Category Archives: Schiele

Rotary Club

: 1942-05-24 Envelope front

: 1942-05-24 Envelope back

: 1942-05-24, page 1

: 1942-05-24, page 2

: 1942-05-24, page 3

: 1942-05-24, page 4

In yesterday’s letter (1942-05-23 730 AM), my grandfather mentioned the Rotary Club. He asked Gladys to thank the Rotary Club members for the pen they gave him. For a man about to write hundreds of letters, this was a practical gift. On the surface, this would seem like an ordinary gesture; the local Rotary Club giving a leading citizen a gift as he went off to war. However, in the case of my family, there is a second deeper understanding of these events. My family is inexplicably bound to the Rotary movement. You may recall from an earlier post that my grandfather’s middle name was Schiele. Schiele was his mother’s maiden name. My great grandmother was Lovina Jane (Schiele) Yegerlehner. She was the sister of a man named Silvester Schiele. If you know anything about the Rotary movement, this name should be very familiar to you. In 1905, Silvester Schiele and his lifelong friend Paul Harris founded the Rotary Club in Chicago.

Silvester and his wife Jesse were frequent visitors at my grandparent’s house. They would often stop by Kentland on their way to Clay City from Chicago, or on other trips that Silvester took for the Rotary.

If you are interested in learning more about Silvester Schiele, check out the RGHF (Rotary Global History Fellowship) Internet project: http://www.rotaryfirst100.org/leaders/schiele/

Letter transcription:

Sunday 1400 almost

In other words 2:00 PM.

Dear Mother,

We think we have a room at 5.00 per week and before I send this I’ll get the address for sure. I’ll have letters from all over town I suppose, but maybe after today the address will be stable. The house proposition I wrote you about several days ago is good but the turnover here is fast. One fellow in our unit was sent to Fla. yesterday, one to some other field and one waiting to go out on boat.

We took some pictures today and if they are good we will send you some. I haven’t got all my uniform yet but enough to get by on so far and keep buying a little every few days.

I got two letters last night at the Y,

(page 2) they both arrived at the same time so the air mail didn’t seem to help.

I left the prescription for Mrs. Cox at Kenneys, I think – That was phenobob. gr ½ the one she showed you was a few I got in when I was out of the others.

The school kids shots were to be 15¢for each shot or 60¢each if the other charged that so you can figure that up – be sure to get those kids that hadn’t started to school yet – Lawrence Schofer’s kids. The Nosker kids – Jerry Sondergraths – The Hooper girl and there may be others but I can’t think of them now. Write me anytime if someone calls or asks – because I believe I can remember the most of them. Since I got my transportation money I think I’ll have enough to last until pay day. We get 250ºº

(page 3)toward for our uniform but that won’t come for 6 to 8 wks. The Thomas Clothing store opened a charge use for me and I still owe them about 40ºº for my top coat but the rest is paid for only I haven’t a blue suit yet nor white suits. The cap costs 12²⁵ plus the white kakia and blue covers which are about 1⁵⁰ each.

We are both about half sick from the typhoid shots. Dr. Lentz had a chill last night and I had to care for him, put on extra covers etc. Neither of us have an aspirin etc. with us so we were just like a couple of laymen sick and didn’t know what to do about it. When we get our address all settled etc, I’ll write same cards to the boys and to several other people to whom I promised letters or cards.

You may write to Slaymaker, Merrill & Jacke and tell them what has happened and that you want the (do ref. me)to and if you have any

(page 4) trouble tell Ira D. he has the insurance or Ralph Bower – he was the att. for the case.

We had eggs and fried potatoes for breakfast – ate at the Ocean View rest Café – only a stone’s throw from the bay which leads out into the Atlantic.

I’m on night duty next wed. night – got go to the close Wed. A.M. and don’t get off until Thurs A.M. but that makes lets me off all day Thurs.

The H.S. bill I almost forgot. I’m not sure of the date – but it should include $5.00 for the track boys $2 or $3 for Chas Brewer and the school shots. The bill was paid just before the exam of the H.S. Track team.

The address is-

Lt (jg) MC Yegerlehner

1026 Magnolia Ave.

Norfolk, Va.

