Art and Earl Heath worked in a store in Tamarack, prior to moving to Swatara.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnaitkin/swatara.htm#2
Beyond the Circle by Leo Trunt (1998) & Aitkin Age Newspaper & Swatara, My Home Town:
The Heath Brothers came to Swatara as soon as the Soo Line came to town. "Sometime in 1910, Art and Nannie (Heath) went to Swatara to start a store there. Art and his other brother Harvey cruised timber and Art ran their crews that they had in their logging operations...Art also farmed near Swatara and did considerable haying to supply their teams at their camps. His operations at farming included raising potatoes.... From 1917-20 The Heath brothers logged at Martin's Spur on the Hill City Railroad. In 1920, the brothers bought the lath mill at Boyd and Young's Spur near Swatara. It burned in 1924 but the Heaths salvaged some of it, rebuilt it and moved to Hill City where they sawed lath for over a year. Then they moved to Washburn and for several years operated there....Art managed the mill living in the camp with his wife cooking. The Heaths ran the lath mill at Washburn until Alexander (Sander) Olson bought the mill in 1928.
On February 15, 1911 Art Heath resurrected the post office at the town site of Swatara.
The Heath brothers bought the Boyd and Young business in 1919 - large 60 by 24 two story building in Swatara, a two story building with the first story used for grocery and hardware and the second story was used as a community hall.
Besides the store, the Heath Brothers also did some undertaking business and had a number of caskets laying around in back of the store. The Heaths also operated a lumber yard in the late twenties. Heath Bros. new lumber yard, due to the design, marks another step in Swatara's progress. Heath's Big Store was torn down in 1939.
In May 1921, it was deemed that enough business warranted a banking institution, and so the Swatara State Bank was formed. Some of the investors were: the Heath Brothers
Art Heath was the first scorekeeper for the baseball league, and Earl Heath was generally picked as the head scorekeeper during the thirties and later years.
Art Heath became the justice of the peace for Swatara (Macville Township), in the twenties. The local justice had some authority in that position and actually held court over local matters of dispute. In one such case, Art Heath presided in the case of the Town of White Elk vs. S. H. Yoemans "Plaintiff, by Ray Ramey, Chairman of the Town Board, filed affidavit in Replevin, duly verified, stating that one telephone complete except batteries, of its personal property is at this time wrongfully detained from it by said Defendant, and that it is entitled to immediate possession, thereof, (Replevin) and that the value of said property is twenty-three dollars. Bond in Replevin in double the value of the property approved and filed. Writ of Replevin issued, returnable at my office in the Town of Macville in said county on the 10th day of October, 1927, at 9:00 o'clock a.m. and delivered to deputy Sheriff Frank E. Zealand for service." (In Justice's Court, Town of Macville, Aitkin County Land Dept. records dated September 30, 1927)
The Swatara Methodist Church Services were held in the Heath Hall in early 1925. On April 26, 1925, the Swatara Methodist Episcopal Church was organized. Fund-raisers ensued for the construction of a church building. The church was completed in late 1933.The following members were elected as trustees: A. A. Heath, E. E. Heath
In 1927, the "Swatara Imperial Band" was formed. Some of the band's members: Art and Earl Heath, "The band members held Tuesday evening their first business meeting since they organized fourteen months ago. A. A. Heath was re-elected president, E. E. Heath secretary-treasurer (Aitkin Age--December 8, 1928)
In the summer of 1938, the Heath Brothers Store was robbed. As the Swatara Bank had moved before this, the Heath Brothers cashed local checks and had quite a sum on hand to accommodate its customers. The robbers were called "The Cream Can Burglars." They got this name from how they carried out each job. "Their pattern was to borrow a cream can or two from some produce station and fill it with water which would be used for cooling the cutting torch used for cutting away the combination off the safe and they always left (as their trademark) the cream can." (A Century of Pioneering Pioneers, page 65) The safe had been opened and quite an undetermined sum removed.
