1921 Duluth & St Louis County MN, Van Brunt.pdf - Garon.us

922 DULUTH AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY
Vander Hiden, daughter of Albert J. Vander Hiden, of Glenwood City,
Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming have two children, Margaret Dorothy
and Robert Lee.
After his marriage Mr. Fleming entered the University of Minnesota,
from which he received his A. B. degree in 1914. Later, after a period of
residence of study, he was given the Master of Arts degree oy the University
of Chicago. From the time he left grade school he earned his two
degrees with less than four and a half years of residence in normal colleges
and universities.
Mr. Fleming has been superintendent of schools at Tower since 1917.
He has proved not only an able executive in the routine of educational
affairs, but has made a special study of financial subjects in connection
with school administration, and the handsome new school building at
Tower was built under his supervision. Also due to his close application
and energy the school districts under his supervision have been increased
from nine towmships to thirty-two.
Charles Hallock. It has been truly said that it matters but Httle
where a man was born, he is a citizen of the land in which his heart
dwells, and recent events have proven the truth of this statement beyond
any reasonable doubt. When the United States went into the great war
some of its most patriotic citizens, the ones who sacrificed the most and
exerted themselves to prove their love for the land they called their own,
were of foreign birth. Their action in choosing the United States for
their country seemed to have awakened a love of its institutions and an
appreciation of its liberty and advantages, not always shown by some who
had a long line of American-born ancestors back of them. Such is the
case with Charles Hallock, for twenty years a dependable merchant of
Hibbing. He was born in Poland April 15, 1875, but is one of the best
Americans in St. Louis County, or the state of Minnesota for that matter.
He continued to live in his native land until he was fifteen years old,
but then, in 1891, came to the United States to join relatives in this country
and make it his future home. He first lived at Tower, Minnesota,
where he clerked in a store and went to school. Later he went to Duluth,
Minnesota, and opening a store of his own conducted it for three years.
In December, 1900, he came to Hibbing, and ever since that date has been
connected with its mercantile history. His initial start at Hibbing was a
modest one, and his advance w-as gradual but sure, and with but one or
two exceptions he now has the oldest mercantile establishment in the cit}^
and is recognized as thoroughly reliable.
When he was twenty-one years old Mr. Hallock took out his natural-
ization papers and since then has endeavored to bear all the responsibilities
of American citizenship. In 1913 he brought his parents to the United
States, and they reside at Superior, Wisconsin. At present he is serving
as a member of the Hibbing Board of Charities.
In 1900 Mr. Hallock was married to Etta Silk, of Duluth, Minnesota,
and they have five children, namely, Badonna, Koppel, Lester, Leah Ruth
and Sarah Rae. Mr. Hallock is a member of the Odd Fellows. He and
his family attend the Jewish congregation. Like so many of his religious
faith, he is very charitable and his benefactions are not confined to his
contributions to the societies to which he belongs but are bestowed where
he thinks they are needed, many of them never being known to the public.
During the many years he has lived at Hibbing he has won appreciation
for his excellent traits of character, and he and his family are held in high
esteem by those who know them.
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