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COMTILZV, 3WD HTSXJA'RCMXV 'By MIMI BIBJD 1982-1992

JArchivaCmateriaCs, incCuding the aCbum, y^ere donated by the IVhitefish Bay foundation _M> kQ COMPILED AND RESEARCHED BY MIMI BIRD, THESE VOLUMES ARE HER LEGACY TO WHITEFISH BAY AND AN INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO OUR KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL HISTORY. u

MIMI BIRD, 1933-2002

Mimi Bird knew just what she wanted for a final resting place. After all, she spent years of her life exploring the Town of Milwaukee Union Cemetery, tucked away north of Bayshore Mall in Whitefish Bay. She remembered running through the cemetery as a girl "to scare ourselves on Halloween". Years later, as a neighbor and a historian, she began tending the little cemetery and quite literally, uncovering its history.

Bird died of emphysema Thursday at the Glendale condominium she called home the last four years. She was 69. "She really died from cigarette smoking" said husband John D. Bird. "That's what did it."

She was born Miriam Young in Milwaukee. When she was 4, her parents moved to Whitefish Bay. That was where she grew up and spent her adult life. It was also where she became the undisputed expert on local history, both in the village and the greater North Shore area.

In her earlier years Bird had worked as a secretary. She met her husband when their mothers—concerned about their two twenty-something children remaining unmarried—managed to fix them up for a date. She spent the next decades in volunteer work, including at their children's schools, and working part time for the Whitefish Bay Public Library. In 1976, she began to research her genealogy and that of her husband's family. As that was winding down in the early 1980s, Bird heard about the Whitefish Bay Historical Society.

Her first project involved locating, photographing and researching hundreds of the oldest homes in the village. All kinds of other research followed. Some of the leads took her to the Town of Milwaukee cemetery. There she looked for sunken spots, sticking a spade into the ground. She found dozens of old fallen tombstones, buried by time under the earth. "I just had this wonderful feeling of elation when I'd find an old one," Bird said in a 1983 interview. "The tombstones were the only (surviving) records of births and deaths."

Bird filled volumes with everything from real estate records to the early details of village life, its farms, businesses and people. She pored over the minutes of every Village Board meeting from 1892 until 1950. She interviewed old- timers, acquiring old letters and documents. Bird eventually researched the rest of the old Town of Milwaukee, which includes what's now the North Shore area, and the adjacent Town of Granville. And when Whitefish Bay had a 100th anniversary in 1992, she produced a book on local history. In 1991, Bird was recognized by the Milwaukee County Historical Society. Her research continues to be available at the Whitefish Bay Library, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Golda Meir Library, the County Historical Society and the Milwaukee Central Library's local history room.

Survivors include her husband, John; sons David J. and Peter E; brother Carter H. Young; grandchildren; and other relatives...Her ashes will be buried at the Town of Union Cemetery. [Obituary by Amy Rabideau Silvers for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 10/14/02.] River Hills -House/ Barns Photos (vol. 39)

Milwaukee Country Club (p.8-14) Bradley farm house/Bradley Sculpture Gardens (p.21-25) Deer problem in River Hills (p.26-35) Bridge over Milwaukee River /at Good Hope Rd (p.37-40) Good Hope Rd. (p.44,45) N. River Road (p.47-61) River Hills Cemetery /St. Peter's Lutheran Church Cemetery (p.62- 72,92) Green Tree Rd. (p.73-84) Barns/stables of River Hills (p.85-89, 101-109,117,121,123) Brown Deer Rd. (p.88,89, 92-94,123,125) Bradley Rd. (91) N. Upper River Rd. (p.96,107,109,115-121) Fairy Chasm (92,93) County line (95,98) Dean Rd. (94) Range Line (97,101,103,105,143) Schlesinger property (127-163); River Tennis Club (p. 157-163) Green Bay Rd. (127,129,135,137,139,145,151,153,155,157,159,161,163,165)

Oldest abodes ven folks without a whit of interest in local history can get interested in this E one. What is the oldest house in town? The question is easier asked than answered, for there are no record books keeping tabs on the subject. In some places, there are long-standing arguments over which are the oldest build­ ings. Tbe answers are sometimes the hardest to find in 20th-century communities like ours. In the North Shore, Mimi Bird, 6123 N. Lydell Ave., Whitefish Bay, has done mounds of research on area history. She's come up with what she believes is an oldest house for each of the seven suburbs. In observance of Historic Preservation Week, May 11-17, we present them here. Do you agree? Sometimes history is unraveled through community pooling of

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s*- is'-f9 f& ctrpa 02Ji^y BROWN DEER A 7857 IsL Sherman Bivd: status River Hills home built in 1928 has been named a Milwaukee i County landmark, ^v The French country home at 2055 W. Dean Road is owned by Jack and Joan Stein. ~ ;; ^Jt was built in 1928 for Walter S. Lindsay, ^ owner of a local farm i equipment company. .The Lindsay family owned the home until 1987, :. when it was purchased by the ;?Steins/ .^ •>:',;> >."-;-;V; ,.'.-'-. •?-•'-.-'• - i^The landmark designation is made by the Milwaukee County Land- t marks Committee and approved by 'the Milwaukee County Historical ^Society. A certificate of the designa­ tion was presented this week to the r^Steins.o-w ^-\^.-^^ :^-^M\?^-'-:'- - •'-" /%:< Architect for the home was M Armand Frank, who is known for his krdesigns -of-- large, finely detailed gnomes in the North Shore and on ^Milwaukee's East Side. -vUv>> •':•* ^ ^ ^ He is probably best known for the : Mediterranean-style home at 5570 ISL Lake Drive,. Whitefish Bay. He ? built that home for his mother in the yearly 1920s.,-'., ^v^vw •&&.: -:>«**- ^ Other Armand Frank designs from the 1920s and 1930s include the homes at 8033 N. Gray Log Lane and : 1556 E. Goodrich Lane^ both in Fmj, ^JPpint. ^'^*;?*j* i^?v U.• £ .:f. '&'-* "•' /;' • -?; ::jHe also designed several Milwau-'••. : |vkee-area theaters. :; j-J^-i^V^.-^ 0f^The Lindsay/Stein home ; (historical records generally refer to ff ONE of the North Shore's most distinguished homes has been named a MilwaukeeCounty jl®^ • a home by both its original owner .Landmark. Designed by Armand Frank, the home at 2055 W. Dean Road was built in 1928 SSSU*. „. %and current owner) is constructed of ^for industrialist Walter S. Lindsay. : :M^ -S^SfS^ii® (Staff photo by C.T.Kruger)^^^il^ -ffleldstone and stucco. The grounds ^include a coach house, built in 1929 g|§The home today has a total •ti in the same style as the house itself! •^fpf .14-rooms' "But it's hard to really severil Tobms^anif Changed the ;P- Joan ? Stein said Jshe ^has| ^^The Steins have done an extensive ^Jcount them,^ Stein said, "because configuration of others.-^^^3S^ heard that Armand Frank based his ?| ^renovation of the home. "Not a lot ' S^^Hie coach house has thre^rSoms design for the Dean Road home on a.j "the floor plans in those days were so gplus a Mtchen^Thie Steins ?lived #had been done for a long time,* Joan ^ different, with some unsual spaces." farmhouse he had once seen on the f Hhere Vfor a time while major work ] ; &Stein said. ~?You don't jfind many y^The JL4 rooms include four bed- Normandy coast of France.7\^4^ |i;' i|homes that have been in the r same Was going on in the main house. ^ ;• ?vDocumentation--of the house is Jirooms (one of them a^rnaster,suite) f^Jack • Stein's brother, ^Victor, ^isl : ^family for nearly 60 yeax3*ZkV&*%%^S^an d a two-room suite for household - lost, showever, ? because ^Frank's Slg*-*The Steins also gave the home a living there how, while his home, on * ^drawings as > well •>- as most Mother -help on the second floor. 4^ North Lake Drive in Whitefish Bay,^ i name ^Deerwood.p^^^^^feiM£#o^ , rS .Stein said the original layout had J records of his work were tossed out' •is being remodeled.^^^?f^^4K" ;after he;died^in S the |mid-1940s,f J\j ^gabout u8 rooms (including a. ser- ^ The" Steins are co-owners bf Stein ^ivant's lounge on the first floor). % >* Garden and Gifts. -^W%^¥>, Z'^'f*- .ig^.The remodeling project combined (j20c/&icepfy>afe) according to Reimer Frank of Ocono- plex, built in 1932, and the Schade/ mowoc. , Liszewski house at 3806 E. Van The photo below is of the 7 car garage Armand Frank was Reimer Norman Ave., Cudahy, built in 1892. Frank's father's first cousin. Reimer with breezeway attached to former care­ Frank, coincidentally, is an architect The School of Nursing is the takers quarters. I himself. He grew up in the Armand state's only remaining diploma | Frank-designed home at 8033 N. nursing program and is one of the Hand-hewn beams from the former barn (that Gray Log Lane. oldest in the country. The Cudahy stood on present garage site) were used through­ home is one of only a handful of 19th out the house and caretaker's quarters. "Armand Frank was one of the century homes in the area that have more talented architects in Milwau­ survived without major exterior changes. The former farmhouse was built near the site kee in his day," Reimer Frank said. of the present house (the Bittner family were "He ranked up there with the best." The county landmark designation the early settlers on this land). He said no one knows why all of is an educational program designed Frank's drawings and records were to make the public aware of the rich From Mrs. Lorna(Lindsay)Mayer, daughter discarded. "It's regrettable," he said. and varied architectural heritage in of Walter S. Lindsay. "That would never happen today." the county. County landmark status does not Walter S. Lindsay was the Village of Two other sites have also confer any special protection nor River Hill's 1st president. been named county landmarks. They give any • financial or legal advan­ are the School of Nursing at the tage. It does not affect the owner's Milwaukee County Medical Com­ property rights. %k*JJl U-/L.t?S>? I come tax was returnee? \lage I and used for expenses. Van Brunt recalled ^ uuring former Gov. Patrick Lucey's adminis- RiverHilts values its '" tration, the state tax structure was \ \ changed and income tax was no I longer returned to the village^ IV Kruke said a resident with proper- as highly as its rural * ? ty assessed at $212,000 this year paid *, a total property? tax of $7,619, of when several wealthy Milwaukee busi­ ^ ment has grown from a one-man force to : which $2,500 went to the village. ;.. : ^ * ' By Carol Wahlen 12 officers. ? of The Journal Staff - ,* nessmen sought to incorporate 2,600 ;. * - Some middle-class types : acres from the old Towns of Milwaukee Van Brunt, whose family moved to ? River Hills — It's been 50 years since River Hills in 1937. said he could remem-^ * Van Brunt said that although River and Granville. Newspaper clippings tell " Hills had an image of having only ; •: River Hills .was incorporated, And,ai- ber when all the roads were gravel and ! i; though there have been changes in the mounted policemen patrolled the banks of - wealthy people, that was not true. '; village since the, incorporation, a drive the Milwaukee River. I - "We annexed«,a couple of areas of : through the village won't reveal them. "Twenty years ago, people didn't lock one- and two-acre lots in the 1950s : Foliage 10 feet high lines the winding their doors," Van Brunt said. "Now the - Tand many of those homes are owned * roads, obstructing the view of the large doors are not only locked but people have by middle-class people," he said. : Van Brunt said the village was : homes set back from the roadway. security systems. Our Police Department 4 : What keeps the curious out keeps the does a good job of patrolling." J < currently developing an abandoned \ villagers in. And that's just fine with Police Chief ~old Block, who has \ Nike missile site it purchased- from : them. River Hills residents value their been with the • 34 years, the last 3 0 „ *- the federal government in 1973. The : privacy, said Village Assessor Earl Kruke. as chief, ss5£ 2% burglaries >" ; village bought the 38 acres after the "People who live here don't visit back curred in the viL ^ this year. \ Milwaukee Tenants Union proposed : and forth?' Kruke said. "If they get to- "I say half because one didn't look like ! building 71 low-.and middle-income > gether with their neighbors it's because a burglary," be said. "There was no sign f i housing units on the site. , [': they know each other through business of entry." Village officials fought the union's *: or their clubs and not because they live * proposal, saying such housing would :' next door." De^r are a problem ; not fit the village's zoning require- G. Russell Van Brunt, who has been "Deer getting struck by cars is a seri­ , - ments/ x . : village president for eight years, agreed. ous problem in the village," he said. "We *' "My home and my privacy are very don't have any businesses so we don't have shoplifting or tavern problems. "Our zoning is not ^. keeping important to me," he said. "Most of the people out," Van Brunt said. "It is'O l people living here feel the same way. The G. Russell Van Brunt "What is different about the village today is that we have some drug prob­ just to protect the property we t-goal of the Village Board is to keep River, how the businessmen - * to limit the I Hills rural — to preserve the flora arid lems. The kids go away to school and try j have." ;; ^ V lots to five-acre homestt. „o protect the such things." ^ The village plans to develop 19 ; fauna. It isn't easy keeping the village value of their property. two-acre lots on the property. Asked : this way. Realtors are always coming in At the time, Milwaukee Journal edi­ One major change has been what vil­ if the village were losing its com­ 'I with plans for more develppment." torials opposed the incorporation, saying lagers pay in property taxes. In 1930, mittment to five-acre lots, Van Brunt \ Most on 5 acres that the wealthy, more educated people there was no village property tax. Half of said: • - *-*»-•- A River Hills encompasses 3,301 acres were abandoning the City of Milwaukee what villagers paid in state income tax "Five-acre lots wouldn't fit in that l/with 500 single-family homes housing its and also limiting the city's growth. was returned to the village and used for area because the land is bounded on p,700 residents. Eighty-five percent of the The vote to incorporate and the first expenses. two sides by two-acre lots. |[ homes are on lots of five acres or more. 1 plections were held at tr country club. Van Brunt recalled that during former "I think there will always be a y There is no commercial development in alter S. Lindsay was el id as the first Gov. Patrick Lucey's administration, the demand for five-acre lots — at least I - I; River Hills other than the Milwaukee ilage president. state tax structure was changed and in- i hope so. The type of people moving ; PThere have been three presidents since Turn to Village, Page 4 • Country Club and the River Tennis Club. in has changed- Before it used to be$;; j The country club was there in 1930 Lindsay.' And the village Police Depart- heads of companies; now we are get- ; ting more doctors. '- "We just want to keep it pretty ; much the way it is." \ , .'] Cy2^.ft~w^ 6,-44-/9*0

8010 N. Range Line Road This was Johann Schmidt's house, built late 1860's - early 1870s. The house belongs to the Milwaukee Country Club today and sits at the entrance to the club, on the northeast corner of Bradley and Range Line Roads.

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This is the south side of the house, showing an addition to the original fieldstone portion. The house was used for early meetings by the Village of River Hills Board of Trustees, prior to the village hall construction. ? SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 1929 THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL'

Journal Ptali PiiQto New Milwaukee Country Club When its new home, the east front of which is shown open throughout the winter. •-. This" 'view is of the! above, is completed, the Milwaukee Country club will river side. It shows the huge sun 'porch, which is • have one of the finest clubhouses in the middle west.; east of the dining room. The clubhouse is 350 feet; It is expected to be ready for use by the end of the" long and is designed in'early Virginian architecture.; , month and for>,the first time the club will remain Fitzhugh Scott is the architect.

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The original club was built on E. Edgewood Avenue. The above building was built in 1929, and replaced a Mediterranean-style clubhouse located near the present 18th hole.

The Milwaukee Golf Club was established out here in 1910 and in 1911 sold their land to the Milwaukee Country Club. A SENSi LACE Udhl- my) pool came to Milwaukee Golf is currently riding a wave By JOHN GURPA cronies through the paces of the With the surviving sheep new game. The group's "course" and, alas! sometimes into sand­ keeping a safe distance, play con­ of new interest. As aging baby boomers flock to lifetime sports, HE LEAVES had already was an East Side cow pasture, pits." tinued on the Lake Drive course bordered roughly by Locust St. The golfers played on the until 1911, wh£n the Milwaukee the goif bug claims more Mil- fallen. Halloween had waukeeans every year. The pio­ come and gone. Morning and Hartford Ave. between U WM site for another year or Country Club moved to its pre­ T two. In 1895, a new organiza­ sent home in River Hills. By that neer threesome of 1894 could Downer and Oakland Aves. (The frost covered their makeshift hardly have imagined what they course, but in November 1894, University of Wisconsin-Mil­ tion, the Milwaukee Country time, golf had begun to shed the waukee now covers the northern Club, moved into its first home, elitist image of its early years. started. In early November, they a hardy group of duffers met to a renovated mansion on Lake braved the cold of an East Side play Milwaukee's first game of half of the original "golfing (One local reporter had labeled ground.") Drive at Beverly Road, within the game "a pasture pastime for cow pasture to pursue a new pas­ golf. the present limits of Shorewood. sion. Exactly a century later, that Golf? In November? Definite­ Homes were already going up a handful of wealthy eccen­ in the area; the golfers changed Most members of the Golf Club trics.") Milwaukee's first public passion is still in full swing. ly. As modern players will testi­ were also charter members of the fy, the golf bug's bite is deep, and into their knickerbockers and course, a six-hole beauty, opened knee socks in a rented room on Country Club, and they were in Washington Park in 1902, and John Gurda is a.Milwaukee writer and it induces a mania that knows soon sharing their obsession with historian. neither cure nor season. nearby Frederick Ave. Tomato the Lake Park links followed a cans served as cups on the shag­ assorted friends and relatives. In few years later. A Chicagoan, Charles Blair the same year, the golfing frater­ Macdonald, was responsible for gy greens, and bandannas tied to fishing poles substituted for nity laid out a six-hole course on the initial bite. In 1892, just four the west side of Lake Drive, and years after golfs American debut flags. The group continued to play even after the first snowfall, three years later they enlarged it in a New York cow pasture, to nine holes. The original links Macdonald laid out a crude sev­ using red balls to avoid unfind- able lies. on Locust were eventually left en-hole course in suburban Lake to the cows, and the Country ^^^U^4-(L Forest. He and his colleagues As their passion deepened, Club became golfs focal point soon moved to Belmont, 20 the players organized the Mil­ in Milwaukee. miles west of Chicago. The Bel­ waukee Golf Club, a loose-knit mont links became theiirst association headed by James James Ilsley, a member of the home of the ChicagdGolf Glub Ilsley, The local;press soon pioneer trio, was the Country and the first 18-^hole course in caught wind of their activities. Club's first golf chairman. His the United States. . On Nov. 11, 1894, only a day or responsibilities included a flock E.W. Cramer, a transplanted two after the inaugural round, of 200 sheep that had been intro­ Milwaukeean, was one of the the Milwaukee Sentinel de­ duced to keep the fairways scribed the new game for its trimmed to playing length. De­ Chicago club's stalwarts. In the scribed as an "'erratic'' golfer by first week of November 1894, he readers: "Briefly stated the game con­ a contemporary, Ilsley once invited three old Milwaukee beaned a sheep with an errant friends down to Belmont for a sists in driving a small gutta­ percha ball around a course pro­ tee shot. The blow was fatal, round of golf: bankers James prompting fellow golfer Francis flsley and Grant Fitch and real vided with a number of holes, generally eighteen, from 100 to Keene to pen a commemorative estate man John Tweedy Jr. It poem: was a case of love at first bite. 500 yards apart, by means of The trio came home bursting variously shaped clubs. The "His graceful swing with enthusiasm, and they game is brimming over with life Marks everything, passed the virus on to 14 of their and jollity and strong excite­ From drivin' down to putt in'. closest friends. Golf had found ment. ... At the bidding of the But he won his fame TOP: Early golfer Jamie Wail takes a full a new home. golfer, this little ball, sometimes At a different game backswing in 1897. RIGHT: A six-some on Within a few days of their re- called the "gutty," flies over As a dead sure shot at mut­ the first Country Club course. MAP: Loca­ urn from Chicago, Ilsley, Fitch bridges and streams and sand­ ton. " tions of the Golf Club's original pasture ~A Tweedy Were leading their hills, through thickets of gorse links and the Country Club (upper right).

