Hide Article Text (OCR)
‘WAY BACK WHEN’20 YEARS AGO February 17, 1939Mr. and Mrs. John C. Moehling of Mt. Prospect, 88 and 80 years old respectively, had the honor January 28. to celebrate their 64th wedding anniversary in the town of which they were one of the very earliest settlers.The bride of 64 years ago was Miss Emelia Bahr. The ceremony took place at the Immanuel Lutheran church, Des Plaines and was celebrated in all the style of the day with six horsemen leading the wedding procession. The bride wore black taffeta and a finger tip veil of lace. Henry Kirchhoff was best man and Mary Wille maid of honor. They settled on a farm adjoining Mt. Prospect. Seven years later they retired from the farm ard moved to future site of Mt. Prospect. Their only leighbors were the Wille family ind occupants of the Eggelston )ld home (now occupied by Mrs. Wm. C. Sporlederl.Mr. Moehling was too active a •nan to retire and that same /ear, 1882. he purchased from bounty Commissioner Christian ^eils, the store building standing it the comer of the Northwest lighway and Main st. He opened n addition to a general store, a flour, grain and coal business, also selling farm machinery and implements. A railroad sidetrack was necessary, which he installed adjacent to his warehouse and material sheds. These building were later removed to permit the extension of Main st. across the North Western railroad.More and more people came to Mt. Prospect to do business and the demand for a postoffice was created. A petition was approved and the first Mt Prospect post-office with 48 box holders came into existence. Mr. Moehling was appointed as first postmaster in 1885. He held the position twelve years; today his granddaughter, Gertrude, is assistant to Postmaster Hodges.Situated in the center of aGLENDALE COUNTRY CLUBU.S. 20 Glen Ellyn Rd. Bloomingdale, IllinoisIS NOW OPEN ALL YEARAvailable for Dances, Wedding Receptions, Dinners, Holiday Parties, etc.Accommodations for 500For reservations, contact Mr. E. Middleton LAwrenee 9 6232farming district, there was a demand for a blacksmith shop. Mr. Moehling induced John Meyn to establish such a shop. The Meyn shop was a busy place and he often worked from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. shoeing horses in the busy fall season.Chicago's demand for milk increased shipment of that product from Mt. Prospect from 5 cans a day to 180 cans. The milk market meant that local farmers had to have more cows. Again it was Mr. Moehling who came to their relief. He made trips to Brunswick. St. John, and Cook, Lake Co., Indiana to purchase dairy cow's for the increasing herds in the vicinity of Mt. Prospect, which he sold at auction. These cows, in herds of 60 to 90. were driven by foot through Blue Island across the prairies with the aid of Wm. Pohlman and Paul Hildebrandt. Later Mr. Moehling turned over to Gustave Figas and Walter Krause this branch of the business.The farmers of the Mt. Prospect territory were very alert for business and it became the center of a large potato growing area. As high as 42 carloads of potatoes were shipped to Chicago. Buffalo and New York one fall. In those days Mt. Prospect was only a flag stop for the railroad. Railroad tickets could only be purchased at either Des Plaines or Arlington Heights. There were an increasing number of daily commuters. Mr. Moehling presented the facts to the C. N. W. R. R. A depot was built and Mr. Moehling was appointed ticket agent, a position that he held sixteen years.In spite of his active business life. Mr. Moehling found time to interest himself in governmental affairs. Although he cast his first vote for U. S. Grant, he organized on September 11, 1884. e Jefferson Democratic club with Henry Bremer as president, John Moehling as secretary and Edward Burke as treasurer.Mr. Moehling was a charter member with 33 others of the Maine Township Farmer’s Mutual Fire Insurance company, organized at Des Plaines in 1875. He served two terms as director. This company is now doing business as the Mutual Country Fire Insurance Company of Mt. Prospect. With several others he succeeded in organizing Mt. Prospect School District No. 57.Mr. Moehling and his wife are both Evangelical Lutherans, fol-| lowing in the footsteps of theii ancestors. They belong to the . St. John’s Evangelical Lutherar . church of Elk Grove, of which I Mr. Moehling's father was £ : charter member. Their marriage was blessed with four children only one surviving. John P. The , have seven grandchildren. Mrs Albert Bouffard. Ted, Gert, Ed Jack. Vivian Moehling and Mel vin Busse: one great grandchild Henri Bouffard.Mrs. Rosina Horcher. 94 yean old and Arlington's oldest resi
Newspaper Details
Arlington Heights Herald
Arlington Heights, Illinois, US
Thu, Mar 26, 1959
Page 48
Full Page
Clipped by
Mount P.
IL, USA 23 Nov 2016
Other Publications Near Arlington Heights, Illinois
Arlington Heights Daily Herald Suburban Chicago
Arlington Heights Herald
Daily Herald
Arlington Heights Day
Arlington Heights Sunday Herald
