Breed Cheese Factory
contributed
by:
Bill
Fonferek
It is located across the road from the
Breed Central Grade School. The house that my
parents lived in was once the Breed Cheese factory. In about
1930, my grandfather Joe Foral bought it and ran it until he was
sheriff of Oconto County. Then he sold it to my parents, Cass
and Dottie Fonferek. The property remained in the family until
2014. It was originally on the Old Highway 32 and what was
originally Fonferek Road before being named North Branch Road.
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Breed Neighborhood Kids.
Mary and Billy Fonferek, Elaine
Holmes, Wally Willes, Betty Holmes, Louis Lobner |
South Branch of the Oconto River |
Breed
Main Street with milk
oxen team standing in front of Kuehl's Store, built in 1889
Bruce
Paulson Collection
(posted with his
permission)
Area
Research Center - Cofrin Library
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Emmanuel
Lutheran Church
- Breed.
contributed
by:
Bill
Fonferek
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This
is a picture of a house my grandparents William and Carolina Fonferek
lived
in. It is located on property of what was Geise's Greenhouse.
It
was built by Dowens and Chas Griebler lived there before my
grandparents
had it.
contributed
by
Bill
Fonferek
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Breed
Depot
Bruce
Paulson Collection
(posted with his
permission)
picture taken by John
Seidl
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contributed by
Bill
Fonferek
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Breed
Town Hall
contributed
by: Bill
Fonferek
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Mary Johnson
Hamburg
- Breed TWP
Bruce
Paulson Collection
(posted with his
permission)
Area
Research Center - Cofrin Library
Special
Collections
contributed by
Bill
Fonferek
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The
Breed Blacksmith
Shop.
Pictured are
August
Kuehl, Bill
Flynn and
George Kingston
contributed by:
Bill
Fonferek
Kids who went to
Breed
Central located on Old Highway 32 and Fonferek Road at the corner of
what
is now Central Road
and North Branch
Road.
Pictured
: Front Row.
?? Erickson, John Dessart, Charles Duhl, Raymond Kuehl.
2nd
Row; Louis
Popelka, ??? Erickson, Pearl Dessart, Irene Popelka, Cecilia Fonferek,
Rose Dessart, Edna Kuehl.
Back Row; John
Hamburg,
?? Erickson, Anna Popelka, and Teacher Floyd Tate.
contributed
by:
Bill
Fonferek
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View
of Breed Main Street.
The store on the
right
is a general store. John Ponsegrau bought it from Art Kuehl
in the
late 1930's. It is still owned by the family. The
post office
was in the store. The tavern on the left was Flynn
Tavern.
Bill Flynn owned it at the time of the picture and was called the North
Star Hotel. Bill Flynn's brother Jim bought the property
after. Before
TV movies were shown in the upstairs. The patrons sat on
wooded benches.
Dances were also held there. John Ponsegrau's father-in law took the
picture
post cards
contributed
by:
Bill
Fonferek
My
father was John Ponsegrau, who
owned
and operated the store in Breed,
Wisconsin,
He bought the store in 1938. Most of these pictures were taken by my
mother's
father, Joseph Seidl.
Donald
Ponsegrau
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Picture
of Jonas
Hamburg. He is the husband of Mary Johnson. She was the first
child
born in the Town of Breed. He was the owner of a lumber camp
that
employed residents of the Town of Breed.
His picture and
his residence
appears in the 1910 Plat Book because he was a patron.
Bill
Fonferek
Mary and Jonas' 50th Anniversery
Greetings
from Breed postcard
showing local points of interest.
contributed by:
Bill
Fonferek
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Breed
Tavern and Filling
Station &
Business Card.
My Dad owned
this gas
station and tavern. It was located at the corner of Highway
32 and
the road going to Breed. The site is now occupied by the G&G
Cheese
House? It was formerly Corky Flynn's Tavern
contributed by:
Bill
Fonferek
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Bill
Flynn's Tavern in
the early years.
contributed by:
Cathe
Ziereis
Greetings
from Breed postcard
showing local points of interest.
contributed by:
Bill
Fonferek
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Breed
Teacher's
Gift Card - 1914.
Breed
Central School -
District 2 Booklet Cover. contributed by: Bill
Fonferek
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Breed Main Street Postcard
1940's
Cars still traveled the dirt road, but the original gas pump was
replaced with two more modern ones.
Photo
from Marlene
Contibuted
by Faye
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Oconto
River North Branch
near Breed
This
is really Chute pond, below the dam, and there is a foot bridge going
across
the river now , but the picture was taken before the footbridge was
built.
Donald
Ponsegrau
contributed
by:
Rita
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Sleigh
Ride near Breed
- 1890s.
contributed
by:
Rita
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Breed Baseball
Team
Abt 1910*
From
left to right:
Hank Klawitter, John Jorgenson, Ray Davis, Dewey Cronce, Guy Davis,
Bill
Kayto, Floyd Tate, Harry Jones, Tom Cheskie, ?? Collins, George Vaughn,
Peter Fonferek, Bill Fonferek, Chas Lundquist, Clyde Flynn, Dolph Elke,
Art Kuehl, Lawrence Jorgenson, Emil Elfe, Hank Keeble, Chas Griebler
and
Billy Flynn (child in front row).
*
This date is based on
the approximate age of my uncles Peter and Bill Fonferek at the time of
the picture.
contributed by:
Bill
Fonferek
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Breed
Baseball Team
Abt 1930*
Back
Row: Gus Zimmerman,
Ervin Schultz, Carl Erickson, Bill Quandt, Ed Zieries
Front
Row: Lawrence Hiese,
John Baumgartner, Fred Schultz, Louis Baumgartner, Cass Fonferek, Dave
Zimmerman.
*Date
of photograph based
on approximate age.
contributed
by:
Bill
Fonferek
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Breed
Baseball Team
1948
Front
Row: Jim Quandt,
John Quandt, Wilmer Smith, Marvin School, Johnny
Errick, Corky
Flynn,
Mickey Flynn
Back Row: Jim
Flynn,
Manager, Pat Kernen, Ralph Lundquist, Norman Kufner,
Charley
Radjinski, Harvey
Smith,
Billy Wozniak
Special
thanks to Donald Ponsegrau for helping with identification!
*Date of
photograph based
on father's age.
contributed by:
Bill
Fonferek
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