| Summary: | sota. He attended Barber College at Fargo, N. Dak. in 1937. He rejoined the CCC in 1938. Myrtle Hagseth Legler was born at Robinson, North Dakota on October 4, 1916 and attended the Robinson Public Schools. Myrtle Hagseth and Alfred Legler were married at the Lutheran Parsonage at Bowdon by Pastor E. E. Eidbo on December 22, 1938. Mr. and Mrs. Legler moved to Fort Peck, Mont., where Alfred barbered during 1939. Then they went to Hartford, Conn., where they were employed in defense plants until August of 1942. Alfred has continued his barber career in Robinson, Carrington, West Fargo, and Mandan, before purchasing his shop in Valley City. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Legler and their family are members of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church at Valley City, North Dakota. They have three children: Ronnie, Marlyn and Corrine. Ronnie is a senior and Marlyn is in junior high at the Valley City College school. Alfred and Myrtle Legler are active members of the Eagle Aerie and Auxiliary No. 2192 at Valley City, North Dakota. At present the Legler family live at 432 River View Drive, Valley City, North Dakota. JOHN LENZ John Lenz was born in Germany in 1885 and came to the United States in 1904. He stopped off in Chicago where he worked in the meat packing industry. His job was sacking dried blood for fertilizer. He held this job until the dried blood sifted out of his nose and ears and until all he could see was RED. He gave up that job and headed for Parkers Prairie, Minnesota, where he had some uncles. Here he met his bride to be but she was then just a very young girl so he headed out to the Red River Valley and worked on various farms in the spring to fall seasons and then would winter back in Minnesota. He didn't like the Valley very well so he headed west and to the Robinson community in 1911. Here he bought a homestead relinquishment but it seems the land he was shown and what he got title to were two different pieces of land. The land he got was four miles south of the town of Robinson. There he planted a few poplar trees, which, I believe, are still there. That land was too close to Horsehead Lake. Every time the wind blew from the south the alkali would get the best of him so he gave up that claim and bought 160 acres of Railroad land, where Don Hirchert now lives, and an 80 acres to the south from John Thuel. In the fall of 1915 he went back to Minnesota where the little girl had been growing up and he married Anna on February 24, 1916 and brought her back to Robinson where they lived in a one room tar-paper bachelor's shack until it could be enlarged. John and Anna had two sons, Irgon and Ivan. Irgon is married and they have four children and live at Parkers Prairie, Minn. Ivan is married and they have two children. They live at Brady, Montana. Some time before coming to Robinson John became a naturalized citizen of the United States and was proud of that accomplishment. His many friends in the Robinson area would testify that he was a good citizen in every possible way. He served as Supervisor of Robinson Township for several years and was active in everything of benefit to the community. During the desolate years of the 30's the family became discouraged and in the spring of 1937 they moved to Parkers Prairie, Minn., much to the regret of their neighbors and friends. John farmed there until his death and Mrs. Lenz is still living there. There are six grandchildren. FRED AND GLEN LESTER Fred Lester and his wife, Nellie, lived with their son Glen, on the former Miller farm, north Merkel Township, for two or three years. They came from Currie, Minn, in 1899, and filed on a homestead in Wells County, south of Bowdon, N. Dak. Later he had a store in Chaseley, N. Dak., before coming to north Merkel Township. They had four children, Glen, Roy, Alta and Ivan. In 1919, they moved to Boggy Creek, Manitoba, Canada. Mrs. Lester died while there. Fred later moved farther north near Hudson Bay Junction, where he passed away several years ago. Their son Glen, married Lydia Riley, on Sept. 8th, 1907. They lived on the former Harry L. Miller place. Coming there early in 1915, from Chaseley, N. Dak. where he had been a partner in a general merchandise store with his father. In 1920, they moved to Boggy Creek, Manitoba, Canada, with their four children. They lived there for thirty-five years, then moved to Wind- field, British Columbia, where they now reside. Now they have seven children. THE ADOLF LIEDTKE FAMILY Adolf Liedtke was born December 22, 1884 in Germany near the German Polish border. At the age of 16 he left Germany via the underground and came to the United States. He worked in and around Buffalo and Akron, New York for several years before going west. While there he worked in iron work such as installing the first turbines in the Niagara Falls and the Baldwin Locomotive works. When he left New York he spent some time at Albuquerque, New Mexico. 146 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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