The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-07-29
JAKE BECVARS RECALL
ATTENDING RITES
FOR GARFIELD
Thursday, July 20, 1887
By Angelina w. frost

seventh anniversary of their mar
riage. Mrs. Becvar was 81 June
% while Mr.. Becvar observed his
eighty-third birthday July %.
They have one son, Roy, who
lives in Texas.
They came to America in their
youth, residing at Cleveland,
Ohio, where they were married
soon after their arrival. They
were in Cleveland when Presid-
ent James A. Garfield was assas-
sinated in 1881 and attended his
funeral which was held there.
They came to Redwood County
in 1895 and farmed for several
years, one farm they occupied
being the Charles Boushek place
in Vesta township. Later they
purchased the building now oc-
cupied by the Katzenzerger- Ber-
nardy pool hall where they oper-
ated a confectionery store. In
1916 they sold the business to
John Roth and built their present
home in the site of the old hotel
which had recently been destroy
ed by fire. Mr.. Becvar also served
as community cobbler.
Guests at the anniversary party
were Mrs. Boushek of Morgan,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Pistulka and
Audrey of Vesta, MIR. and Mrs.
Arnold Kramer, MIR. and Mrs. P.
J. Schmitz, Julia Smetak, MIR. and
Mrs. Ambrose Bernardy Jr., MIR.
and Mrs. Pete Logaro, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Johnson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed. King, MIR. and Mrs.
James Shemon, MIR. and Mrs.
John Rohlik, MIR. and Mrs. Lars
Grong, Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Man
smith, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Ber-
nardy, MIR. and Mrs. Frank Sme-
tax, Mr.. and Mrs. John Schwein-
furt, Mr. and Mrs. John Soren-
son, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Petracik,
Charles Hendrickson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Katzenberger, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Bernardy ST., Mrs.
Louis Els, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Schueller, Mr.. and Mrs. Anton
PistuIka, Mrs. Sarah Blethen, MIR.
and Mrs. Carl Dahl, Mrs. Steve
Pistol1a, Charles Luck, Claire
Griffith, Mrs. Ed. Mogensen,
Marguerite and Unita Mansmith,
Margery, Warren and Gloria
Mogensen, Clifford Sorensen,
Dorothy and Dolores Pistulka,
Alice, Lyle and Mildred Smetak,
Muriel and Shirley SchWeinfurt,
Katherine, Marion and James
Katzenberger.
Mrs. Amelia Perry and Mrs.
Bertha Lewis, sisters of Mrs. Fuhr
and Vern Bogner, all of Rock
Island, Ill. visited at the George
Fuhr home from Thursday until
Monday They were guests at the
Clyde Davis home Friday.
George Bauer of Lucan was a
caller of Seaforth Saturday NOR
ming.
Mrs. E. Mogensen, Gloria, War
rem and Marjorie Mogensen were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. M.
Fagen at Wabasso Sunday.
Phillip Pape of Milroy called
on his brother and sister-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Pape Sum-
day.
MIR. and Mrs. Wilbur Gallery
and daughter of Slayton were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ambrose Koewler.
Vivian Dahl who is employed
at the Laurence Aarthun home in
Redwood Falls spent Sunday with
her parents MIR. and Mrs. Carl
Dahl and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Davis and
daughters Gertrude, Florine and
Betty, Mr.. and Mrs. Logan Drury
from Seaforth and Mrs. Bertha
Lewis and Vern Bogner spent
Sunday afternoon in Ramsey
park.
Clyde King, Ernest King and
Tavern Davis drove to the Twin
Cities Monday where they visited
Lavern'S brother Delbert who is
in the Station hospital at Fort
Smelling.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Stegner
and son Johnny and Mrs. Anna
Mansfield of Redwood Falls were
Sunday dinner guests of George
Davis and family.
Florine Davis spent Monday
and Tuesday with Mrs. John
Kohler of Redwood Falls.
Gertrude Davis assisted in the
postoffice Monday while Angeline
w. frost was Twin Cities
visitor
Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Schweinfurt
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Sorenson and son, Mrs. c. A.
Dahl, Mrs. L. J. Katzenberger,
Erwin Leuk and Ella Dahl, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Katzenberger, MIR.
and Mrs. Steve Katzenberger,
Mrs. Aronld Katzenberger and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Lars
Grong, Bonita, Sarah, Josephine,
Francis, Clements Lyons, Mrs.
John Lyons, MIR. and Mrs. Joseph
Woelfel and family and Tony
Otrenba were Redwood Falls
callers Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Precht
and family went to New Ulm
Saturday afternoon where one of
the children received medical at
tention.
Mrs. Eva Matt, Mrs. Arnold
Katzenberger and daughter DON
ma, Mrs. Steve Katzenberger,
Mrs. L. J. Katzenberger and chill
dren went to Taunton Sunday to
visit the formers sister Mrs. Max
Grenges who is i'll. Mrs. Eva
Matt will stay with her sister.
Albert Mielke received medical
treatment at the University hos
pital last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bernardy
motored to Faribault to see their
son Clarence, stopping overnight
at Mankato on their way home
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Hauck of
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