Since the Swatara Bank was gone, the Heath Brothers started up the business of loaning money. Sometimes they would buy the debts from various places for the local people and work with them in retiring the debts. They were basically a collection agency.
Recreation was not absent during the depression years. The Remer Record Newspaper relates: "The Circus at Swatara Thursday drew quite a large number of people from Shovel Lake and vicinity. " The senior class of Remer held a three act play called "Always in Trouble' in Heath's Hall. The admission was twenty cents.
Macville Township appointed Art Heath as the township custodian and sexton of the Macville Cemetery on March 21, 1942. That same year saw the board made up of Everett Ramey, Leo Jewett, and William Schindele. Jessie Ramey was the clerk with Everett Ramey as the constable and Art Heath became the justice.
Swatara was a paradise for enterprising businessmen and the Trepanier, Jewett, Hutze, Young, Olds and Heath families were among those whose hard work created the town's and their own personal solid worth.
In 1946, the Grange held a fair for the local farmers. "The prizes of the Grange Fair held October 4 were awarded....The business firms donating prizes for this fair were: Red Owl; A. L. Wynkoop; J. E. O'Konek; Silver Grill; Eichorn Hardware; Bill's Hardware; Hill City Creamer; H. G. Nelson garage; and Art Heath of Swatara.
OLIVE MARGARET HARRINGTON'S LIFE
I knew I wanted to be a teacher but money was very scarce. In order to get money attend Marquette Normal in Duluth on Lake Superior, my mother drove the team into Swatara and mortgaged two of our cows and handed me the money and said, "Take that and go buy your ticket." Art Heath, the man who loaned her the money said, "I even forgot to make out the mortgage." So they made out the papers after I left in the spring of 1919.
We lived in Swatara for a while, too, after we were married. Jim bought a carload (railroad car) of grain and had it shipped into Swatara. We kept it in a warehouse. I stayed home and sold the grain to the farmers. We cut prices on Art Heath and the other storekeepers. They were mad, but we didn't care. They called Jim, "Jessie James" because they resented us selling the grain for less than they were selling theirs.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnaitkin/swatara.htm#2
Beyond the Circle by Leo Trunt (1998) & Aitkin Age Newspaper & Swatara, My Home Town:
The Heath Brothers came to Swatara as soon as the Soo Line came to town. "Sometime in 1910, Art and Nannie (Heath) went to Swatara to start a store there. Art and his other brother Harvey cruised timber and Art ran their crews that they had in their logging operations...Art also farmed near Swatara and did considerable haying to supply their teams at their camps. His operations at farming included raising potatoes.... From 1917-20 The Heath brothers logged at Martin's Spur on the Hill City Railroad. In 1920, the brothers bought the lath mill at Boyd and Young's Spur near Swatara. It burned in 1924 but the Heaths salvaged some of it, rebuilt it and moved to Hill City where they sawed lath for over a year. Then they moved to Washburn and for several years operated there....Art managed the mill living in the camp with his wife cooking. The Heaths ran the lath mill at Washburn until Alexander (Sander) Olson bought the mill in 1928.
On February 15, 1911 Art Heath resurrected the post office at the town site of Swatara.
The Heath brothers bought the Boyd and Young business in 1919 - large 60 by 24 two story building in Swatara, a two story building with the first story used for grocery and hardware and the second story was used as a community hall.
Besides the store, the Heath Brothers also did some undertaking business and had a number of caskets laying around in back of the store. The Heaths also operated a lumber yard in the late twenties. Heath Bros. new lumber yard, due to the design, marks another step in Swatara's progress. Heath's Big Store was torn down in 1939.
In May 1921, it was deemed that enough business warranted a banking institution, and so the Swatara State Bank was formed. Some of the investors were: the Heath Brothers
Art Heath was the first scorekeeper for the baseball league, and Earl Heath was generally picked as the head scorekeeper during the thirties and later years.
