved to Oelrichs, South Dakota, in 1909, Phil went with them as a hired man. Phil fought in World War I and was seriously ill during that time, but he came back to build his own farm in Oelrichs, SD. He died on October 11, 1967. He remained life long friends with the Overstreet and Pearce family."
Thank you so much Mary for sharing photos with our web page family and the extended family of Phil and Carrie Fey!
PHOTOS 76-81: Contributing the THRALL family photos is Carol Kensel who is the Great Granddaughter of Arthur and Nellie (Jones) Thrall. Carol also has some genealogy information and also is looking for information on the GENEALOGY PAGE of the Anthon website. Thank you so much Carol for sharing these photos with our web page family! The Thrall place was located in Miller Township, Section 34 - north and east of Oto, Iowa (and about a mile and a half northwest of Cork Hill.) So many families from County Cork, Ireland settled in this area of Woodbury Co, that they were called "Corkler's" and even today, local residents know 'where' you are talking about when you say "Cork Hill." A 1946 Woodbury Co. Atlas shows that A.A. Thrall still owned the farm shown in the photos shared by his Great-granddaughter Carol. A 2006 Woodbury Co Plat book shows the farm today is owned by Metta King etal.
THANK YOU SO MUCH CAROL for sharing your family photos with us!
PHOTO #82: Shared with us by Lynn Meyer McCormick of Anthon, who got the photo from her Aunt Bernadine Meyer Norris. THANKS FOR SHARING LYNN!
PHOTO #83: Shared with us by Sharon Pridgeon Hoidahl of Aurora, Colorado is a photograph of early Anthon Iowa pioneers who were Sharon's Great Grandparents; John Henry Arnold, his wife Mary Elizabeth (Stout)Arnold and their children; left to right:Jessie Arnold Pridgeon (Sharon's Grandmother), John Henry Arnold Jr., and Pearl Arnold Wade. The photo was taken around 1915. Sharon writes:"The Arnold's came to Anthon from DeKalb County Illinois in the 1880's. Both Jessie (Sharon's Grandmother)and Jessie's sister Pearl homesteaded in Wyoming after their marriages."
THANK YOU SO MUCH SHARON FOR SHARING THIS WONDERFUL FAMILY PHOTO WITH US! THIS IS A NICE FAMILY PHOTO!
Irene M. Whitford notified the web page in 2007 that Mary's maiden name was Stout. Mary was the wife of John Henry Arnold in photo #83.
PHOTO #84: Shared with us by Suzanne Folk, who has contributed before. Suzanne states: Here is an old photo that I found in a scrapbook of my grandmother's, Lorene McNiff Folk, at her first communion. She is the fourth girl from the right in the front row.
I think the picture was taken outside the catholic church there in Anthon. I don't know the others in the photo. I thought someone out there might recognize some of these people.
Does anyone know the year this was taken, and / or any one else in the photo?
THANK YOU SUZANNE FOR SHARING AGAIN!
I am glad that each one of you has inspired someone else to share old photos and memories with our web-page family. Good deeds such as sharing old photos, postcards and memories - that cost nothing - are the best gifts a person could give to others! Thanks again to everyone!
Anyone who would want to share old pictures of the area or of other local communities or old family postcards or pictures are encouraged to share those with us too!
Please think about sharing any of your old photographs, 35mm slides, old camera film negatives, or postcards with us for our new web page here! I will include them as long as they are taken before 1989. Contact The Webmaster for any questions or to e-mail your photographs. You can also send them in the mail to me at: Vickie Buettner - 2655 Mason Avenue - Anthon, IA 51004. I will scan them and send them immediately back to you.
Remember, you can also E-MAIL CURRENT photos to be used as "Photo of the Week" Current photographs HAVE to be e-mailed to be included. Others do not.
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Birds Eye View of Anthon 
Anthon Main Street looking west 
North side of Main Street
St. Joseph's Catholic School and Church 
Postcard of Anthon Iowa home dated 1908
Another fine postcard picture of an Anthon Iowa home. 
Prof. Scarboro? and basketball team; Ethel Goodman, Florance Goodman, Leila Meyers and Elner Coyne were names listed.
Postcard with carnival scene - circa:1921? postmark 
Postcard of the Catholic Church Picnic dated 1908 
Anthon Iowa 1908. Looks like a baseball game.
Cyclone Wreck. No year and no date on postcard. Notice people setting on the roof! 
Postmark is 1908. Written on the back is:"Fishing: Frank Walling and Dr. Stillman. Henry Arnold signed the card.
Postcard shows August 15, Anthon, IA "Ida Wolfe 1908" is in the border area. 
"Cyclone Wreck" written on the back: Joe Jerman's Barn. No date.
Postcard picture of St. Joseph Catholic School. Dated 1908
Wolfe Lumber Co.
St. Joseph 1972 
St. Joseph Catholic Church 1972 
Daughters of Henry & Mabel Arnold 
View of Anthon 1924
Fifth Grade Class in 1943-44 
Anthon, N. side of Main Street Winter of 1947 
Wilma (Dicus) Hayworth-on the right
River Scene at Anthon, Ia 
Mystery Church
"Town Park School" 
Anthon's Main Street Scene 
Do you remember the old Carnival Scene?
Shamrock Cafe-Anthon:1950's
Universal Motor Company
John Arnold Family
John & Mabel Arnold 
"Frank" McNiff Funeral Procession
Piero Church unknown date
Madge Overstreet Pearce 1905
Frank Overstreet Home 1905 
Madge Overstreet & Ethel Witt 1897 
The Pearce Family 1904 
Iowa Prairie Girls 
Charles Overstreet & Lillian Morgan in front of her home.
Lillian Morgan and Madge Overstreet - best friends
The Overstreet family farm 
The former Overstreet farm home 
Levi Pearce family farm home in 1958 
The Barn located on the Pearce family farm near Peiro circa: 1902 
Giant of the World 
Main Street Anthon, Iowa - early 1920's
Scott O'Connor and daughter Marvel 
Charles & Nellie (Pearce) Yotter with son Ronald
Three Anthon Girls "Marcus School" Circa: 1903. Does anyone know of, or remember a "Marcus School around the Anthon area?
Christian Church Sunday School 1938 Anthon, IA 
No name, but possibly Minnie (Huffman) Sadler 
Unknown couple from Huffman family
Wesley Huffman 1888 - 1957
Marvel Pearce & Phil Fey 1918 
Phil Fey and wife Carrie 
Arthur & Nellie (Jones) Thrall 
The Thrall Home Arthur built for "his Nellie"
These are the farm buildings at the Arthur & Nellie Thrall farm
Floy Thrall daughter of Arthur & Nellie (Jones) Thrall born Feb 9, 1898.
Leonard Thrall son of Arthur & Nellie (Jones) Thrall born Jan 22, 1905. 
Multi-generations of the Thrall Family 
RAGBRAI PHOTO FROM STREETS OF ANTHON 1988
John H. & Mary E. Arnold and Children
First Communion St. Joseph's Catholic Church-Anthon, IA