The Austin Daily Herald from Austin, Minnesota • 26

AUSTIN (Minn) HERALD Saturday May 10 1958 Are Partners Not AH Men Want to Live Near Women Tpr84" years Lester Anderson acuua wcvwcuu ncubuaxu luu wux lu uiy nierriiaiim? last had taken a job in the year The cooperative also has VinV an 4 woe mnvV4nre fJ aaV tn 4 Via WALTHAM ITS STATE ON SARGEANT 100 Years of Progress Is Growing With Minnesota And Congralulaies the Stale On It's lOOih BIRTHDAY 4 cooperatives Each patron holds one share of stock in the coopera tive and often the cash dividend is applied toward purchase of the first share The group has 2000 members on the books and about 1100 of these are active customers buying $541 000 worth of merchandise last President Syngman Rhee of Kor ea sent the following message on Ris new cards: is no enemy to fear if the power of pen and sword is used for jus SHEAER SALES DROP ORT MADISON (ft The A Sheaffer Pen Coblames the busi ness recession for a drop in its net sales Sheaffer said however that since fttie company in troduced a line of pens designed for women sales has risen sharp ly in recent weeks The companyresident reported net sales dur ing tjie two year period ended eb 28 dropped from $26284942 to $25 145686 and net income was $1 326428 in the last fiscal year com pared with $2208335 for the pre vious year plied a roman tic trade in Austin 60 years ago The word is an ex aggeration but someone used the term and it stuck Actually it was a wading proposition in the Cedar River from Austin to a point ap proximately five miles south of the city Along this area in depths of 18 to 20 inches lay the nfflebacl? clams peculiar to this particular part of the Cedar Two men who made something of a business of were Al Tubbs and Bill Harter odd jobs men who did a lot of hunting and fishing aside Merchants of Waltham Now and the structure rebuilt after it burned to the ground The community is of German and Norwegian heritage and has a Norwegiah'church' near Sargeant and a German descended church in town This church the Sar geant EUB'ls plannjpg a new building as the community moves WESTINGHOUSE RCA SPEED QUEEN APPLIANCES LOS ANGELES (ft Too bad men that South Seas paradise where pay is high food and drinks cheap and women are barred is not for this year The no help wanted sign is up The' Enchanted isles "Ere 'where the Unit? AfarS ists its nuclear devices Their if you want to get away from little wom was told in an Associated Press story earlier this week been swamped with phone calls telegrams and letters since the news got said a spokesman for Holmes Narver Inc a Los Angeles engineering firm hired by the Atomic Energy Commission 'to run the Eniwetok atoll proving ground only sighed the spokesman that we have any job and have until next year We have to say ho to all the Especially intriguing about the island life: $150 a day living ex penses 25 cent drinks and $10000 net salaries a year The all male community 5100 miles from Los Angeles has been prospering since 1949 This thriving community serves itsareo well with fine retail stores and farm machinery foodstuffs petroleum products eating places blacksmith service cheese fac tory and has fine school church and generally fine Waltham bank and was working in the Dexter bank when the new cooperative wanted a manager He decided to apply for the job since the bank was on unsteady ground and he quite ready to start Si POSTMASTER AND CUSTOMERS Mrs: Joseph Kral left postmaster for 36 years at Myrtle is' shown here with two of her long time customers Mr ancL'Mrs Anton Hrobeck arm Bureau Service Co one of the leading enterprises in Sar geant But' when he took the job he sieves planned to stay that long on a temporary job He had plan ned to be a farmer Anderson who was raised on a farm between Waltham and Sar PIONEER MODEL Elmer Stewart Racine blacksmith 5 stands in the cab of his steam engine just collector's item for hobbyist he' Today Sargeant has changed little It still serves a large ag ricultural area with a trade area that extends from Waltham to Stewartville from Hayfield to Dex ter and Brownsdale and has the only bank in the immediate area Sargeant "was first in 1860 and the town was named for Henry Sargeant who came tn 1865 from Canada At one time the settlement boasted of a hotel and tavern to serve the travelers of intothe second century tof Minne the day but this enterprise closed sota history IMPLEMENT DEALERS Heydt and Walter Schnirring have been Waltham businessmen 'most of their lives They joined forces as implement dealers in 1935 StfH Owns arm never dreamea I would