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September 79, lf.ll, became a dale 0( rejoicing Joi these hardy pioneers; on this day my lather. Hurry C. Boulter war horn Ho was thetr first child. On May 2®, I9M, lie was united in marriage to Mbs Anna M. Brdrur. He lived his entire life In Manly, pining away on August 7«. 1989. A second see, Herbert, was bora a lew years later, but dkd In infancy. There was no cemetery In Manly a! Hat tin*, so Grandfather Rossi ter made his infant son a wcedcn coffin, and buried him under a small tree near the hOUSft Tncrewere no tiers to be seen on the prairie, only seedlings which had been transplanted. Baby Herbert later was re-hurled at Plymouth when a cemetery was established Grandfather Ross iter always tcck a great deal of Interest in the affairs of the town, and when Manly was Inrorportcd on October 18, 1398, he served as coe of the first counellmcn. He was laiter president of the Manly Grain Company, vxe-presidcnl of the Manly Lumber Company, and a stockholder in the Farmer's Bank. He platted part of his farm land into town Iocs, and a number of residences along with the Fullerton Lumbar Company occupies a icctxm of tlw olid homestead-,IOOF and Kebcitah Members Grandfather Rossiler was a charter memUr of the L 0. O. F. order. No. 581. He awistod In establishing the lodge m Manly. He -was alto a membrt of theGrand Army pat at Northwood ond maintained pkuant relations with his military comradcs. Grandfatbcr Roesiter, though an old man by this time, mode it a point to walk over to Bad Carters house each morning and help him hoist the fUg upon a pole, which stood In the yard. Oftentimes, Dad Cnitor, an old military comrade of Grandfather Rceaiter’s would take his trusty ■ shotgun, and shoot a few bullets Into the air. This helped to make the flag raising ceremony more real for these two Civil War votorans.Grandmother Rossiter was * charter member of the Rotekah lodge, and like Grandfather Rce-giler, she too, played an important part in establishing a lodge in Manly.Living a full life as a pioneer Grandfather Rossiter posed away eo May 18, )«■• He did not »« Manly grow into a modern locking town likd Grandmother Roi-sltcr did for the lived to the ripe old age of etgflty-aeven, passing away on Juno 17. 1MI, She raw Manly grow from a wild prairie with two small cabins into a prosperous town with a populate of approximately fifteen hundred people.Urubeli FamilyA stccy about my pioneer grandparents would not be complete without mentioning my mother's people. Although they lived oa farms a short distance from town they tbd play a part In building up Manly.Frank HtubcU, my greatgrandfather. come to America with his wife and family from Praha, Bohemia in IKY. They took poiago on a sailmg vessel wblrh was fourteen weeks and Six days In reaching the Amer-xan shore*. The water supply twcnmo low. and each person received but a pint of water a day. They had to let this settle, and about one-half of it was nisi. Great-grandmother HruteU csme with his family from Hew York directly to SpBlvHle, a small Czech village. They lived here until 1871, and tbra moved to Manly, making this trip with oxen and • covered wagon. Greatgrandfather Hrubetz purchased eighty acres of land, built a log house, and began the development of the wild prairie. Utt was harder for these people than foe most pioneers, bo first settled in and around Manly, been u-e they could not speak the English language.It was a common thing to ate the ten HrubCn children working on the prairie barefoot, even on the coldest days. During the nwn hour they would line up elcni the south side of the log bouse, and let the sun warm their feet. Shoes were conaidered a luxury which Great-grandfather Hrubetz could not afford to buy for his family.They burned a rag stoked In telliw to fight tbeir kg boose-The tallow was pbxed upon a broken dish, and lit with a sulphur match.livestock was sheltered for many years tenrath hay sheds. A street)! frame was built from wooden poles, and covered with dried prairio grass. The log bouse In which the family lived also had a hay roof- Plymouth’s timber land, of which very little remains today, furnished the pioneers with what wood they needed to MMtruct these hay shads, which they Utod for many, many years before they could afford to build modem farm buildings. , Though life was hard the HrubcU family still found time for music and fun. Great-grandfather HruhetJ taught each of his six-sons to play a musical inatru-ment. and he organized tbe first string orchestra and brow band In Manly. Great-grandfather Hrubetz learned his music when a boy in Bohemia, and his love for (he sri never died, even with the hardships which be hod to endure. Many ok) timers wilt remember the Hrubetz Brothers' Orcheitra, and how they offered their taknts to the community.The Hrubetz family will long he remembered for their kindness and hospitality to frlneds and neighbors, who aim settled In and around Manly, with the hop-* of finding a bitter place to live. In Uter years their yard was always filled with visitors from torra and countryside on Sunday. Great-grandfather Hrubetz furnished plenty to eat, for ho was dow becoming a pempcr-oua farmer. Garnet tut* as Horse-GoRtinuedPoge 15
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Manly Singal
Manly, Iowa, US
Thu, Aug 21, 1952
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