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\0 Restate,., ^ ^yf^WtMi^**';;^^ As nearby prdpertyjvalues soar, are^ country dubs payingtheirduesrM^ii Assessors, say they arefol?5! 'sai^ the'clu^ltried to te, a good w Jaw, that regulates ;t(neighbor/in|Fauwatosa.5Iiveryw$ the cityY; f 'Joseph Wineke i By LAWRENCE SUSSMAN f£*:..A I. that coilntry.' ofTheJoumalstaff'v " * ®^ .,-'• «paytheu:f»ir N- 1 ( S ""* - - , . Vi *' ^ 4 ^C \ getting an . Country clubs in ,metropohtan,rC:« ,HeteesideA-: done to the land; Municipal asses- 'h, r / <%^>beenM HCA^usedI ixfor*, cMXH^AfciAWc'^ViArt-./subdivisiotij^ jshop^;M '•TTieBiynwbbilCountryClub * 'j'* sors'saidthe ****•*««"'* +v»^/y had^notu«^4 ^^;* give «;„nA «counf^ ^„-:i*«i ping centers.or pricey estates., in1 Milwaukee has an assessment of try clubs any1spe^,tavors.^The^ ; While an?" acre of nearby land may be valued at<$25,600 $100,000 an acre,Mdeperidiing ,the type Of development ' occurred, the average assessment ?; , seven major private' country ;clubs [directly east of the Blue Mound !!' To develop, this' recreational 1, in the Milwaukee area is 'about Golf & Country Club in Wauwato^ •};'• land, "the/, have art /awful' lot of ;, i ^8,800 per acre: V < * sa is assessed at the equivalent rate;f V work and money': to^pend before )^ Municipal assessors and a state of $120,000 an acre, while club l' ;< *. -. \

%n Otherassessors a^ue3rthaf if the demand £ to use country club' property for other pur­ poses were strong, the club probably would ; not exist: ' v ?.. v '••--• - .f*,« "There are plentyof lots available in River Hills, and there's no demand for this [Mil­ waukee Country Club] land," said Keith - Munson, president of National Appraisal Corp., which has a contract to assess property in River Hills. ™ ftStf,

Here are assessments of 7 private country clubs Here are the assessments on the land for MILWAUKEE COUNTRY CLUB: 8000 N, seven.private country clubs in metropolitan Range Line Rd., River Hills, 197 acres as-^ Milwaukee: sessed at $7,177 an acre. BLUE MOUND GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB-. OZAUKEE COUNTRY CLUB; W43-N10823 10122 W. North Ave., Wauwatosa, 186 acres River Rd., Mequon, 151 acres assessed at assessed at $8,485an acre. " ' * $13,576 an acre. < , BRYNWOOD COUNTRY CLUB: 6200 W. Good TUCKAWAY COUNTRY CLUB: 6901 W. Drex- Hope Rd., 185 acres assessed at $11,987 an el Ave., Franklin, 219 acres assessed at ere.."'' "\;"~" $4,158 an acre. MERRILL HILLS COUNTRY CLUB: W270- WESTMOOR COUNTRY CLUB: 40Q S. Moor­ S3425 MeriU Hills Rd., Town of Waukesha, land Rd., Brookfield, 145 acres assessed at 154 acres assessed at $5,502 an acre. $10,772 an acre . - - . -

// Chester O. Wanvig Milwaukee Committee, he also served as president of the Metro­ Jr. politan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, the World Business Industrialist Council, and the Wisconsin Associ­ A funeral service will be at ation of Manufacturers & Com­ 12:30 p.m. Monday for Chester O. merce. Wanvig Jr., industrialist, patron of He served several terms as presi­ the arts and civic leader. dent of the Association of Ameri­ Wanvig died of cancer Thurs­ can Battery Manufacturers. He also day at his home in River Hills. He had headed the corporate giving was 71. The service will be at division of the United Fund of Krause Funeral Home, 7001 W, Greater Milwaukee. Brown Deer Road, where visitation During his retirement he contin­ will be from § to 8 p;m. Sunday. ued to take an active interest in Burial will be at Forest Home Columbia Hospital as a member of Cemetery, 2405 W. Forest Home the board of directors, and the Mil­ •Ave. ' /-'" •'• ''• waukee Boys & Girls Club, which Adopted as an infant, Wanvig he had served as a former presi­ succeeded his father as president dent. and then chief executive officer of In addition to his son, he is Globe-Union Inc. During his 20- survived by two daughters, Jane year presidency, the firm's net in­ Rauh of Milwaukee, and Judy Fos- come increased, sales grew to re-; sel of Alna, Me. cord levels, and the research de- .j partment pioneered development of a lead strontium alloy battery. : Wanvig, Chester O/Jr. ~ T • -K = y He retired in 1978, after the corpo­ Thurs., Aug. 8,1991, Age 71, Betoved husband ration became a wholly owned sub­ of the late Mary (nee Steiner). Dear father of Chester 0. Wanvig, III, Jane (James) Rauh and sidiary of Johnson Controls. Judith Fosse!. Former husband of Del Wanvig i Chambers. Grandfather of Samantha K. Wanvig, Since his retirement, Wanvig James M. Jr. and Sarah E. Rauh, Scott, Jimmy, had traveled widely around the .„ and the late Andy Fossel. Also other relatives and friends. Visitation at theFuneral Home, Sun.. world with his second wife, the * Aug. 11. 5-8pm. Funeral Service, Mon., 12:30 former Mary Stiener, who preced­ pm. Burial Forest Home. Retired President and i C.E.O. of Globe Union, Inc. ed him in death by three weeks. I KRAUSE FUNERAL HOME. — Wanvig and his first wife, the 7001 W. BROWN DEER RD. 354-9400 former Del Van Brunt, were di­ vorced in 1976. »"Dad said he'd never live any­ where but Milwaukee, but in his retirement he took a great deal of pleasure in traveling throughout Europe and elsewhere," said his son, Chester O. Wanvig III, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Wanvig devoted much of his life % to the city he loved*---Ah avid fund j raiser for the Milwaukee Sympho­ ny Orchestra, he and his first wife were the first husband-wife team to act as co-chairmen of the annual symphony ball. He served on the symphony's board of governors for many years. A member of the Milwaukee Art Museum's Friends of Art, he donated a landscape painting by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, the 19th Century French artist, to the museum in 1961. An early member of the Greater

\% HISTORY OF MILWAUKEE COUNTRY CLUB

The Milwaukee Country Club began as a social and family club in March 1895 on the lakefront, east of the then named Whitefish Bay Toll Road (Lake Dr.) a few miles north of Milwaukee.

The organizers were William Mariner, Grant Fitch. A.Ross Houston, Clarence J. Allen and Herbert W. Underwood; membership was set at 200 with Initial fees of $60 and dues at $30 per year. There was no thought of golf as a club activity.

The first 9-hole golf course west of the Hudson River was at Belmont, 20 miles west of Chicago, begun in 1892. In 1893, that club moved to Wheaton, IL; in 1894 an additional 9 holes were added and the Chicago Golf Club became the first 18 hole course In America.

Several Milwaukeeans visited that golf course, became enthused about the game, and obtained permission to use the Mariner farm land for a 7 or 9-hole course. Tha farm was bounded by Downer Ave., Locust St., Oakland Ave. and a fence along the north side.

In 1896, other Milwaukeeans leased a field directly across the Milwaukee Country Club land, on Lake Dr., for a 3-hole course, enlarging it the next year to a 9-hole course. Lessons from William Marshall, the pro, were 75$£ an hour; caddy fees w§re 15£ for 9 holes and 25j£ for 18.

In 1909, the owner of the leased land refused to renew the lease and in April 1910, a sealrch began for new property. Because the Milwaukee Country Club was the oldest country club in the state and one of the oldest in the Middle West, that organization was maintained. The present Milwaukee Golf Club property was purchased on June 6, 1910 and a Director's Meeting held June 10, 1911 in the new clubhouse, located on the hill of the present 18th hole. The present building was built in 1929 and the course officially opened on July 4, 1929. The land purchased had been 108 acres.

Land for the 13th hole was purchased, allowing the course to go around the hill on which the club house was located, rather than return up the steep slope. The golf club house was ready in 1931 and the swindling pool area added in 1957.

In 1921, Ludington Patton and Spencer Ilsley and others, requested permission to keep their horses in the barns just north of the Country Club entrance. The Milwaukee Hunt Club was founded in 1925 by John Cudahy and in 1926 he donated the club room. In 1936 it was refurnished by Mrs. Alfred Kieckhefer, keeping as much of the former equipment as possible. The first annual Horse Show was held in 1927 and the Hunt Club disbanded Dec. 31, 1970.

Information from Milwaukee Sentinel articles and the Milwaukee Country Club.

(3 Club, complex fight assessments costs and how much income the sessment and $67,000 less than Country club, apartment property would be expected to gen­ with the original assessment. owners say the figures erate. The owners and the village have The 176-unit complex at 9418 to file briefs, and it could be several are set too high > {^aly N. Green Bay Road was completed months before the judge reaches a last year. Construction began in decision, Curran said. 1990. MILWAUKEE COUNTRY CLUB: The The Board of Review reduced club's officers have appealed its the assessment in July to $8.7 mil­ assessment to the River Hills Ifynirfmhk your assessment is lion, but that did not satisfy the Board of Review. A hearing has too high, you should talk to the owners, a limited partnership been set for 8 a.m. Nov. 21 at people who run the Milwaukee based in St. Paul. The partnership Village Hall. Country Club in River Hills and asked for review in Milwaukee Documents show that the club's Northpointe Apartments in Brown County Circuit Court. The case has 196 acres were assessed at $15,000 Deer. been assigned to Judge Thomas per acre; its 18-hole golf course at Northpointe was originally as­ Doherty. an additional $70,800 per hole; sessed at $9.5 million, but the own­ Curran said such review was not and its clubhouse, pool and storage ers say the complex would bring no uncommon. Usually, he said, the buildings at $1,958,000. more than $7.5 million on the open judge would either affirm the as­ The officers of the club, at 8000 market. sessment or send it back to the N. Range Line Road, say an ap­ Milwaukee Country Club's as­ Board of Review for further con­ praisal listed real property at sessment of $6.2 million is about sideration. $3,510,000, personal property at $1.3 million too high, the club's At $9.5 million, the 1993 prop­ $900,000, and intangible assets at officers say. erty taxes on Northpointe would be $490,000 as of Dec. 31, 1991. In both cases, the lower assess­ $318,100, based on an estimated With the assessment at $6.2 mil­ ment would reduce property taxes tax rate of $33.50 per $1,000 of lion, the club's property taxes by about $40,000 in 1993. assessed valuation. With the Board would be about $ 179,800, based on NORTHPOINTE: John Curran, the of Review's revised assessment, the the estimated 1993 property tax Brown Deer assessor, said there taxes would drop $27,200, to rate of $29 per $1,000 of assessed were no comparable properties in $291,276. At $7.5 million, the tax­ valuation. At $4.9 million, the tax­ the village, so he arrived at his es would be $251,250, about es would be $141,120, nearly figure by considering construction $40,000 less than the revised as­ $38,700 less.

"/ WEfTRlLTS^ 79 * ' * /DISTRICT . \* > itafy^Club are fpet^tionedi'^ in.al letterl 13 acres on North Ritfer road, over-' looking Milwaukee river, adjacent v 't« to fully developed *ear 'rounds es- *., * tates, ^ ' ,, -. ,/ / O , .. * 'l '* A' K doctors, rto?starvt a*fund! to, provideJ 6 acres on South River road: fine', ||pr,ithe planting ^ottrpes,on - the cjufal , views; established neighborhood!^ r v 92,0po per acre* ^ '',,,; , W&/',« fpropert&^IfS the response is^favori 5 acres on-Green Tree roa,dj 7-Toom' labl^i it Is the. Intention of the groundsf house; 4 bedrooms, ho lt water heat j brhmittee to plant large trees aroundj garage; well wooded., * v,' « • , f !>e .hiint club buildings^ tenni^ courts! CALUMET HILLS 'extends " south' O from the Bradley road to the Calu- ' ' met road, and west to the S. River road. All'about it are fully devel- -J*VI f oped estates of from 5 to 60 acres..''ft'-S This section is restricted to estates* At1 j • of not less than 5' acres. Prices are'4f low; 5 acres for the price of a high* ** e/zJf/nV/ fa 2 Q SCHEFFERfGO:^ l68 E. WISCONSIN AV. BROAtiWAY 7601.Ij/n/t; '#30 r9 to 6 victoryJJ pQfeRiyer|Hills| 8 :iypKHiU| CPoenng: : Scoresf Threei ^Goal^'pRetur^MatcM defeat Broaaieafipoio' l-Ne^Sunday^^M1

feciub ^ Takingsthe offensive7}n the last:Mo\ chukkers'and scorihg^our* goals,'ih^ River'"Hills polo.'team^e^eated th| "The River Hills polo tearn .scored ! Bimdlea club of Ifox'^oiht, 9-6; Sunj its .second victory in two, weeks over 'day bri the^Riyer Hills fields at TMecf- the Broadlea club by a 5-4 score* Sun­ Luon. '^The^match5 was ''hard ,*f ought; day at Pox Point, \ 'The match was^a | and marked J?y '• ^rilliant * vplay. * or| benefit1 for the' children's * hospital and was attended by a large crowd.1 ;r bothjides;^ • • y^<\j\ y.$M 5 < The*' Rive,r Hills( 'quartet, * which" y\ For the ^ first Ifdur, chlikkersYthe] played the entire match,'adored five Tival .learns playe/i on , even^term^ and were tied at 5^all.^The Riyq^ goals in the first'four chukkers but f tired in the last two periods. Broad* Hills pok)ists rode hard/in the'flftli lea then launched a hard riding at­ \ and sixth , chukkers^ ^and. outscore^y their opponents, four" goals ,to .one^; tack ^wftfch netted four scores and" to win1 the mat9h. *f> ?.* *\ ^/„^ came/within one^'goal of tieing4he K l ' Spectacular play was frequent^and; ^victors. ' * " ' -v.'- * « - \ !| both teams had their1 share ot stars| Vet Weyenberg and Bill Wagner l Joe Doering, who scored three goals}! played best for River Hills, while Dr , Jules Burbach apd Milton4 EpsteirS Stanley Seeger andt' Fred, Foley, were outstanding for River Hills. Dr| starred for the losing team; < - 7 * Stanley Seeger and Oapt. Conar were - Both clubs will meet for "the fourth the bright spots* in the Broadlea linev time this season on the River Hills ,Dr*. Seeger accounted for,three?] field at Mequon next Sunday.' River i^of his'team's'goals./ >> ;?' ~^'\ *• /| Hills will play two exhibition matches 1 * River Hills and Broadlea will play at the Lawsonia Country club, Green a return match next Sunday on the/ Lake, Wis., Aug. 31 and Sept. l.» > ' > ^Broadlea field at'Fox'Pointv,-vJ,/W / Sunday's line-ups' f. Line-ups:^y^ri^A^ ^U ! RIVER HILLS River mils :,.i r .'.; *>X* ,' Broadlea^ Wagner' , \ No, • ? B&OADLEA <> u t Wiener .;;;,:r.No.J..'Yr.V^Dr. Seeger Weyenberg •*: i.. No. 2. ;*/. ,;•'.; A Foley Wagner. ,. • ,\',. No. 3 /. r /.•. i.. Fosvler^ ^pt,>erguSon.NS: 2: ::::&& ££*. Burbach'...... No, 4„«t-Mi|ton Epstein. Roy Hinzey^ Burbachu/V' 1 , ". ! ,,\* v' . ;v;f("J *i ReXeree-vVF. Dudley parson, i /-V^Vj' v '" ' ' ' " •''•••" ••• • s* * * »v+ Tl^jJ^^^^ ftV//^o

/r fv-'l30 tlfl ^f P^^5 »~ ""!"' |#r'*\Entry blanks for the hunter field %4\trials and steeplechase'to be held- rWsept. 6 at the Armin A;' Schlesinger •SI ^WWaytc- Washington \ CountyI <,Sweep- \?^T'Slakes av brush race will be lield over' ^|;two miles ot brush on the same day. |Mt/The sweepstakes' ar^tp be ridden in jpSj,; colors for - prizes1^ aggregating* $3,0Q^ ' $$; Entries ' for both*;events v will [ close I v i If i^Aug: 30., - * , • ;v; \; • \* »^ •* « < «<| pi fefi'MX'the, committee for therfielbV trials, g^'With Mrs/ Schlesinger as chairman, j$\includes ,Herbert qourteen,\ F. *W*' ^.Magiri,. John A. McLeod,, ji;.? Fred iMif fi^i^absft, and Pirfc Van Ingen. <

~"TT*Tr/raB ^cab huntsmen Monday,, received ^^:program,ah'nouncemerit'for;the renter, Jield jbrlafe ancfeteeplechase'to

Ite^ouif'post and railjumps, two feW1S/1.Wjce^enc^a ctiMh- '*, *H?£An4l a board\feriCe; ^The.'puiv JxwjTqf the event^M s to show the worth:l ^of^or^kin^shunterSr^iThree classes ra!*?? run;°ver ,the on#mile course ^ l^^eight<.hunters^^imiddle ; and |W; weights and ladi'^ hunters. •< M4%h^ In. 1 fiW^S^rtf 0<5urteen,X' W. Xia>* ahd;pia'kYV,an Ingen; AMiff*- '*frH lfe^M^^d,oa"'the4£itte 'day is •hfcbjttsh; race or. Washington,Oou^: y^wee'pstakes, u , ,tfrbe held .over two ?feTffj ?, ^. ^^eepstakes are ^b^iaden,in^ojlqrs, for-prizes" ag* |regatingt$i|)0i % tenths jolpse at noori^ W^&^ty$<* ^othieyents/ ^ j S^£$r^^ "Vivas Casting "^nfesW^ r '\ BurieigiiJacobs wonthe'ftr/oast^ \ contest,-fdr casting from the ban^^j *"Mr. Hokansbn's pond into a series1o|l bicycle tires anchored 60 to, 85 teoH from shore.;.uZ^^;^-:^ ;W^3i : Frank J. Schmitt pulled onioitim big/catches of the ^picnic when r^"' landed.Grubber *; balloon^alligal CTWo falind^''jU^i£iimii£^^B Ion his Jlsh hook while angling,in 1 'middle of;the Hokanson swimmL_ tariahs. took the. day &f. Tuesday § pool; A; Gi Pelikan later subdued th| : f r ; swim pIajr alligator byrriding across the pooK < ' ~ - '; •' 1&V-•''• '"•> "^' *:-" " ^ • v- | ' ^aseball^ss^hbrseshoes ; > ,;V ; its^back.^'•--s '-"-. ~^C!%A . :(-Z^ ."tv V" ^^f^t^"**. v%r^^A^ft^^^^^^-r^^:^^-- -".•% -; .i- £'7 v • •<' v*V- .Wournai staff Photo, [and have' a general good time at trie •;> :' V"> \ Excel inPuttingr ::'[ :t*|,_ The stars in^the'putting contesT^ 8 1 r y in the a „ 'Look out for the low bWdge*," a ^oup of Rotarians, pond, are (left to right) Arthur Davidson, William Zim- - ^raoon* th^ "TO** f* i f ~ < ^ were Earl Vallee, H. B. Stanz, HenryJ sitting on.the bank snouted: to three bf their pals in a merman and Mr. Hokanson. In the lower picure Ro* "Oranges!"^ to. fiL Oscar Osthoff was j^cJbranck and H. A.^Feldmann.>'i:?m- 1 C. H. Mueller, E.; J.Ttfeisenheimer^ canoe Tuesday afternoon at the Rotary club* picnic * tary members are testing their skill at fly. casting, aim-%'captain of the winners, and Oscar ; at the estate of Rudolf Hokanson in River Hills. The ing to cast into a set of bicycle tires anchored to thelHusting led the losing team. Both Frank Hcise and Harry B. Smith were : three men paddling along leisurely, unmindful of every-' middle of the pond. Burleigh Jacobs won the casting |were managed by Harry Hall.. - • ... picnic policemen but made no arrests^ pithing but the picturesque surroundings of the small contest. - r /\ * ~ " ** -^——• —— •-•• ———.—-— 72^ • flr^^f ( 3 . ri"7HE juniors of the Milwaukee Hunt club willjbe largely represented, ' p.t*&j&i 'l /siW'fe-'lJ'ai?* &^'^btVd *> in .children 3 classes of the State Fair horse show* it!is'announced by; Capt. Atwobd ,Elliott, manager. 4 Among the junior hunters ^in, tl^e Mil- " XAraiil/'Aa I^«Miwfvt»t *»li*iK 6 hnnf rf4i Trie 1*1 »V >«v*« fho irntin/vtFafo; eliAitm^'ih/^ra >"

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f'The liewipolo'field*on the estate k S^and^rs. Stanley^. Peeser 3roadlea>at*River-Hills was used Junday for the first time when the [Sver HillsJteam defeatcd.the Broad- Ilea team;" Nearly $550;was realized J'by, the committee in charge anct the ...? :. : "J *< '"<< -*< tf-/J>*/f3o ^U £H

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been a popular North Shore attrac­ haven by Harry Bradley, one of the-: tion during summer months. , , co-founders of the Aljen Bradley v ; By Priscilla Ahlgren k f n what may well be the perfect Each August the garden is Company. " ' I'" " r, way to tour the North Shore's opened to the public for a gala ; His wife began adding sculpture party sponsored by the Milwaukeev j to the grounds in the 1960s, not* premiere art collection while at Art Museum's Friends of Art. Pro­ n long after she purchased her first * thIe same time fighting the effects ceeds from the benefit support r piece of art work,, a small oil. V-'' V ' of cabin fever, area residents are programming and art acquisition at i painting. / «.- , donning their cross-country skis the museum. ! "That started her collecting ^, t t and heading for the hills. t everything, including sculpture," /, River Hills, that is, where at the ' The gardens may also be ; said Fox Point resident and art,,, > breathtakingly beautiful Bradley toured at other times of the year, historian Janet Fishman. '''*> Sculpture Gardens they are not weather permitting, by private In 1973, Mrs. Bradley presented only exercising their limbs, hut also groups with advance reservations. that collection to the Milwaukee expanding their minds .^~~ A/?3 Tours are led by Milwaukee Art Art Museum, along with $1 million Umt#d ^^ISpWTBrown V>mr Museum docents. The reservations for construction of what would ;: ; Rd., on the 40-acre estate of the are a must. become the Bradley wing of the J. \ late Harry Lynde and Peg Bradley, Winter ski tours are becoming museum. •' i the garden features 60 original increasingly popularl They give "She had a great love of art as ) works of art. fans of the garden a chance to see well as the money to acquire it and , It is considered, by those in the the landscape blanketed in snow, the desire to share it with the know, to be one of this country's and a view of their favorite pieces public," said Mrs. Fishman, who for sv outstanding sculpture gardens. of sculpture against a white* rather 17 years has worked as a docent fon, Owned and run by the Bradley than green blackground^-^ C, : the Milwaukee Art Museum./ Newcomers to the world of mod­ Family Foundation, the garden is The Bradley family was cer- ;; v perhaps equally well known for its ern art are introduced to the tainly one that gave back to their Y; y meticulour landscaping. Fashioned subject without suffering the con­ community what it got out of it," j-^jn the style of an English country fines of what can sometimes be The sculpture garden was , ;,,. I;;-1 garden, with rolling hills, mari- intimidating museum walls. T made lakes, waterfalls, flower beds The Bradley garden was origi­ .r^'V*'"*^.*. ,? (Continued on next page); and over 4,000 trees, it has long nally conceived as a botanical

AN AERIAL VIEW in summer shows , the careful landscaping of the , tfl?6 fie^jUd ht£-/?ff6 sculpture gardens. "£ (Staff photo) J €i inline?