stay ji this business Anderson said still have the farm bought to go farming act more than 30 years The service company started an company and 55 organised sMrJtlss A gwpetfc 1 five in 1924 The company start ed handling bulk oil products at first and gradually expanded into the seed feed end fertilizer JThe company has bulk oil plants at Adams and Sargeant and oper ates stations at Adams' Waltham and Sargeant The Adams and Waltham units weft added in 1939 Erected ia 1948 The business ia housed in the tile building erected in 1948 and adjacent to the station is he feed warehouse bought in 1950 when tiie cooperative expanded their feed and fertilizer business Although the arm Bureau name i 1 V' Being a postmaster make for any special problems for "a 'wo man according to Mrs Mollie Kral Mrs 'Kral has been postmaster for 36 years since December 31 1921 Getting the job was no great shakes Mrs Kral explained former postmaster gave up 'the job and I simply applied for Later die got her appointment from (Pestmaster Hays when Warren Harding was Pre sident' Each day she sorts the mail and has the job of posting the many bulletins sent out by the postmas CREW CUT Waltham GartJer George CJTbish gives a crew cut haircut to Daryl Pater 9 Garbish has been barbering for 50 years in Waltham Just 26 years after its second start' Waltham in 19J1 was a prosperous and thriving village It jiad two general stores one phy sician one bank one shoe shop a livery a creamery one stock buyer carpenter shop and a Var iety of other small shops includ ing a flour mill with a capacity of 75 barrels daily also supplying surrounding villages Walthanrgot its second start in 1885 bjit it actually was in opera tion earlier: Built Large Hotel Mason platted the original village' and nafiied It after his hometown Waltham Mass He built a large hotel and the village was just starting to sprout when the railroad came through With the coming of the railroad the village was moved a mile or so west which was the beginning of present Waltham irst resident in the area that is now Waltham Township was Nels Johnson who built a house in 1855 a log cabin 16 16 con sidered quite large for that per iod An Evangelical Lutheran church was organized as early as 1874 and a church was built on land don ated by the Rev Herman Meyer a South Dakota minister who bad been called to Waltham James Perry and Arvilla Brown won the distinction ot being first couple what is now Waltham They were mar ried by Justice of the: Peace Collins and it took place at the Waltham house which in later years was torn down irst White Child Johnson the farmer who first built in Waltham also accomplish ed another first His was the first white child born in Waltham in 1854 irst death was that of Eliza beth Johnson who died in 1867 She apparently was no rela tion to the Nels Johnson At the turn of the century Wal future looked extremely bright with expansion and indus try indicated by its growh up to that time Decline of the railroads and marketing factors dampened any large expansion although Waltham today is still flourishing and a live 1 ly village rot' Myrtle: Horses and birds have a third eyelid that protects their eyes during grazing or flying "respec tively lubj auu kuawa uuor (tgss toKis Mrs Kral Has Been Myrtle Postmaster for 36 Years SAtUTES 4 'Pearl Divers Plied Trade 50 Years Ago When the Great Western rail road arrived in 1887 the business development serving the agricul tural community 'of Sargeant was well established But the arrival of the road did give impetus to the platting and incorporation of the town in 1894 Before that modern Sargeant was a cluster of business places in the in the' name the farming community cooperative nas no connection with the arm Bureau it merely sells apn Bureau products sold by the wholesle cooperative or ganized by the farm group As a cooperative the fiipn is required to pay out all the profits and apportion reserve's for depreciation Last'year it paid cash dividend of about 10 per cent One Share of Stock Dividehdz are based on pur chases and paid in cash rather Heydt Hardware and Lumber Co bc' s' i arm Implements Building Supplies Hdwe Etc MAYNARD HEYDT Prop Sargeant Minn flUVCT NEW IDEA from their clam activities The riffleback clams produced pearls of luster and roundness sel dom found in this part of the country A few sold for around $500 in New York although many brought only nominal sums Tubbs and Harter became quite adept at finding them Other townsmen occasionally tried theirjuck with only moderate success 1 NO SCHOOL ANY MORE Typical of rural