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This entry was posted on 9/6/2006 6:18 AM and is filed under Welcome.

Welcome back, Arenzville fans! A couple years ago, I deleted the guestbook entry feature from this website because it was being abused by anonymous users. But many people missed the feature and have asked for a way to leave a message for others, so I'm going to try using this blog.

Readers are invited to use the features here, and I will monitor the entries (keep in mind that your contributions won't appear instantly because they will have to be approved by me, the blog editor, first).

Use the links below -- "Add Comment" -- to make an entry into the blog, or "View Comments" to read what others have said. I'm happy to hear from all of you and to provide a way to share your comments with others.

 
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    • 9/6/2006 10:09 PM Lori Burrus Greene wrote:
      Molly -

      Thanks for keeping this Burgoo information available to so many. I especially appreciate your recognition of Coach Kemp. As you can imagine, since his death there has been a wealth of stories shared among friends both here at the coffee shop and during the High School football game Friday night and by email from those far away. An idea is only just forming in my head, but is there a place for a blog of Coach Kemp memories here on this website?

      Perhaps the Memorial service on Sunday would be an appropriate place to make an announcement to encourage all to share their thoughts and give the website address. Also offering to those not yet online to write and I'd be willing to enter their thoughts.

      Again, thanks for representing the best of Arenzville -

      Lori Burrus Greene
      wife of Tim
      mom to Griffin and Gannon
      daughter of Tom and Marcy Burrus
      granddaughter of Martin
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      1. 9/7/2006 5:53 AM Molly wrote:
        Excellent idea! I'll try to put this option into the blog (I'm still learning how to use this thing).
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      2. 5/23/2007 11:30 AM Cheryl Strahm wrote:
        Lori,
        My g-great grandfather's sister Eliza Ray Burrus died 9-30-1926 in Arenzville. Any relation to you? She was married to Thomas J. Burrus who died in Morgan, Illinois. I was wondering if you are related to her and if you are if you have any information on her and her parents.
        Thanks!
        Cheryl (Ray) Strahm
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    • 9/12/2006 8:56 AM Mel Schnake wrote:
      Great job, Molly! Glad to see the Burgoo web site is still active. Looking forward to seeing the photos from Burgoo 2006!
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    • 9/20/2006 11:06 AM Cindy Garrett wrote:
      My ancestors came to Arenzville area from Germany in 1834. They settled 3 miles northeast of the future site of Arenzville. The platwork for the village of Arenzville would not be completed by Mr Francis Arenz for another 4 years.

      Herman Lippert and Catherine Bates were born in the village of Eichelheim, kingdom of Hesse, Germany about 1810; they were married about 1827;and came to America in the year 1834. They brought with them three small sons, Emil (6), Herman (4), and William (2). Somewhere in mid ocean, a little daughter was born. They named her Alberdena, which was the name of the ship which she was born.

      They boarded the ocean liner Alberdena at Havre, France and landed in New Orleans, where they took passage on a Mississippi River boat to St. Louis and from there on the Illinois River to Beardstown. Their ocean passage lasted nine weeks. They were part of a company of colonist who settled on a tract of land about 3 miles northeast of Arensville, Illinois. The plan of farming in common failed after a few years of trial and was abandoned.

      After the Lippert family came to America, two more sons were born to them, Charles and George. In 1847 when George was quite young, both parents died; only a short time elapsing between their deaths.
      Charles was reared by a family named Miller, and George by another family whose name was Wise. Charles enlisted in the Union army at the beginning of the Civil War, and died of measles during the service in the government hospital boat D:A January at Millikin's Bond, Louisiana.

      George, as a small boy, was crippled by rheumatism. He was a teacher as a young man and later became a successful merchant in Chandlerville, Illinois. He never married.

      Emil Lippert farmed and operated merchantile businesses at different times in Bath,Illinois.

      Alberdina married John Musch and lived on a farm with their four children.

      During the gold rush in 1852 Herman and William Lippert made the arduous 6 months journey to Marysville, California, by wagon train. They farmed while in California. By 1862 they returned to Illinois as they wished to marry, but there were no women in California. Their intentions were to take sail on the cow ship "Golden Gate", but arrived in San Francisco the day after it had sailed. Three days after it left harbor, it was overtaken by a storm and sank with all on board. Not one was saved.

