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Kenosha

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 12:19 am
by HalSched
Kieth Gumbinger, are you OK. What's going on iny youri lovely city. I didn't know what that my fellow Wisconsinites could act that way, or are they outsiders?

Re: Kenosha

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 1:11 am
by DHort
Keith is fine. He lives on the south side. All troubles are downtown. He called me today.

Re: Kenosha

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 8:20 pm
by HalSched
Thanks. Fyi My dad once was a Pastor at Trinity, Freistat, just East of Min Falls. Cheers

Re: Kenosha

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:34 pm
by DHort
I know that church. On the corner with the graveyard. Good fish fry across the street. Speed limit is 25 - my daughter now knows that well...... I am by Pilgrim n County Line.

Re: Kenosha

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:22 pm
by OilyBill
If you are talking about Freistadt, I know it well. I grew up in that area, a lot of the people still spoke German into the 1970's. My father used to take me to Boehlke's Hardware to get stuff. When I was there in the 1960's, Boehlke's still sold cases of dynamite. Also beautiful horse saddles. Two of my memories of Freistadt

Re: Kenosha

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:55 pm
by KeithG
Hal, We're fine. All the commotion and riots and burning buildings are near downtown within a few blocks of Lake Michigan, and in the uptown area. We're way out on the northwest side and in a good neighborhood.
The riots and damage are bad. Our Police and Sheriffs Depts. have help from area Depts. and the National Guard. We're hoping they put a stop to it very soon. The victim is a felon who was resisting police and tried to escape, but all of the facts are not yet known. The protestors don't care. Many of the protestors came by the carload from outside the area. Two of the arsonists were arrested and came from Florida and Indiana. Our Mayor and County Executive are law and order guys and will stop this as soon as possible.
Hopefully it will be over soon.
Thanks for your concern.
Keith

Re: Kenosha

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 12:45 am
by HalSched
Good hearing from U keith!!! It's good to get a first hand report on what's going on. If push comes to shove we have a place for you and Carol.


Yes, my Dad was a Pastor ar Trinity Freistat, across the street from Boelke's Hardware and the place that had good fish fries.

Re: Kenosha

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 8:49 am
by WayneJ
What years was your Dad pastor? My family attended Trinity's sister church in Mequon. In 1965, when our church was between Pastors, we had an interim Pastor who was a retired minister from Trinity.

Re: Kenosha

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 9:19 am
by DLodge
KeithG wrote:
Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:55 pm
....but all of the facts are not yet known. The protestors don't care. Many of the protestors came by the carload from outside the area.
Chicago is fairly close, isn't it? Maybe they ran out of things to break and set on fire there, so they headed farther afield. This too shall pass, we can hope.....

Re: Kenosha

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 12:03 pm
by DHort
We have a number of Model T'ers around this area.

Re: Kenosha

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 3:53 pm
by HalSched
Wayne, My Dad was at Trnity, Freistat, in the 1965 era. The fill in that your are referencing probably a Pastor nemed Bernhart (sp). Small world.

I never drove my Model T in the Mequon/Freistat area.

Re: Kenosha

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:04 pm
by WayneJ
The name Bernhart sounds familiar. I never knew your father, but Bernhart was my Catecism teacher for one year. A fine man, I still remember his lessons. Wisconsin PBS TV has a series "Around the Corner in Wisconsin". They have an episode on Mequon - Thiensville. They feature Trinity Church, the hardware store, etc. If you Google it I think you will find it online. A small world indeed.