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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 8:01 am Post subject: Boeschen Boys' Bike |
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A recent obituary in the Kansas City Star prompted a series of e-mails about the Boeschen boys. It appears that there was some confusion between Adolph and his brother Walter (Wahoo). Finally, Jim Reith set the record straight. See his message below.
How is it that you youngsters have such loving (but wrong!) memories?
As correctly noted by Marv, "Wahoo" Boeschen's name was Walter. I worked with him at Topsy's for a while (after I had worked for a number of years for Ed Rohman at Favorite Cafe).
It seems to me there may have been more Boeschen boys (older) than Wahoo and Adolph. Adolph was, I think, the youngest; he went by the name of "Eddie".
Eddie did deliver the KC Times (am) and/or the KC Star (pm). Sometimes Eddie would stop at Shady Rest, where Sam Lampe might treat him to an orange or grape soda pop. When I wa a little kid, I would see Eddie bring up the paper nearly every day. He rode his bike on his paper route. A few years later, he bought himself a slick motor-scooter so he could expand his route.
A picture of Eddie's bike is attached; on it, perched precariously, is a little kid ~~ me! We lived at that time in the house on the cemetery (you can see the tombstones in the background). Across the cemetery to the west lived the Klingenberg family. The picture was taken during the summer or early fall of 1931. My Dad liked Eddie; Eddie was a "go-getter", in Dad's estimation.
I guess the obituary LaVerne sent confirms my Dad's opinion.
The Boeschens lived near us when we resided at the house west of the Creamery. Mother Boeschen on two occasions asked me to shovel out her chicken house. I didn't want to, but my mother said I would be glad to, and so I went. On both occasions, I was infested with fleas when I came home, and Mom would not let me into the house until I was deloused (defleaed?). Once she used a hose on me, and the other time she doused me with several buckets of water. Mrs. Boeschen paid me a whole dime.
When Wahoo and the other Concordia boys came home from the war, he coached for a number of years Concordia's softball team, the name of which I do not recall.
So, there you have it, so far as I can tell.
Cheers.
Jim
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