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In 1881, the store erected by J. L. Evans was purchased by Jacob Smith. It subsequently changed hands many times. Smith was fol- lowed by Mr. Lamb who in turn sold to Lucius Ware, who eventually sold to Ed Heminover. After Mr. Heminover went out of business the store building was vacant for a considerable time and then was rented by the Ancient Order United Workmen, who used it as a hall until it was destroyed by fire on Easter Sunday, 1901.
In 1884, a store building was erected by a Methodist minister, the
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Rev. Mr. Calvert, who operated the store about a year and then sold it to Elmer Sims, now of Hastings. Mr. Sims conducted the store about two years and then sold. The store was then purchased suc- cessively by Z. Stone, Margaret Stone and John Stratton. Mr. Strat- ton was the proprietor when the store was burned on Easter Sunday, 1901. Following the destruction of the two stores the Ancient Order United Workmen at once erected a brick building, using the upper story for their hall and renting the store below. Mr. Stratton reopened in the new store room but eventually sold his business to Nellie Vandling and her father. George Hatch, who came from Har- vard, was the next proprietor until he sold to O. A. Cain. In 1914 a corporation composed of John Kieth, Tom Winn, Homer Loucks, George Durkee, Theo. Stock, Lem Clark, O. B. Shafer, H. C. Red- man, W. O. Cain, Moses Price, Charles Dominy and George Sheaff built a store, building across the street west from the Ancient Order United Workmen Building, and Mr. Cain moved his store into the new building. The store is of brick and was erected at a cost of $7,000. W. V. Gauvreau, son of E. L. Gauvreau of Hastings, pur- chased the business of Mr. Cain in 1914 and is the present proprietor of the store.
At about the same time that the store was built H. C. Redman. of Doniphan, erected the bank building at a cost of about $3,300. The hotel built by S. L. Loucks in 1879 was moved from the west side of the street to the east side in about 1896 and converted into a store building, now the location of the mercantile business of Kennedy Bros., with the Independent Order Odd Fellows Hall up stairs. S. M. Frink conducted the first store in this building, the business afterwards being bought by Silas Price and at a later time by Charles F. Matheny. now proprietor of a store in Ayr. After Mr. Matheny left, the store was vacant and was used as a store room by W. O. Cain. At another time, IIenry Keller's meat market was located here.
I. A. Carriker, now of Hastings, erected an eight-room hotel in Hansen in 1885. and added a six-room addition in 1904. Mr. Car- riker conducted the hotel until 1908, and then rented it. It was not run as a hotel from 1913 to 1916, when Mr. Carriker sold it to Mr. Zim- merman of Grand Island.
Hansen was surveyed in 1879 for A. B. Ideson and J. J. Wemple on the entry of Charles and William Haines. The postoffice was established in 1879 with James McGregor, the first postmaster. While some matters relative to the mail were being adjusted between the rail- road and the Government. Mr. McGregor transported the mail between Hastings and Hansen on his back. J. L. Evans was
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appointed in 1881 and was succeeded in 1882 by Jacob Smith. Other postmasters have been Walter Stone, S. M. Frink, F. M. Frink, Charles F. Matheny, Charles Matheny and W. O. Cain.
The first movements that resulted in the organization of the Pres- byterian Church at Hansen were made in the early '70s by John Powers and his brother, Aaron Powers. The Powers brothers organ- ized Sunday schools in their respective districts. These two Sunday schools were combined in what is known as the Munroe schoolhouse, which is centrally located between the two former districts.
At this place the Presbyterian Society was organized, September 7, 1879, the Rev. G. L. Little acting as moderator and Rev. D. S. Schaff' as clerk of the meeting for organizing. After the coming of the railroad and the establishing of the Town of Hansen, plans were made to erect a house of worship in the village. The church was erected in 1884 under the direction of a building committee composed of L. A. Dominy, John Powers and A. A. Stone. The church, which is still in use, was erected at a cost of about $2,000.
