"TOWPATH" Archives

(January 2011 - December 2015)

2011-1Lucille Francis’ 15 year report; Christmas trees by Gen Conradi; Koop Family- John Fredrich Koop; Ruth Gilberg Ritter Interview by Gen & Joyce; Prof. Elmer Ende by Gen Conradi; Old Photos by Gen & Joyce; NB Photographers (3 pp.); Grandma’s House by Joan Franks Brown; World’s Largest Pumpkin Pie in NB 2010
2011-22011 Annual Dinner, Rev. James Egbert,Memories of a Farm Girl-Lucille Francis, Centenarian Remembers from EL 1994, Gordon State Park, WPA & Privy by Katy Gilbert, Loveseat shipped by Canal Boat & Mailbox, Envisioning Visitor Center
2011-32011 Summer Picnic, Joyce & Gen Remember, Our Hometown, Kettler House in Lock Two, Telephone Operators, Mailbox, Digitization Project
2011-4Thank You Lucille, Mailbox, Meet the new editors, New resources at library & New Bremen Festivals, 2011 Festivals, Class Reunions, Class if 1961 Reunion, 1981 Reunion Pictures, Class of 1966 & 1956 Pictures, Class of 1951, Class of 1946 (Picture), Personal Interview Dale Fledderjohn, History Mystery Page, Curator’s Report, Membership
2012-12012 Christmas Tree Festival, How Museum Started, Rosemary Heitkamp interview, Reuben Thiesing Bookcase in library, Grothaus family visit in New Bremen, NB TriCounty Fair by O. Raberding in 1964, Severe weather over the years in NB, Personal Interview Jim Moeller, Plattdeutsch info with pictures at K-Ville, History Mystery Page, Oct. History Mystery answers & Mailbox, Curator’s Report, Donations made by members, Proposed changes to NBHA Code of Regulations & Financial Report & 1908 Letters to Santa
2012-22012 Annual Dinner Meeting, Interview with Vic Maurer, Boesel Opera House 1895 & Fire in 2012, History of cemeteries in New Bremen, New Bremen Speedway by Kathi Wuebbenhorst Overley, 1979 Newsletter describing talk by Robert Heinfeld about Speedway, Es Schmeckt sehr gut- old recipes, History mystery page, Answers to Jan. History Mystery & Info about 1908 letters to Santa, Mailbox, Story by Stan & Dona Mae Kuenning about 1950 storm & Carrol Fischbach tale about his dad and horse, Membership & Donations
2012-3New Cabinets, Family Histories, Mailbox, Donations, Tom Boesel’s Funeral, E.Wissman’s Plate, Edna Schroeder Tontrup interview, Polio, Historic Road, Route 66, Report Cards, Race Car by Robert Gilberg, History Mystery Page, Answers to April’s History Mystery, Membership Report, Third Grade visitors
2012-4News from the Board of Trustees, Mailbox, Can You Hear Me Now Telephone service 1904, 1940, 2012, Interview Roger & Leota Busse, Civil war timeline, Forty and Eight Harold Krieg, Anna Kuest in Wash. DC 1918, Class of 1962 Reunion, History Mystery
2013-138th Christmas Tree Festival, Mailbox, News from the NBHA Board, NBHS Class Reunions, 1939 & 1972, Interview with Leonard & Carmel Williams, Washday Recollections, Katy Gilbert, Clothesline, Washday Meal- Marjorie Lietz, Ice Harvest with Janet Fledderjohn, Ice Harvest with Ralph May, Rabe’s Pond, Icebox, History Mystery Page, History Mystery Answers for October 2012, Women’s Club 100 Yrs, Membership, Donations, Deaths, Curator Report, Pictures of new siding
2013-22013 NBHA Annual Dinner Meeting, 2012 Financial Report, 2012 Ways & Means Report, Membership Report, JoAnne Berning Meckstroth Article, The Carbide Cannon Incident Bob Gilberg, 100 years ago in NB, Early New Bremen Bands, Lucille Francis Cemetery Records, 1903 Zoo Donation, Our Miss Burk, History Mystery Page, History Mystery Answers for Jan 2013, Pictures from Annual Meeting