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Ol 1937. By Shirley Stevens he flowering at the Bradley Sculpture Garden is largely of T manmade materials, but the 40-acre property got its start as a botanical haven. ^ r The garden, located at 2145 W. Brown Deer Rd., River Hills, is today considered one of the country's outstanding sculpture gardens. The 61 contemporary sculptures benefit, however, from the lush surroundings that date back to the 1930s, when the land was purchased ng by Harry Lynde Bradley, one of the co-founders of the Allen-Bradley Co. enhances art Horticulturalist Carl Urban, now 85, is one of several employees whose dedication helped Bradley's dream of |>eauty become a reality. in Kansas City, Mo., where he swam Retired since 1985, Urban lives on as a boy. "THE BREMEN TOWN MUSI- $X '* the estate and still likes to keep a The lake was stocked for fishing, CIANS" was the first piece of,-^ • hahcKin the upkeep of the grounds. but with minimum success, because, sculpture brought to the gar- ^ When he was hired by Bradley in except for a 12-foot diving section, dens. .y , , ; ^ V ; 1934, the property consisted mainly the water averaged a depth of only 5 of corn fields, with horses, sheep, feet. Urban recalled the introduction of / goats and 13 oak trees, he said. The waterfalls were surrounded x "I looked upon it as a real chal­ by decorative rock slabs. a new song called "The Lambeth £ lenge/' he said. Walk," which was all the rage in ; Then came the bombing of Pearl Europe. "Some smart aleck put it on # Harbor and the entry of the United * • the juke box but nobody knew how to Landscaping plans were States into World War II. :TheJ dance to it," he said. drawn up by the Chicago firm of garden project came to a halt. ' •'; • The grounds rang with children's Langford and Moreau. A crew of 15 "All our men enlisted," Urban J laughter during Easter egg hunts in people was hired to contour the land recalled. One, young man, who/ the spring. The family dog used to in the style of an English country pick up the eggs and bury them in places of his own choosing, Urban -^rden, with rolling hills, manmade promised to be back in tour weeks ces, waterfalls, flower beds and because it was going to be a short \ remembered. more than 4,000 trees. war, never returned, he said. | In fall there were bonfires and,, Still on the grounds, now rusted Plans for the botanical garden r potato-roasting in the coals. Mrs. ' and unused, is a 100-year-old grader were discontinued because of the that was pulled by horses to create I Bradley's face would sometimes be lack of manpower. j so blackened she could hardly be all the roads on the estate. ! The grounds became an ; recognized, Urban said. Through special grafting tech­ activity center for the Bradleys, niques, Urban created unique A huge rock near a large , "upright" maples. Weeping flower­ planting of evergreens south of the ing crabs were another of his crea­ their family and friends. lake has a special significance for > tions. ^ •*'.'""": y The tennis courts, still on the Urban. There were also several species of grounds, were in constant use, It came from a farm field north of maples, along with wild locust, Urban recalled. "Mrs. Bradley was the estate, where it was a hazard to I Kentucky coffee trees, willows, bir­ very athletic and beat everyone in the farmer who was continually ches and pin oaks. the neighborhood." hitting it with his plow. Mr, Bradley, , Shrubs put in under Urban's The family enjoyed swimming, concerned that the farmer might be ; supervision included witchhazel, Urban said, and Mrs. Bradley was killed someday, sent men over to high bush cranberry and hazelnut. faster than anyone. "She could swim remove the boulder. Beds of crocus and daffodils flour­ the entire length of the lake and ished several years ago but have back in a very short time," he said. The removal was a dreadful chore, ; since died out, Urban said. according to Urban. Because the \ Winters were festive and marked ' rock was buried nearly 9 feet into Approximately 15 acres of the with skating and tobogganing par­ estate were devoted to lawn, which the ground, workmen had to dig i ties. "We used to scrape the snow off around it and then pull it out with is hand-raked, even to this day. the lake and then create a big toboggan hill with it," Urban said. I chains. Close to 100 people attended "When we finally got it into the To dig the 3-aere kidney- skating events. A huge circle of ice truck," he said, "it was so heavy that shaped lake, a McCormack tractor was cut in the center of the pond and it nearly tipped the truck over. We was donated by the company as a turned by manpower to serve as a had to add others stones for test vehicle. Thirty men and several skating dance floor. Colorful candle balance." T t animals were also employed. lit lanterns were placed on poles all More digging was necessary once rban said the lake, as well as a around the lake and a juke box was the' boulder was brought to the rustic bridge spanning the water, brought in to play hits of the day. , Bradley estate. In the process of was designed to match Bradley's moving it, the big rock fell from the memories of the municipal grounds • truck and landed upside-down in a I hole. Bradley decided to leave the i f rock in that position, Urban Baid. / CMe&AzU ^feg Jl -JW /CUA^J 5/

THE GROUNDS at the Bradley Sculpture Garden reflect the care of two long-time employees, Carl Urban'" (left), and Bob Retko. .. ' . (Staff photos by Dan Johnson) . J^ yiuJvi • JL

River Hills deer prompt warning River Hills — The village's large cause rashes, sore joints, and neuro­ have trod, he said. deer population and concern that logical and cardiac problems, Fred­ "The diseases that people can get some deer may carry disease-spread* rickson said. from that tick are horrible," Flemma .• ing ticks have prompted officials to They also received a copy of a said, and include "all the things you / mail information on Lyme disease to letter Flemma wrote in January ex­ wouldn't want your child to have, \ all residents, Village Manager John pressing concern that area deer could much less the adults." "/ '' *3 M. Fredrickson said Thursday. be carrying the ticks: Flemma wrote . The village should have about 150 » No cases of the disease among that an "aggressive deer removal pro­ deer, he said. The last deer count, » people have been reported in the gram" was a necessity for the village. taken last winter by the State De- village, Fredrickson said, but Village Flemma said Thursday that he was partment of Natural Resources, „ Health Officer Robert Flemma said not advocating that deer be killed or pegged the deer population at 227, { he believed one person had reported that all deer be removed. He said he Fredrickson said. / * , ,yt that two pet dogs contracted the was only promoting a,reduction in A DNR representative has recom- J disease. ' the deer population. mended the village remove 150 deer ) Residents were sent a newspaper a year for a few years to prevent the story and a brochure about Lyme \ The ticks can be picked up by population from getting out of con­ disease, a tick-borne illness * that can people or pets in woods where deer trol, he said. . ...? 1

River Hills fights forest Board asks DNR to reject resident's plan for tree farm the switch to tree farming. ByJOHNLHIRSH State law allows a property tax deferment for of The Journal staff . landowners who own more than 10 acres and who pledge good forestry practices in a contract. If the - River Hills —' The River Hills Village board voted , state designates 22 acres of Giwosky's farm as man­ Wednesday to ask the State Department of Natural aged forest land, Giwosky would have to pay only Resources not to designate a 22-acre tract as managed $ 1.95 per acre in property taxes, or $43 a year, on the ^forest land on the ground that commercial operations '22 acred. Village records show* that Giwosky paid a are forbidden in the village. ,. total of $28,942 in property taxes in 1987 for his Daniel W. Giwosky, of 9120 Upper River Rd., said 62-acre farm. / in a Feb. 9 application to the state that he wanted to Giwosky said in a statement of forest management grow trees on 22 acres of liis 62-acre farm. Giwosky objectives on the application: is allowed to operate a cattle farm at Brown Deer and "I have been raising cattle for fifteen years and F River Rds. in an area zoned for single-family homes wish to phase out and raise trees. This is a wonderful because it was there before the village zoning ordi­ opportunity to do that. I have an unusual site ideally nance was written. ~ Sloped and situated for trees. I have already planted Trustees think that while Giwosjcy's current farm­ trees on the farm and my family's looking forward to ing is legal, the grandfather clause would not cover their progress." . . . •

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By RON LEYS , .'ifltt of The Journal staff * , River Hills — Reports that a big deer with an extraordinary set of- antlers was shot illegally in River Hills are being investigated by" River Hills police, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources game/;^ wardens and the district attorney's office. } - •-, /* v -- v. - **, Police, wardens and dfstrict attorney's office personnel declined town . comment on the case, but several other sources said the investigation *$ -began when a River Hills resident reported seeing a neighbor drag &W- ' buck deer to his garage on Thanksgiving morning* The neighbor said ,T~ . he had heard gunshots in the area the night before. > ^ v ^ \^ -''^ « Investigators found two bucks hanging in the resident's garage, the f sources said. One had IXto 20 points on its antlers, and the other had?" about 8 points, they said. Most hunters would consider an 8-point - • buck a personal trophy, and a buck with 17 or more points on toJ^KA ,, antlers is nothing less than a dream. two deer with a gun and one with a bow. The early bow season ^ 1; opened Sept. 17 and closed Nov.; 13, and the late bow" season opened 1^ on Dec. 3 and will close on Dec. 31. The deer gun season1 ran Nov. u> 19-27. Thanksgiving was Nov. 24! ' ; v r ;; V ^ Because of problems caused by an overpopulation of deer in River Hills, the village plans to begin a program next month to control the JUy size of the herd by having marksmen shoot deer over bait. DNR j officials estimate that the village has about 350 deer and say the deer •. ' population should be only about 100. i>y V is The%himalsJvmust^De Wei lo J»aitfstati6ris7^ COMMENTARY lulled by full bellies and fired Jipon at close range it f ,f by skilled parksmen;nThat procedure'must^b^

only effectively to*«deaMwith the problem^ currently under debate in River Hills.^^*f|f A'W Deer management «cf philosophy^ irrefutablyIf proved td be successful in Wisconsin and'ebe?v$ where, holds that the most efficient, most practl4i| cal, most* economically sound and, indeed,'viheVja >J most humane method for deer herd reduction is to 3 ! shoot and kill that number of animals determined **j to be surplui'T •''? - 'lc '^lp\r :i" •; v ± '':'cyf^i4 It is a brutal concept to be sure, repulsive to w| those1 who 4do not understand that unwanted?^ wildlife can'| be wished away.' <> * -' $: .1]^ 4>J C disease, car-deer collisions and destruction of ^ flower beds and backyard gardens. , vv v

J? 5- % L:J: Last winter* hunters rrom ine UIMK secretly^ |; killed 47; deer at the University of Wisconsin-V& V? • Live* trapping. Rfver Hills hasl ; t already tried this method and found „, iblicsafelyITiUwvS^bSooSP* K MadisbnlArboretum to prevent damage to the VI wheneveraflrearms;are involved, S K plant preserve;The shooting left about 25 deer, fa£$ it to be wanting. It works, but only ^ up to a point The'probrenx^Is;thatJ ^though the reality of a control pro- 5 deer will reproduce faster than' the^ gram is that there is little real danger ^f j Brown-eyed Bambi has become a plaguej4 1 to people. ^. ;>*#"? - ^ W-r^^i instead of a pleasure in bucolic River Hills. What animals can be trapped and. relocat­ ed. Trapping is not really practical on^ And, finally, Shooting is not a;:<- y to do about it, though, is the ~question^4^i?&>i permanent cure for the problem. The ;; Village jpffi^ a large scale. ^ i^S^^S'^"- *£$ >utcries against ltfffin§rancy&&;coj 1 And,live trapping is not the- 'procedure must, be repeated each humane answer to wildlife removal £ year,to keep the herd in check. practlcali^of i£c^imt^^mi^^ n f ^ It is not a perfect solution to the ablylThisfweek, ^tbcyQv^ISflsX^lb^ that many people think it is. A sub- : stantial number of live trapped deer,. ^ River Hills'probtem but, on the other delayed plans to us^marksmen to reduce the deer ) eventually die once they are relocate p- hand, there really isnt such a thing. 1- 4-/98? herd.: - i,j r4?,*• \\%&^*£'^3%& AV'.'- • I JThis much, though, is certain: The These are the truths'that people on each side of ed. Stress, trauma, broken bones and v internal injuries suffered during cap-; ^villagers of River Hills and other the issue should consider: : '-\*f\ $*l J*% *-" ^ -. l|itur< e are common tlaws of the live - |; deer lovers in the area need to under- There are four deer damage" abatement tecifcX* trapping technique. _ * t stand that it is not Donner and Blitz- niques relevant to the River r^jrf^tipn:^;^! |; en or Bambi under fire, but a nui-~ 4 • Shooting, The most effective • Fencing. This is used with varying^ effec-^ method of deer herd reduction, but it . sance herd of wild deer that likely r^ will cause a peck of trouble some- tiveness in rural areas to keep deer out of fruity ?c also comes with troublesome bag­ tree plantations and other agricultural plots. Or gage. where down the road if left off roadways. It is expensive. It might work on \% Public acceptance is difficult tp unchecked. certain individual properties but never, ever in C w _- Shooting, like it or not, is the only practical answer. the village as a whole.. ,^-V 4 . >> v * 1 achieve. It requires precise planning • Hazing. This has been tried on various kinds 1 by people who know what they are of wildlife and found to be largely impractical. It j, doing. It is loud. It is bloody. It is is intended to chase unwanted wildlife out of L messyy~ £.Zf.-:£< ^i^^^k ksl* given areas. It rarely works over the long term* - Wildlife experts generally consider hazing to be the least effective of abatement^techniques. „ v - . ^ ^

f***-***^. #n$rx*iP4. "- 4- *^# ^^#* -; r - .; i, - River. ffilis, — The Village Board unanimously tabled Wednesday until next fall its consideration of a con­ with the State Department of Natu--. troversial proposal in which marks- ral Resources, said he was concerned -EC< 1K$?.» . that the village would not be able to f men would be used to reduce the erage for marksmen.\ \"';, community's deer population;, *\- trap enough deer to maintain^ or re­ duce the number in the village:'^: **• - In another matter, the board unan­ Trustee Carl A/ Weigell pointed- imously, adopted a resolution that 1 out that his motion to table the pro­ opposes a binding referendum ques­ posal did not rule out the possibility ] About 70 deer bave been«trapped! tion on whether Maple Dale-Indian of ever implementing a shooting pro­ in the village since Dec. 27, according : Hill School District voters want the gram. , ;: . _^x . to officials. Sunday, DNR officials, . School Board to borrow $3.7 million counted 248 deer in the village. OffK- for improvements at two elementary, >• The board agreed to look into an* cials would like to have no more than, I insurance proposal for a Port Wash-- schools. Residents will vote on the about 85 in the village. - ^v- V question Tuesday. * ~-*'<['$*> fX ; ington man who has offered to shoot The resolution states the board deer at a cost of $100 or $125 for - Weigell said he was encouraged by goes "on record opposing the referen­ each deer; Village President Robert the number of deer that have been v trapped in a short period. < dum at this time so that further study ' W. Kasten said. * "* A can be made and the matter be rein­ The board also encouraged ,an ag­ troduced with justification at a later gressive trapping program and Weigell said he requested* the pro­ date.". .,•_;- v -. - agreed that notices will be mailed to posal be tabled because of liability . residents ^with information about questions. '. .^ v^:., * Superintendent Robert Kattman Lyme disease and about traffic safety said he was sorry the board opposed problems caused by a large deer the referendum and added that a herd. * After the meeting, he said that presentation before trustees about public opinion opposing the proposal the project, scheduled for Wednes­ Deer carry ticks that can transmit was not a factor in his request. Lyme disease to humans. The disease day's meeting, had been canceled. can cause rashes, sore joints and neu­ rological and cardiac problems. I .. Kasten said an insurance proposal . Improvements at Maple Dale * Bill' Ishmael, a wildlife manager I — estimated to cost $24,000 to would include replacing eight class­ | $25,000 and provide coverage of $5 rooms and demolishing the building's I million for property,owners and the , second and third floors, which are £ village — was no longer valid and I more than 60 years old. y would have to be rebid. / /^ The proposal did not provide cov- At Indian Hill, windows would be , replaced and more office. space would be created. .