The charter members were Mr. Alanson Baker and wife. J. L. Brockover and wife, Ryneas Covert and wife. Lafayette Dominy and wife, Jonathan Oldfield and wife, the families of John, Charles A. and Aaron F. Powers, William Palmerton and wife, William II. Reese and wife, James W. Smith and family, Augustus A. Stone and family, Letas W. Stone and wife, Henry E. Ware and wife, Mrs. Isabella Carpenter, Mrs. Elizabeth Gregg, Philopena Huf, Mrs. Nancy Mowers, Laura Mowers, and Ella Mowers. The first elders were Aaron F. Powers, John H. Powers, and William Palmerton. The Hastings and Hansen Presbyterian Church were combined in a double charge for many years, the pastors of the Hastings church being in charge of the service in the country. Among the early pas- tors of the Hastings church were the Revs. Mr. Griffis, D. S. Schaff, Peter Wessels, E. A. McCullum, H. K. Bushnell and F. M. Hickok and Reverend Howie. Rev. W. H. Steele served from 1893 to 1898; A. M. Hendee, 1898 to 1900: W. E. Reed, 1901; Reverend Howie, 1902 to 1904; D. S. Brown, 1904 to 1906; W. H. Scoffield, 1906 to 1909; A. B. Byram, 1909 to 1913; James B. Kelso. 1913 to 1913. Rev. Samuel Linn has been the pastor since 1915. The church now has 72 active members and the Sunday school a membership of about 120. The present officers are: Elders, S. O. Cooper, George Munroe, Orville Smith, R. L. Boehne. Trustees, S. O. Cooper, C. G. Briggs, W. C. Harrell, A. H. Bauman, J. J. Mohlman.
The United Evangelical Church at Hansen was organized early in 1901 by Rev. Arthur E. Miller, pastor of the church at Hastings.
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The same year the church was built, with a seating capacity of 200. The church was paid for partly by subscription and partly by appro- priation from the general conference. The complete list of the char- ter members has been lost, but among them were Eugene, Lloyd. Clifford and Cora MeWhirter, Cora, Crissie and Nora Montague, Mrs. Nellie Price, Jane Trembly and Frank White. The Rev. Mr. Beebe, Mr. Miller's successor at Hastings, had charge of the pastorate until March, 1904. At that time Rev. W. J. Ely took this charge in connection with the Columbia church, seven miles northwest of Hast- ings, and the Zion church, thirteen miles northwest of Hastings, in HIall County. The latter church is now called the Rosedale church. The pastors serving the church following Reverend Ely have been the following: Arthur P. Layton, 1905 to 1908; C. F. Hein, 1908 to 1910: W. W. Urdenkoffer, 1910 to 1912; H. C. Farley, 1912 to 1913; W. W. Phantz, 1913 to 1914; J. L. Lobaugh, 1914 to 1916; F. M. P. Bayles has been the pastor since the beginning of 1916. The Colum- bia church has disbanded.
Congress Lodge No. 173, I. O. O. F., was instituted at Hansen December 6, 1889. The charter members were D. M. Morris. S. M. Frink, John Wilson, B. F. Barr, J. H. Allen, Winthrop Jones, Howard Stire, W. B. Brown, F. J. Taylor, H. E. Ashley, and Fred Albright. The first officers were: S. M. Frink, N. G .: J. H. Allen, V. G .; D. M. Warden, W .: B. F. Barr, Con .; Howard Stire, R. S .; Winthrop Jones, P. S .: John Wilson, treasurer; W. B. Brown, R. S. N. G .; HI. E. Ashley, L. S. V. G .; F. J. Taylor, I. G. The lodge was instituted by W. H. Barger, state grand master.
Congress Lodge now has forty-nine members, who meet in their well-appointed lodge rooms upstairs in the brick building occupied by the Kennedy Bros. mercantile establishment. The present officers are H. A. Hubbard, N. G .; F. C. Grimm, V. G .; F. A. Stock, secretary, and Walter Rhodes, treasurer.