2013-3Museum maintenance & repair, 2013 Mmembership report, donations, Interview Susie Hirschfeld, Kuck Oil Story, Did I hear a Bell ring?, Carl Ekermeyer & the Mystery Pool, From Forest to Farmland, Gypsy Stories, Lawrence Tebbe, Dorothy Graham & Wilbert Gruebmeyer, Life Stories, History Mystery Page, History Mystery Answers April 2013, Comments from Readers, Memory Corner, Upcoming Events, NB Sun “Spick & Span” Articles
2013-4October’s bright blue weather, membership report, donations, Items from the New Bremen Sun (May be beautiful at 40(1913), Pretty good town (1921), Ferd Wint’s Turtle (1922), Interview with Cletus & Hilda Niekamp, Our Dad A New Bremen Builder (Arnold Luedeke), Civil War Time Line, Excerpt of Wm. Schulenberg Speech, A Snowy Day in January by Pat Gels D’Alessio & JoAnne Berning Meckstroth, Class Reunions 1963, 1983, History Mystery Page, History Mystery Answers July 2013, Upcoming events, Pay dues now
2014-1Purchase of 236 N. Main Street, Membership Report, Christmas Tree Festival,Mailbox, A House Full of Memories by Julie Grothaus, Sr. Class Play 1921, Safety Patrol 1955 & 1950, Julius Zwez with Stan Scheer & Jean Warner, History Mystery Page, History Mystery answers for Oct 2013, Memory Corner Snowy Days & Membership Report, Upcoming Events, Annual Dinner, Raffle
2014-22014 Annual Dinner Meeting (Jerry Maxson speaker), Membership Report, Mailbox, 3 items from NBSun, Interview with Lloyd Schroer, Duty Calls by Bob Gilberg, Hotel Bar poem by Jerry Maxson, 2nd Installment Julius Zwez, History Mystery Page, History Mystery Answers for January 2014, NBHA Update, Raffle Begins, Donations for Challenge, Upcoming Events
2014-3History of Pape House, Membership Report, Raffle, Donations, Letters, A True (Mostly) Story…Squirrels, The Mirage 1909, E. M. Botkin, Lillian Sunderman Dickman Shares Memories, 1846 Canal Incident in New Bremen, My Connection to New Bremen (Janice Overton), 3rd Installment Julius Zwez, History Mystery Answers for April 2014, Then & Now Monroe Street Bridge, Upcoming Events
2014-4Information about Pape House, Weather & Lillian Grothaus, Letters, Civil War 1864, Tuberculosis in New Bremen, Sweet 50’s Memories by JoAnne Meckstroth, Class of 1964 Reunion, History Mystery Page, Road Law, Carl Pape Award, Then & Now Kuenzel Mills, Book Signing, New Volunteer, Raffle Winners, Membership Report, Donations, Upcoming Events
2015-1Christmas Tree Festival at Lockkeepers House, Letters from Readers, Treasure Trove of Memories with Dicke, Kuenning, Schwieterman, Interview with Selma Geib, Bob Gilberg and New Bremen 1950s, Pat Gels D’Alessio More 50s Capers, Changing Customs & Manner of Living by Gen, NBHS Class of 1939 Reunion, Membership Report, Sydney Holdren report, History Mystery Page, Upcoming Events
2015-22015 Annual Dinner Bob Gilberg, Membership Report, Annual Reports, NB Notable Wilbur Garmhausen, Native Americans first inhabitants NB, Prohibition Comes to NB, New Bremen in 1943, Early “Social Media”, From NBSun 100yrs.ago, Letters, What Did You Do This Weekend?, History Mystery Page, Upcoming Events
2015-3Furniture Collection at Pape House, NB Notable Louis Huenke, Part 1- Dairying as seen from White Mountain, CW report 1865, Do You Remember Autograph Books?, The Forbidden Class by Jo Meckstroth, Summertime in Early NB-park, Hartwig Grove, What’s New? Komminsk Park, Path & Letters, Membership Report, History Mystery-veterans-Upcoming Events
2015-4Don Pape Story, NB Notable Charles Boesel, Part 2-Dairying as seen from White Mountain, My Move to Canal House by M. Lietz, NB Citizens in California Gold Rush, Come Explore NB, NBHS Class of 1955 Reunion, NBHS Class of 1965 Reunion, Letters, Membership Report, Greg Parrott visit, Upcoming Events