fc£. •jf'd, . «rJi£v«w:,./,i.., Good Works Municipal workers are all-weather stalwarts icalled on to do a multitude of different jobs **>"' By Shirley Stevens DPWs differ in the way they handle garbage, leaf and rubbish pickup. s a turkey is the tasteful centerpiece of a fine Brown Deer and Glendale use private contractors for Thanksgiving dinner, so is a local Department of their collections. A Public Works a good-will nucleus that helps to Fox Point, Bayside, River Hills and Whitefish Bay keep a community clean and functioning. have backyard trash pickup'(within the memories of Many residents consider the primary duties of DPWs many in Whitefish Bay, trash collectors were willing to to be trash collection, leaf pickup, and snowplowing and go down to basements as well as backyards). salting. In Shorewood, residents wheel green garbage carts to They do a lot more, however. These hardy, all-weather the curb once a week in a program that was a Midwest stalwarts are responsible for the following tasks, innovation when it started 11 years ago. depending on the community: Most suburbs collect leaves if they are raked to • Weekly garbage collection. . curbside by certain dates. ^ • All municipal plantings and care. • Fox Point takes its leaves to a farm on North River •/'•Street maintenance, including asphalt patching, Road. River Hills and Bayside compost their leaves on crack repairs, line painting, lane marking, road shoul­ DPW sites and use the decomposed matter for plantings. dering, curb repairs and sign installations. Bayside also puts a large amount of compost out for >* • Installation of guard posts and railings. public use. "It's a good, rich material for gardens," ^ • Maintenance of traffic lights and street lights. Hohmann said. "The public access to it saves us hauling * '" • Flushing and cleaning storm and sanitary sewers, costs and makes for an efficient use of natural ; hydrants, catch basins, sewer lines and water mains. materials." 4 • Installation of water pipes and valves. Jim Bartnicki, head of Shorewood's DPW, said his . *• Full responsibility for care of all municipal build- community hopes to incorporate leaf collection into an l ings and parks. expanded recycling program. "WeTl let the leaves • Culvert installation and manhole rebuilding. compost and residents and DPW alike will use it for i • Maintenance of recreation areas such as ice skating gardens," he said. * rinks, playgrounds, tennis courts and baseball dia­ Shorewood's leaves are currently hauled to a farm and monds. .-••'•• spread on the fields. ,, • Setting up and servicing voting machines. • Servicing municipal equipment. Cost efficiency is the key word when local i .*' • Keeping records of all systems. . officials discuss public works. They are seeking greater • For lakefront communities, responsibility for the productivity with less manpower to be accomplished beaches as well as erosion control. through maximujn use of time,*equipment and technol­ ogy. ..> Try as they might, DPWs cannot please all Superintendents are keenly aware of the public's of the people all of the time. demand for service at bargain prices, as well as the fact Charles Noeske, DPW superintendent in River Hills that costs continue to escalate due to inflation. since 1981, said one of the most trying aspects of the job "It seems to be an annual 6 percent rise," Bartnicki was keeping the public satisfied. "Everyone wants said. .„,.. '.,_•.;•'.•..,-•- , • - things done very quickly, almost as soon as they call. We can't always pull men off one job to go to another," he r: Bartnicki views his job as "non-stop looking for new Said. •. ..;,-;>. y,::::,:y,- .--.. '; '- • ' possibilities for saving money and giving better service. DPW projects vary according to each suburb. I We're constantly trying to streamline the department's Because of special drainage problems in River Hills, I programs." , that community's DPW cleans 25,000 feet of sanitary I Starting in January, Shorewood will consolidate its * sewers in a three-year period. , : trash collection schedule in hopes of saving as much as "We have to do a good share of ditching," Noeske said. ;$300,000 over a five-year period. f t "There is a Jot of silting m field,areas and we have to,,,, ':, DPW salaries average about $12 per hour. Superinten­ dents try to keep the work week within 40 hours to avoid J And while River Hills doesn't have street lights to paying overtime. In winter, however, crews sometimes maintain, it does have 22 cul de sacs that'must be cared put in 12 to 15 hours per day. for. Bayside has no storm sewers but has many sanitary Although DPW work is difficult, most sewers that must be cleaned regularly. employees like the challenge, variety, outside work and *' "Some of our work such as tree removal and lighting independence of the job. ;. t i repairs is contracted out," said Harry Hohmann, who is But it is not without dangers. ' ; in his 32nd year in Bayside. "Next year we will undergo v DPW superintendents agree that garbage collection !; a massive street shouldering program." 1 can cause health problems unless trucks with special Without street lights, Fox Point has little electrical lifting devices are used. ~ > work for its DPW. Electrical projects in public buildings ^ are handled by a private contractor. ? , "But we do have a 1.5 million gallon reservoir of water r* to maintain throughout the year," said Village Engineer ^0 ; Mark Gottlieb. . ^ N „ ^^~ Gottlieb of Fox Point said many DPW employees The amount and type of DPW equipment eventually get back problems from the strenuous work. such as front loaders, snowplows, salt spreaders, sewer;. machines and garbage trucks depends largely on the size "And they are also dealing with potentially lethal ; machinery and the fact that a lot of work is done in the * tl of the community and the services provided. 3 \ Vy Whitefish Bay Village Manager Michael Harrigan j^aid ] streets, where traffic is always a hazard," he added. ' 1 Said Noeske of River Hills: "Our men get training ;• "quality equipment was important, "You don't get ; the > through our insurance company on how to lift and deal most for your money with anything cheap," he said. He: with equipment safely. We stress the importance of noted that improved trucks made it possible for always wearing hard hats and goggles." Whitefish Bay two years ago to reduce the amount of Winters of Brown Deer said he watches his employees manpower needed for trash pickup. closely for signs of fatigue. Hohmann remembers the early 1960s as being a busy Hohmann agreed that machinery is much better today time for the Bayside DPW. "It was our job to build all the than before. "Years ago, even heaters in the trucks didn't streets. We used soil cement then, a mixture of ground work half the time," he said. with road material, no longer used today. It took a lot of Gottlieb would like to see more of Fox Point's young ' work to make the stuff, shape and apply it. Modern people apply for the 12 full-time summer jobs in his material today is far easier to apply." j DPW. "The work would give college kids a chance to see what their community is all about," he said. Looking back over the years, DPW superin­ tendents have clear recollections of some emergencies. Whitefish Bay Forester Ron Schultz recalls the Noeske recalls a 1982 flood in River Hills* "There were summer oft 198iy»t>6 whewnen a severe wind storm hit the 6 inches of rain in a short period of time. We had to pump suburb. "We lost 26 big trees plus a lot of limbs," he said out basements and sanitary sewers until we were ready With the cooperation of the Whitefish Bay Fire to drop," he said. Department, massive trunks were shoved aside to clear the streets for emergencies. The most dangerous job was He also has special memories of the winter of 1974, removing limbs still hanging. "We had to saw off; when 16 inches of snow fell in two days. "Our trucks with hundreds of branches while also bolting and cabling 50 gallon tanks had t6 get filled two and three times a those we could save," Schultz said. night to keep going," he said. Former DPW employees say the best thing about Most DPW employees don't plan a lot of activities for retirement is knowing there won't be that call in the Christmas and New Year's Eve because they are often middle of the night to come in. * called in for duty. Frequent holiday emergencies include "It's hard to get out of a warm bed and go into the cold heavy snow, icy roads, water main breaks or fallen trees. but you dp it," Noeske said. Good work skills, dedication and toughness are all qualities that make up the typical DPW worker. •^.^9P^^/1^TO? and keep on truckin', guys, j HE bill ishmael, a Wisconsin Depart­ River Hills ment of Natural Resources wildlife , manager, said the deer herd in£the j village would numb^ijnpre thai^OO ' r again delays4j this winter, moje^hanlthree tipies < ; J the number th^liiigenc^ believSS is > « u shooting optimal for Riv^Hili|f3,301 a#es. ^n&m^^ The department^als^fpredictsjthe "0> '**%$% SL number of deer^ will double a%ry ""* ByJOHNL.HIRSH two years if not controlled. :t * gas., of The Journal staff Under a program recommended River Hills — The Village Bgurd by the village's Deer Committee, delayed action Wednesday on a^jbn- marksmen would be stationed atop towers or platforms, from which •c3g - troversial plan that calls for mSSks- they would shoot at deer lured'by „ - OS S £ °~ men to thin the village's burgeojjng apples and corn. The; committee deer herd. • •«*•* hopes to reduce the deer population Village officials said thev waited by 100 or 150. >3 $*. . more information on insurance cov­ 1 "The recommendation was a $£ne- •••8 •».«:: CS5& erage for the marksmen. They*also shot deal just to bring the numbers said they wanted to look at^fhe down to where they could be - - - •• • • •• • • • Lueloff dies in Florida;^ had headed River Hills1 By JOHN L HiRSH : . ' . of The Journal staff ' * y Services will be held Saturday in Sarasota, Fla., for Reuben T. Lueloff, who was River Hills', third, village president, from 1958 to 1972. Lueloff died Sunday of heart dis- . ease in Sarasota. He was 82. cf. 3>/rt(ff8? Lueloff was an industrialists and financier who helped develop a mas­ ter plan for. River Hills. He had said wanted the village to remain a com­ munity of winding roads, tall trees and large residences. He said in a 1972 interview that he saw the vil­ lage as "a little haven of atmosphere that gives space and trees and a feeling of openness." Reuben T. Lue|off

Lueloff was a native of Colby, t rriCf * Wis., and a 1929 graduate of the way 141. The site eventually went to'' infJ University of Wisconsin-Madison. He the village. ( , :. l was a vice president of Bell & Howell Lueloff unsuccessfully attempted < Co., Chicago, before founding Power to establish an independent RiveJ;} Products Corp,, Grafton, Hills school district. Village pupjfe: s Power Products, was a small now attend three! elementary dU* engine manufacturing company that tricts — Maple Dale-Indian Hill, F03, started in a garage in 1946 and was Point-Bayside and Glendale-Rivlr sold 11 years later to Tecumseh Hills — which feed! students to NicCji Products Co. for more than $2.5 mil­ let High Sehooh U, ^H: lion dollars.. The plant produced Lueloff was one of the original!! engines for such things as power, vestrymen of St. Christopher's EplfjL* lawn mowers and chain saws. copal Church of River Hills. He was* In 1962, Lueloff started a new also a member 0} the Milwaukee Grafton firm, Energy Conservation Club, the Milwaukee Country Club/-" Systems Corp., which made an elec­ the Hunt CluB; thd Town Club aim* trically driven magnetic device used the North Shore Republican Club, lie in television tuners, ice-makers, pho­ was a trustee of the Milwaukee Art" tocopy machines, timers and automo­ Institute and a member of the Great* bile window openers. The company erJMilwaukeeComijrtittee. * )0t was renamed Enercon Inc. after it , A memorial service will be held ajL was sold to Amerace-Esna Corp., of : 4 p.m. Saturday at (St ppniface Epi$u New York, in 1971. ••• ' •'-;'V''v£ : copal Church, Sarasota.' ; /'"'*'// '£.' Lueloff was appointed village Lueloff is survijved by his wife,3 president in 1958, then was elected Marjorie, and two {daughters, Caro­ to the job in 1959. He served until he line Williams and Jprie Lueloff Fried­ moved to Milwaukee .in, 1972. He man, both of Chicago. Friedman is w moved to Sarasota four years latir; news commentator on Chicago's Village Manager John M. Fred- WLS-TV. Williams Iworks in the Chft . rickson called Lueloff "a real gifted cago office of Donaldson, Lufkin and man:**-- '.,.'. , y •; /•' Jenrette, a New York-based invests "He was a great speaker who mentfirm. / t . ; ' \ ]J| could hold people in the palm of his /hand" Frederickson said. "He was a great leader and a good friend." The master plan that Lueloff developed in 1960 has been updated ., annually. River Hills is the only sub­ urb in , Milwaukee County sjoned exclusively for single-family resi­ dences, most of which are on five- acre lots. The village grew from 1,000 to l;600 residents during Lue­ lof fs five terms as president. '* f; ': M* Lueloff'-also began efforts to acquire a 41-acre former Nike missile site at W. Brown Deer Rd. and Higfy- 31 River Hills Deer killing may start next week •I * k, * r (U ' .- /A-:-'.- ••••':*,-, ' ; permit applications. "Some [of the property owners] than2oo;;;;; ' t " t > The applications, which are for want; only traps," Katsn\a said. -However*ari aerial surveycon- "The village will try to accommo­ both the shooting of deer and trar> J ducted by the DNR this week. ping deer for transport to a meat- date the wishes of the owners." , found only 161 deer in River Hills. processing plant, have been filed by Village Manager Joseph Szyper Katsma said that was less ,than five village residents who have vol­ said public works employes would expected, but said the written esti­ unteered the use of their land. An­ construct five or six of the stands, mate he had given to village offi­ other five or six applications by which are about eight feet high, cials was 177. other residents are being prepared.. The wooden platforms with a sup­ porting framework will be placed . There had been some confusion A contractor also will shoot deer r,, ,; about the numbers, said Katsma, and might be paid $150 a carcass, against trees. ": ' .T , * who blamed himself for part of it, although a definite amount has not The estimated cost of the shoot­ noting that he had only started been set. ing and trapping program is about working with River Hills this year.

; Trustees voted in a room crammed with supporters and opponents of a River Hills urges November resolution that called for the trapping and killing of deer, y / ? Only two people spoke in favor of j the current program. -,, y:t$ f* i'i

Ttc^p * %^^^^ /J^^/?^ resident. "I think what has taken place is barbaric." Residents and animal rights activ­ ists reacted strongly to the bludgeon­ ing of several deer by public works employees. ^ — The employees took the action af- • ter the meat processor the village had • contacted about processing the meat ' refused to accept live animals, said Carl A. Weigell, village president. , / What brought village employees to kill the deer when a butcher down in town had scruples not to do it?" asked automobile dealer Ernie Von Schledorn, who lives in River Hills. Some in the audience criticized Weigell, who took over as village president earlier this year, and called for his resignation. , .$. But Weigell said he spent most of Thursday talking with residents who believe there is a deer problem and said to "do what you have to do." ,;j .v. . r • »'«.'.v- ' • 'After the meeting, most seem pleased with the board's decision, but board members were concerned about how the issue had "caused neighbors to become angry with one another," Weigell said. The board will meet again Jan. 29 to review the progress of the trap­ ping program. ,

•2.H Environment tion to resign, and it's not likely '*?• that I will buy a car from you anytime soon." ? He backed off from the second statement moments later, asking, River Hills ends killing "Can you give me a good deal?*? "' *T will sell you a car anytime; I am professional in that matter," von Schledorn applied. "What of deer in face of protests , bothers me still is when a butcher refuses to do it [kill the deer] and By PETER EiSENHAUER we do it here." of The Journal staff Weigell had said during the meeting that the reason public River Hills — After a persistent furor and works employes did the killing was several protests, including a candlelight vigil sion. that the meat processor had refused Thursday night, the Village Board reversed Trustee John Brennan added a to do it, for fear of protests. direction on Friday and canceled a program stipulation that any shooting could "The thing was, suddenly we to trap and kill deer. j not be done by individuals, who had seven deer on our hands," By a 7-0 vote at a special meeting might ask the DNR for a permit, or Weigell said. "The Department of crammed by about 80 protesters, trustees by village employes. Public Works employes took it in also canceled a plan to begin The most heated comments their hands to dispatch them. shooting deer after Jan. 1. came during an exchange between "When we heard the reaction to Instead, village employes Village President Carl Weigell and that, we immediately stopped." will trap deer and move car dealer Ernie von Schledorn, a People who spoke at the meet­ them. The trapping is being River Hills resident who has op­ ing were divided among those who done to reduce the size of the posed the killing of deer in the opposed killing deer, those who deer herd in River Hills. village. supported it and some who were "Right now, we're elated," Von Schledorn demanded to not sure what the village should do. said Carol Simon of the Co- " know who was responsible for the Some residents also questioned alition for Responsible Ecol­ decision to bludgeon the trapped * whether there really was a problem ogy. The coalition, a state­ deer, a question Weigell would not with deer in the village. A recent wide group, sponsored the " ----- answer specifically, citing only the aerial survey showed 161 deer in candlelight vigil Thursday in front of the! November resolution that ap­ the village, less than the figure of Village Hall. "This is a very positive step." proved trapping the deer and tak­ 200-plus that village officials had Trustees had voted in November to start ing them to a meat-processing used for their policy. the trap-and-kill program because the cost of plant. The resolution did not speci­ Village Manager Joseph Szyper loving deer caught in baited box traps was fy where the deer would be killed, said DNR officials had told him $oing to increase. The State Department of Weigell said. that bludgeoning was a humane Natural Resources had notified village offi- At one point von Schledorn method of killing deer. called on Weigell to resign. Weigell Village officials had said the op­ threatened to have von Schledorn tions presented by the coalition, rials that deer would be moved to Dane and ejected from the meeting. which included contraception, were Rock Counties, farther away than previous Afterward, Weigell said: "Mr. either too expensive or would not sites. Village officials will ask the DNR for a von Schledorn, it's not my inten­ work. closer location to release the deer. They said the relocation program must remain within the $25,000 budgeted for deer yr^ SUBURBAN BRIEFS ^ control in 1991. '*$ Simon said trapping should be supervised ; by an organization that has a record of River Hills ' ". ;://-;" \*'.' : ^';;-'; \\ helping relocated deer survive. One group would be the Schlitz Audu­ 41 deer trapped and relocated bon Center, she said. River Hills had trapped 41 deer as of the end of Jan->i The village began trapping u!ary through a deer relocation program that began in '* deer last week. Seven were trapped and bludgeoned with December. f ' •..'-! a hammer. The meat was be­ The animals are being trapped in an effort to reduce ing donated to a food bank the village's deer population. The Deer Committee says for the hungry. the animals are being taken to south-central Wisconsin. Protesters contended that The number of deer living inside the village was esr ^ the killing was inhumane and timated at 120, still at least 45 more than the goal set >J >v unnecessary. last year by the Village Board. The State Department of / A standing-room-only Natural Resources estimated the village's deer popula< \ crowd crammed the Village Board room tion on Dec. 7 to be between 161 and, 181. V <; Friday and dozens more stood in a hallway. After listening to numerous angry comments, The village has a permit to trap deer under DNR su­ Trustee Jim Connelly moved that the policy pervision until April 1. /' JC reversed. It was approved without discus- •} When trapping began in December, the village \ *'~ *C planned to have the deer killed and the meat donated *'{$" Pleasesee Deer page 8 to food pantries. But when residents objected to village ] employes' bludgeoning the animals to death, the board •, decided to transfer the deer instead, ;;. ";.',''', •$:$/

3,-T % (Continued from page 1), * / ' •*,;i - -; * >3 Dye Works in Milwaukee. Aunt STREAM JTillie, who never married* worked ?' for the dye company. Connected to it was a laundrjrso the Kranstovers had the luxury of sending their j clothes to the family laundry to be , .of ? \ washed. .,/ l"<\ •" *. ./ " ' ;• ' ,<"'^ rs. Holland especially consciousness remembers ; those August Miday s on the island when she, was 8 and 9. She read the Dorothy The Milwaukee River remembered ; Dainty series and the Little Colonel \ books. Two kerosene lamps hung By Nancy Leqssler ut when she came there as a over the large dining room table in small girl in 1911, Janet the evenings. Aunt Martha played raffic pounds relentlessly B Holland found no such conve­ '.solitaire, while other adults read these days across the Milwau­ niences. copies of the Saturday Evening Post. Tkee River on W. Good Hope The big house had a living room, Her mother, as well as Aunt Rd. Few motorists are probably dining room and kitchen (with wood Martha,- played the piano for sing- aware, however, that the six-lane cook stove) on the first floor, which | ing. Other times, they cranked up bridge, built in 1967, spans a 7-acre had plastered walls. But the second ; the Victrola with the morning glory island that has been home to sum­ floor (consisting of three bedrooms) horn and played songs like "He Had mer residents since the turn of the was unfinished—showing the studs. . . to Get Under, Get Out and Get century. The spacious third floor attic held a f Under, to Fix Up His Automobile." Until the bridge was built, what number of bedd for overflow com­ On rainy days, or when the porch we know as W. Good Hope Rd. pany. • proved unseasonably chilly, young stopped at the riverbank. Years ago, A porch was later added on the Janet could explore the attic; where, a footbridge crossed the west chan­ front (west side) and on the south of among other curios, was an old nel in summer, and boats were used the house. music box. > * to get back and forth when the water In those years, water was drawn As she matured—feeling impor­ was high. • -• • from an artesian well and tasted tant—she was allowed to walk to the Today, two summer cottages are strongly of iron. A huge icebox in the Schreiber farm on N. Green Bay located south of the bridge; a year- back hall could hold 100-pound Ave. to buy milk for the family. round home is on the island north of chunks of ice, cut from the river in (Grandfather Pierron's cqw had long the bridge. the depth of winter and stored in an since been sold.) " *' ice house until called for. Children from area farms joined met Pierron Jacobi Hol- Grandfather Pierron kept a cow the river's summer residents at the 1CK.-U, now of Shorewood, spent her during those early years and used to footbridge for swimming. It was childhood summers on the island, squirt milk at his little granddaugh­ their diving dock as well as their which was known, because of her ter teasingly, as she watched the access to the island, while shade family, as Pierron Island. milking process. trees and river water cooled them Mrs. Holland's grandfather, Wil­ He had dreams of raising snails on against soaring temperatures. ' liam Pierron, inherited the island the island, and even ordered some The footbridge was taken down in from his mother, and a three-story from France. The project never fully fall, then put up again in spring. summer home was built there in developed, however, and when floods 1898. The setting became the focus came, some of the would-be snail Otherwise, ice and, snow would for family parties, Mrs. Holland said, crop rose with the waters and were £breakitup. and sometimes up to 40 people deposited further down river in large Uncle Louie Pierron, a would gather on a July weekend for clumps. bachelor; and well-known area bicy­ chicken and German potato salad clist, was a regular at family gather­ and her Aunt Tillie's homemade Aside from the fun of fam­ ings. He was a justice of the peace for noodles. ily get-togethers, sunshine, swim­ a number of years and officiated at Currants, gooseberries, rhubarb ming and fresh air, the island was j local functions, including the wed­ and asparagus grew in abundance also a haven for Mrs. Holland's on the island. mother* who was widowed when her ding of Mrs. Holland's parents. only child was 2-1/2. At her hus­ jk Two of Mrs. Holland's 'cousins Mrs. Holland recalls:, "Grand­ were married at the summer home. mother Pierron cultivated a magnifi­ band's death, Mrs. Jacobi moved cent garden and later Uncle Will back from Denver to Milwaukee, to A tennis court commanded the Kranstover was an ardent horticul- , start teaching again and to be near north end of the island. It had to be supportive family. chalked and the grass cut very short turist. He would work with his for the family games of lawn tennis. plants long after dark by the light of When the small girl was 5, her a Coleman lantern." v The three-story * summer home mother remarried—to. Jack with the wrap-around porch has There was no electricity on the Kemerer—and once again the family island until the 1940s. Mrs. Hol­ moved west. But young Janet was , been gone for years. The bridge was land's husband, Vic, (who worked for sent back to Milwaukee for several built in 1967. . •„ the Wisconsin Power and Light Co.), summers, starting when she was had to contact people in Washington, about 8. By then, her aunt and uncle, ,1-C. until the luxury of electric light, Martha and Will Kranstover, had ^ and radio reached the summer taken over the island when her <*at at last. (Since the Milwaukee grandparents retired and moved out >r r was considered a navigable of state. ^ay of water, the request for Will Kranstover owned the Badger electrical service had to go through the federal government. _y (Continued on page 4)

<* V* A7> C/U f^OiMjQs£ $~^#~/?£? 37 ots of people can remember, however, when there was no f— —Good:Hope bridge. And that i [occasionallt y a Saturday night cele- f brant at Bertram's Tavern (theh at ,' the corner of NI Green Bay Ave. and \ W. trbod Hope Rd.) drove his car I eastward into the river by mistake. 5 (whfere he would find a bridge today). * But not many people have the joy I of memories of spending summers on I an island in the Milwaukee River. When you talk with Janet Pierron * Holland, you can almost imagine it *• is 1916 again; You can feel the river 1 that was deep and fit enough for swimming. You can taste the white l raspberries that grew in abundance . on the island. V i ' Ifyou'reintheareaatdusk, get as close to the river as you can. Smell it. Hear it. Feel the damp night air. Picture people singing around the piano in the island summer home. And Janet Holland's Uncle Will Kranstover working in his garden by ' the light of a Coleman lantern.

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Jan. 1989 photo, taken from Green Tree Rd. bridge.

Looking toward the SW side of the Milwaukee River one can see the entrance to the mill race. (ARROW)

The old river stones, forming the base of the former mill race, can still be seen and walked on. The mill race began just south of the Green Tree bridge and ended at the Sunny Point area of the river. SEE MAP BELOW.