Hansen Rebekah Lodge, No. 120, was organized June 21, 1915, and has a membership of thirty-eight. The first officers were Mrs. Minnie Frink. N. G .; Mrs. Christina Darling, V. G .: Mande Briggs, secretary; Ruth McWhirter, treasurer. The officers at present are Mrs. Lulu Rhodes, N. G .: Maude Briggs, V. G .: Ruth MeWhirter. secretary; Miss Marjorie MeWhirter, treasurer.
Hansen A. O. U. W. Lodge, No. 190, has a membership of thirty- six. It was organized in 1894, and in 1901 erected a building at a cost of about $1,850. The present officers are Martin Crosson, mas- ter workman: overseer, L. Dominy; foreman, Frank Lanfear; finan- cier, C. G. Briggs; recorder, A. A. Stone.
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Hansen Camp, No. 7620, M. W. A., was organized February 5, 1900, by Deputy Head Consul G. H. Shelley. The officers elected were Charles M. Dominy, consul: David J. Binfield, worthy adviser; Augustus Albright, banker; Alvin M. Hendee, clerk; managers, Lorenzo Lewis, Charles J. Silver and G. S. Robertson.
The charter members were Charles M. Dominy, D. J. Binfield, Lorenzo Lewis, Charles J. Silver, G. S. Robertson, Harry Tompkins, James Trembly and F. M. Frink. Deaths have been as follows : Mercey E. Williams, March 16, 1913; Peter Lorenson, September 1, 1914: Arthur C. Hart, November 3, 1916.
The present officers are: Benjamin F. MeWhirter, consul; D. J. Binfield, worthy adviser: Thomas Wynn, banker; Fenton M. Frink, clerk: managers, George A. Munroe, George E. Devereaux and Albert H. Bauman.
The lodge now has thirty-seven members.
MUNROE DRUM CORPS
On September 23, 1872, a little caravan of seven covered wagons started from Allen's Grove, Wis., to seek their home in Nebraska. One month later, October 22d, the seven families of William Munroe, Del Snyder, Andrew Wheeler, Jehial Farr, C. B. Sperry, Ed Guernesy and Levi Eddy arrived at the home of Simon Dow, just south of where Hastings College now stands.
Just as they neared Hastings, which was only a few straggling houses, Mr. Sperry called to Mr. Munroe to play the drum in welcome to their new home. It was the first time that the Munroe drums were heard in Adams County. Hastings took to Mr. Munroe's drum from the first, and on July 4, 1873, the drum corps played at the celebra- tion. This was the first time that the fife and drum were heard in Hastings.
Among the early players were Jacob Smith, record of whose death will be found in the G. A. R. chapter: Ezra Dominy, now living in Canada: A: J. Kindig, of Doniphan; S. O. Cooper, of Hansen, and Mr. Poole, of Hastings. Charles Bigelow played with the corps from the beginning. Among the later members have been Roy Van Fleet. Frank Swigart and Arthur Dominy.
The drum corps is almost as old as Adams County, and many a political meeting and celebration has been enlivened by its stirring strains.
Of the seven families that arrived in the county with Mr. Munroe and settled on homesteads near Hastings, Mr. Munroe alone still
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holds the original entry. Del Snyder lives in the Soldiers' Home at Burkett. All the others are dead.
ROSELAND
The survey of the Village of Roseland was completed by E. G. Groff April 20, 1887. It was located by the surveyor on the south- west quarter of section 21, town 6, range 11, the townsite containing 89.25 acres, less twelve acres which were the right of way of the K. C. & O. Railroad. May 27, 1889, the town was incorporated, the boundary lines being fixed as follows: Commencing at the northeast corner of section 22 in Roseland Township, thence west to the north- east corner of section 20, thence west to the half-section stake in section 20, thence south one mile to the center of section 29, thence east to the northwest corner of section 28, thence south to the south- west corner of section 28, thence east to the southeast corner of section 27, thence north to the southeast corner of seetion 22, thence north to the place of beginning.
