My husband's parents settled in the Wolter's Corner area when they came here from Iowa, so I will include some of the history of the Wolter's Corner area.

August Wolters came to the corner in 1889. He purchased a farm and built on the corners of county trunk O. and N. Across the road there was a skimming station. The school was farther south. In 1890 one acre of land was purchased for the purpose of building a school and $150.00 was raised and a log school was built.

Officers elected were Henry Calbaum, treasurer; Ernest Poppe, director; Andrew Irish, clerk. They voted for six months of school. Four months in the fall and two months in the spring. Eight cords of hardwood and two cords of pine were purchased at 85 cents a cord to heat the school. A teacher was hired at a salary of $25.00 a month.

In 1922 a brick building replaced the log school house. This building was used as a school house until 1957 when the Poppe school consolidated with the Longwood school. The Poppe school has since been torn down. Here is a picture of the old school house.

At one time we lived in the Wolters Corner area. There were four families of Stewarts living in the area. I have many fond memories of Wolters Corner. At the time we lived there, there was the Kris Klay family, the Hagens, Fred Amacher family, the Hodnetts the John Tornkowiak family, Joe and Hilda Mertens, the Walter Zawadski family and the Teasdale family. These were the ones who lived close to the corner, Hugo and Tena Wolters. We had close neighbors and good friends.

We had parties in the old store building. Aries Offord furnished the music. We had many good times dancing. We all worked hard as farming had not become modern at this time. Wolters Corner hasn't changed much, the old store building has been torn down, the old cheese factory building is still there it is owned by Milton Seaman. The old neighbors are no longer there. Most of the farm. buildings have been remodeled. The old Poppe school is gone and also the church. A few of the younger generation stayed in the area and are engaged in farming.