The miLL race was built in the late 1850s to by-pass the river's curve and large chunk of land (today forming part of Kletzsch Park), to send logs down river to Peter Bender's saw mill. That mill was located on the east side of the river, north of Bender's road. Bender also had a grist mill, located at the east end of Mill Road, on the west side of the river - it was below the dam.

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47 THE OLD GRAIN MILL LNLET AND OLD MILL RACE ON THE MILWAUKEE RIVER

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The old mill pond for the Thien and Meyer grain mill, later Hermann's mill, run by his step-sons, the Pierron boys.

It was located behind the present house at 1235 W. Green Tree Road. The mill was built in the 1840s. Thien left to found Thiens- ville.

The above view is from the west bank of the river, just south of Green Tree Rd.

Jan. 1989 photo taken from the Green Tree Rd. bridge.

The mill race is nearly opposite this mill pond inlet; see next page. Photo taken February 1984

The Luedke house, built in the 1870s and the barn, built later, were torn down in the summer of 1988 for a new house. The attached enclosed porch was added to the house in the 1940s. This is the NE corner of Range Line Rd. and W. Cedar Lane (the 9400 block N)

9075 N. RANGE LINE ROAD - CARETAKER QUARTERS

This building was buiit in the 1930s by for the F.W.Magin family. Their house is set farther back to the west off Range Line Rd.

I took this photo just because it's a joy to look at.'

Feb. 1984

U? GOOD HOPE ROAD AND THE 1-43 SOUTH-BOUND ON-RAMP SITE

This house was built by John Kuetemeyer in 1918-19, on level ground (level with the then ex­ isting Good Hope Road!

Built of frame, the house was later stuccoed. When the bridge over 1-43 was built (then highway 141) and Good Hope Rd. was widened, the dirt level was vastly increased at the front door of this house.

Access to the house is now from W. Good Hope Rd. over the hill and down to the former level area.

John Kuetemeyer was the former owner of the Gruen Baum (Green Tree) Tavern, now the site of the Green Tree Health Care Center.

M 645 W. GOOD HOPE ROAD

1985 photo

John Kuetemeyer bought the old Schumacher farmhouse that had stood near this site, along with the bam, and used the wood to build this house in 191£ The house was later stuccoed. At the time the house was built, Good Hope Rd. was much narrower.

Waen the 1-43 overpass bridge was built, and Good Hope Rd. Northeast view of house widened, the house lost its front and east yards. Landfill was dumped in the front and side yards to bring the level of Good Hope Rd. up to the new overpass height - giving the house the appearance of being in a valley.

1991 photo

Showing the west view of the house, located just at west side of the 1-43 south on-ramp at Good Hope Rd.

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AY? RE: 7095 N. RIVER ROAD, RIVER HILLS - LOG CABIN

I find it extremely doubtful that the log cabin underneath the existing house was built by Byron Kilbourn, even though he was the first speculator to own this section of land.

Byron and Mary H., his wife, Kilbourn of the County of Franklin, Ohio sold this NE 1/4 Section 19 (the land east of the Milwaukee River between Green Tree and Good Hope Roads) on Dec. 14, 1835 to Micajah T. Williams, of the County of Hamilton, Ohio; when Micajah died, it was sold by his widow Hannah J. Williams to Chas. H. and Sarah( his' wife), Williams; Elizabeth W. (Williams) and Aaron F. Perry, her husband; Granville Williams, Alfred K. Williams, Sarah A. Williams, George T. and Pricilla E.(his wife) Williams; and John Edw. Williams, children of Micajah. Widow Hannah J. Williams still living in Hamilton Co., Ohio.

It was sold to Valentine Blatz (who also owned 68 acres on both sides of Green Bay Rd., north of Mill Rd.), another speculator; on 7/31/1866 Val and Louise Blatz sold the E 1/4 "as lies E of the Milwaukee River, in the NE 1/4 Sec. 19, containing 20 acres,11 for $650.00 to Margarethe Luy (Mrs. John), !freserving the right-of-way across part of lot 6 to the present bridge over the river until a new road along the section line and a new bridge across the river shall be laid out and opened and ready and fit for use.1'

The section line referred to above for a bridge and road eventually became Good Hope Road nearly 100 years later, with a permanent bridge over the river. The "present bridge11 referred to by Blatz was a footbridge, and was south of present Good Hope Rd.

The Luys were the first settlers on that section of land and appear to be the family who built the log cabin, according to Anson Buttles, His information comes from diaries his grandfather kept of the old town of Milwaukee.

Mimi Bird Nov. 1987

49 7308 N.RIVER ROAD

Above: west view Below photo: north side

Underneath the brick there is a small two-story frame house with square nails; it may have been F. Nowack's farmhouse. The original portion is located in the north side (left side of above photo). The original house was formerly on the edge of River Road, numbered 7800. Fitz­ hugh Scott, Sr., an architect, purchased the house and 10 acres in 1915 from Mr. Reeburg, then used the house as a summer residence.

In I92# Fitzhugh Scott,Sr. moved the house to its present site, east in the woods. A newer house was built at 7800 N. River Rd. There is a pond between the two houses that was formerly used for cows.

Information from Mrs. Elise (Scott)Fox Swansea, daughter of Fitzhugh Scott,Sr.

Photos taken July 1990

Additional photos on next page

57 7808 N. RIVER ROAD

Information from Mrs. Elise(Scott)Fox Swansea, daughter of Fitzhugh Scott, Sr.

Fitzhugh Scott,Sr. moved this house east of its original location in 1924 and subsequently had additions built. Both his wife's and his ashes are interred within this brick wall next to the patio:

E. L. S. (Elise) 1886 - 1951 (vm <£

After Fitzhugh, Sr.'s death, his son, Fitzhugh, Jr. and his wife, Eileen (Schlesinger)Scott moved into this home. Vl> 7275 N. RIVER ROAD

I believe this was Herman Raether's farmhouse, built in the 1870's. The Frederick Sammond family purchased the house in 1934. LEFT: This is the east view as seen from River Road and is part of the original farm­ house. When the Sammonds purchased the property, a smokehouse was still on the site.

Both photos taken July 1990.

This view is of the northeast corner of the house, showing the origi­ nal house. The picket fence along River Road is very old.

See next page for photo of the Sammond addition.

51 7275 N. RIVER ROAD

The north side of the house - the addition the Sammond family built onto the original portion of the house is shown (added onto the west side).

Photos taken in July 1990

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Henry and Ida Hoffman's house, built 1912; additions/remodeling done in 1952, 1975 and 1981. Henry was a son of August and Bertha(Schoof)Hoffman, settlers on the 60 acres on the NE corner of present W. Good Hope and River Roads. August's original farmhouse, along with his daughter and son-in-law's house (Harriet and Frank Braun) had been on the old NE corner of Good Hope and River Rds. and were torn down in early 1960's for Good Hope Road construction.

The small farmhouse, with the front door facing west towards River Road, was re­ modeled in 1952 for the H.Wingfield Richter family; Elliot Mason was the architect The fieldstone foundation was exposed during remodeling. Front door relocated to face south. The Michael Tooman family remodeled again in 1975 and added a family room and swimming pool. ._ , . _ . ,n, ,„ ,_ , > (Information from Joan (Richter )Rohmer) ^2 7255 N. RIVER ROAD

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The original log cabin on this property was built close to the road. It was William Maresch's house; he owned 25 acres, purchased in 1875 (perhaps with the log cabin already built on the land).

The present house, shown at the left, is set far back from the road. The frame farmhouse under­ neath all the additions and remodelings was built about 1885.

In 1919, Dr. Harold E. and Enid (Scott) Holbrook purchased 5 acres and the house and had an unattached garage built (see below). In October 1924, they had architect Fitzhugh Scott draw up plans for an attached garage and did major remodeling to the house, including winterizing the house - prior to that year, the Holbrooks had used the house only as a sunnier residence. Remodeling was again done in 1951 and 1971 when the John Schroeder family purchased the home. The first cement sidewalk in the area was laid at this house.

The unattached garage is located east of the house; built 1919 and re­ modeled 1924 to match the house.

d 7515 N. RIVER ROAD

This was the Herman Dunmann farmhouse, built in the late 1870s. It later was sold to Gustave Dassow.

Photos taken Feb. 1984 when house was rental property and still in good repair.

In the summer of 1990 the front of the house is impossible to see (unless one knows this house is there) from the road. Shrub foliage totally obscured the view by then.

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*9 The demise of the house at 7515 N. River Road:

The former Dumann/Dassow house has fallen on hard times and will be razed in the near future.

LEFT: this is the south side of the house. Tree branches, weeds and shrub foliage now grow over and around the house.

All 3 photos taken Aug. 1990

The front porch area.

The house became rental property in the past few years.

This shows the fieldstone foundation under the oldest (front)portion of the house. 7880 N. RIVER ROAD

1920's duplex style house, probably built by John Lawrence.

It was later remodeled and an addition built on the isouth side.

The front of the original house, facing west, was redone and a new front door was put onto the south addition. The old front door was removed, windows were removed and the bay window, shown in below photo, was installed.

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ts- RIVER HILLS CEMETERY

This small cemetery is located in the 9400 block of Upper"River Road, east side of the road. This was part of John Dealing's land 1850fs to the 1870's. At one time, the cemetery was part of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, southeast corner of Range Line and County Line Rds. Originally, the church was built across County Line Rd. in Ozaukee County and the cemetery was St. Peter's Cemetery. The minister's house still stands at 9595 N. Range Line Rd. and the church was later relocated south of this house. (See River Hills photo album for picture of house). There is an expanse of unmarked land east of the oldest gravestones. Earliest burials could have been in this area and the markers dis­ integrated or have been destroyed over the years. The cemetery was neglected for many years.

Achterberg, Christlieb 12/21/1836 to 1/2/1913 Maria 8/21/1838 to 5/4/1918 (nee Glamann) Their farmland is now Virmond Park, Ozaukee Co., later owned by the Hollangel family. Achterberg, Wilhelm 1908-1909

Baehrwind, Henriette 1808 to 4/6/1892 Her death record states she was born in Germany. She is buried with dau. Lisette L. Popp and was wife of Georg John Baehrwind.

Blendinger, Barbara 1809 - 1870 (from Bavaria)

Beikin(Bellin?), Dorothea E.M. 1869 - 1870

Brunner, John 7/2/1876 to 9/25/1917 Margaretha born and died 7/3/1875

John 12/1/1847 to 10/13/1908 A < Wilhelmine 10/3/185^ to l/d/1922 LHAJZL ^a&**

Dehling, Willie 1880 - 1880

Eggert, Rev. A. W. 1885 - 1940

Frentz, Henriette , , 10/1^/1846 to 12/5/1900 (<*^#***~A^ Fritz ^.3a*//

Falkner, Friedrick 2/2/1815 to 11/11/1881 • £fc**t s Barbara 7/1V/1821 to 12/20/189/ (nee Schmidt) ]/&*#**^ Ernst 9/9/1858 to 1/2/1879 Katharina E. 5/3/1861 to 1/29/1882 Anna only a footstone with her name. / ^ River Hills Cem. 2.

Falkner, Catharina large, broken gravestone Barbara One child's gravestone wit,h both names on it, perhaps twins or children who died about the same time. One name unreadable.

Friedrich 1891 - 1892 Filter, Johann 6/3/1832 to 11/15/1901 Magdalena 12/6/1833 to 6/12/1929 The Filter's farm was on the NE corner of present Regent and Brown Deer Rds. 2 children's graves Maria M. L. Adult gravestone, broken. ISfiP-t&ld? Edwin 189 - 189 Glamann, Sophia 2/19/1804 to 5/9/1883 (nee Pinnov)

Heinrichs, Carl 2/18/1824 to 8/28/1900 Dorothea 3/26/1822 to 1/8/1907 (dau.of Henning, born Germany)

Louise 1860 - 1863 (Heinrich's farm was on the NW corner of River and Brown Carl 1858 - 1925 Deer Rds.) Emilie 1864 - 1925 Adeline 1909 - 1910

Haeberlein, Emma 12/27/1865 to 1/22/1891 (nee Frentz) Haberlein's farm was just west of Heinrich's farm, above)

Heil, Katharin 10/8/1852 to 6/14/1886 Heinrich "Born 5/29/1875 town of Milwaukee, Wis. died 6/8/1869" Christina W. "Born 10/23/1868 town of Milwaukee, Wis. died 1/7/1869" Daniel died 2/15/1894 aged #5 yrs. 7 mo. 28 days Margaretha 1/2/1835 to 1863 (dau. of Georg and Barbara Kramer) Heinrich 2/27/1823 to ll/8/^lo?7 . Carolina 9/16/1823 to 9/9/1906

^ Ho (u) deter (?),. Konrad 6/17/1854 to Jqn2^/l£. broken stone.

Kaul, Frederick W. 5/17/183* to 2/13/1899 Barbara 9/12/1840 to 11/19/1902 (dau. of John Kopp) Michael 1871 - 188

Kloth, August 1/13/1835 to 7/31/1903 Caroline 6/12/1851 to 4/20/1918 Their 45 acre farm was on SW corner of Fairy Chasm and River Rds, if River Rd. went north here.

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Kaul, Michael L. 1871 - 1881 George A. 1906 - 1909 Kopp, Lydia 1900 - 1927 Anna M. 9/15/1801 to 4/11/1879 (widow of Johann Kopp) Michael 4/13/1834 to 4/28/1909 Kunlgunda 11/10/1835 to 9/23/1905 Michael's wife, on the 1860 census, was shown as Margaret, age 24. Kunigunda was another name for Margaret.

Georg 1/28/1837 to 2/16/1923 Augusta 7/24/1837 to 10/21/1911 (dau. of Michael and Marie(Weidel)Mueller.) Fred 12/8/1849 to 12/27/1918 Barbara 11/24/1848 to 11/5/1908 (dau. of John and Margaretha Schmidt, she born Granville, Wis.)

Kunigunda A. 1873 - 1877 Johann A. 1861 - 1872 , Fred A. 1865 - 1932 Bertha 1875 - 1925 Anna S. 12/20/1876 to 6/23/1896 J. Georg 1870 - 1932 Johanna 2/20/1883 to5/18/1910 Augusta 1884 - (no date; 2nd wife?) Roland 1907 - 1908 George 1902 - 1908 Anna E.M. 1917 - 1920 Heinrich 1907 - 1908 The 1858 map shows G. Kopp with 40 acres in SE corner Range Line and County Line Rds.; M. Kopp with 20 acres on NE corner of River and Brown Deer Rds. The 1869 map shows J. Kopp with 20 acres on the SE corner of County Line and Range Line Rds.; J.G.Kopp with 20 acres just south of J. Kopp. Their land also went into Ozaukee County.

Kuetemeyer, Maria 0.(G?) 11/14/1856 to 4/5/1885 (nee Wussow; 1st wife of John Kuetemeyer) George 9/13/1821 to 9/7/1891 Anna 1828 - 1918 (nee Boesel; sister of Johann Basel and Margareta(Boesel)Pickel. Their 80 acres farm was approx. on the SE corner of present Fairy Chasm Rd. and Port Washington Rd.

Kuhnau, Philipp May 1827 to 9/3/1894 Elisabeth 8/15/1827 to 9/6/1895 (nee Roesel) Kuehnau, Heinrich A. 11/28/1859 to3/2/1881 (son of Philip and Elisabf Kiehnau, Heinrich 7725/18$* to 6/10/191* Margaret 3/15/1830 to 1/6/1916 (Dau. of George Roesel; They marr. 10/22/1854 Milw. Her death record states she was born 1831) River Hills Cem. p.4

Kiehnau, Bertha 1860 - 1937 Heinrich 1854 - 1916 '

Kuhnau, Augu s t a child; dates difficult to read Edith 1888 - 1888 Olga 1897 - 1897 David M.H. 1895 - 1900

Kiehnau, L€na 1900 - 1933 Walter 1893 - 1941 One gravestone with Frieda Schueler's name also on it. The 1850 town of Milwaukee census shows the Kiehnau family as: Kinan, Henry age 60 farmer born Germany John 29 " Mary 27 (John's wife)" Philip 23 it Henry 20 it Frederich 16 tt The 1860 census doesn't show Henry, Sr. John and Maria have children; Philip has marr. Elisabeth Roesel and has sons Henry and Andreas. Heinrich marr. Margaretta Roesel and they have children and all now live in town of Granville. The Kiehnau men were born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany. W. Kiehnau Ave. was named for this family. It is one block north of Mill Rd., and east and west street between Teutonia Ave. and 43rd St.

Laadwig, August 8/14/1838 to 12/15/1872

Luedtke, Bertha 1868 - 1869 ) one gravestone Bertha 1880 - 1880 Meisler, Emma 12/22/1858 to 5/14/1905 "Mama" Measler, Charlie 11/23/1886 to 1/6/1914 "Son" Albert 5/16/1848 to 1/20/1920 "Vater"

Musller, Friedrick 6/22/1812 to 3/12/1886 Miesler, Louise 3/31/1821 to 2/29/1908 "Mutter" The Miesler's farmland was on River Rd., north of Brown Deer Rd.,if River Rd. went north of Brown Deer here. It was on the west side. River Rd. is a section line and is the same as 13th St. and Sunny Point Rd.

Pirner, Michael 9/29/1809 to 3/1/1884 Appolonia 6/24/1818 to 12/18/1887 (nee Kopp)

Pickel, Conrad /*/14/1819 to 8/17/1901 Margaretha 5/6/1826 to 1/8/1909 (nee Boesel; born Germany her mother's maiden name was Hollader) Their farm was on the SW corner of Fairy Chasm and Port Washington Rds, next to her sister's farm (Anna - Mrs. George Kuetemeyer)

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Pickel, Sophia 4/2/1873 to 8/31/1896

John 5/12/1850 to 8/22/1902 Anna 5/3/1851 to 1/5/1906

Popp, Andreas J. 7/«/1811 to 2/22/1897 Katharine R. 10/12/1809 to 10/7/1895 (nee Hahn) Their 40 acre farm was on the NE corner of Brown Deer and Range Line Rds.

Popp, Lisette L. 1/9/1837 to 9/12/18g9 (nee Baehrwind) She was John Popp's wife and dau. of Henriette Baehrwind, with whom she is buried. John and Lisette Popp's farm was just north of his father's - Andreas Popp. Roesel, Ernestine 6/8/18*^ to 6/9/187? (nee Knebel). The Knebels are buried in Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church Cem., 99*N Green Bay Rd., Mequon, Ozaukee Co.)

Oppel, Elisabeth 2/7/182* to 12/10/1870. She was wife of John M. Oppel on the 1870 census. He then marr. Ursula M. Dehling, dau. of John and Magdalena, on 2/11/1872.

Roesel, Johann Geo. 11/10/1803 to 12/15/1884 Kunagunde 12/10/1800 to 12/13/1893 Johann G.A. 1877 - 1877 • 187_ - 188_ The above two are buried next to Maria Filter and Kunagunde Kopp, two other children.

Reppen, Wilhelmine H. 9/3/1861 to 7/11/1912 Rennicke, Anna 1/17/1852 to 3/26/1919 Martin 2/11/1852 to 7/8/1936

Rennegike, Elisabeth E. infant . . . Clara S. W. 1882 - 1882> next t0 eacn °ther

Sigglow, August 1/9/1869 to 3/25/1890 He died while razing his father's barn - a timber fell on him.

Schmidt, Johann 12/15/1811 to 5/9/1897 Margaretha 5/10/1818 to 4/21/1875 Their home still stands on the NE corner of W. Bradley and Range Line Rds. and is used as the caretaker's home for Milwaukee Country Club. Buried with dau. Barbara(Schmidt)Kopp.

Schwantes, Albert 1876 to 1911 Maria 1874 - 1941 Schmidt, Lizzie 12/13/1885 - 6/22/1898 Schueler, Frieda 1878 - 1944 She is buried with Lina and Walter Kiehnau; her name is on the same gravestone. Was she Lina's mother? River Hills Cem. p. 6

Stieglitz, Emma 4/27/1874 to 2/7/1909 She is buried next to her parents^ John and Wilhelmine Brunner, Warnike, Sophia 1/6/1814 to 3/17/1888

Wussow, Wilhelmine 7/16/1801 to 3/15/1873 (nee Schroeder) Adel 1881 - 1882 Wilhelmina 1855 - 1855 Louise M. H. 2/14/1852 to 2/1/1878

St. Peter's Lutheran Church originally stood on the south side of the 3900 block of present W. LeMont Blvd., in the Lac d'Coeur Subdivision, Mequon. The original cemetery was also here. For unknown reasons the church and cemetery were moved south of County Line Rd. Many years later, the congregation then rented the church in the village of Brown Deer at 8705 N. Deerwood Dr. (This church was converted to a res­ taurant named The Irish Abbey about 1980). The congregation moved again to 76th St. and Greenfield Ave.