The first trustees of the village were W. C. Davis, J. S. Richards, C. W. Gentsch and J. II. Pope.
In an action brought by W. P. Davis shortly after the incorpora- tion of the town, the court decreed that sections 22, 27, 28. the east half of section 20, the north half of section 21 and the southwest quarter of section 21 be disconnected. The large area ineluded in the original corporation was included in order to have within the limits of the village the requisite number of signers for the granting of saloon license.
B. F. Evans, who arrived in Adams County March 26, 1873. and who now resides at 409 Saunders Avenue, Hastings, selected the name of Roseland, which is the name of both township and town. A post- office was established in the home of Mr. Evans on the northeast quarter of section 22 a few years before there was a town at Roseland. Mr. Evans was appointed postmaster August 19. 1875, and was given the privilege of naming the postoffice. A great many wild roses grew in the vicinity at that time and Mr. Evans thought that it would be fitting that the word "rose" should form a part of the name of the postoffice. He consulted the United States Directory of Postoffices and found that there were a number of offices in which the name "rose" appeared. There were only three Roselands, however, and this led to his selecting the name. So the Roseland postoffice was the fourth postoffice in the United States to hear that name. Mr. Evans retained his homestead until 1914, when he disposed of it for $15,000.
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The first child to be born in the vicinity of Roseland was Frances Boyd, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Boyd, February 18, 1875. The first death was that of William Dieter, July 4, 1873.
It is the recollection of Mr. B. F. Evans that a child born to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Shade was the first child to be born in Hastings. The Shades were 'of a party of Illinois folks who arrived in Hast- ings in 1873, early in the spring, and went to Roseland Township to settle upon their homesteads. The child was born in the section house of the St. Joseph & Denver City Railroad, March 29, 1873.
J. S. Richards opened the first general store in Roseland, in 1887. Mr. Richards moved the store building from Ayr. J. H. Schmitz, now of Clay Center, but who is well known in Hastings as a car- penter, established the second business house in the town. Mr. Schmitz built a new store building, shortly after Mr. Richards had established his business, and stocked it with hardware. During 1887, also, W. F. Duncan and J. P. Duncan put up an elevator.
In 1888 an elevator was put up by Schwab & Pope. This firm was afterward Pope & Kapser, and later J. H. Pope conducted the business alone. Mr. Pope sold the elevator in 1902 to the corporation of farmers that still operates the elevator. This corporation is another farmers' organization which has achieved notable snecess in Adams County. The original organizers were Erick Johnson, Erick Larsen, B. F. Evans, Charles Johnson, Gottlieb Fischer, A. W. Evans, and others. M. J. Stotzel has been the manager of this busi- ness for many years. Some years this organization has paid a dividend of 10 per cent on the stock. In addition to grain, hogs are bought. Among the earliest raisers of winter wheat in the vicinity of Rose- land were A. W. Evans, J. S. Kendall and P. W. Warner. The first wheat of this variety was sown about 1889.
J. S. Richards, who opened the first store, sold his general mer- chandise stock to E. F. Miller and F. A. Miller abont 1893. The business alone was sold and the Miller Bros. operated the store in the Richards Building. F. A. Miller later disposed of his interest to Harve Walters. In after years Mr. Walters was a barber in Hastings, where he died a few years ago. Ilarve Walters sold his interest in the business to Louis Eversman, who eventually sold it to Irvin Martin, the present partner in the firm of Miller & Martin.
J. S. Richards, who had removed from Roseland upon selling his business to the Miller Bros., returned and reengaged in business in his building. After condueting the business about a year, Mr. Rich- ards sold it to his son-in-law, Ed Joynt, selling the real estate with the business. Mr. Joynt then moved his own store building, in which
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he had carried on business for some time, to the location he had acquired upon buying the Richards property. The Richards store was then moved back, Mr. Joynt's original store becoming the front. It was about 1907 that Mr. Joynt sold the business to Frank Hogg. Recently Ernest McCue has become the business partner of Mr. Hogg.
