Eugene Julius Feuling

     Eugene Julius Feuling, who since February 7, 1910, has been the publisher of the New Hampton Tribune, was born in Ionia, Chickasaw county, October 8, 1881, a son of Julius and Magdelena (Zimmer) Feuling, who are natives of Ionia, where the father is engaged in the harness making business.  He was born in Germany and came to America in 1868, while his wife a native of Luxemburg, crossed the Atlantic in the same year.  They established their home in Ionia in 1871 and have there since remained.
     In the public schools of his native city Eugene J. Feuling acquired his early education which was supplemented by a course of study in the Iowa State Teachers' College at Cedar Falls, from which he was graduated.  He has since taken post graduate work in Chicago University.  He was reared to farm life but early turned his attention to the educational field and taught school at Bassett, Iowa, for a year and a half.  On the 1st of January, 1909, he was called to the office of county superintendent of schools of Chickasaw county and occupied that position four years, doing much to further the interests of public education during that period, introducing many improved methods and advancing the general standard of the schools in the county.  On the 7th of February, 1910, he became the publisher of the New Hampton Tribune, of which he has since been owner.
     On the 31st of July 1907, Mr. Feuling was married to Miss Edna Pearl Miller, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J.. Miller, auditor of the De Wolfe Grain Company and residing at Marathon, Iowa.  Mr. and Mrs. Feuling have two daughters and a son: Lucile, Louise and John.  The parents are members of the Roman Catholic church of New Hampton.
    Mr. Feuling's military experience covers three years' training in the battalion at the Iowa State Teachers' College.  His political endorsement is give to the democratic party and fraternally he is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America and with the Knights of Columbus.  He also belongs to the New Hampton Club.  He is widely known in this section of the state, where his influence and efforts have ever been of a character that have contributed to public progress and improvement.

L. W. Clark, M.D.

     Dr. L. W. Clark located at Chester in September, 1913, and since then has been actively engaged in medical practice.  He and his wife also conduct a drug store there.  His birthplace was Maquoketa, Iowa, and his parents, Mortimer W. and Fannie (Evans) Clark, still reside at that place.  He acquired his education in the Maquoketa high school, the college of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago, and the medical department of the State University of Iowa at Iowa city, where he received his degree in medicine in 1909.  Subsequently he located at Onaka, Faulk county, South Dakota, where he practiced medicine and conducted a drug store until the fall of 1913, when he came to Howard county.
     In 1910 Dr. Clark was united in marriage to Miss Rubie M. Richardson, of Maquoketa, and they are the parents of two sons, Richardson Evan and William Jerome.  Dr. Clark and his wife have ever the welfare of the public before them and believe in giving their time and energy to the betterment of the community in which they reside.

Bert Miles

     Bert Miles, who follows farming on section 29, Howard county, has always made his home in this township, where his birth occurred September 22, 1871.  He is a son of William and Jane (Arnold) Miles, the former native of Indiana, born March 10, 1837, while the later was born in Ireland, January 11, 1835.  The youthful days of Bert Miles were spent in the usual manner of a farm lad.  through the winter seasons he attended school and in the summer months worked upon the home farm with his father and throughout his entire life has carried on general agricultural pursuits.  He has followed farming independently for a long period and is not the owner of one hundred and fifty-six acres of excellent land lying in section 29, Saratoga township.  This he has carefully developed and his fields are well tilled, returning to him golden harvests as a reward for his labor.  Mr. Miles was the trainer and owner of Penica Maid one of Iowa's famous trotters, which was afterward sold for twenty-five thousand dollars.  she was the champion state trotter of 1909.
     Mr. Miles was united in marriage to Miss Annie Koinek at Owatona, Minnesota, October 7, 1903.  They have one daughter, Gladys Leone, now attending school.  In politics he maintains an independent course, supporting men and measures rather than party.  He has never sought or desired political office but is recognized as a good, substantial citizen and one whose cooperation can be counted upon at any time to further the general welfare.

Joseph P. Pecinovsky

     The farm upon which he now resides, situated on section 12, New Oregon township. Howard county, was the birthplace of Joseph P. Pecinovsky, whose natal day was January 5, 1887.  His father Joseph F. Pecinovsky, who is mentioned at length elsewhere in this work.  The son was educated in public schools of Protivin, in the public schools of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and in the Breckenridge Institute at Decorah, Iowa.  after completing his education he returned home and was associated with his father in the farm work up to the time of his marriage, which was celebrated on the 25th of June, 1912, when Miss Anna M. Polashek, of Tama county, Iowa became his bride.  following the marriage of Joseph P. Pecinovsky his father removed to the town and the son took charge of the old home farm, comprising three hundred and sixty acres of rich and productive land.  this place he has since cultivated and of this farm he now owns one hundred and eighty-five acres, his father still retaining the balance of the property.  as the years have passed Joseph Pecinovsky has prospered in this undertakings and has thus acquired his personal holdings, constituting one of the excellent farm properties of this section of the state.
     To Mr. and Mrs. Pecinovsky have been born two daughters, Adelia and Evelyn.  In this political views Mr. Pecinovsky is a republican and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day but does not seek nor desire office.  He and his wife are members of the Catholic church.  He is regarded as one of the successful farmers and leading citizens of New Oregon township, having devoted his entire life to agricultural interests, so that he is thoroughly acquainted with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops in this section of the country.

Rev. Michael H. Carey

     Rev. Michael H. Cary is the beloved pastor of St. Joseph's parish of the Roman Catholic church at New Hampton, where he has thus labored with excellent results for the past seven years.  He is a native of Wisconsin, his birth having occurred in Shullsburg, that state, on the 5th of September, 1858.  His classical education was acquired in St. Marys College of St. Marys, Kansas, and later he took a philosophical course in Dubuque College of Dubuque, Iowa, while his theological studies were pursued in Grand Seminary of Montreal, Canada.  On the 22 of December, 1900, he was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Bruchesi of Montreal and his first assignment was as assistant at the Cathedral in Dubuque, in which capacity he continued for five and a half years, subsequently serving as pastor there for about six years.  An April, 1912, he was transferred to New Hampton as pastor of St. Joseph's parish, over which he has since presided.  The modern parsonage in which he resides was built under his direction in 1917 at a cost of thirteen thousand dollars, while the church and parochial school buildings could not be erected at the present time for a hundred thousand dollars.  He removed and rebuilt the convent at a cost of five thousand dollars.  St. Joseph's parish has enjoyed splendid growth both in a material and moral sense and will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary on the 2nd of July 1919.  father Carey is popular not only among his parishioners but among people of all denominations in New Hampton, being uniformly esteemed as a man of consecrated zeal whose efforts have proven a potent element in the moral unbuilding of the community.