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£ ^ eliqion news MILWAUKEE SENTINEL Saturday, June 27, 1992 4C Priest leaving troubled parish

By MARY BETH MURPHY • The present wardens, offi­ Religion editor cers and vestry, a group of mem­ bers who manage the temporal A priest who became rector of affairs of the parish, will be fro­ a troubled River Hills Episcopal "If the bishop were your zen for a year beginning with the parish two years ago has resigned superior and he parish's annual meeting in Janu­ amid more internal conflict, ary to give stability and avoid prompting the diocesan bishop to described you as any "political maneuvering." take over the turbulent congrega­ tion. having been beaten up The bishop stressed that Abra­ ham's resignation "is in no way The departure of Father John for two years, don't you associated with the controversy Abraham from St. Christopher's involving a member of the parish Episcopal Church is marred fur­ think you would start staff, now resolved." ther by allegations that he sexu­ ally harassed a female former looking for a new and White, who is in Russia, re­ employee. leased a statement Thursday better ministry?" through his secretary saying that Abraham will be preaching his the claims concerning Abraham last sermon Sunday at St. Chris­ — JOHN ABRAHAM have been fully investigated by topher's, 7845 N. River Road. Episcopal priest the parish vestry and the bishop. "I'm leaving to go to a new and "The investigation resulted in a better ministry," Abraham said in finding that Father Abraham had a telephone interview Wednes­ "It has not been an easy time engaged in inappropriate conver­ day. "If the bishop were your for John and his family, having to sations with the employee in superior and he described you as fight resistance to his tenure question; it did not result in having been beaten up for two from the beginning from certain years, don't you think you would sections of the parish family. He • In an unusual step, the bish­ charges of any kind," White said start looking for a new and better has, however, moved St. Christo­ op placed himself as "priest-in- in the statement. ministry?" pher's to new vision and new charge," noting that having a "There is no connection be­ In July, Abraham will be join­ goals, already in the process of hands-on" involvement was nec­ tween this situation and Father ing the pastoral team of St. Phil- being implemented/' White essary at this time. Abraham's leaving St. Christo­ wrote. ip's-in-the-Hills Episcopal Church • The Rev. Catherine Kuschel, pher's," the bishop added, noting in Tucson, Ariz., which has a "What I do know is that the of Madison, will serve as an inter­ the priest had been actively seek­ membership of more than 1,200 parish cannot tolerate the turmoil im priest three days a week, act­ ing a new position for many households, compared with about it has experienced, at least during ing on White's behalf and in con­ months before he became aware 240 households at St. Christo­ the eight years of my tenure as sultation with him. She will be of the employee's claims. pher's. Abraham, who served in bishop," White said. "I am also employed on a three-month re­ Abraham forcefully denied y the Tucson area for five years not willing to place another priest newable contract and is not eligi­ before coming to Milwaukee, de­ into such conflict and turmoil to that there was any substance to ^J^ A ble to be a candidate for rector. "rumors" of sexual harassment. ()M scribed St. Philip's as a "spiritual­ be sacrificed while the parish .A ,/i- ly healthy" parish. turns around." • Father Robert Evans' con­ Parishioners were informed by Bishop Roger White, in a May White said the parish needed tract as associate rector will be a letter May 7 from Abraham and 20 letter to parishioners, said some "breathing time" and "heal­ continued, renewable on an annu­ , y al basis by the bishop. the vestry that a great deal of HJ Abraham's resignation was ac­ ing" before a new rector could be time was spent discussing the Jv cented with "deeo reeret." called. He also set conditions: circumstances around the staff member's abrupt departure. The leaders then praised the "What appears to have hap­ progress the church had made. pened was a significant amount "We're better equipped to deal of miscommunication between with differences," Abraham said (the woman) and John. We do not at the time. feel that going into significant Leas said in a telephone inter­ detail about this miscommunica­ view that he was surprised the tion is in the best interest of parish was again in conflict. anyone," the letter stated. Abraham said he still believed the parish has made considerable The vestry provided the wom­ progress, "but we have not be­ an, who is a single mother, with come the perfect kingdom yet." three weeks of unemployment Several parishioners, both ac- compensation. j tive and inactive, said Abraham When contacted by the Mil- has exacerbated the problem. \ waukee Sentinel, the former staff They cited a drop in attendance j member said, "I am very deeply, during his tenure. Sunday atten­ deeply hurt by all of this and dance was between 35 and 40 a | angry. few weeks ago, one parishioner "The incidents of sexual ha­ said. The parish also has experi­ il rassment were so clear and so enced a further reduction in i defined and I told the right peo- pledges, some parishioners said. J pie," yet the response was "he "From the beginning, John's style was such that people did not accept him as their priest. That "We had six hours of meetings had nothing whatsoever to do and he (Abraham) did not deny with any previous conflict in the the comments he made," she said. parish. The people who left in the last two years left for one reason Hamner declined to comment — John Abraham," said a parish­ about the meeting. ioner, who no longer is active. Abraham said the woman's re­ Others lay the blame ax me marks were "nonsense." parish's doorstep. The former staff member said In January 1990, a few months when the situation didn't im­ before Abraham was appointed prove, she took her complaints to rector, the bishop received a re­ the bishop. port describing St. Christopher's as a "very spiritually unhealthy "The bishop is a good man, but parish" that operated "more like a this was not handled real well," country club than a church." she said. "In a business, he (Abra­ ham) would have been axed, but Dissenters in the parish repre­ in a religious situation, he's just sented a significant minority, said transferred." Father John-Julian Swanson, spiritual director of the Order of Abraham and lay leaders of the Julian of Norwich in Pewaukee, church described the parish as a "dysfunctional family" last Au­ who acted as a consultant to the gust in an interview about the 'parish. internal conflict. The parish had Politics and manipulative pow­ hired a nationally known consul­ er were the parish's mainstays, tant, Speed Leas, of Boulder "rather than religion and grace," Creek, Calif., to help it work he wrote. through its problems. . . • . Sentinel phqtoi St. Christopher's needed a r W be ame rector of the troub,ed st "rector with an incredibly solid l? £ u° rf - Christopher's Episcb- spirituality, good cultural taste, a RlnnT. m K^ Hi,,S, haS reslgned amid mor* internal SS strong stomach and a big stick — %i2Sh,?hlte S3,d the ParJSh needed some "breathing time- and let the chips fall where they healing before a new rector could be called. may! Someone needs to break the sick cycle there!" he said. 802 W. Green Tree Road

Photo taken Dec. 1990

Built prior to 1887, when the house and 10 acres were left in will that year by George Kaestner to his 3 sons. Son Louis sold in 1927 to 2 men - Borenitsch/Stifner (Stifner boarded dogs here for many years) Basement foundation is field- stone; house may have been much smaller originally and enlarged in 1880s - has Victorian details. Converted to a duplex but is now a single family residence.

Information from Register in Probate(Milw.County Courthouse) and Mrs. William Erbach, daughter of Michael Borenitsch. Erbachs moved into house in 1945; today their daughter and son-in-law live in the home.

820 W. BRADLEY ROAD

This was Anson W. Butties' farmhouse. The basement was dug in 1875; house (original portion) built 1876.

Several additions added since then.

Photo taken in Oct. 1982.

7*S> 1140 W. GREEN TREE ROAD

January 1989 photo

This house was built about 1915 by widow Magdalena Sellmann. The front bay window additions and 2nd floor dormer area were added later. Information from Magdalena's grandson, Robert Sellmann.

7490 N. RIVER ROAD

1987 photo

The original portion of this house was built in the early 1900s by August and Emma0foffmarin) Fehlhaber. She was a daughter of August Hoff­ mann, who owned the land south to Good Hope Road.

The house was had several additions and remodelings.

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This was William and Magdalena Sellmann's second home. They were early settlers in what was to become River Hills, building their first house - a log cabin - farther east and to the north of this house. (From descendant Robert Sellmann of Brown Deer) The original portion of the above house is under the middle roofline and was built mid-1370s. Later, a second floor was added and a front porch, later enclosed.

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- • • •• LOTS AND ACREAGE Milwaukee Journal RIVER HILLS Sept. 14, 1930 DISTRICT ; The-best Investment opportunity In Mil­ waukee today. \ ' 5 or 10 acre parcel* from $1,750 per acre 'up. Established residential neighborhood. •8 acres with farm home: heavily wooded; I on Green Tree road:*can be remodeled; in-. This was the north side of W. Green Tree £cludlng barn_ond_.othKr outbuildings. Rd. on the east side of River Rd., being 20 acres of woods, Just out&tde Thiens- ville; $800 per acre. 1220 W. Green Tree Rd. In 1930, that was * the only property within River Hills' Ogden-Scheffer -Co. boundaries "on Green Tree Rd." (!8 E. WISCONSIN AV. BROADWAY 7801. The land immediately west and south of the above farm was in the then Town of Milwaukee.

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Built in 1890s or early 1900s on the former Pierron estate ., G.Kenneth Viall purchased house in 1948; remodeled and enlarged house, adding additions on each side. Front door originally on west side, as was driveway; Vialls placed the front door on the east side (above is present east exposure), rerouting driveway to east also. Drive had formerly gone around house.

Former Town of Milwaukee area, zoned into River Hills in 1948..

Nov. 1990 photos

This is the southwest view, showing porch area on west side where former front door had been located. This view looks toward the Milwaukee River. A small summer cottage was torn down by the Vialls to improve river view, as well as a former icehouse, whose fields tone foundation still stands near the river bank.

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This is the 5 car garage converted from a former stone barn on the earlier Pierron estate. The Pierron river stone house can be seen to the immedi- east of the garage (939 W. Green Rd.) The apartment area above the garage was rented by a number of newly married couples in the 1950s and 1960s. Above photo is the north side of the building; to left is the south (river) side, showing the enclosed stairway addition to the 2nd floor.

All photos taken in Nov. 1990

Right: closeup view of the fieldstone foundation

This garage/caretaker quarters is on the property of 1025 W. Green Tree Road.

7? 824 W. GREEN TREE ROAD

Jan.13,1989 photo

House undergoing some re­ modeling.

The house was built by 1902, probably by August Dobberphul who owned the land then.

f< hammers and heauaches: A tale of 2 homes wainscoting and moldings coupled with the modern luxu­ expected to .increase from about $100,000 to $210,000, By VERNON SQUIRES ries of a sauna, whirlpool, deck and hot tub. The home will Klinger says. of The Journal staff be a little bit country, a little bit rock 'n' roll. Klinger has lived in a two-bedroom apartment in White- River Hills — To motorists traveling along W. Green Actually, Klinger's home is on five acres of country. He fish Bay with his new family during construction work. Tree Rd., the image looks the same: two older homes, each has owned the spread for 17 years, including vast fields Three cats live at the country home. covered with wood and insulation, each surrounded by the behind the house and barn; where barbecues and gardening Klinger and Annoye say they are not interested in rubbish that accompanies construction. are the norm. He recalls growing corn in years past and buying new homes and they love the rural flavor of River But the similarities end there. having husking/barbecue parties. Hills. At 824 W. Green Tree Rd., 37-year-old Bruce Annoye is Klinger got launched on his remodeling project in early "It's about as country as you can get, and yet you're joyously rebuilding a creaky old home. The self-employed 1988 after he became engaged. The marriage added three only 10-15 minutes from downtown," said Annoye, who contractor is working to return the century-old building to teenage children to his life, so he wanted to expand the likes to canoe on the nearby Milwaukee River. its original splendor. modest home he bought in 1972 for $37,500. Renovations Klinger says he bought his River Hills property partly on the home, built in 1928, were supposed to be done last because he plays the drums and likes the privacy to At 640 W. Green Tree Rd., 42-year-old Peter Klinger f0US has reached the point where despair turns to laughter. The August ' - practice. He also has enjoyed gardening on the sr**« industrial supply distributor calls his home "The Money The plans called for adding a family room, a bedroom property. It takes several days to mow the lawn. Pit," after a movie of the same name. Remodeling is a year and two baths. Klinger says he thought it would cost about Annoye, who has spent about $70,000 on materials, says behind schedule and Klinger figures he's paying $1,000 a $30,000. Some modifications brought the cost to $48,000. he has enjoyed remodeling the home on his own, without month not to live in the house. then to $56,000. Now, Klinger hopes the project will be feeling the pressures of deadlines. He wanted to do the job "Is it worth it? I can't tell you until it's done," Klinger done by Oct. 30 at a cost near $80,000. At one point, right, he said. He also wanted a home with history. said. suppliers held $8,000 in liens against the house. *• "They say that words are never lost. Think about all the conversations that happened here, all the memories," he He sums up the experience by saying: "It's equivalent to "It's been educational," Klinger said. "I learned a lot of said. basic training." things I didn't know before. But when the house is done, it In one room, Annoye found seven layers of wallpaper. Annoye has had a better time of it since buying the old will improve the quality of the whole neighborhood." In the basement he found machinery from the World War farmhouse last September for $60,000 and then rebuilding In the meantime, he admits that the partly completed II-era. He found a chipped, old, black bowling ball, which it with carpenter Keith Bender. house and piles of rubbish are unsightly, and speaks he and Bender have flipped around the construction site, "We're trying to keep it as original as possible," Annoye ruefully of a neighbor's complaint to the Village Board. never getting around to throwing it away. He might bury it said. "We're trying to get it so that when people walk in, In addition to Klinger's and Annoye's projects, several as fill along with a few of the machines. they'll say, 'Wow. This house is in great shape,' instead of other homes along Green Tree Rd. have undergone renova­ Annoye recalls a time during remodeling when a former saying, 'Wow, what a remodeling job.' " tion or remodeling in the last year or two. The trend has owner, now 75, visited to check on progress. "He showed When renovations are complete, the two-story home been toward a more upscale area, Klinger said. me little holes in the door from a BB gun," Annoye said. and its surrounding property should be worth $200,000 to In Klinger's case, the remodeling will more than double "He said, That's where we used to take target practice.'" $250,000, said Annoye, who has been staying with a friend the size of the house, from 1,234 square feet to 2,534 For Annoye, the comment hit the mark -— a whisper of while working on the home. Plans call for authentic square feet. The value of the property, including land, is the past amid the comfort of the present.

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The original house under the additions and remodeling was W. Wernich's house, built 1839-90. Wemich sold the house and 10 acres to Wilhelm A. Richter in 1890 for $5000.

(Isn't that a beautiful tree?)

The original house was the "L" shaped portion from the front door area to behind the large tree.

Oct. 1990 photos The above view is of the north side.

Richters named the farm "Waldhof Fruit Farm and Nursery" - a registered name.

Right: This is the west side and south(rear) part of the house.

Both the east additions (2) and south addition were added over the years.

In 1984 the house was completely resided and a shingle roof was installed.

Information from Mrs. Alford Hermann, owner in 1990 and Mrs. Jackson (Lilias Morehouse) Bruce, who had also lived in this home. S>f 939 W. GREEN TREE ROAD

The main house, built of stones from the Milwaukee River in 1866-67, was Karl and Katherine Hermann's home. Prior to that marriage, she was the widow Pierron. The stone walls are very thick. The two end wings were later additions, and were originally stucco. They were sided with wood in the early 1980s. The Hermann land went west and south to the Milwaukee River - the river curves to the east south of Green Tree Rd.

Louis Pierron took over the former Thien & Meyer grist mill located July 1988 on the site of the house at present 1235 W. Green Tree Rd. Later, photo Hermann's stepsons, the Pierron men, ran the mill.

This view is the back of the house facing the river, showing the west addition and the south porch addition.

The present garage with living quarters above, immediately west at 1005 W. Green Tree Rd., was the Hermann bam.

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Joseph and Maria Rader's house, built for than in 1890 by Jacob Luy. Luy was a carpenter who built many homes and several taverns in this area.

The house cost $600 when built according to Anson M. Buttles. Later additions increased the size of the house. Joseph Rader was the son of early Whitefish Bay settler Jacob Rader.

1735 W. FAIRY CHASM ROAD

This is NOT an old farm­ house; built in 1934 by Harvey and Olga Dehling, it was specifically built to resemble an early style farmhouse.'

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1420 W. Brown Deer Road

(former Schultz farmland)

February 1989 photos

1136 W. Brown Deer Road

An earlier farmhouse has been razed and a new house takes its place.

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Harry L. Bradley purchased this farm in June 1927.

The 40 acre farm had been settler Frahna's farm­ land.

February 1989 photos

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7650 N. Pheasant Lane

Built 1940

The 1st village board meetings were held in the early settler stone house located on the present grounds of the Milw. Country Club, at 8010 N. Range Line Rd. The house and grounds at 8010 were owned by the Milw.CC prior to the village's incorporation.

Above photo taken Jan.29,1967

The NIKI site, north side of W. Brown Deer Rd., west side of 1-43.

This was a guided missile site for the U.S.Army; a surface-to- air missile site. When the army left this site the land was sold for home sites, at a more reduced price per acre and in 1 acre sites. The usual acreage restriction in the village is 5 acres or more per homesite.

Photo taken June 26, 1971

<\0 1030 W. BRADLEY ROAD

The oldest portion of this house, in the center of the photo, was the J". Luebbe farmhouse, built late 1870s. Additions and remodeling have taken place since the 1930s.

November 1987 photo

August 1990 photo

Further re­ modeling has taken place!

The right edge of the photo is the east end of the house.

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This was Herman Schulz's house, built in the 1890s at 1420 W. Brown Deer Road. When Brown Deer Rd. was widened in the 1960s, the Schulz family moved the house north to this site.

Today, Herman's grandson and his family live in the home.

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This house was built in the mid-1870s by /for the C.Krause family. By 1910 the John and Anna (Seibel)Dehling family lived there; in the 1930s the R. Rader family had moved in.

The living room windows were changed and the front porch enclosed. Today the house and land are owned and rented by the University School of Milw.

?J 1080 W. DEAN ROAD

This farmhouse, now remodeled, including additions over the years, was August Goecks house. The Goecks' (pronounced Yakes) were early settlers; this was their 2nd house, built in the late 1870s or early 1880s.

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1984 photo of the Stuckenbruk/Stuckenbrook house from County Line Road. Settler Stuckenbrook's log cabin was torn down in 1982 by the present owner; it sat closer to the road on the east side of the driveway.

August 1991 photo. The 1870 frame farmhouse, consisting of two rooms down and three rooms upstairs, was purchased in 1953 by George Russell and Mary (Evert)Van Brunt, who then completely remodeled the house, adding additions. The old kitchen and dining room were on the north side of the house; that portion is all that remains of the early farmhouse.

15 Giwosky estate offered for sale $2.1 million price includes 11 -room home, pool, 61 acres of prime land close to the family said Monday. By MARILYNN MARCHIONE The first showings on the home are scheduled for Friday, of The Journal staff '/V/W> when at least eight prospective buyers are expected to tour it. Thornhill, the River Hills estate of the late Daniel and Judith The prospective sale could heighten the complicated Giwosky at 9120 N. Upper River Rd., has been put up for sale behind-the-scenes legal maneuvering that has gone on since the for $2.1 million — a record amount on the North Shore. Giwoskys' deaths. The 11-room colonial-style home, swimming pool, carriage Daniel Giwosky also was the prime suspect in an arson fire house and surrounding land, which exceeds 61 acres, are listed that destroyed his former real estate offices, the historic Century on village records as having a current market value of Hall and surrounding buildings in the ,2300 block of North $1,139,900, a River Hills official said Monday. Farwell Ave. in the summer of 1988. I Property taxes for 1989 on the seven parcels that make up More than $ 14 million in claims have been filed by creditors the estate are $36,053, according to a listing sheet supplied by and insurance companies against Daniel Giwosky's estate in Federated Realty. The property is listed by Federated agents connection with the fire. Those claims have been consolidated Ken Head and Jim Ramaker. and a lawsuit on them is scheduled for September, Mitchell Head said the property, with prime frontage on Brown Deer said. Rd., could be subdivided as long as the minimum 5-acre lot • "It's hard to tell, at this point, what the split would be" to the sizes required by the village were preserved. two estates if the River Hills home were sold, said William The white-frame house is believed to have been built in Haberman, the lawyer representing Judith Giwosky's estate. 1927, Head said. The Giwoskys bought it in December 1975. Complicating matters is a wrongful death claim that Judith The estate gained notoriety in September 1988, when Judith Giwosky's estate has filed against Daniel Giwosky's estate. Giwosky, 46, was found beaten to death in the family home. Six Whatever amount that Judith Giwosky's estate could net days later, her millionaire husband, Daniel W. Giwosky Sr., 51, from any sale of the River Hills property could be passed on to committed suicide, and the district attorney later concluded her heirs, once any claims — about $700,000 worth — against that Daniel Giwosky had killed his wife. it have been settled or satisfied, lawyers involved in the case The sale is "just something that has to be done," said Todd said Monday. Judith Giwosky left a will naming her six Mitchell, a lawyer appointed by Probate Court to represent children as equal beneficiaries. Daniel Giwosky left no will. Daniel Giwosky's estate. Otherwise, the only assets currently under the children's control are a children's trust totaling about $463,000, according Five of the couple's six children still live at Thornhill. One of to Probate Court records. them, Julie, 23, is legal guardian for the three youngest, who are still minors, Mitchell said. The home has been extremely costly Also unresolved is the disposition of more than $800,000 in and complicated for the children to maintain, he said. coins and gold that Daniel Giwosky had stored in a safe deposit box under the name of a longtime tenant, Henry Fiebrantz. The Where they would live if the estate were sold has not yet court will have to determine what share of that belongs to been determined, but alternatives are being explored, sources Judith Giwosky's estate, the lawyers said.

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This was Paulus and Margaretha (Dehling)Haeberlein's house, built in the 1870s. They en­ larged it to some extent.