Frank Waugh erected a building and engaged in the confectionery business about 1893, and after conducting the business a year or more, sold to Eugene Duncan, who operated the little store until his death early in 1894. In February, 1905, Solonon Favinger purchased the confectionery and restaurant business originated by Waugh, and shortly afterward W. F. Duncan erected a store building on the second lot south of Mr. Favinger's location. Mr. Favinger moved into the new building and opened a general merchandise business, which he conducted for nine years, when he sold the business to Miller & Walters. Before the return of Mr. Richards to Roseland the firm of Miller & Walters had moved their stock of goods into the building ereeted by U. Engleman in 1888 for a saloon building.
The first hotel in Roseland was erected by Thomas Carter, who conducted it for many years. This building, which was built shortly after the town was started, still stands.
H. H. Cherry conducted a general store in Roseland for a time, and was burned out in the early '90s. .
The first postmaster, B. F. Evans, was succeeded by Alexander Rogers. Mr. Rogers was followed by U. Engleman, who erected a small building in which he conducted a hardware store in connection with the postoffice. Thomas Carter was the next postmaster, and was followed by Rufus W. Lull. Mr. Lull put in a small stock of groceries and ran the store as well as the postoffice. The grocery developed eventually into a general merchandise store which Mr. Lull conducted until his death in December, 1894. Mrs. Delila Lull became postmistress after the death of her husband. and was suc- ceeded by Alfred W. Evans, the son of B. F. Evans. Mr. Evans died in December, 1905, and was succeeded in the postoffice by his wife. The next postmasters were O. D. Barras, followed by Charles M. Caton, who served until the appointment of the present post- master, Robert G. Lynch.
A. H. Brooke, now of Hastings, conducted the first drug store in Roseland, opening in 1891. Mr. Brooke was in the business through 1891 and 1892 and then disposed of the business to D. S. Phelps, now of Bladen.
School was opened for the first time in the Village of Roseland
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December 24, 1888. The completion of the school building had delayed the opening so late in the year that it opened at the first opportunity, regardless of the fact that the next day would be Christ- mas. The present county judge, John Snider, was principal of the school, and Mrs. A. H. Brooke, of Hastings now, then Alice Baugh, was the primary teacher.
The Methodists and the United Brethren of the vicinity of Rose- land united to build a church about 1883 on Solomon Favinger's farm, 116 miles southwest of Roseland. Not very long after the town was established they moved the church house into the village. In about ten years the Methodists secured a building from a disbanded Methodist congregation in the country and moved the building to Roseland. This building is the present church home of the denomi- nation. The United Brethren disbanded and the church which they had previously owned jointly with the Methodists was bought by J. V. Beardsley and wrecked in 1915.
Will Maupin conducted a newspaper for about six months in the early days of Roseland. For several years prior to his death the Roseland Gazette was conducted by Alfred W. Evans.
August 25, 1913, the stores of Miller & Martin, Roth Bros., and Frank Miller were destroyed by fire. In that year briek buildings were erected to replace the loss by Roth Bros., who conduct a hard- ware, furniture and undertaking business, Miller & Martin, and Dr. J. L. Mace.
The town hall, a brick structure, was completed in December, 1912. It was built by the corporation of Roseland.
Roseland has electric lights, a privately owned plant. The Rose- land Electric Light Company was incorporated December 15, 1913. with a capital stock of $10,000, the corporation to terminate Decem- ber 15, 1938. The incorporators were Gus Bourg, William F. Dun- ean, John B. Roth and Irvin Martin.
