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I'm posting the older Monitor articles I scan at these links so as not to over-load my main web page.
Monitor Archives 4 scanned 2026 - updated September 28
I will continue to add more Monitor articles down below, as I continue to scan them, along with corresponding information for some of them, so you may need to scroll down on the right side to find some of the more recent articles featured.
1947 former students: LaVonda Allen, Loa Barnes, Ruby Borkowski, Edmund Claussen, Ronald David, Jim Erwin, Mary Anna Fox, Manfred Funk, Alvin Haberl, Betty Harder, Dale Hell, Shirley Iselin, Marjorie Jacobsen, Grace Joens, Marie Jones, Lloyd Koester, Birnadine Kramer, Mary Lee, Ruth Ann Loneman, Patty Mersman, Donald D. Petersen, Thomas Pittman, Kenneth Robinson, Keith Rohr, Emil Segebart, Roger Slates, Patrick Sullivan, Merlin Umland, Billy Wailes, Larry Wallace
https://www.dahnandwoodhouse.com/obituaries/lola-ehlers
Morning session Kindergarten 1934 Manning Elementary school in north Manning - Teacher Miss Miriam Beagle
Back: Gene Wiese, Ed Claussen, Leo Rostermundt, Keith Rohr, Don Livingston
Middle: Patricia Siem, Justyn Sutherland, Miss Miriam Beagle, Mary Alice McMahon, Bobby Colton
Front: Marianne Lyden, Lola Ress, Mary Lee, Paul Mentzer
Vernon and Lola Ehlers September 11, 1949
July 15, 1909, Manning Monitor
July 15, 1909, Manning Monitor
July 29, 1909, Manning Monitor
July 29, 1909, Manning Monitor
This is one of the main reasons I want to go through the Manning Monitors.
I'm looking for Veteran/military information to use in the Manning Veterans book.
I only have one picture scanned of Walter, which came from the Legion Hall commanders' display.
But I have a number of other articles about him.
June 24, 1909, Manning Monitor
1919-20 Legion Commander
August 26, 1909, Manning Monitor
Thomas Parkhouse who married Pearl Parish - at this point, don't know which Parish for sure but maybe Earl Parish
August 26, 1909, Manning Monitor
I have quite a few picture postcards scanned for many of the running races.
This article shows how the MFD trained and participated in contests for years.
Finally they won the cup permanently.
June 24, 1909, Manning Monitor
June 24, 1909, Manning Monitor
I had to laugh at this article about fresh air.
I lived in one of those old farm houses from the mid-1950s through mid-1980s - no insulation and very little windbreak to speak of.
Even storm windows didn't stop the snow from sifting through on the floor and the curtains moving during the blizzards.
Opinions are fine but many times it is just better to keep them to yourselves, so as to not make a fool of yourself and show your ignorance.
Now the writer of this article would have lived in town and depending on where they lived, other nearby houses would have protected the houses from winter winds, but
there would have still been fresh air, even with storm windows in place.
November 25, 1909, Manning Monitor
November 25, 1909, Manning Monitor
August 19, 1909, Manning Monitor
Low-life scammers were busy even 117 years ago!
November 25, 1909, Manning Monitor
November 11, 1909, Manning Monitor
November 18, 1909, Manning Monitor
November 4, 1909, Manning Monitor
Age-old problem of "progress" vs traditional ways.
November 4, 1909, Manning Monitor
October 21, 1909, Manning Monitor
For those of you who didn't know it was the Fairmont Creamery Company...here you go.
Since the bricks aren't on Third Street yet, this picture was taken before 1915.
Claus Struve where Glen and later Curt Struve lived
October 21, 1909, Manning Monitor
October 21, 1909, Manning Monitor
October 7, 1909, Manning Monitor
October 7, 1909, Manning Monitor
October 7, 1909, Manning Monitor
September 30, 1909, Manning Monitor
September 30, 1909, Manning Monitor
These little statements were very common years ago.
They weren't in an editorial section, just what the publisher liked to state to influence things...
September 23, 1909, Manning Monitor
Amazing at how businesses tried to catch people's attention in ads years ago.
Gus Rober & Julius Wehrmann 321 Main Street
September 23, 1909, Manning Monitor
September 16, 1909, Manning Monitor
The area newspapers were constantly taking cheap-shots at each other in the past...sometimes are funny at how petty they could be.
September 16, 1909, Manning Monitor
September 2, 1909, Manning Monitor
September 9, 1909, Manning Monitor
September 2, 1909, Manning Monitor
Hard to tell which member of the family these players were.
Joseph Zender, Ledger Free, Frank Koeppen, John Burcham, the rest not sure which siblings/cousins.
September 2, 1909, Manning Monitor
September 9, 1909, Manning Monitor
Theodore and Herman Hansen
September 9, 1909, Manning Monitor
September 9, 1909, Manning Monitor
December 16, 1909, Manning Monitor
Grover Herman Grau
December 16, 1909, Manning Monitor
George Albert & Thomas Paysen
December 16, 1909, Manning Monitor
December 16, 1909, Manning Monitor
December 16, 1909, Manning Monitor
December 9, 1909, Manning Monitor
Claus Struve and sons, George & John
December 2, 1909, Manning Monitor
December 9, 1909, Manning Monitor
December 16, 1909, Manning Monitor
December 30, 1909, Manning Monitor
December 30, 1909, Manning Monitor
December 30, 1909, Manning Monitor
How well do you remember your senior year in high school?
How about 69 years ago?
