Odebolt web manager retiring

Courtesy of the 1/27/16 edition of Ida County Courier (www.idacountrycourier.com).

Odebolt web manager retiring, Jeff Raasch is hired

Barb (Girvan) Horak is retiring from being the web manager for odebolt.net after 14 years. Jeff Raasch, formerly from Odebolt, has been hired by the Odebolt City Council to take over the web manager duties. He hopes to have a new odebolt.net website up by March of this year. The odebolt.net@gmail.com email address will stay the same. Horak and her sister, Bonnie(Girvan) Ekse, will be free to concentrate more on the Odebolt History Pages in the future.

Horak said, “I have enjoyed my years of supplying an internet presence for my hometown, and especially coordinating with so many people in Odebolt. But, now is the time for new blood. Jeff will do a great job and will no doubt be asking for some help and input from people in Odebolt. We both thank you in advance for your understanding during this transition.”

Horak and Ekse were awarded the Odebolt Community Service Award in June 2005 for their dedication to odebolt.net. Horak is a 1967 graduate of O-A High School, and Ekse graduated from O-A in1964. Raasch is the son of the late Curt Raasch and Carol Raasch. He is a 2000 O-A graduate.

Christmas Past

The Odebolt News, December 21, 1916

Click on above link to see the entire newspaper page.

Koehler & Hanson was at the northeast corner of Second and Maple in Odebolt.  The same building now houses the Odebolt Museum.  It's possible that some of the very items mentioned in this advertisement are now on display in the museum.

Where Was This Business?

Does anyone know where

the Odebolt Greenhouse was located?

The Odebolt Chronicle, August 12, 1948 

 

The Odebolt Chronicle, December 16, 1948

Christmas Past

The Chronicle, December 6, 1900

The Frey photography studio was at the southwest corner of 3rd and Main in Odebolt.  A. W. Dahlstrom owned the photography studio for 46 years, from 1907 until 1953.

The Larson & Erickson store was in the brick building on the southeast corner at the junction of Second Street and Maple Street in Odebolt.  In this photo "Larson & Erickson" is painted on the window and there is also a "Larson & Erickson" sign hung on the west side of the building.

From 100 years ago -  The Odebolt Chronicle, December 23, 1915 

The present day "The Chronicle" offices are now located in the Princess Theater building.

Thanksgiving News from 1890 and 1915

From the Digital Archives of the Odebolt Public Library and Odebolt Museum

THE CHRONICLE, December 4, 1890

THE CHRONICLE, November 18, 1915

THE CHRONICLE, November 25, 1915

Out of the Past - Arthur Baptist Church

Courtesy of the 10-21-15 edition of Ida County Courier (www.idacountrycourier.com).  

OUT OF THE PAST - Forty years ago 
Members of the Arthur Baptist Church, located four miles south of Arthur, will observe the church’s 90th birthday this Sunday with a special anniversary service. The present church was completed on Sept. 1, 1887. The church was first organized in 1885 with a membership of 18 persons. Charles Waterbury serves as the interim layman speaker.

[Read more about the history of Arthur Baptist Church at Glenn  Gustafson's "Kiron Kountry"
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gwgustaf/library/Chur/chis_abc.htm ]

Mayor Hemphill passes away

It is with great sadness that we post the following.  Odebolt's Mayor, has passed away.

Robert G. "Butch" Hemphill, age 65, Mayor of Odebolt, IA, passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2015, at Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove, IA.
... SERVICES at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, October 15, 2015 at United Methodist Church, Odebolt, Iowa.
... VISITATION, 4:00-8:00 p.m. - Wednesday, October 14, United Methodist Church in Odebolt.

His obituary will be posted at Farber & Otteman's web site, where you may also leave condolences for the family.    http://farberotteman.com/obituary.php?view=730


Councilman Mike Hoefling is now acting as Mayor Pro-Tem of the City of Odebolt.