Art Heath became the justice of the peace for Swatara (Macville Township), in the twenties. The local justice had some authority in that position and actually held court over local matters of dispute. In one such case, Art Heath presided in the case of the Town of White Elk vs. S. H. Yoemans "Plaintiff, by Ray Ramey, Chairman of the Town Board, filed affidavit in Replevin, duly verified, stating that one telephone complete except batteries, of its personal property is at this time wrongfully detained from it by said Defendant, and that it is entitled to immediate possession, thereof, (Replevin) and that the value of said property is twenty-three dollars. Bond in Replevin in double the value of the property approved and filed. Writ of Replevin issued, returnable at my office in the Town of Macville in said county on the 10th day of October, 1927, at 9:00 o'clock a.m. and delivered to deputy Sheriff Frank E. Zealand for service." (In Justice's Court, Town of Macville, Aitkin County Land Dept. records dated September 30, 1927)
The Swatara Methodist Church Services were held in the Heath Hall in early 1925. On April 26, 1925, the Swatara Methodist Episcopal Church was organized. Fund-raisers ensued for the construction of a church building. The church was completed in late 1933.The following members were elected as trustees: A. A. Heath, E. E. Heath
In 1927, the "Swatara Imperial Band" was formed. Some of the band's members: Art and Earl Heath, "The band members held Tuesday evening their first business meeting since they organized fourteen months ago. A. A. Heath was re-elected president, E. E. Heath secretary-treasurer (Aitkin Age--December 8, 1928)
In the summer of 1938, the Heath Brothers Store was robbed. As the Swatara Bank had moved before this, the Heath Brothers cashed local checks and had quite a sum on hand to accommodate its customers. The robbers were called "The Cream Can Burglars." They got this name from how they carried out each job. "Their pattern was to borrow a cream can or two from some produce station and fill it with water which would be used for cooling the cutting torch used for cutting away the combination off the safe and they always left (as their trademark) the cream can." (A Century of Pioneering Pioneers, page 65) The safe had been opened and quite an undetermined sum removed.
Since the Swatara Bank was gone, the Heath Brothers started up the business of loaning money. Sometimes they would buy the debts from various places for the local people and work with them in retiring the debts. They were basically a collection agency.
Recreation was not absent during the depression years. The Remer Record Newspaper relates: "The Circus at Swatara Thursday drew quite a large number of people from Shovel Lake and vicinity. " The senior class of Remer held a three act play called "Always in Trouble' in Heath's Hall. The admission was twenty cents.
Macville Township appointed Art Heath as the township custodian and sexton of the Macville Cemetery on March 21, 1942. That same year saw the board made up of Everett Ramey, Leo Jewett, and William Schindele. Jessie Ramey was the clerk with Everett Ramey as the constable and Art Heath became the justice.
Swatara was a paradise for enterprising businessmen and the Trepanier, Jewett, Hutze, Young, Olds and Heath families were among those whose hard work created the town's and their own personal solid worth.
In 1946, the Grange held a fair for the local farmers. "The prizes of the Grange Fair held October 4 were awarded....The business firms donating prizes for this fair were: Red Owl; A. L. Wynkoop; J. E. O'Konek; Silver Grill; Eichorn Hardware; Bill's Hardware; Hill City Creamer; H. G. Nelson garage; and Art Heath of Swatara.
OLIVE MARGARET HARRINGTON'S LIFE
I knew I wanted to be a teacher but money was very scarce. In order to get money attend Marquette Normal in Duluth on Lake Superior, my mother drove the team into Swatara and mortgaged two of our cows and handed me the money and said, "Take that and go buy your ticket." Art Heath, the man who loaned her the money said, "I even forgot to make out the mortgage." So they made out the papers after I left in the spring of 1919.
We lived in Swatara for a while, too, after we were married. Jim bought a carload (railroad car) of grain and had it shipped into Swatara. We kept it in a warehouse. I stayed home and sold the grain to the farmers. We cut prices on Art Heath and the other storekeepers. They were mad, but we didn't care. They called Jim, "Jessie James" because they resented us selling the grain for less than they were selling theirs.
