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Old employees from the Iowa Inn
Perry Iowa
Looking for two employees of the Iowa Inn that worked there in 1980-82 They both graduated from Minburn 1982 Names Bruce Anderson and Larry Kinnman. If any one knows where they are Have them get in touch with me Gene Wyatt face page Acorn bed and breakfast NC... thanks
Jim Boyd
Bondurant Community Library
Just thought I'd leave a pleasant comment on your Guestbook to say how much I enjoyed visiting your website! I especially love the fact that you tell the places where you can get free coffee in town--I'll have to pay a visit sometime! :)
Memories
I see the format of the website has been changed. But every time I open it, there is the slogan: "A small town with a big heart", which was birthed by the new paper in Minburn, the Booster. It was published by my parents, Bernard and Evelyn Brokaw from 1954 until 1969. It is gratifying to our family that the slogan has carried on all these years.
Carr, Myers, Reed Families
Minburn, Grimes and surrounding areas
Looking for descendants of Martin & Sarah (Sollenberger) MYERS and Alcander & Mary (Myers) REED. My Great-Grandparents were Harvey Taylor CARR and Sarah MYERS. Harvey CARR operated a store in Minburn about 1889. Harvey & Sarah's children were all born in Minburn (Jesse, LeRoy and Estermae CARR). Would love to correspond with REED or MYERS descendants.
Carole (Carr) Magnuson
cmkinhunter@aol.com
Carole (Carr) Magnuson
cmkinhunter@aol.com
Sarah Sloan
California
Looking for my Grandparents farm about 6 miles south of Perry. Their names were Loren and Josephine England and they owned 80 acres up until about 1978. If anyone has any advice, I'd appreciate it. We're coming to visit on monday.
sarahsloan02@yahoo.com
925-719-4984
sarahsloan02@yahoo.com
925-719-4984
Memories, How Precious
Fulton, Indiana
I lived on a farm near Minburn from the time I was born until after kindergarten. Ours was the first kindergarten class in the "new addition" 1958(?-I graduated H.S. in 1970). Half a year in the church and half in the freshly completed school. Marlene and Charlene, the twins, were in my class.
This summer I had a chance to drive through Minburn again. What a treat to find it a beloved small town, well kept and lovely. The Skating rink is still there!!! I remember my sister, Nancy Brooks, skating specials there in costume. I remember parades, Ethal-the operator in the telephone building, and Sunday school in the Methodist Church. Wish family troubles hadn't caused us to have to move.
Praise the Good Lord I had an opportunity to grow up knowing Him and having a good life elsewhere, but Minburn will always have a place in my heart.
Keep up the good work. I will check this site before my next visit to Iowa so that I will be able to take advantage of any doings.
Thank-you, Elaine (Brooks) Bye
This summer I had a chance to drive through Minburn again. What a treat to find it a beloved small town, well kept and lovely. The Skating rink is still there!!! I remember my sister, Nancy Brooks, skating specials there in costume. I remember parades, Ethal-the operator in the telephone building, and Sunday school in the Methodist Church. Wish family troubles hadn't caused us to have to move.
Praise the Good Lord I had an opportunity to grow up knowing Him and having a good life elsewhere, but Minburn will always have a place in my heart.
Keep up the good work. I will check this site before my next visit to Iowa so that I will be able to take advantage of any doings.
Thank-you, Elaine (Brooks) Bye
Barbara Hawbaker Moore
Columbus, Ohio
I was preparing to write about my memory of The Singing Wheels, which I believe was begun with the help of John Sanders, music teacher, in the 1950's. I could never skate well enough to perform in it but I always enjoyed the show. I would appreciate seeing some pictures from these shows.
Web site for Minburn
Minburn
This web site is a great treasure for those of us who live around Minburn and want to share with our family and friends near by and in other states the happenings of our community. Kudos to all that contribute and for the up to date information, photos, and functions of the community. It is great to be a Minburnite!! Jackie Landon
Great concert!
Thanks for a wonderful meal, homemade ice cream and concert on Saturday night. Having the kids skate during the concert is a great activity, and I'm sure the parents appreciate knowing where their children are!
Warren Allen Smith
Greenwich Village, New York City
I was born 27 October 1921, at which time the depot looked almost the same, although it had been built much earlier. The wooden structure just behind, however, was replaced by a loading pen from which animals were herded into climbing up a ramp into boxcars, to be shipped away. It was in that general area behind the savings bank in July 1930 that Town Marshal Virgil Untied was killed during a daring gunfight in which robbers successfully got away.
Harry Clark Smith, my dad and a member of the Town Council when streetlights were first put up, managed the Clark Brown grain elevator, just beyond the left side where the picture ends. The co-op grain elevator run by Bill Crawford was to the right on the picture. Bill's daughter, Thelma, was a 3rd or 4th grade teacher for many of us kids. Our other favorite teachers included Nellie Ober, Anna Shirley, Ivan Seibert, and Jim Duncan.
As a kid, I remember Depot Agent Nelson tapping Morse code messages to be forwarded and also transcribing incoming telegraphs for townspeople (usually bad news if it couldn't wait for a plain old 3ยข letter). In the winter, the depot was kept warm with a wood-and-coal-burning stove (and by teenagers with their occasional nocturnal necking and petting).
At the very right in the picture was where coffins arrived from afar or were stored for delivery - the scariest spot in town, I felt! When Mr. Nelson wasn't looking one day, I checked the wooden box in which the coffin was crated to make sure it was fastened tight and nothing would climb out.
To the right and just across the railroad tracks was a big stone on which I would sit and wave to Mr. Hungerford, the man in the M & St. L caboose who lived in Minneapolis, which I was told was a place even larger than Perry - what a thrill the day he picked me up and let me see inside the car at the end of the freight train, one that had a simple place to keep food and a place to sleep.
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Harry Clark Smith, my dad and a member of the Town Council when streetlights were first put up, managed the Clark Brown grain elevator, just beyond the left side where the picture ends. The co-op grain elevator run by Bill Crawford was to the right on the picture. Bill's daughter, Thelma, was a 3rd or 4th grade teacher for many of us kids. Our other favorite teachers included Nellie Ober, Anna Shirley, Ivan Seibert, and Jim Duncan.
As a kid, I remember Depot Agent Nelson tapping Morse code messages to be forwarded and also transcribing incoming telegraphs for townspeople (usually bad news if it couldn't wait for a plain old 3ยข letter). In the winter, the depot was kept warm with a wood-and-coal-burning stove (and by teenagers with their occasional nocturnal necking and petting).
At the very right in the picture was where coffins arrived from afar or were stored for delivery - the scariest spot in town, I felt! When Mr. Nelson wasn't looking one day, I checked the wooden box in which the coffin was crated to make sure it was fastened tight and nothing would climb out.
To the right and just across the railroad tracks was a big stone on which I would sit and wave to Mr. Hungerford, the man in the M & St. L caboose who lived in Minneapolis, which I was told was a place even larger than Perry - what a thrill the day he picked me up and let me see inside the car at the end of the freight train, one that had a simple place to keep food and a place to sleep.
(End of Part 1)