A. S. Richards, who started the first mercantile business in Rose- land, died at Ayr, February 20, 1905.
PAULINE
Pauline is located on the Missouri Pacific and the Burlington rail- roads, in Little Blue Township. It came into being with the K. C. & O. Railroad in 1887. It was named in honor of Pauline S. Ragan, of Hastings, wife of John M. Ragan, who was general attorney for the railroad. The town was built on the farm of James B. McCleery
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on the east half of the northwest quarter of section 9. Pauline has not been incorporated.
The store now occupied by M. M. Abbott was the first to be built in the town and was erected in 1887. It was built by Duncan & Jeffries, who conducted a general store for about three years and then sold to Phineas Townsend. Mr. Townsend ran the store about four years and then removed his stock to Iowa. John Moran, who lived on a farm south of Pauline, was the next man to operate this store. About this time the building was moved east to its present location. John McCleery and Cash Fairman followed Mr. Moran in the business, and they were followed successively by Bert Port and S. True. After Mr. True went out of business the store was vacant for about six months, and then Harvey Abbott opened a store which was bought by the present proprietor, M. M. Abbott, who con- dueted a grocery in Hastings for several years.
The second store to be erected in Pauline was built in 1887 by S. L. Heaps, who lived on a farm about three miles south of the town. Pat Cronin operated a general store in this building for many years, until he built his own building about 1891. During the next year the building erected by Mr. Heaps was destroyed by fire.
Pat Cronin disposed of his stock to C. H. McCulloch about 1895. and in about two years Mr. McCulloch sold to R. O. Slater, now of Sutherlin, Ore. At about the time that Mr. Slater purchased the business from Mr. McCulloch, T. T. Jones purchased the store build- ing from Pat Cronin for his daughter, Mrs. R. O. Slater, who still owns the building. Mr. Slater eventually sold his business and stock to R. Abel and later Mr. Abel moved the stock to another town. It was in Mrs. Slater's building that Carl MeCleery opened the first drug store in Pauline, about 1907. Mr. McCleery soon sold the drug business to Ernest Harrett, who sold it to the present proprietor. Clarence Taylor, of Guide Rock.
In the fall of 1891 Miss Nellie Jones, now Mrs. Isaac Franklin, built the brick store building in which the general store of Carl MeCleery is now located. Miss Jones conducted the store about five years before Mr. McCleery purchased the business. The store in which May & May are located was erected by Mr. Purdy about six years ago. Some three years ago Mr. Purdy sold to Ernest May, whose son, Arthur, is associated with him in the business.
The first hardware store in Pauline was opened by B. K. West in 1888. This store was destroyed by fire at the same time that the store erected by Mr. Heaps was burned. The Marquis Brothers, of Hastings, conducted a hardware store for a time in Pauline in a
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building that had been ereeted for a buteher shop by S. L. Heaps at the time that he built his store.
It was in the early days of Pauline that F. C. Glazier came from Edgar and engaged in the implement business in Pauline. In about 1901 Mr. Glazier built the hardware store he now occupies. Mr. Glazier has associated with him his son, C. F. Glazier, and besides the hardware business, earries implements, windmills and pumps, auto- mobiles, and operates a large general business.
The first livery barn in Pauline was built by M. M. Parkins in 1888. It was afterwards run by John Petit and Bert Foy. It was eventually destroyed by fire. A year or so after the burning of the first barn the present livery stable, owned by John Crandall, was built by Henry Johnson.
The Farmers Grain & Supply Company's elevator started in 1888, when Clyde Gaunt erected a shovel house on the Missouri Paeifie. Dew Black purchased the business from Gaunt and ran it until he sold to T. T. Jones and Ben Sherman, who in turn sold to the Farm- ers Grain & Supply Company. Elmer Jones is the present manager.
The elevator now owned and operated by John MeCleery was the first elevator to be built in Pauline. It was erected by Charles Furrer. It was owned successively by William Townsend and W. H. Fergu- son and the Updike Bros. John MeCleery managed the business under the Updikes and bought it in 1908.
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