Art and Earl Heath worked in a store in Tamarack, prior to moving to Swatara.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnaitkin/swatara.htm#2
Beyond the Circle by Leo Trunt (1998) & Aitkin Age Newspaper & Swatara, My Home Town:
The Heath Brothers came to Swatara as soon as the Soo Line came to town. "Sometime in 1910, Art and Nannie (Heath) went to Swatara to start a store there. Art and his other brother Harvey cruised timber and Art ran their crews that they had in their logging operations...Art also farmed near Swatara and did considerable haying to supply their teams at their camps. His operations at farming included raising potatoes.... From 1917-20 The Heath brothers logged at Martin's Spur on the Hill City Railroad. In 1920, the brothers bought the lath mill at Boyd and Young's Spur near Swatara. It burned in 1924 but the Heaths salvaged some of it, rebuilt it and moved to Hill City where they sawed lath for over a year. Then they moved to Washburn and for several years operated there....Art managed the mill living in the camp with his wife cooking. The Heaths ran the lath mill at Washburn until Alexander (Sander) Olson bought the mill in 1928.
On February 15, 1911 Art Heath resurrected the post office at the town site of Swatara.
The Heath brothers bought the Boyd and Young business in 1919 - large 60 by 24 two story building in Swatara, a two story building with the first story used for grocery and hardware and the second story was used as a community hall.
Besides the store, the Heath Brothers also did some undertaking business and had a number of caskets laying around in back of the store. The Heaths also operated a lumber yard in the late twenties. Heath Bros. new lumber yard, due to the design, marks another step in Swatara's progress. Heath's Big Store was torn down in 1939.
In May 1921, it was deemed that enough business warranted a banking institution, and so the Swatara State Bank was formed. Some of the investors were: the Heath Brothers
Art Heath was the first scorekeeper for the baseball league, and Earl Heath was generally picked as the head scorekeeper during the thirties and later years.
Art Heath became the justice of the peace for Swatara (Macville Township), in the twenties. The local justice had some authority in that position and actually held court over local matters of dispute. In one such case, Art Heath presided in the case of the Town of White Elk vs. S. H. Yoemans "Plaintiff, by Ray Ramey, Chairman of the Town Board, filed affidavit in Replevin, duly verified, stating that one telephone complete except batteries, of its personal property is at this time wrongfully detained from it by said Defendant, and that it is entitled to immediate possession, thereof, (Replevin) and that the value of said property is twenty-three dollars. Bond in Replevin in double the value of the property approved and filed. Writ of Replevin issued, returnable at my office in the Town of Macville in said county on the 10th day of October, 1927, at 9:00 o'clock a.m. and delivered to deputy Sheriff Frank E. Zealand for service." (In Justice's Court, Town of Macville, Aitkin County Land Dept. records dated September 30, 1927)
The Swatara Methodist Church Services were held in the Heath Hall in early 1925. On April 26, 1925, the Swatara Methodist Episcopal Church was organized. Fund-raisers ensued for the construction of a church building. The church was completed in late 1933.The following members were elected as trustees: A. A. Heath, E. E. Heath
In 1927, the "Swatara Imperial Band" was formed. Some of the band's members: Art and Earl Heath, "The band members held Tuesday evening their first business meeting since they organized fourteen months ago. A. A. Heath was re-elected president, E. E. Heath secretary-treasurer (Aitkin Age--December 8, 1928)
In the summer of 1938, the Heath Brothers Store was robbed. As the Swatara Bank had moved before this, the Heath Brothers cashed local checks and had quite a sum on hand to accommodate its customers. The robbers were called "The Cream Can Burglars." They got this name from how they carried out each job. "Their pattern was to borrow a cream can or two from some produce station and fill it with water which would be used for cooling the cutting torch used for cutting away the combination off the safe and they always left (as their trademark) the cream can." (A Century of Pioneering Pioneers, page 65) The safe had been opened and quite an undetermined sum removed.
