
By Sue Sylvester
Part III will be divided into two parts and continued into next week.
In the second part of the Haverty family history, the reader was introduced to Jack and Mollie (Holmberg) Haverty and their children. Jack started the Rasset general store and was involved in the creamery board. Part III will continue with this family as they lived on the Haverty homestead in Section 31 in Chatham Township. Information for this story comes from research done by Mary Haverty Stumpf, Jim Dahlseid, and G.W. (Bill) Haverty. Also plat, census, birth, death, and marriage records were used to tell this story. Mary Stumpf provided photos of the family. The Rasset School photo was from WCHS.
Mary Stumpf writes,” John Haverty was a jack-of-all-trades so to speak and tried to help the local farmers. He had a dominant effect on all local farmers because of his energy and diversity. He sold hail insurance to protect farm family’s incomes from the elements. He sold Aladdin lamps, which were a great improvement over the wick-type kerosene lamps used. Jack was an active member of the Farmers Union and was always the main speaker at election campaigns. Jack liked to have fun and loved music. He attracted throngs to the Rasset corner with his eloquence and music. He played the violin and fiddle, which set many toes to tapping and feet to dancing. Jack was an expert Irish Jig dancer. He loved to dance on St. Patrick’s Day during the bean suppers held at St. Tim’s Church and would easily steal the show.”
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