D-Y-T <strong>September</strong> <strong>2009</strong> 19. The father of these two, John Welhousen, has moved to Titonka, where he and Mrs. Welhousen are spending their remaining years. The father of the two Meyers, B. Meyer, died in 1900, and Anton Pankuk, the father of S. Pankuk, is also numbered with the dead. (From the Dorothy Climer news clippings collection)
D-Y-T <strong>September</strong> <strong>2009</strong> On the northeast corner of 33 near the banks of the Little Buffalo there existed for several years a creamery that did a flourishing business. The German Valley Co-operative Creamery Company was organized and incorporated in the spring of 1896, the first board of directors being Kobes Tjaden, John Cain, R. L. Lamoreux, J.K. Rippentrop and P.E. Johnston. The creamery has not been in operation for some time. Just across the road, east from the creamery site, Adam Fisher in the latter ‘80s or early ‘90s put up a building and started a store. He sold out to F.A. Patterson after a few months, and the latter sometime later disposed of the store to Levi Good. In the meantime Louis Krause and Herman Tjarks had started a rival store. After a few months Good sold his stock to the new firm. Later Krause purchased his partner’s interest and is still doing business at the old stand alone. B.S. Pankuk was the first postmaster of the German Valley office. Later the merchants held the position. The office has been suspended for several years. On the southwest corner of 26, about twenty years ago, the German Lutheran church edifice was erected and services were held there for many years. It is not used now and is rotting down. The principal organizers were John Helmers, John Bruns and Herman Frnaze, who lived in the vicinity. The German Reformed church was incorporated in the fall of 1897 by John Rippentrop, John Isebrands, H.U. Boekelmann and others. The pastor at that time was Rev. Daniel Schaefer. During the year 1912 a new parsonage and new church edifice were erected and paid for immediately. The present pastor is Rev. Geo. Haken, and the trustees are B.S. Pankuk, Henry Benken and Ube Ubben. Henry Meyer, Henry Franzen and John Spear are the present township trustees; Henry Sonnenberg, clerk; and H.U. Ubben, the assessor. The school officers are Henry Meyers, president; J. Sleeper, Dick Meyer, Bert Janssen, John Spear, Ben Meyer, Dick Baada, Herman Gonlow and Herman Tjarks. G.D. Welhousen is the secretary and Kobes Tjaden the treasurer. The teachers at present in the schools are Mae Christensen, Pearl Meyer, Mary Schneider, Gertie Welhousen, Florence Clement, Zella L. Wise, Alta Clement, Jeannette Klugkist and Ollie Meyer. WEBSITES OF INTEREST http://buffalocenter.newspaperarchive.com –Buffalo Center, Iowa newspapers online. No user name or password is necessary. http://titonkapubliclibrary.newspaperarchive.com – Titonka, Iowa, newspapers online. User name is titonka and the password is archive. Be sure to check them out! Do you have favorite genealogy websites? Please send them to us so we can share the sites with our members.
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