Since the Swatara Bank was gone, the Heath Brothers started up the business of loaning money. Sometimes they would buy the debts from various places for the local people and work with them in retiring the debts. They were basically a collection agency.
Recreation was not absent during the depression years. The Remer Record Newspaper relates: "The Circus at Swatara Thursday drew quite a large number of people from Shovel Lake and vicinity. " The senior class of Remer held a three act play called "Always in Trouble' in Heath's Hall. The admission was twenty cents.
Macville Township appointed Art Heath as the township custodian and sexton of the Macville Cemetery on March 21, 1942. That same year saw the board made up of Everett Ramey, Leo Jewett, and William Schindele. Jessie Ramey was the clerk with Everett Ramey as the constable and Art Heath became the justice.
Swatara was a paradise for enterprising businessmen and the Trepanier, Jewett, Hutze, Young, Olds and Heath families were among those whose hard work created the town's and their own personal solid worth.
In 1946, the Grange held a fair for the local farmers. "The prizes of the Grange Fair held October 4 were awarded....The business firms donating prizes for this fair were: Red Owl; A. L. Wynkoop; J. E. O'Konek; Silver Grill; Eichorn Hardware; Bill's Hardware; Hill City Creamer; H. G. Nelson garage; and Art Heath of Swatara.
OLIVE MARGARET HARRINGTON'S LIFE
I knew I wanted to be a teacher but money was very scarce. In order to get money attend Marquette Normal in Duluth on Lake Superior, my mother drove the team into Swatara and mortgaged two of our cows and handed me the money and said, "Take that and go buy your ticket." Art Heath, the man who loaned her the money said, "I even forgot to make out the mortgage." So they made out the papers after I left in the spring of 1919.
We lived in Swatara for a while, too, after we were married. Jim bought a carload (railroad car) of grain and had it shipped into Swatara. We kept it in a warehouse. I stayed home and sold the grain to the farmers. We cut prices on Art Heath and the other storekeepers. They were mad, but we didn't care. They called Jim, "Jessie James" because they resented us selling the grain for less than they were selling theirs.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnaitkin/swatara.htm#2
Beyond the Circle by Leo Trunt (1998) & Aitkin Age Newspaper & Swatara, My Home Town:
The Heath Brothers came to Swatara as soon as the Soo Line came to town. "Sometime in 1910, Art and Nannie (Heath) went to Swatara to start a store there. Art and his other brother Harvey cruised timber and Art ran their crews that they had in their logging operations...Art also farmed near Swatara and did considerable haying to supply their teams at their camps. His operations at farming included raising potatoes.... From 1917-20 The Heath brothers logged at Martin's Spur on the Hill City Railroad. In 1920, the brothers bought the lath mill at Boyd and Young's Spur near Swatara. It burned in 1924 but the Heaths salvaged some of it, rebuilt it and moved to Hill City where they sawed lath for over a year. Then they moved to Washburn and for several years operated there....Art managed the mill living in the camp with his wife cooking. The Heaths ran the lath mill at Washburn until Alexander (Sander) Olson bought the mill in 1928.
On February 15, 1911 Art Heath resurrected the post office at the town site of Swatara.
The Heath brothers bought the Boyd and Young business in 1919 - large 60 by 24 two story building in Swatara, a two story building with the first story used for grocery and hardware and the second story was used as a community hall.
Besides the store, the Heath Brothers also did some undertaking business and had a number of caskets laying around in back of the store. The Heaths also operated a lumber yard in the late twenties. Heath Bros. new lumber yard, due to the design, marks another step in Swatara's progress. Heath's Big Store was torn down in 1939.
In May 1921, it was deemed that enough business warranted a banking institution, and so the Swatara State Bank was formed. Some of the investors were: the Heath Brothers
Art Heath was the first scorekeeper for the baseball league, and Earl Heath was generally picked as the head scorekeeper during the thirties and later years.