I think this will be rather stable at least for a while. It’s alright to give Base Unit but it takes longer to get the mail thru the base. Well I’ll ring off until later

Love Daddy

Wordless Wednesday – Schiele Brothers

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Schiele Brothers

Back row: Nathan, Silvester, Charles, Andrew
Front row: William, Reuben, David

Photograph was likely taken around 1897, and before 1899. Location of the original photograph is currently unknown.

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First President of the Rotary (Roscoe)

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: July 13, 1943 envelope

: July 13, 1943, p. 1

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: July 13, 1943, p. 3

: July 13, 1943, p. 4

Letter transcription:

Lieut. R. S. Yegerlehner USNR
Navy 60 F.P.O. San Fran
July 13, 1943

Dear Mother,
Yesterday your letter of June 24 came and one from Ruth Y. of June 22. I thought possibly the pictures of D. would be in this one but then I remembered that you said you would send them next week. It has been a week since I received that letter from you but this letter was only 2 days older than the one in which you told of the pictures.

I don’t know if I told you that Uncle Wess had sent a Rotary news week of their own club in Chicago. Well, it had an

[page 2] item in it about the first president of Rotary and it gave a short account of his life. Well I “sorta” get a kick out of having my friends read it and then claiming him as my uncle. I’ll have to write him and give him the low down.

My ambition got the better of me yesterday and I constructed that long talked of rat trap and we have a rat this A.M. to prove the merits of the trap. It’s a type of gang plank where the rat walks out to get a piece of cheese held by a wire beyond the balance point. So Mr. Rat walks out and takes a dip in

[page 3] a 5 gallon can filled about half full of water. We heard it trip two other times but I guess the rat was too nimble. With a little rearranging I believe I can make it 100% instead of 33⅓% as it now is.

I wrote some time ago about changing the allotment but I think I’ll just leave it as is and send what extra money I have home ever so often. As far as I can see it’s just as good one way as the other and if it is left as is you will always get your $200 but if the mail would get crossed as it did with the uniform, your 200 might stop and

[page 4] the new fail to start. If one of the checks I send home gets lost we can always get the numbers and check it that way. I think I’ll continue that way for a while at least and in the next week or 10 days will be able to send a check. That is as soon as a pay day arrives. The amount of the check I can’t say because I don’t know how much there is there. I’ve written all that before but just a little alteration in plan.

You said something about the hot weather in your letter. At Noumea the wind would blow but here it’s always calm and that makes the heat a little more severe. Yes I’ve had practically 14 month of hot weather now beginning at Norfolk Va.

Well, must be on the move
Love Daddy

Russell Islands
Image by Kelisi at Wikipedia.com (Wikipedia Commons license)

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Sunday’s Obituary – Reuben Jacob Schiele

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REUBEN JACOB SCHIELE

Special To The Tribune

BRAZIL, Ind., Oct. 21. –Reuben Jacob Schiele, aged 75, a prominent farmer of near Clay City for many years, died last evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. B. O. King, at Terre Haute, of obstruction of the bowels. The deceased was born in Ohio, but had spent most of his life in Clay county. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Lana Schiele: two sons and a daughter, William and Oliver Schiele, of Clay City, and Mrs. King, of Terre Haute; also a brother, and four sisters, Sylvester Schiele, of Chicago; Mrs. James Hixon, of Brazil; Mrs. John Yearlinger, of Clay City; Mrs. Charles McQuery and Mrs. John Swartz, of Barrington, Ill.; also 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The funeral will be announced later.

“Reuben Jacob Schiele,” Terre Haute Tribune (Terre Haute, Indiana), 21 October 1931, p. 2.

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Reuben Schiele was born 27 June 1857, Medina County, Ohio. He was the eldest son of Michael Schiele and his first wife, Mary Magdalena Miller. He moved with his parents to Clay County as a young boy. On 8 June 1880, Reuben married Lanah Markley. They were the parents of four children: Ida E., Edith M., Oliver L. and William J. Reuben was a farmer like his father.

William Travis, A History of Clay County Indiana (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), 401-402.

Reuben is buried with his wife Lanah at the Maple Grove Cemetery, Clay City, Indiana.

Photograph courtesy of Jon Rice

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Military Monday – Spanish War

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In 1898, the United States waged a war with Spain for ten weeks over the independence of Cuba. There were other reasons but Cuba was the main one. About 300,000 American soldiers were involved in the conflict. There were 345 casualties due to combat and 2,565 due to disease (mainly yellow fever). Another 1,577 soldiers were wounded. Compared to the Civil War, the Spanish American war was a fist fight.