View is from the north end of the driveway on Range Line Rd.

View from the south end of the driveway. Later owners vastly remodeled and enlarged the home.

n S E CORNER OF PHEASANT LAND & W. COUNTY LINE ROAD

Jan. 1989 photo

This was the Christian Meissner house, built in the 1880s and later en­ larged.

John A. Rrause purchased the farmland and house next. VILLAGE OF RIVER HILLS

Subdivision name: The Preserve at the River Location: Range Line Road and Brown Deer Road Total no. of lots in master plan: 11 No. of lots currently developed: 11 No. of lots currently available: 6 Typical lot size: 5 acre minimum Price range of lots: $80,000 to $185,000 Price range of homes built: $500,000 + Basic subdivision restrictions: Minimum 3,500 square feet living area; well-designed architecture Customer contact: Tom Zimmerman or Alice Bush Evergreen Builders 10344 N. Cedarburg Road Mequon, 53092 242-9300

WEEK OF APRIL 30,1990

Of \00 Barns and stables at 8545 N. Range Line Road.

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destroyed in fire WF Bay Herald Antique carriages belonging to the owner of a Fox Point floral shop were April 25, 1991 among the items lost when a storage barn in River Hills was destroyed by fire early Monday morning. "It is a great loss to me," said Nicholas Ehr, of the two surries and one horse- drawn sled which were in the barn he owned at 930 W. Brown Deer Road,, UI collect antiques arid had these for over 35 years." Ehr, who had recently been given an award for 35 years of service with the Fox Point Volunteer Fire Department, came to the scene because he could see the fire from his floral shop at 7922 N. Port Washington Road. The barn was fully engulfed in flames by the time units from River Hills, Bayside and Mequon responded to the call. Besides the carriages, also destroyed were antique barn lumber, irrigation piping and Christmas displays Ehr used at his store. Ehr said he collects many antiques. The carriages had been bought at an auction from a Mequon farm implement dealer. He said he often brought the surries out for special occasions, such as loaning them to friends for weddings. March 3, 1966 photo of barn mentioned in article Ehr said he suspects arson, based on how quickly the barn went up and he at left. The above photo was taken because a knew of nothing inside of it that would motel was planned for the above area - the north ignite. side of W. Brown Deer Rd., just west of tb**" However, the police investigation is continuing. Highway 141 (now 1-43) . #^ // \& ^ The Preserve €*£ thelSiver L W. BROWN DEER RD.

The farmhouse and barn/stable are at 8545 N. Range In Milwaukee's Finest Tradition, The Preserve of River Hills Line Rd., on the SW corner of Range Line and Dean Rds. continues the standard of excellence in Milwaukee's premiere community. The Preserve is an area of eleven select five-acre The stables are shown at the left in the ad. The house homesites in the heart of River Hills. The Preserve is was built in the late 1890s - 1st owner unknownr ja^^\^ bordered by the Milwaukee River, a dedicated bird preserve, and horseback riding trails. Evergreen 1986 photo 1 A / ' trees line the streets and scenic bridle paths border the properties. Yet, The Preserve is only minutes away from the freeway, schools, churches, shopping and country clubs. Downtown Milwaukee is only a fifteen to twenty minute drive. The Preserve (414) 272-4440 (98?

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Photo by Don Emmerich A RRE RAGES AT A RIVER HILLS BARN in the 2700 block of Dean Circle was no damage estimate available early Friday. The horses belonged late Thursday where six horses were reported killed in the blaze. There to Ginger Brandt, who rents the farm from owner Harold Sampson.

^ lot 9590 N. UPPER RIVER ROAD

August 1990 photos

View of the south side, showing the farmhouse portion to the right of the chimney. The house has had many addition and remodelings over the years.

The Walter C. Davidson family, James B. Leedom family and ther the Mixter family were on this property. Mrs. Mixter and her second husband, John S. Hol- brook then lived in the home.

View of the east side of the •in; ' home, showing the timber and brick areas of the former farm­ house. . . .and its Bavarian in­ fluence.

There is a barn on the property that was converted to a house by the Walter C. and Betty Davidson family; later, Jo- laine Davidson lived there. It had been converted into servants quarters upstairs and the large area (about 30 x 50!) below was used for entertainment.

Close-up view of the brick and timber portion of the heme. The barn's address had been 9500 N. Upper River Rd. Toda __ it is 3395 W. County Line Re \(Pr oni and Carleton NacNeil purchase^ che barn/house in 1947 and added -^additions [& 9590 N. UPPER RIVER ROAD The living room of the John S, Holbrook home is designed around four an­ tique French mural panels, t w o of which flank the stone fireplace. An antique English mirror hangs above -the mantel., Italian love seats have blue and white upholstery and the petit point rug is also blue and white.

The Holbrook home is a remodeled brick farmhouse with a cedar shake roof. Some portions are 100 years old. Mrs. Holbrook hangs draperies at the front door during the summer.

•Air avid, gardener, a collector of 'art and antiques, and a professional interior designer, Betty Holbrook lives with her husband, John, in an old, frequently remodeled former Milwaukee Journal article from 1973 farmhouse at 9590 N; Upper River 4r date unknown Rd., River Hills. ; Changes in Levels l The sprawling house has four bedrooms and three bathrooms up- stairs and a master bedroom, bath , and powder room on the first floor. ' The renovations and additions have given it seyeral change's in floor lev­ el and ceiling height, which are part of its charm. .

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The west view of the home (front of house, with additici

Johann and Magdalena Dehling, from Bavaria, purchased their 79 acres beginning in 1843, on the north side of present Fairy Chasm Rd. to County Line Road, east side of Upper River Road. Their first house certainly was a log cabin, but their next home was a frame farmhouse located in the middle of the above remodeled home. That second home was built about raid-1870s. The Dehlings sold a parcel of land south of their house for use as St. Peter's, Luth­ eran Cemetery, still in existence on Upper River Road. The Dehlings are buried there; Magdalena died in 1868 and Johann in 1893. Their son then lived in the above home \Vo Armin C. Frank Home, Built in 1868, Beautifully Quaint; Wood From Old Barnl

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w^^t- HI \U- Almost hidden from the highway on the old Cedarbnrg road and almost a mile north of Brown Deer, right on the Milwaukee county line, the home of Armin C. Frank, archi­ tect, nests cozily among gorgeous trees. Built in 1868 the Id home has seen many changes until today it is visited and admired by travelers from all parts of the nation. The barn which originally was built in 1850 entirely of hand

adzed oak, has been changed over until now it contains the \ office, workshop, studio and den. Here one finds furniture^ made from the rough wood that once hadlbeen second floor flooring in the barn. A wagon wheel with a candle on each J spoke, as shown at the*top in the last picture, serves to fur- j nish light together with kerosene lamps. The place is full-^ of interesting sights, not the least of which is old firearms, f, (At the top, left, is the stairway and grandfatheFclock ffiatTj, 4rxeetone on entering the home/ Center picture, top, is < the^olcl home to wfiicTi have been built additions. At the, left, bottom, js a corner of the living room while next to it • is a corner of the reading room. The original grant of \ land by President Tyler, signed March 3, 1843, to the prop?;; erty is framed and hangs in the entrance way. Lovers of | the unusual in homes will find the Frank home an inter-k esting study.. v. •: /',,..' '•'•• *''/ ••:;'•" '•'/ . >-^y'-''..l-i

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Both houses have been rental property over the years.

8920 N. UPPER RIVER ROAD

August 1991 photo

Another Kiehnau heme, built 1870s and later remodeled.

Both houses are for sale. \%> 8900 and 8908 N. UPPER RIVER ROAD

This farmhouse and the adjacent farm buildings had been part of the Heinrich Kiehnau farmland. The house was built 1893-1900 as a single family home and was later converted to a duplex. This is the most pastoral view in River Hills. The above photograph, taken August 1991, looks south on Upper River Road towards Brown Deer Road.

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This was settler Philip Kuehnau's house, built 1870s, later enlarged and expanded in 1957 by William Woods Plankinton.

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William Woods Plankinton also had a large garage built east of the home, including a high stall for a bus-type vehicle he had; the garage is still on the grounds. Settler Kuehnau owned 49^ acres here; present cwners own 11 of those acres. His brother, Heinrich, built the farmhouse just west at 8920 N. Upper River E m \¥\ s3&o^ ~tJ- /^"uftMvi IQJ2JZ/I (AL&zjd

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This east end addition was built in 1957 and the basement was excavated underneath at that time. The present owners remodeled the kitchen area in 1988 and discovered fire-charred beams.

The west end addition was also added in 1957 by William Woods Plankin­ ton. Above the 2nd floor windows (on the 3rd floor) a door can be faintly seen - it is similar to a hay loft door but present owners do not know why Plankinton had it installed.

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A view of the Schlesinger/McGregor home at 8180 N. Green Bay & from the entrance to the River Tennis Club. !&? W8 Village of River Hills map SCHLESINGER LAND AND HOUSES CN THAT LAND AS OF JULY 17, 1929 (Schlesinger land is highlighted in yellow)

House addresses 8590 N. Green Bay Rd. (W. Norman Fitzgerald house) 8210 N. Green Bay Rd. (Clarence R. Falk house) 3205 W. Brown Deer Rd. (gone now; was the Kopp's farmhouse;used by Schlesinger's butler) 8545 N. Range Line Rd. 8375 N. Range Line Rd. (Henry J. Schlesinger's house) 8180 N. Green Bay Rd. (Armin Schlesinger/McGregor house) 8200 N. Green Bay Rd.

6a. River Tennis Club, 8188 N. Green Bay Rd., was built by A.A.Schlesinger as a private tennis club in the late 1930s.

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Pelican Lane (when through)was named after Pelican Securities downed by Pelican Securities Co. (A.A.Schlesinger's company) (land and 4 houses) Ley R*"»

8. 8365 N. Pelican Lane ) side-by-side houses only several feet apart 9. 8150 N. Green Bay Rd. 8220 N. Green Bay Rd. . 8040 N. Green Bay Rd. j.Z. 8205 N. Pelican Lane (John Hintz's house)

Photos and descriptions of the above houses and the tennis club are on the following pages. (oi Y«> THE ARMIN A. SCHLESINGER 7~AKMIN S. MCGREGOR ESTATE

Armin A. and his brother, Henry J., were sons of Ferdinand Schlesinger, a successful Milwaukee businessman; all three owned and had interests in the coke (coal), gas and iron businesses. Armin A. organized the Milwaukee Solway Coke Co. and was its presi­ dent.

Between W. Bradley Road and Brown Deer Road, Range Line Road to Green Bay Road, Armin owned 204.47 acres; he and Herbert C. Wuesthoff, Sr. owned 62 acres and Henry J. owned 12 acres. (130.07 acres of the 204.47 were owned by Pelican Securities Co. and perhaps Henry J. was a partner in that holding company).

Anion A. Schlesinger' s summer home at 8120 N. Green Bay Road was built in 1915; a west addition was built shortly after. In 1916, a three car garage with servants quarters above and a separate servants house were built near the main house. Between 1917 and 1934 additional remodelings and additions were completed, including sleeping porches. The house was eventually winterized and the family permanantly moved there. In 1941, Armin A. Schlesinger1 s son, Armin M. Schlesginer, changed his name to Armin S. McGregor, taking his maternal grandparents surname.

The Schlesinger family developed a f!work center" on their grounds. A summer cottage was moved from the Milwaukee River bank to be used as servants quarters within this work area - it is now 8150 N. Green Bay Rd. - and 12 ft. away from that a laundry building/milk house was built. That has become a house at 8365 N. Pelican Lane, still 12 ft. away from the 8150 N. house. A poultry house was built in 1916 and a cow barn in 1917. The former cottage was remodeled in 1938 (architect's plans show "Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt's bedrooms'1 within this house), and the "help's quarters and laundry building" was remodeled in 1939. The pretty picket fence entrance to 8150 N. Green Bay Road was there on the architect's plans of 1939 and is still there.

The poultry house was eventually moved and attached to a silo at present 8220 N. ; Green Bay Road. A stable and tack barn were also built in the work area, as well as a greenhouse located just west of the servants quarters (now 8150 N.); the boilers for the greenhouse were in the basement of 8150 and a cistern was located under 8150' s sidewalk. A tool barn was built and later became the present garage for 8365 N. Pelican Lane. Pelican Lane was later put through, named for the Pelican Securities Co. There was a paddock in the area of present 8160 N. Green Bay Road and a bridle path wandered throughout the area. The home at 8160 N. Green Bay Road was built in 1930/31 for Armin McGregor Schlesinger (who became Armin S. McGregor) and was remodeled in 1933. The River Tennis Club began in 1924 with the clubhouse construction, outside tennis courts and swindling pool for the Schlesinger family, their friends who had moved into the various houses within the "compound" and their outside friends. The in­ door tennis courts were built in 1937.

Information from Mrs. Armin S. (Caroline)McGregor and the working plans of Fitzhugh Scott,, architect, located in the Wisconsin Architectural Archive in the Milwaukee Public Library, 14 W. Wisconsin Avenue.

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This was Mary Conley/Conoly's house, built mid-1870st The original part of the house is the center portion. Mary and her husband, John, settled there in the late 1840s; John died 1854, leaving Mary and eight children. Their log house was built somewhere near this frame house; their 84' acres were located between Green Bay and Range Line Roads, north to the Milwaukee River. In the 1860s they also purchased the land across Green Bay Road and moved into the white frame house at 8045 N. Green Bay Road, moving back to the east side of the road when the above house was built.

When Armin A. Schlesinger began purchasing his acreage between Bradley Road and the Milwaukee River, on the west side of Range Line Road in 1917, he and his family built their summer home at 8180 N, Green Bay Road! When his daughter, Eileen and her first husband, Avery Sherry, were married, he gave them the above house. In the early 1930s the Dr. R.A.Jefferson family lived at 8040, followed by the Ludlow Norths in the late 1930s. Both the Sherrys and the Norths remodeled the house.

Oct. 1982 photo We 8040 N. GREEN BAY ROAD

(photos below courtesy of Steven North, son of Ludlow and Mary (Bean)North)

Oct. 1958 photo

The Ludlow North family purchased this remodeled farmhouse in 1937, paying $12,500 for it and the 5 acres, according to son Steven.

Photo shows the south view.

Mrs. North's mother, Mabel Bean, lived at the gatehouse on the Schlesinger estate.

Jan. 1960 photo looking north on Green Bay Road. 8040 N. is at right with its mailbox. Across the road (in Brown Deer) is 8045 N., old farmhouse in which the River Hills health officer lived - Dr. and Mrs. Henry (Juliette)McMahon. Today the widened road goes to the picket fence!

May 1961 - remodeling again. Steve North said his parents remodeled the dining room and added a porch. B^ \H 8150 N. GREEN BAY ROAD AND 8365 N. PELICAN MNE SIDE-BY-SIDE HOUSES July 1991 photos

Above photo is the entrance to present 8150 N. Green Bay Road, but was the original entrance to both buildings originally, leading to the 5 car garage. The garage is now part of the property at 8365 N. Pelican Lane.

Photo showing proximity of both houses to each other. 8365 N. Pelican Lane is at left and 8150 N. Green Bay Rd. is at the right. 8150 was built as a summer cottage on the banks of the Milwaukee River in the late 1890s or early 1900s - owner unknown. It was moved to its present site as part of a "work center" about 1917 by the Armin A. Schlesinger family, and used as servant's quarters.

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8365 N. Pelican Lane - ~^e two story portion at .ft in the photo was part of the original milkhouse in the Schlesinger "work center" complex. In 1947, it and a 5 acre parcel were sold to the Carl Ruhloff family (including the 5 car garage) by a Schlesinger family trust. The Ruhloffs later sold the cottage to the Lawrence W. Teweles' family who gutted the small house, keeping several walls and enlarged the house to its present size. The Teweles' sold the house to the present owners, the Walcotts.

Also located within the "work center" were a 4 box stall stable, a greenhouse, a barn and a tack house, along with the servants quarters - present 8150 N. Green Bay Road. The tack house had a decorative silo attached to it; both the tack house and stable were located north of the present garage. The tack house was also converted to living quarters later. Pelican Lane was named after one of the Schlesinger trusts - Pelican Securities Co.

The Schlesinger family trust also sold what is now 8150 N. Green Bay Road in 1947, to the George Rddmund family. This photo shows additions put on the cottage by the Schlesinger family. It was a duplex for a while and became a single family home for the Redmonds. There were large steam boilers in the basement used to heat the greenhouse. The well was under the sidewalk of this house. The 5 car garage was shared by both the Ruhloff and Redmund families. The Redmunds tore down the tack house in the 1970s; the barn on the property was sold and moved just west of the Green Bay Rd. to be used as a house.

Information from George Redmund, who sold his home in 1987 to the present owners.

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Henry(Harry) J. Schlesinger1 s hone. Built 1918 as a summer home, including a swimming pool. Th< home and out-buildings were re modeled in 1920; remodelings continued through 1946 (properi sold to Albert 0. Trostel fami'. in 1945), Later, the Herman Uihlein family was there. Information from present owner. Mrs. James K. Heller and the Wisconsin Architectural Archive Fitzhugh Scott, architect.

August 1991 photo

8205 N. PELICAN I^NE

This house was built by and for John Hintz in 1920-21. He had purchased the land in 1917 from A.A. Schlesinger.

At that time, the driveway came in from Green Bay Rd. (Pelican Lane did not exist as yet).

Today there is a long drive­ way into the property from Pelican Lane, along with a shorter drive off Green Bay Rd.

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Silo is all-'that remain ed from a former barn belonging to the Kirchhoff family, whos farmhouse and remainde of farmland was on the west side of Green Bay Rd. The smaller building w a chicken house in the Schlesinger "workcente that was moved to this site.

Above photo and the one at left taken Oct. 1990 and spring 1991 when house was remodeled and repainted. In 1925, Mr. A.Kanarasch built the house portion, attaching the silo/ chickenhou to his new home., (Information from Warren Kirchhoff in 1989)

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:/rf*; >***.. *$* tallage board ^decide whorgets to live in '"-•^ 'Residents hoping to buifrwri^ that they do not object to the current servants quarters %^ j residents continuing to live in the servants ^house and the parents in a new house, but ,• T Dineen said the Village Board had the < „• Smiting; resided lotyl\$ ? they want assurances that when the Cooks' _ right to take the action it did Wednesday^ jj| daughter and family move, no one else will but both Elizabeth Walcott and,Alison^ ;^ DAVID THOME occupy the servants house. ; Cook were upset by the decision,; :?^§*3; _\ "if The Journal staff J!^ -"The properties :have a long history of Besides the Cook's building permit andh : 1b River Hills — Here's a question for the 3 peaceful coexistence, but peace is guaran-: the question of who may live, in servants* i90s^:What does one do with the servants"'« teed only by the quality of the neighbor, in l^quarters, the -village ^^also :^fll look^;iritc5 "^quarters now that one has no servants? j r the house," the Walcbtts wrote;•'{^:v^:. e trumors that some residents may be ientingj £t£:The River Hills Village Board will at-'? *•* « out servants buildings on their property. - .2 - 1ernp t to find an answer at its next meeting j ^; , The Walcotts also asked for a better .;.&• Dineen said renting out servants quar^j so that a Glendale couple can commence * c "definition of who could live in the second ters is a clear violation of village ordinance^ .the construction of a home they intended ; ^houses-commonly found in the village on /5Tand carries a fine of up to $500 per day foS s t& build more than a year ago. „. . .: .3 ^properties developed before the 1950s. • a maximum of two years. ^ ~*-~^^'---~ J^The question came'up because James;; ; ^ ^" ~i. ^znd Alison Cook want to build a house on * r'^What is the definition of 'servant' inr ^^-.rs'^f^^) "a'iJve-acre lot on which there already is a| the 1990s?" the Walcotts ask in their letter* SUBURBAN BRIEFS ^860-square-foot house that was built in^ to Dineen. "Would young law students^ ^m^:^^^1^^ the 'i890s for the employes of a wealthy .4 River Hills update the definition of servants^ '"*~" qualify, for example, if they did 8 hours oft: quarters and to clarify who may :^ ^farmefi The Cooks' daughter and her femi- \ i 5;yar d .worki-forthe^Cooks on weekends?^ [Board to reviewdeal jive in them;", x ^\i-'-'^yy_y-- ;••;'. yy^Kve in this former servants house, IStd^Ml What if they simply watched the new house*£j 5a Alison Cook said an agreement * while the Cooks .were abroad,- or-plowed^ fori building permitl 3^4 During the 1930s, a second building was $ ^ :': with tiie Walcotts, which was ^\ ^ « erected so close to this servants house that 'l worked but privately, would allowV the drive in case of snow? Would they be j fy TTie River Hills Village Board; her daughte/s family to continue'" both buildings share a 'basement wallThe _ caretakers?. - j jfcwill be asked Wednesday to ap--^ second building is the home of George and fl living in the existing house for up "We. do want the single family per 5 acre ! prove an agreement that would al- : : to five years. _^. .Elizabeth Walcott. ^ •-•-.. :* [ low a Glendale couple to start A zoning enforced, with servant, tenant, : i *i* r*- ** *+ •* *• -*^» «+^ • "•** In .1948, the lancT was' subdivided to . I building a house on propertywfiere create two lots: one of which now belongs " guest, or family member defined with exac^ , titude, including percentage of total incomeH I there already is an occupied house. to the Cooks^ the other to the Walcotts..."-.--4? r for: the servant,/who % we feeL should be '(&•/ Last month, the board rescinded "•"••;;' Under village ordinances established in:-i full-time." * -\£ •.' 1 : 'u^ai ,. $ y I a building permit for James and Al- 1956, z lot must be at least five acres and ? .^Elizabeth Walcott asked the Village v. ison Cook because the Cook's 'y / only one residence is permitted on each lot J -Board at Wednesday's meeting not to delays [ daughter and her family live in an , An exception is made for servants resi-"1 ;<^ns&uctiori;of the Cook home; which wasq i existinghouse on the Pelican Ave. . dences, however, so gardeners, chauffeurs, f lot where they wished to buikl Vd- £cooks, butlers and maids can live in sepa-3 P lage ordinances permit only oiie^? V -rate quarter on the premises. .^^£^1 I residence per loi making an excep- Residents and village officials say very P tion forseivants'.quarters^ *•£ t:y/~ few residents in. River Hills have live-in ^servants these days. -^S^-^^i^^^ LV . The board revoked the permit after George and Elizabeth Walr >l tHoME OCCUPIED ."$ -^=^..,. j £ cott, whose home is only 12 feet> « :S: The Walcotts want to make sure that jj p fix>m the existing house on the ^ ..-_£ only;on£ home cm the Cooks' property isgj k Cook property, asked trustees to h. They stated in letters to the Village "^ P andYillage At^.AAVillianrDineen | w River Hills Szyper said a letter explaining the ordinance was sent last week to Village to check residents who have more than one house on their property. illegal rentals 'Some residents may legally rent buildings on their lots under grand­ An ongoing village-wide reas­ father clauses negotiated more than sessment might help officials find residents who are illegally renting 20 years ago by property owners out servants quarters on their prop­ whose land was annexed to the vil- „ erty. lage, which was incorporated in 1930. Assessor Keith Munson told the Village Board last week that he would note if a building on a prop­ erty was used to generate income for the owner. Village Manager Joseph Szyper said he would check Munson's findings against other village re­ lS~tf-1t> cords to determine who may be il­ legally renting out servants quar­ ters. Village ordinances prohibit oc­ cupation of homes separate from the main residence by anyone but servants. The ordinance also states that, with the exception of servants quarters, only one occupied home is permitted on each lot. The penal­ ty for having an illegally occupied home is up to $500 per day, with each day counting as a separate of­ fense.

