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Celebrating Our Past: June 5, 2019
old photo turn & schwing
Photo supplied by the National Historical Cheesemaking Center

Monroe Turn & Schwing Club, 1933: Some members of the Monroe Turn & Schwing Club shown here were either cheesemakers or were associated with the cheese or dairy industry in the county. Members identified, row one, from left, are Jake Rattin, Walter Lauper, Gus Schmid, instructor Reinhard Mueller, Charlie Winters, Julius Hofer and Ernest (Mike) Prisig. Row 2, from left, are John Lehr, Fritz Wuethrich, Ernest Zingg, Ed Rutsch, Fritz Buholzer, Ernest Erb, John Hoesly, Joe Donny and John Nussbaum. Row 3, from left, are Tom Schuetz, Louis Krauer, Emil Grossen, Walter Steiner, Robert Minnick, Sebastian Laeser, Franz Rohrer, John Stocker, Jack Ruef and Emil Baumgartner. Row 4, from left, are Fritz Messmer, Ernest Lehr, Stanley Strause, Jake Zaugg, Robert Rutsch, Walter Laeser, Walter Holdner, Jake Senn and Ted Mueller. Row 5, from left, are Fred Wald, Walter Schuetz, Mark Hoesly, Edward Ruef, Walter O. Schuetz, Fred Lenacher and Bill Lenatsch.