Few families have Spanish War veterans in their ranks. The Schiele family had one and he was Silvester Schiele. Over the years, I have come across several subtle references to Silvester’s involvement including a reference by Roscoe in one of his letters. Silvester was Roscoe’s uncle, also known as Uncle Wes to those of you who have been following along. Lately, more military databases have come online due in part to the relationship between Fold3 and the National Archives. Ancestry has also posted many military databases. I now have a clearer idea of Silvester’s service but I still have one more step. I need to order his pension file. Maybe I’ll do that soon!

Record of Service

Pension card

For more information on the Spanish American War, click here.

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Wordless Wednesday – Best Friends

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Lovina (Schiele) Yegerlehner (l.) with her best friend Lucinda (Mutchler) Steiner (r.), circa 1930s

Photograph from the private collection of Deborah Sweeney

Marketing Corn

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Michael Schiele and son were up from Eel river to-day marketing corn.

“Personal Paragraphs,” Brazil Democrat (Brazil, Indiana), 14 May 1891, p. 1, col. 5.

Final Estate Notice

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NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE

Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of Michael Schiele, deceased, to appear in the Clay Circuit court, held at Brazil, Indiana, on the 25^th day of January, 1915, and show cause, if any, why the final settlement accounts with the estate of said decedent should not be approved; and said heirs are notified to then and there make proof of heirship, and receive their distributive shares.

REUBEN J. SCHIELE, Executor
December 21, 1914
LUTHER & LUTHER, Attorneys for Estate
3tw

Notice of Final Settlement of Estate,” Brazil Weekly Democrat (Brazil, Indiana), 31 December 1914, p. 5, col. 6.

Sunday’s Obituary – David F. Schiele

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DAVID SCHIELE

By Special Correspondent.

CLAY CITY, Ind., Nov. 29 – David Schiele, aged 58 years, died Tuesday morning after a lingering illness of tuberculosis at his home, several miles north of this city. A wife and eight children survive, all being in the beside at the time of his death. The children are Noah Schiele of Kokomo, Ind.; Isaac and Lester Schiele, of Terre Haute: Mrs. Albert Leichty, Mrs. Raymond Royer and George, Arthur and Ellen Schiele, of Clay City. Funeral services will be held Thursday.

“David Schiele,” Terre Haute Tribune (Terre Haute, Indiana), 29 November 1916, p. 2.

HARRISON TWP. DIES OF TUBERCULOSIS

David Schiele, a well known farmer of Harrison Township, died at the residence, northeast of Clay City, this morning, after a long illness of tuberculosis, aged 68 years. The deceased is survived by a widow and eight children, as follows: Noah, of Kokomo; Isaac and Lester, of Terre Haute; Mrs. A. Liechty and Mrs. Raymond Royer, of Clay City, and George, Arthur and Ellen Schiele, at home. The death of Mr. Schiele was the first to occur in the immediate family. The funeral will be held at the residence Wednesday.

“Harrison Twp. Died of Tuberculosis,” Brazil Daily News (Brazil, Indiana), 30 November 1916, p. 3, col. 3.

David Franklin Schiele was the second of six children born to Michael and Mary Magdalena (Miller) Schiele. He was born 6 September 1859 in Medina County, Ohio. When David was a toddler, the family moved to Clay County, Indiana where his father bought land in 1862. As a young man, David married Eliza Ellen Storm on 19 April 1883 in Clay County. They were the parents of eight children: Noah F., Isaac S., Nellie E., George E., Lester A., Elizabeth, Arthur J. and Ida Ellen. David was a farmer.

Back row: Nathan, Silvester, Charles, Andrew
Front row: William, Reuben, David

David and Ellen are buried at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Clay City, Indiana.

Photograph by Jon Rice

Jury Duty

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Among the substantial yeomanry on the jury at the present term of Circuit court, we have noticed Michael Schiele of Harrison, James T. Carrithers of Jackson, R. S. Hobbs of Washington and F. H. Tapy, of Cass.

“Among Our Exchanges,” Clay City Reporter (Clay City, Indiana), 12 April 1889, p. 3, col. 3.