/**) \6o unique home has towering memories for owner • i .1.11. jmjj.jj.uwxtu smm ^jmwiwwmw^k^v.'^^ By Sandra J. Hartmann wife found it was just what they were look­ ing for. It may have been common in Germany The size of the lot, 5lA acres, was appeal­ years ago, but finding a house with an at­ ing to the two who had grown up sur­ tached silo in Wisconsin is rare. rounded by lots of open land, Lois Thiesen However 29 years ago, when Lois and said. But it was the silo and its unique fea­ Charles Thiesen were looking for a home in tures that won them over. which to raise their two young children, "We had built a new home in Brown that's exactly what they found. Deer...but we wanted land. I wanted my It was March 1964 when the couple kids to have land," she said. Quite frankly, bought the three-bedroom farmhouse with it was "the tower" that made them decide to the 2/2-story attached silo at 8220 N. purchase the lot, she said. Green Bay Road in River Hills. Others The white stucco silo, "the tower" as might have passed up the unusual home. Thiesen fondly calls it, is located off the But the young engineer and his musical home's L-shaped large living room. From the outside, the tall structure looks just like an old barn silo. Only the iron grating covering the windows belie its non- traditional use. Today, as when the Thiesens purchased the house, the section of the tower extend­ ing into the rest of the house is covered with white stucco. In 1964, the inside tower walls were silo material. The struc­ ture was wired for electricity and featured a wooden stair to a second floor room and a ladder leading to a room with a large bell. The house at 8220 N. Green Bay Road is one of the most unique in River^ Hills;. Jhe three- The bell is heavy, Thiesen said. "And it bedroom home, built in 1911, features an attached silo the owner calls "the tower. The prop­ works. I used to ring it. We had horses. erty is for sale. That's how I called them and the kids, she said. . , If the tower and the bell werent enough , green olive branches and surrounded by rounded by several circular red brick pat­ of an allure, the tower has three other un- / numerous yellow glass circles that look terns encased in cement, is the floor of the ique features. The heavy, nearly 2- inch; like the bottom of a beer bottle. Half of the tower. . oak door was brought from England. A visi-j crest appears to have a bird that looks like The wooden stairs, door, floor and win­ tor to the home speculated recently it may \ a falcon, Thiesen said. dow haven't been disturbed since the be from an old English keep, Thiesen said, i The falcon may be significant, she said, Thiesens moved into the house. But in time The door features a metal plate on lunges \ because the silo and the room it is attached Charles covered the walls of the first floor that can be raised to view people on the \ to were built in 1911, when the property with white pine paneling. The tower is other side. The viewer opening has metal was owned by the Falk family, owners of heated in the winter with a portable hea­ grating through it. The cover plate fea­ the Falk Co., once a Milwaukee foundry. ter. It offers a cool refuge in summer, tures three decorative cutouts which look The Falk family never lived on the land, Thiesen said, adding, "It's wonderful." like two spades with a flowing F in the cen­ Thiesen said. The building and its silo were Besides offering a pleasant respite in ter. The door handle has a lever than can be used by a caretaker responsible for the summer, the tower offers great accoustics moved to lock the door. land, she said. for her piano and keyboard playing, A view through the doorway of the home The first-floor window was brought from In addition to the wood door and the win­ Thiesen said. And it was a sanctuary from shows the comfortableLliving provided by an Germany. The bottle glass window fea­ dow, an F, created from red bricks and sur- rtftWi) Continued on page 11 unusual silo attached to the house. tures what looks to be a crest encircled by Home Continued from page 10 nitz. Rudolph ran a deer farm, selling the the noise of an active family, she said. deer for meat and hides. Charles later turned the second floor of the When they moved in, the Thiesens knew tower into an office, while he was an engi­ about the V/% -story garage and a small neer at Allis- Chalmers, so he could work in barn on the back of the property. But find­ absolute quiet. He paneled the second floor ing a two-hole outhouse was a surprise, in a natural pine paneling and built a desk Thiesen said. "I put a sign up at a local and storage space along the side of the store, and a man took the outhouse for a ice tower. A window on the second floor pro­ fishing shanty," she said. vided light and a view. The Thiesens retained the rustic look The Thiesens found many uses for the the Kornitzs had created. Many of the tower, but Thiesen said she does not know rooms are paneled. All the floors are pine, why the structure was originally built in except those in the master bedroom and 1911. In addition to the tower and the L- the hallway. The kitchen cabinets, hall shpaed living room, there is a small stairway and railing and the outside walls kitchen adjacent to the silo, a tiled bath­ and ceiling of the porch are constructed in room, outdoor screened porch and a master knotty pine. , bedroom on the first floor. Two smaller "There's a lot of the house that has been bedrooms and a walk-in attic complete the left in the country way," said Susie M. second floor, which has a door leading to a Postori, a Realtor with Wauwatosa Realty, small roof porch. who is listing the house for sale. Thiesen is not sure, but believes the "No one tried to ultra-modernize it. It kitchen and one section of the L-shaped liv­ was left very natural." ing room were added sometime after 1911. Charles Thiesen died three years ago. Seams in the pine floor of the living room His widow is selling the house because it and the paneled wall indicate the house has become too much for her to take care of was once heated by a stove. The decision to sell the house with its 29 The final addition to the house was prob­ years of memory was difficult to reach, ably constructed sometime between 1948 Thiesen said. "I'll feel terrible, but I know and 1954, Thiesen said, based on the that's the way life is. You move on. plumbing fixtures and construction "My time is done here. But now it's time features. for someone else. I just hope they love it. I The Thiesens purchased the property think if they tore it down, I couldn't drive from the estate of Rudolph and Elsie Kor- past." 8200 N. GREEN BAY ROAD

The origmal portion of this heme was a 20 x 24 foot stone barn, used today as the living room. The barn was built of river stones; today those stones have been whitewashed. There are rounded logs in the ceiling. Clarence Falk purchased the building and land in 1927, to be used for a surrmer home for his daughter Louise and her husband. Falk had architect Thomas VanAlyea plan a kitchen and porch addition in 1927; they were built onto the north side of the building. VanAlyea also enlarged the original room by an addition to its east side and building a fireplace onto its west side. Mrs. Irving (Mabel) Bean was the next resident; she was the mother of Mrs. Ludlow North and the Norths lived in the farmhouse at 8040 N„ Green Bay Road, The next owners, John Scott and France sea (Eschweiler) Holbrook (she is now Mrs. Arthur H. Davidson) had the dining room addition built. Still later owners, the Bourniques, added the west wing (den and bathroom) along with faux marble flooring. A blacksmith's barn was moved onto the property and attached to the west wing of the expanded house. There is a supporting post in that building with I!1869n carved quite high up near the top of the post.

This red building is attached to the west side of the above house. It may have been the blacksmith shop from the corner of Green Bay Rd. and the old Brown Deer Rd. inter­ section.

July 1990 photos

/51 \Q\ 8210 N. GREEN BAY ROAD

July 1990 photos Underneath all the additions may be the oldest existing log cabin in River Hills! Friedrich and Ulrikie Barkow purchased this land in 1856. Widow Barkow sold the "impro^ mentM and land in 1887 to Albert Rowe. Rowe and wife Augusta sold to Clarence R. Falk in 1911, "with the perpetual right- of-way over the private road running along the west side of the remaining property, being about 24 ft. wide." That private road was also ir the deed of 1887 and is the same roadway used today.

The log cabin is be­ tween the 2 chimneys. Log beams are in the ceiling of that cabin which is the living room. The above view is of the south (rear) side of the house. The Falks named their summer heme "Apple Tree Farm" - the present owners have only one surviving tree of the many Falk had. The Falks purchased the stone barn immediately east of the above house and remodeled it into a summer home for their daughter Louise and her husband, J. Frederick Reeves - see 8200 N. Green Bay Road photo.

This view is of the north (front) of the house and faces the Milwaukee River. The Falks used the cabin only as a summer residence. Falk's estate sold the cabin in 1938 to W.Morton and Josephine (Holbrook) Picks lay, who remodeled the house and winterized it. Next owners, N.Rosen and Janet Knox, also remodeled the house.

Information from Mrs. Elise (Scott)Fox Swansen and Mrs. P. S. Chelminski of Bridge- water, Ct, a niece of Clarence R. Falk. l#p THE ARMIN SCHLESINGER HOME IN RIVER HILLS .,-.-->"C1

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The outdoor tennis courts , pool and clubhouse were built in the / ^ mid-1920s for the Schlesinger "colony1' of friends and relatives £r living within the Schlesinger-owned acreage, and for their in­ vited friends. It is still a private club. The indoor tennis courts were built in 1937 according to a newspaper account that year.

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The swiiiming pool was modernized in the 1950s.

ti \kF> PLAYERS IN A r TOURNAMENT use the four indoor tennis courts at the Western Race? ,ub, a private club in Elm Grove. Wmus(Ms^M —=—. • - • 'v***. . ... ••--. i_ By LAWRENCE SUSSMAN W The club occupies 5 acresjuit south of where the y j of The Journal staff -^Milwaukee River bends to the west"and is "rambling, y ^ old and informal, rather than the stiff formality of a -/*• ^#Said club /president Robert . For those who love to play tennis, the River Tennis vplace like the Milwaukee Country dub," said Longa-'\ 4Krahn of ^aiiwatiosa, UI would call Club in River Hills and the Western Racquet Club • f ibaugh, who hves in Mequon. "It's a place where a fel- J biir dub the country dub of tennis in Elni Grove are paradise. The clay courts, skilled ^ f low can go for an afternodn swim without people buzz-- iin :the '^ar)#L^:Jt:'h^ teaching professionals and gorgeous settings are aces.; ; Jing that he left his job ^y;?^;^|&^^^VQ^ y ?;rooms; 14 putdoor courts,: indud- But joining these clubs can be almost as hard as • ;, It has no formal dining room orbar, only a shack'JJ ing three regular clay courts and getting a ticket for the finals at Wimbledon — and , bar in the summer. ^; A-."' / V^ • ..-* . I , two hydrbtourts; four indoor undoubtedly more expensive. •{ ; -^ „ Courts; an: piympic-sized outdoor Officials at River Tennis Club would not even men­ The club is on a private toad, completewith speedy? bumps, north of 8188 N, GreenBay Road. The only M ^swimming* pool; and a wading tion what it cost to join or maintain a membership. * JpooL 'i-^-••••- k^jr' \; ,,-W. t <; S% /i; At Western Racquet Club, the $3,000 initiation fee noise intruding on the forested solitude of the club 1^ ; ^usually comes from woodpeckers, y V y :y.y. : ; - >^| $:The dub has 30 full-time erh- and $ 145 monthly fee was disclosed by a member but : .-'ployes, including a permanent head not mentioned by any club officials. •- v Only 75 families are members of River Tennis, "r- ^ Forty-fbot-tall evergreens l(36k ]\ «:^4^-: j^/Mca :norrnally are required to which prefers its low profile. ?I think if you asked the down upon the club's,two outdoor*! more than' 25 years and is still a d ••J.wear a sport coat and tie in the members they would say, That's just fine,' ? said Jona­ xlay courts, one of. which is sur-1 : ^hree -d^ing rooms at .Western, than Swain, of Mequon, the club president v.*V- rrourfded by rose bushes.The club i ^^Qub'members now are mostly I where "framed prints of ^wildlife, '-Western Racquet is not quite as choosy, but'it is ;K has ^replaced yits ^twd ^utdoot; as- ;| vfrom the North Shore suburbs,;Me-lj L. hunting arid polo adorn the. walls. * ;>ph&fcour& •y ... ..^.-y..T. —--y—.j. y~^~-^'-1^^^-~y^-rr^^^^r^-, ifquon and the East Side of Milwau-^ i>a "People don't ^ come in jeans," expensive forth e 450 families who are member^f^^ which^are -clay courti^that have j .kee, said Swain, the dub jpresident yi vKrahn saicL^ vv^Wthrv ix^y^*/?/.} : water vpipes. underneath to keep "•+ Western opened in 1961 and covers almost 14 aoes. °^No written membership^rules ^ :?r>.<>Westerri Racquet requires two 0m Grove has assessed the buildings and land at $23;j Vlhern rhpisti^^ 3 1 ^exist; he said. If at vacancy occurs, a 4>2 :members to sponsor an apphcant, >such courts. ; million . River Hills says the River Tennis Qub J&l^^^i ^ihember'may "ask a friend to join if almost frdmBrookfield, Hm 6rpve worth $230,000. ^mUm^^^^m^0^^ Wiia 6hci 'objects. He cledined to say ^ and Wauwatosa.' There v'are^p v< Officials of another exclusive tennisclubi n the are£ ^yvhether any blacks 6r other minor: ^black member^,KrahnsaidL /£v'-:. the Town Club in Fox Ppin^ dec^bito be inter~fe|4v| Sfo Armin AT ^eangerTa^ :^ThroughouVthe year, toe^club viewed for this story/^K^:rV§^^^^^%B^^M ^industrialist, built the main dub- v^has parties tied to^^tennis themes. - "The membership is low key.arSi theywantto keep I house and the two outdoor courts v^SckNic'LuxURY .•j:";':^:^;^^[^:" ^The dub recently had what it called %ext to^his .home^in^ I923^The j it that way," explained John Borges, the Town Club Vv • V^The hiuch larger and more elar> V^ "VVTiite Is Righr party, in which president. The club was incorporated in 1901^.^'^% Vdubhouse walls areiDied with the everyone dressed in tennis whites v stuffed heads of moose and caribou ^ orate Western Racquet Qub is in Once accepted, the members atthe private clufo ;Ju ^ the '• rolling, wboded hills of Elm 5>;-and. used white.:teimis-balls and seem to be fiercely loyal. They say'their clubs are mar- M ^and a mariin^^@#^ \:'P}&0 y]Wpodenrackets*. A>^gvVjir/r^*•'•>., ^The dub's mdoof court was the' 5 Grove, at 1800 N. Highland Drive; velous places to escape with their families, especially : " Its clubhouse is a two-story chalet /M ."We're sort of. like a combina­ during the summer when they and their children can ^ first in Wisconsin, built by Schle- tion of a tennis club and a cxnintry ; singer in 1936. "He often would ?vrnade of white concrete and stpne,^ w play some tennis, get a lesson and relax by the pool. ; :^vith browrTtrim. <*£.J &£&i .^fcW ^club, v^drPe^e;Sher^ fqr- ^ "If you write anything that says this place is not Mj -have his chauffeiir pidc up friends- r Mrier secretly on the club board. ;/ a wonderful place, youare not telling a true story,^^ & ^'J^^iz^i^k^J^^^. i 'yj/^j:. \^./£ said Pat Galanis, a Western Racquet board directorTv^^ i-fand^rive thenr^toir^^li^ The River Tennis Chib has a feel of comfortable \ii-then rural rba^ds to play tennis in*-' •.^iioors. r^>^^^^^^-^^:^' ^gentility. "Pat Longabaugh,! the club secretary^ described | 3 ^Friends bought the(property in >| J it is a place' where "people seem to recognize its beiie*'! | .4 952 from tWo: Schlesmjger^ fairuly '^ ffiis without being snooty about it It's very, very sedudJ -trusts" arid StartedTthe -^dub ^vith m+c\ «MJCs never J^rneA^^^^^^^^^^gJ^f :.^ValerieV^t^ Jhis player from Great .Britain, vthe ^J iprivihg ibrce cin!lthe^^tureC :;a 30-/91/ >Served:.- as rnah^ng:^ ^fbri t5N \!e^ 8180 N. GREEN BAY ROAD - THE ARMIN SCHLESINGER/MCGREGOR HOME

House built in 1915"with later additions. View of house as seen from River Tennis Club's outdoor courts. The house was built as a summer residence; the winter home for the Schlesingers was at 3270 N. Marietta Ave.,

8188 N. GREEN BAY ROAD - THE RIVER TENNIS CLUB

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July 1987 photo.

The west side. The original 4 room small one-story house is where the 1st floor side- by-side shuttered windows are That early house was of hand- hewn white oak logs and beam with a chimney in the center no basement. It was Henrich and Anna (Kirchhoff) Stein' s home, built early 1860s when he was given the land by his parents. In 1894 Henry Stein died and his heirs sold the house and land to Philip Keipper, who converted the area into Keipper's Park.

In 1927, W.Norman and Florence (Patton)Fitzgerald rented the house as a surrmer residence - rent was $50 a summer! They continued to do so until 1934, when they purchased the house and the land to the river. Ihey built the south side 1st floor addition (with basement) and later added the 2nd floor over the original house and the addition. Eliott(Eli) Mason was the architect. They also relocated the front door to the east side. Right: July 1990; south side.

f Left: July 1990; east side The front view shows a newer addition on the north side.

Mrs. Fitzgerald planted 2000 daffodils between the house and a stream to the east; she visits each year to see them in bloom now that she no long J lives there.

Green Bay Court was part of t lIlT! I original Gedarburg Rd. until Ml the 1960s, when Green Bay/Ced burg and Teutonia roads were reconstructed. Information from Mrs. W.Norms Fitzgerald in July 1990 and Milwaukee bounty land deeds, i€>S \fc(p TOGETHER with all and singula* the Herediaments eJtid Appurtenance a thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining; and all the estate right, title, interest, claim or demand whatsoever of* the said -^ parties of the first part, either in Law or Equity, either in possession or expectancy of in and to the above bargained premises, and their Hereditaments and Appurtenances. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said premises as above described, with the Hereditaments and

i Appurtenances unto the said party of the second part; and to the successors office forever.

AND THE SAID Daniel Heil & Barbara his wife for themselves their heirs, executors and administrates, doth covenant, grant, bargain, and agree to end with the said party of the second part & their successors in office that at the time of the ensealing and delivery of these presents they were well seized of the premises above described, as of a good, sure, perfect, absolute, and indefeasible, estate of inheritance in the Law, in fee simply and that the same are free and clear from all incumbrances whatever.and that the above bargained premises in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said party of the second part, & their successors in office _^ against all and every person or persons, lawfully claiming the ': whole or any part thereof they will forever WARRANT AND DEFEND.;

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said parties of the first part, have hereunto set their hand and seal the day and year'first s^bove written; John Wufsow Daniel Heil (Seal) John Dehling Jr. Barbara. Heil (Seal)

STATE OF WISCONSIN, County of Ozaukee Be It Remembered that on the Thirtieth day of March A.D. 1864 personally came before me the above named Daniel Heil & 3arbara his wife of the tov/n of Milwaukee County of .Milwaukee & State of Wisconsin to me knov/n to be the persons who executed the said Deed, and acknowledged the same to be their free act and deed, for the. uses and purposes therein mentioned Received for Record, at 9 o'clock A.M. John W. Milbrath May 10th 1865 Justice of the Peace* Register

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