Mower County is this one room white school house closed for ever With better roads and school buses the rural child is no longer a small school pupil but attends a modem school in the city or the county is the major change in Mipnesota school's firstcentury Old Steamer Recalls Early Threshing Era May 10 Centennial 30sp Old stea mer Elmer Stewart was a thresher 4 crewman and a part owner in a threshing machine in the days of steam 2" never owned a machine until a few years ago was glancing through one of the blacksmith magazines and I came across the Stewart re called was an outfit for sale in Wisconsin I went bought it for $300 and paid $86 more to move it here Then I could of doubled my The steam engine' a 1915 Case develops 40 horsepower belt or drawbar and is rated 15 40 brake belt horsepower stood out for a few days after I brought itto Racine? Ste wart said I moved it to the shed in back (referring to the building back of his blacksmith Miles to Parade Stewart has fired the old en Mason Named Waltham for Home Town CO OP MANAGER Lester Anderson manager of the arm Bureau Service Co at Sargeant has been on the job for 34 years the entire history of the largest business in Sargeant 34 Years on Job 4 S' a 7 (t 4 years Lester AndersonlthWjStiting up 'astock purchase the plan used by Some' stock in the arm Bureau Ser vice Co since this co op uses a stock retirementfund to apportion the dividends The arm Bureau business is concentrated around their three stations although they have a few dealers in the county The direc tors felt since the group was or ganized in Sargeant it should serve that community as a primary area The cooperative is headed by Huseby president and there gro lOcmpr Sargeant irst Settled in '60 the engine self sufficient on he road" The last timeTie drove it was in 1956 when Stewartville celebrated its centennial He left Racine at 7 am to travel the 2H miles for the afternoon ade The steel lugs have been taken off the wheels for highway travel but Stewart used the town ship roads for that trip He also had it oufa few years ago for an old time threshing party near Grand Meadow when another antique collector Edmund Hansen had his old trucks haul ing fuel for the wood burning boiler travel much with the Stewart explained I haul thex engine on the low boy and that costs Stewart transacts much of Ra governmental business in bis blacksmith shop He is town ship clerk (Raeine is an unincor porated village) Shop is Soda! Center His shop is also one of the social centers of the community and a place where farmers come to talk and also have repairs done Ra business is based on the farm trade Along the walls of the shed wheft the steam engine is kept Stewart has saved all the license plates he has ever purchased for his 1923 model car He admits that he drive much any more and need 4 car because he travel much any more the first and only car I have ever he explained Then he went back to work ona 57 year old pump in the shop going to get this running again too" his hobby getting oldthings to run again Garbisch Back: to Barbering Every Monday used to get so tired on Sat urdays swear off barbering but Monday I would be rested and would open the shop George Garbisch barb er for almost 50 years declared V'The shop would be open until 12:30 or 1 am tbos Saturday nights It was a rough day then! he But Garbisch regretted the decision which brought him from the farm into town Sept? 1 1906 folks wahtd me to takA up a business or h(J explained I 'dike studying and you 'have go to school barber in those4 Learned the Trade Garbisch learned the trade from Charfte Harrington who now lives in Clear Lake Iowa and purchased the shop after his two year apprenticeship been here ever he The shop is much the same as in the old days Its still a one chair shop with the bathtub in a room off the main room The scissors are kept in a rack on the wall and there are advertisement cards over the mirror But the private shaving mugs are gone used to Be 75 per cent of the Garbisch said 10 cents 12 for a dollar on 'p still gives 'ihe nristf a professional twirl while lathering up the brush forshaving the hair around the ears shop was sort of the social center especially when the work was Garbisch said even had an orchestra played the guitar Oscar Erickson: played the fiddle and Bill Chap man the clarinet and fiddle We played for weekday events for several Music was one of hobbies the other was and showing purebred chickens Dark Cornish town had a chicken show in those he explain ed showed birds in Des Moin es Milwaukee the twin 'Cities and