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Early parish roots and a 1960s NuMac growth story
The article traces Walker church beginnings with Father Axen and Father O Dowd, listing forty non Catholic supporters among eighty five founders dating to 1885. It details Sacred Heart parish developments, hall expansions, and a 1960s shift to NuMac Inc a grain and livestock feed operation expanding under Don Nuemeyer with 19 employees and multiple plant upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Axen
Walker
John Gallagher
Jesup
Iowa
Father O’dowd
Independence
Peter Donnelly
Thomas F. Donnelly
Nicholas Miller
John
Jangle) Michael
John B. Michael
Nick Leaven
John Wintringer
John A. Leaven
John Leaven
Thomas Pendergast
V. Leaven
Frank Brown
Cornelius Milbach
N. J. Zabokitsky
P. H. Burke
Jerry Daily
Joe Powell
N. J. Jekel
Henry Grant
James Heddinger
J. W.gaasch
John Wachal
Michael Kirk
William Kirk
Nick Michael
Henry Donnelly
L. Spaight
J. J. Michael
Dan Bradley
Jacob Wachal
Mike Dulhounty