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Grand Army post at Northwood and maintained pleasant relations with his military comrades. Grandfather Rossiter, though an old man by this time, made it a point to walk over to Dad Carter’s house each morning and help him hoist the flag upon a pole, which stood in the yard. Oftentimes, Dad Carter, an old military comrade of Grandfather Rossiter’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 veterans.ie a ardyther,He f 20, riage He anly, 1939. born i in-?y in and-ifant iried ' the ;o be ;eed-lant-; re-cem-ways st in vhen Oc-one was [anly ident 3 any, arm-f his nd awithpanyoldrss a D. F. d inanly.theGrandmother Rossiter was a charter member of the Rebekah lodge, and like Grandfather Rossiter, she too, played an important part in establishing a lodge in Manly.Living a full life as a pioneer Grandfather Rossiter pased away on May 18, 1920. He did not see Manly grow into a modern looking town like' Grandmother Rossiter did for she lived to the ripe old age of eighty-seven, passing away on June 17, 1941. She saw Manly grow from a wild prairie .with two small cabins into a prosperous town with a population of approximately fifteen hundred people.Hrubetz Family A story about my pioneer . grandparents would not be complete without' -mentioning, my mother’s people. Although; they lived on farms a short distance from town they did play a part in building up-Manly. •Frank Hrubetz, my greatgrandfather, came to Americawith his wife and family from Praha, Bohemia in 1867. They took pasage on a sailing vessel which was fourteen weeks and six days in reaching the American shores. The water supply became 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 rust.Great-grandmother Hrubetz camewith his family ^rom New York directly to Spillville, a small Czech village. They lived here until 1871, and then moved to Manly, making this trip with oxen and a covered wagon. Greatgrandfather Hrubetz purchasedeighty acres of land, built a log house, and began the development of the wild prairie. Life was harder for these people than for most pioneers, who first settled in and around Manly, because they could not speak the English language.It was a common thing to see the ten Hrubetz children working on the prairie barefoot, even on the coldest days. During the noon hour they would line up along the south side of the log house, and let the sun warm their feet. Shoes were considered a luxury which Great-grandfather . Hrubetz could not afford to buy for his family.They burned a rag soaked in talliw to light their log house. The tallow was placed upon a broken dish, and lit with a sulphur match. •Livestock was sheltered for many years beneath hay sheds.. A strong frame was built from, wooden poles, and covered with dried prairie grass. The log house-in which the family lived also-had a hay root Plymouth’s timber land, of which very little remains today, furnished the pioneers with what wood they needed to construct these hay sheds,, which they used for many, many years before they could afford to build modern farm buildings.Though life was hard the Hrubetz family still found time for music and fun. Great-grandfather Hrubetz taught each of his six sons to play a musical instrument, and he organized the first string orchestra and brass band' in Manly. Great-grandfather Hrubetz learned his music when a ■boy in Bohemia, and his love for the art never died, even with the-hardships which he had to endure. Many old timers will remember the Hrubetz Brothers’ Orchestra, and how they offered their talents to the community.The Hrubetz family will long be remembered for their kindness and hospitality to frineds-and neighbors, who also settled in and around Manly, with the hopes of finding a better place to-live. In later years their yard was always filled with visitors-from town and countryside on Sunday. Great-grandfather Hrubetz furnished plenty to eat, for he was now becoming a prosperous farmer. Games such as Horse-1 iContinued on Page 15 •
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Manly Singal
Manly, Iowa, US
Thu, Aug 21, 1952
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