Chicago I had the grand champion and first and champion pullet at' the 1919 International Club Show That was' my best'! AawclpMei Vacairon xuiitr EJAA'en shows to close4 the shop' Another excuse is vacation time after the July 4 holiday gets fixed up before the holidays and it's a good tijne to take Garbisch explained' He still takes off in the summer good to gt off your he remarked A few years ago Garbisch pur chased a two wheel seat to use while cutting hair It is clamped to the barber chair and Garbisch' scoots around the customer office When too busy her husband or son take care of the office Mrs JCrai wasjmarried(wQ years aner ne? appointment ana Before i that taught grade school ip the area At a recent area meeting she was a little surprised to find other towns with wamen postmasters a woman postmaster at Manchester and London and several throughout the she said Among the 'long established merchants of Waltham are Elmer Heydt 'and Walter Schnirring of the Waltham Eauininent Co Although they have been part illCiA U1U 0IUVQ AuXj lllvll UUBl" ness careers in Waltham started years before Schnirring has been selling trac tors since the early 1920s He first sold the ordson tractor and at one time was in the Chevrolet business there with red VoQcman now of Austin Schnirring came to Waltham jonj Sac Qty Iowa when his father took over the Hour to ill which stood at the end ci Main street The mill built by a man named Kruger burned in thel 1930s It marked the end pf Wal tham as wheat country Worked Up to Cashier Heydt was in the Waltham bank starting as bookkeeper and work ing up to cashier He "and Sch nirring organized the Heydt Auto Co in 1935 and incorporated as Waltham Equipment in 1952 Today a family concern with Wayne Schnirring Walter Schnirring Jr and Kenneth Hey dt' in the firm Lynn Persinnger an employe since 1952 completes the staff The north end of the implement building was a livery: stable at one time Today ithpuses ap yVices part of the farm sdppiy' une nanaiea ny tne nrm The livery stable was one of the businesses that has passed from the Waltham scene The creamery closed in ebruary 1957 and the Waltham Cheese Co took oer that building The Command er Elevator burned in 1953 and there has been no agent in the Great Western depot for the past six months Railroad Waltham The railroad was the founder of Waltham The present community was platted along the tracks and took its name from the old Wal tham a pioneer settlement less than a mile east Old Waltham settled by New Englanders and named for Waltham Mass boast ed of a hotel and mill at its peak The land Is now a farm While Waltham is still a small town today it serves an agricul tural commlnitv and draws busi I' businesses of walthanr comple ment the firms ol the twin vil lagev Sargeant a few miles east Sargeant la a thriving Mower County Community senring its area with many lines of business Including one of the largest Hardware and 1 Building Materia! Establishments in Mower County the Heydt Hard ware Building Material Company Sargeant is growing and is building a new addition on its school and the Evangelical and United Brethren Congregation is planning a new church building Sargeanthas several lines of business and a bank It has fine retail food stores garage service petroleum products sales and service locker plant elevator Mower County arm Bureau grain elevator and a good place at which to lunch Sargeant Invites you to come to its stores and shop with our friendly courteous merchants We will treat you well and hope you will like us Ad Is Sponsored as a Pnblic Service 1 byihe 111 1 1 11111 1 J11 11 J11 Wl1 jiMi W1 jR1 HR 3 Ki rvu2AiY Vs 1 A 1A Kh "TK'SjB it nt BK 1 i A 9 4 I eMHHM aaiSlfc jBoMMBarw My I 4 1 LU I HIIIWUO IIIIIIIOim WIj MJI mm i Z' A ES srf aanBBIK iwi YMairnrlTITfririi MT" a sfBBgHBBI WLw lrs I I 2 progressive people You will like their friendly courteous way of doing business The following public spirited Waf tham Merchants sponsored this adv as a public service to their fellow STOP A SHOP PATRONIZE in EGGERT AM SERVICE THE MERCHANTS I WALTHAM nL LISTED HERE Ph JO 8 3425 ncKc SHAWBACK'S GARAGE WALTHAM CO OP SERVICE Ph JO 8 3384 David Denni JO 8 3382 GRENDOR EED STORE Waliham Eqninmeni Inc Ph JO 8 3362 JO 8 3392 IARVETS MOBIL SERVICE Waltham Cheese actory 1 Open 6 Days flWeek Open 7 Days a Week1 Ask for It at HOME CAE J0M3a Marvin 8 Dorene Buck WALTHAM OOD STORE wvvev wM wwaamwM ma lh JO 83372 LUMBER CO ph jo 8 3374 Waltham PIumbng Heating Ph JO8 3354 MOORE SON 7 Waltham Cale Recreation JO 8 3364 Lynn Elma Persinger JOB 3352 'M.