Well, I showed this article to Jay Musfeldt, Gary Schroeder, and Sandra Hass and
they tell me they don't recall this event. Sandra told me she wants to read it again
and think more about it. I took a copy to Errol Wegner to take to AnnaBelle to see what she might remember.
It is so good that I've worked on Manning history for decades, so I'm able to
know the maiden/married names of many of the girls I run into during my historical work.
Hopefully others listed here will see this article and contact me about what they remember.
It is documenting and then connecting history like this that will be fun for future
descendants of these students to read someday.
Right now it seems we are in a period where history isn't very important to
most people, at least not like my experiences with the "old timers" 20
and more years ago who were more than happy to share their stories and memories with me…
Girls Outpull Boys But Use 18 Against 6 in Feat
By Betty Peters
Who's the weaker sex around Manning High? According to the tug-of-war between
the boys and girls during the half-time entertainment at the Manning-Carroll
basketball game, it proves to be the boys. The girls from the physical
education class successfully pulled the boys across the free throw line in the
opposite court. The boys (all six of them) were slightly outnumbered though. It
so happened that there were eighteen girls, that. weighed about two thousand
pounds collectively, against the six boys who together, weighed only one thousand
pounds. The boys involved, who tried their best were: Gary Schroeder, Dale Dammann,
Ralph Musfeldt, Larry Rix, Jay Musfeldt, and Wayne Brus.
Previous to this, the girls selected from each gym class gave a performance
using "Manzi'' sticks. It is a game that originated in New Zealand. The
sticks, which are sawed-off broom handles, help the girls develop their skill in hand and eye movements.
They also sang a chant which accompanies the game.
The eighteen girls who took part in this were: Kay Knobbe, Marla Lamaack, Sandra
Dammann, Linda Heithoff, Rae Lynne Wycoff, Darlene Eckholdt, Joyce Renze, Berneil
Antone, Susan Jansen, Marilyn Spieker, AnnaBelle Vennink,
Carlene Schrumn, Barb Johnson, Shirley Beckman, Jeanette Fink, Pam Groteluschen, Barb Vollmer, and Sherry Giles.
Carroll Daily Times Herald, February 5, 1957
Korean War Veterans continues
For those of you who are occasional visitors to the Manning Exchange - please make sure to click on the "archived articles" section where previous featured stories are kept.
"Let it be known that he who wears the military order of the purple heart has given of his blood in the defense of his homeland and
shall forever be revered by his fellow countrymen."
George Washington, August 7, 1782
Just as a reminder: the Manning History book committee continues to work on a Manning area Veterans' history book
project.
For those of you who are Veterans or have/had Veterans in your family - will you come forward?
The history book committee will do their best to get as many pictures and information about the 1000+ Manning Veterans
but we can't do it all by ourselves.
How many small communities do you know have published 5 history books? The first one was the History of Manning 1898, then the 1981 Manning Centennial book, next the 2006 Manning Quasqui book, and most recently the 2009 Manning School history book. Probably the last book to be published will be the upcoming Manning Veterans' book - unless someone comes forward in the next generation to take over these projects after I'm gone. Will you help with the Veterans' history book project? If you are a Manning connected Veteran or are presently serving and do not submit your military connected pictures and infomation you probably won't be in this once-in-a-life-time Manning Veterans' history book. With a limited number of volunteers we can only do so much on our own but will try to get pictures of as many Veterans as we can. There are over 1000 Manning Veterans so we have a long ways to go before the book can be published.
Manning Veterans are slowly coming forward and below is another example. We hope to eventually get more pictures and information for Mike to put in the book but for now this is what I have to show to you.
One thing that many Veterans and people who are submitting information have not fully understood is that this next
Manning history book is specifically a Veterans' only book. It won't be like the Centennial or Quasqui history books were,
where there is a Veterans' section along with other community aspects. We are aiming for a 2-volume book (around 1090 total pages) which will really be unique!!!
This book will be ALL Veterans' information (and the post auxiliaries) - hence it
won't be a "Name, Rank, and Serial Number" only history but we want a complete history for each Veteran.
For instance - below is Louis Boell's picture and the information
that was published in the Veteran section of the 1982 Aspinwall Centennial history book. It has the basic
information but we are looking for more and I spoke to Louie by phone and he sent more pictures
and information - also for his brothers.
To see what Louis submitted click on the link underneath "Are you a Manning Veteran" shown below.
Note: we also want some family background such as parents and grandparents. All too often you will only see just the Veteran's name with their basic military information but without the family connections it will be difficult for future historians and genealogists to know for sure who this person belongs to.
Please e-mail me about your Veteran questions manningveterans@davidkusel.com
1 Manning citizen served in the War of 1812
109 served in the Civil War
1 served in the Indian War
5 served in the Spanish American War
350+ served during WWI
650+ served during WWII
87+ served in the Korean war era
65+ (more names need to be found) served in the Vietnam era
55+ (many more names need to be found) served from 1975 to present
29 paid the ultimate price with their lives defending the U.S. Flag
We are starting the Manning Veterans' history book project
Don't wait until you see "Deadline" or it WILL be too late!!!
Click to read promos for the Veteran book
If you simply don't want those old family pictures you inherited please don't throw them - send them my way.
A lot of times I can recognize a face or location in those old pix.
One thing to keep in mind while you are looking for pictures - if they are glued in old scrap books please do NOT try to pull them out or cut them out. I can scan the whole page of the scrapbook and crop out the pictures you want to use in the book. If you attempt to forcibly remove the pictures you will probably damage them and when I scan them that damage will probably show up. This means I'll either have to use my graphics program to touch up the damage which can take a lot of time, or if they are badly damaged I just may not even take the time to scan them.