      The Lippert brothers sailed on an old tramp ship to Panama; rode the twenty-eight miles across the Isthmus on burros; took ship on the other side, and sailed on safely to Illinois. They both found young wives, but when the Lippert brothers wished to return to California, their young wives demurred, so they decided to remain in Illinois.

      William, bought a farm near Snicarte, Illinois.

      Herman bought a farm near Arensville, Illinois. This article was written by Lulu Lippert Nickel related to her by her father Herman Lippert.

      If would love any additional information.
      cgarrett@ncsa.uiuc.edu
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    • 9/25/2006 9:57 PM Dawn Henson wrote:
      I am the great, great, great, granddaughter of Francis Arenz. My grandmother was Hope Arenz, daughter of William F. and Addie Arenz. My husband, Kenneth, and I visited Arenzville a couple of weeks ago to experience Burgoo. We live in Houston, Texas and we loved the small town atmosphere. I was hoping to meet some other Arenz descendents. I met Janice Fox and she was able to give me a lot of information. The reason I started researching Francis Arenz was to connect him with Abraham Lincoln. I was successful in this and learned he was a friend of Abraham Lincoln. I would love any information available and I'm willing to share what I have. I love Arenzville and plan to visit it again someday.
      hooveydawn@infohwy.com
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    • 10/26/2006 8:10 PM Annis Householder wrote:
      Molly,
      I visit the website often, and think you have done and continue to do a fantastic job. I found the slide show of the veterans very moving! I'm not sure what, but something in it reminded me of Shannon. Like Elvis, everyone knew him by the one name and I have never heard him refer to by anything else. How many of you remember getting a pop, soda pop this is, at his gas station? Who could ever forget his laugh?
      I hope others will submit their thought on "I remember _____ ."

      Thanks again, Molly!
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      1. 10/27/2006 6:22 AM Molly Daniel wrote:
        It was a real treat to go to Shannon's and pick out different flavors of soda from a cooler of glass bottles in ice water! He had all the possible flavors that existed at the time -- grape, strawberry, orange, root beer -- it was a kid's dream come true! It was just as wonderful as the selection of candy at Willie's. How lucky we were to be able to enjoy such simple pleasures!
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        1. 11/7/2007 10:37 AM Mel Schnake wrote:
          That brings back memories! Before I was old enough to get a driver's license my brother and I would often ride the 3 1/2 miles or so into town with only a dollar or two between. Still it would buy many grape sodas, ice cream sandwiches and candy bars and we'd spend the day riding around Arenzville...ofen meeting up with some of the "city kids" like Rod Nobis.
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    • 6/19/2007 11:53 PM Amy Ware wrote:
      Visiting the site brings back so many memories for me. I loved visiting my grandparents, Leo and Loretta Jones, as a child. I now live in Beaverton, Oregon and have two young daughters. My last visit was in 2005 and I did visit Arenzville to see my grandparents graves and that of my father, Harold Rourke. Enjoy the burgoo this year and hopefully my family can make it back one of these years so they can experience a wonderful time and the warmth of the people of Arenzville!
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    • 7/26/2007 3:22 AM Brit G wrote:
      Hello from Germany

      Currently I am researching the Tritsch family who went from Germany to Arenzville, Cass Illinois. On my webpage are the information I already found about them. If there are any family members still living there and would like to contact me, my email address is badenroots@yahoo.com
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    • 9/20/2007 7:16 AM Mel Schnake wrote:
      Great pics from the 2007 burgoo! Thanks!
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    • 10/29/2007 1:35 PM Ernest L Lippert Jr wrote:
      I am the Great Grandson son of Henry Gustave Lippert [Ruth Ella Lacey] of Bath, IL. I am preparing to publish OKLAHOMA BOUND, an oral history of Henry and Ella's journey (1892) and settling at Stroud, OK as told by Henry to his son, Ernest Laverne Lippert in 1949. Additional information will be appreciated.
      Regards,
      Ernest L. Lippert Jr.
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    • 11/26/2007 10:25 PM Clancy Clark wrote:
      Hey all. Have an antique postcard written to Earl Long in Arenzville in 1909. Wanted to know more about him, specifically, did he end up marrying Vidah? Any information would be helpful to this amateur historian. Thanks!
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