Art Heath became the justice of the peace for Swatara (Macville Township), in the twenties. The local justice had some authority in that position and actually held court over local matters of dispute. In one such case, Art Heath presided in the case of the Town of White Elk vs. S. H. Yoemans "Plaintiff, by Ray Ramey, Chairman of the Town Board, filed affidavit in Replevin, duly verified, stating that one telephone complete except batteries, of its personal property is at this time wrongfully detained from it by said Defendant, and that it is entitled to immediate possession, thereof, (Replevin) and that the value of said property is twenty-three dollars. Bond in Replevin in double the value of the property approved and filed. Writ of Replevin issued, returnable at my office in the Town of Macville in said county on the 10th day of October, 1927, at 9:00 o'clock a.m. and delivered to deputy Sheriff Frank E. Zealand for service." (In Justice's Court, Town of Macville, Aitkin County Land Dept. records dated September 30, 1927)
The Swatara Methodist Church Services were held in the Heath Hall in early 1925. On April 26, 1925, the Swatara Methodist Episcopal Church was organized. Fund-raisers ensued for the construction of a church building. The church was completed in late 1933.The following members were elected as trustees: A. A. Heath, E. E. Heath
In 1927, the "Swatara Imperial Band" was formed. Some of the band's members: Art and Earl Heath, "The band members held Tuesday evening their first business meeting since they organized fourteen months ago. A. A. Heath was re-elected president, E. E. Heath secretary-treasurer (Aitkin Age--December 8, 1928)
In the summer of 1938, the Heath Brothers Store was robbed. As the Swatara Bank had moved before this, the Heath Brothers cashed local checks and had quite a sum on hand to accommodate its customers. The robbers were called "The Cream Can Burglars." They got this name from how they carried out each job. "Their pattern was to borrow a cream can or two from some produce station and fill it with water which would be used for cooling the cutting torch used for cutting away the combination off the safe and they always left (as their trademark) the cream can." (A Century of Pioneering Pioneers, page 65) The safe had been opened and quite an undetermined sum removed.
Since the Swatara Bank was gone, the Heath Brothers started up the business of loaning money. Sometimes they would buy the debts from various places for the local people and work with them in retiring the debts. They were basically a collection agency.
Recreation was not absent during the depression years. The Remer Record Newspaper relates: "The Circus at Swatara Thursday drew quite a large number of people from Shovel Lake and vicinity. " The senior class of Remer held a three act play called "Always in Trouble' in Heath's Hall. The admission was twenty cents.
Macville Township appointed Art Heath as the township custodian and sexton of the Macville Cemetery on March 21, 1942. That same year saw the board made up of Everett Ramey, Leo Jewett, and William Schindele. Jessie Ramey was the clerk with Everett Ramey as the constable and Art Heath became the justice.
Swatara was a paradise for enterprising businessmen and the Trepanier, Jewett, Hutze, Young, Olds and Heath families were among those whose hard work created the town's and their own personal solid worth.
In 1946, the Grange held a fair for the local farmers. "The prizes of the Grange Fair held October 4 were awarded....The business firms donating prizes for this fair were: Red Owl; A. L. Wynkoop; J. E. O'Konek; Silver Grill; Eichorn Hardware; Bill's Hardware; Hill City Creamer; H. G. Nelson garage; and Art Heath of Swatara.
OLIVE MARGARET HARRINGTON'S LIFE
I knew I wanted to be a teacher but money was very scarce. In order to get money attend Marquette Normal in Duluth on Lake Superior, my mother drove the team into Swatara and mortgaged two of our cows and handed me the money and said, "Take that and go buy your ticket." Art Heath, the man who loaned her the money said, "I even forgot to make out the mortgage." So they made out the papers after I left in the spring of 1919.
We lived in Swatara for a while, too, after we were married. Jim bought a carload (railroad car) of grain and had it shipped into Swatara. We kept it in a warehouse. I stayed home and sold the grain to the farmers. We cut prices on Art Heath and the other storekeepers. They were mad, but we didn't care. They called Jim, "Jessie James" because they resented us selling the grain for less than they were selling theirs.
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