Hasselbacher Brothers

Interview Date: 4 August 1992

This is a recording of a presentation given by the five Hasselbacher Brothers to the Brimfield Historical Society on 4 Aug 1993. It was recorded on cassette tape. In April 2022, Kim (Claybaugh) Hanks converted the cassette to a digital recording. 

Below is a tag and timestamp for this audio recording. The original cassette recording is not high quality. Because of this there are places in the digital recording that may not be audible or discernable. There are likely spelling issues with names and places in the timestamp. 

When searching for key words/tags, names, places, and dates use spelling variations if needed.  

00:00 Introduction of speakers by Velma Clark.
00:26 Reminiscences of each of the Five Hasselbacher Brothers about growing up in rural Brimfield.
15:23 More stories and Q&A 

Ed [Edwin] Hasselbacher
Willard Hasselbacher
Carl Hasselbacher
Cliff “Clifford” Hasselbacher
Rollie [Rolland] Hasselbacher
Doc Oswald
Doc Sherman [Curtis Sherman, pharmacist]
Uncle Bud [brother of Maude (Shane) Hasselbacher
Earl Leon “Bud” Shane]
Cousins Orville and Everett
Bramble School
Centennial of Brimfield in 1936
Father [Thomas] Harrison
Brimfield High School
Frank Bachen [?]
Red Foley
1933 World’s Fair in Chicago
Old’s Settler’s
Threshing Reunion
Hot Air Balloon
Lone Tree Tavern
Pete [Peter} Christian
Rev. T. C. Hargreaves [?]
Caterpillar
Dee Hasselbacher
Jill and Joy Hasselbacher
David Hasselbacher
Union Church
President of Brimfield Public Library Board
Dungan Family
Brimfield Town Council [Village Board]
Ray Eckhoff
Brimfield Athletic Boosters Club
Bettendorf, Iowa
Frank Kingdon
Norma Cahill
Blaine Miller
Fiesta Club
Charlie [Charles] Carson
Miss Reents
Clark Edwards
David Hasselbacher (father of the 5 brothers)
Farmer’s Table
Maher Road
Myrna Dean
Community Building
Harriett Memler [asks a question]
Producer’s Creamery
Herb Johnson
Fred Church
Earl Johnson
Church’s Creamery
Jackson Reed’s
Prairie Farms
Ellis Island
Oak Hill
Fabe Cahill
Warren Parks
Mame Mayfield
Sherry Miller [Wall]
Bernadine Miller  

Interviewed by: Brimfield Historical Society

Interview Format: mp3 Recording of Original Cassette Tape

Total Time : 35:22

The interview is archived at the Brimfield Public Library District in Brimfield, Illinois.

The Brimfield Oral History Project is a long-term effort to record the stories of Brimfield’s past in the voices of those who remember and make these original sources available for generations to come. This collaboration is a partnership between the Brimfield Public Library District, the Brimfield Historical Society, and the Peoria County Genealogical Society.

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