updated 02/16/2021
updated 02/16/2021
New Albin City Government
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New Albin Mayor & City Council, circa 1920
Pictured are Mayor Ben Pohlman and Councilmen, Will Irons, A.
Erickson, Fred Wild, Rube May, T.H. Robinson and John Hauge
~contributed by Errin Wilker
A close-up of the men in the photo
Can anyone put the names with the faces?
Update, Feb. 2021! From Mike Roberts (Irons family researcher): "The man sitting with his arm on the books is John Williams 'Will' Irons. He was born 1868 in Lansing and was married to Bertha Straka while living in New Albin in 1892. He died in 1937 in New Albin."
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New Albin Town Hall was built June 24, 1895, at a cost of $594.00. It also served as a jail. The building was restored in 1995 for the centennial. The fire bell was installed December 2, 1901. |
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New Albin City Council, 1976
Members of the New Albin City Council met for the first time in 1976. For some of the Councilmen, it was the first meeting since their election in November. Mayor Sires, City Clerk Becker and Councilmen Breeser and Bulman were re-elected. New Councilmen: Darling and Mauss.
From left, seated: Gerald Darling, Robert Bulman, Henry Becker and Raymond Sires; standing, from left: Walter Breeser and C.V. Mauss.
~Allamakee Journal, Lansing, IA, Jan. 1976
~contributed by Errin Wilker
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New Albin Mayor is Close to Record
When New Albin mayor Raymond “Tat” Sires was elected earlier this month, it meant that he will complete 13 years in that office when this term is up. Thirteen years in office as the town’s mayor would be just two less than the record of 15 years set by the late John Mendenhall. Mendenhall was New Albin’s mayor from 1953 until 1968.
Other New Albin mayors were: Wm, Colman, 1895; F.J. Haberkorn, 1900; J.B. Pohlman, 1902; H.C. Boyer, 1904; G.T. Wild, 1908; J.B. Pohlman, 1914; Dan E. Lahey, 1918; J.B. Pohlman, 1921 (appointed); J.W. Yeoman, 1922; A. Rudnick, 1924; John La Tronche, 1928; Ed Collins, 1938; John Schultz, 1942; Arlie Mead, 1950.
~Allamakee Journal, Lansing, IA, Nov. 1979
~contributed by Errin Wilker
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New Albin City Council, 1984
A new city council is at work in New Albin. They are, from left, Dave Darling, Ginny Mitchell, Craig Lee, Milton Somermeyer and John Fuelling
~Allamakee Journal clipping, hand-dated 1984
~contributed by Errin Wilker
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