Miloslav R. Kruta was born 17 August 1899, the third child of Lambert Jan and Marie (Prochaska) Kruta in the village of Krasna Hora na Vltave, in Bohemia, Austria. Today (year 2011) this small country of Bohemia is called 'Czech Republic'. The Kruta family emmigrated to America, arriving in the port of New York on 1 May 1900. They lived in Long Island, NY for several weeks and then moved to Chicago, IL. They lived in Illinois until returning to Bohemia for a year to dispose of property and returned to Chicago in September 1907. They moved to Homolka in Poplar Grove Township, Roseau County, MN to a farm they had purchased, arriving there 6 May 1908.
Miles passed away on 23 May 1966 in the VA Hospital, Fargo, Cass County, ND.
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FAMILY HISTORY OF MILOSLAV R. KRUTA & ELIZABETH B.(HERTL) KRUTA, by Les Kruta
Miloslav R.(Miller/Miles) Kruta started to work as a section laborer for the Soo Line Railroad on 1 April 1918. He was 18 years old. After working 11 days, he enlisted in the army during World War I. He was in the field artillery and served in Germany and France. When the war ended he was discharged on 24 May 1919. The army and railroad both listed Miloslav's name as Miller. He started work again as a section laborer on 9 June 1919. On 20 July 1922 he was promoted to section foreman at Calio, ND. He was married to Elizabeth B. Hertl in St. Boniface Catholic Church in Calio, ND on 19 October 1926. They lived in the railroad section house in Calio and Lester Miles Kruta was born 29 May 1928.
Elizabeth did not like the name Miller and called him Miles, a name that he started using except for the military and the railroad. In 1929 the stock market crashed, the depression hit and the railroad doubled the length of its sections. The need for foremen was cut in half.
Because of the amount of seniority he had, Miller was bumped. He then bumped into Russell, ND. Robert George (Bob) Kruta was born in Russell on 11 February 1930. As the bumping spread throughout the Winnipeg Division, Miller was reduced to a laborer and relief foreman on 1 July 1930. He bid in a section laborers job at Lankin, ND, working under Peter Spike. When Elizabeth Ann (Bette) was born on 29 April 1931, Mrs. Kruta had gone to Calio to be with her mother for her midwife services.
Miller usually got laid-off by November and rehired by April, and during these lay-off periods he worked for the government WPA. Being on the railroad relief foremans extra board, he would quite often get called to relieve a foreman in Minnesota or North Dakota. This was usually in the winter. Stanley Joseph Kruta was born in Lankin on 17 November 1932.
In December of 1937, Miller had enough seniority to bid in the section foreman's job in Southam, ND. On 20 December 1937, we had the railroad box car loaded with furniture and belongings, and our Whippet car was hooked to a 4-wheel trailer loaded with mattresses, the kitchen stove with stove pipes, firewood, kerosene lamps, cooking utensils and food, and we took off for Southam. Late that afternoon we got stuck in a snow drift near the Hope School, just east of Southam. By the time we dug out, it was dark. We got to the section house and had to do some shoveling to get in. There was no electricity in Southam at this time and we had to setup housekeeping in a cold, dirty, dark house. The two kerosene lamps were lit, the stove was carried in and set up and a fire was started, the mattresses were laid on the floor and a meal was prepared. In later years, Mrs. Kruta would say it seemed that everytime we moved it was winter and to a dirty house. In a few day the box car with the furniture arrived and we were able to live a little more comforably, although 3 of us had to start going to school.
The REA came into Southam in 1940 and the Soo Line had the section house wired. We lived in the section house until 1942 when the railroad got rid of their section houses and Miller bought the old Tufford house, which he had to have wired.
We always had lots of work to do - hauling old ties and cutting them up for firewood, working in the garden or putting up hay for our cow. We raised chickens for eggs and meat, raised 2 or 3 hogs for meat and we had a cow, not only for milk, but she had a calf every year, and if a heifer, it was traded for a bull calf for butchering that fall. We did not have a well of our own and had to haul water.
In 1942, the Southam High School closed and Lester had to go to school in Devils Lake. He room and boarded with a retired Lutheran Minister and his wife. Lester was hauled back and forth on weekends, Devils Lake and Southam, many times on his dad's railroad motor car (speeder), weather permitting. On 9 March 1943, Roger Dale Kruta was born at the Mercy Hospital in Devils Lake. The first of the kids to be born in a hospital.
In 1944, Bob started going to school in Devils Lake also. The retired minister's wife had died, so Bob and Lester room and boarded with the Petersen family. In July 1945, Lester went to work for the Soo Line as an agent/opr and left home.
In 1945, Miller bid in the Foreman job at Henning, MN and so again, just before Christmas the family moved to a cold dirty house. Miller had tried to find living quarters in Henning before the move, but nothing was available. So he rented this unoccupied farm house 5 miles from Henning, until he could build a house in Henning a few years later. At any rate that farm house was the last dirty house Elizabeth had to move into.
by akl
Miles passed away on 23 May 1966 in the VA Hospital, Fargo, Cass County, ND.
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FAMILY HISTORY OF MILOSLAV R. KRUTA & ELIZABETH B.(HERTL) KRUTA, by Les Kruta
Miloslav R.(Miller/Miles) Kruta started to work as a section laborer for the Soo Line Railroad on 1 April 1918. He was 18 years old. After working 11 days, he enlisted in the army during World War I. He was in the field artillery and served in Germany and France. When the war ended he was discharged on 24 May 1919. The army and railroad both listed Miloslav's name as Miller. He started work again as a section laborer on 9 June 1919. On 20 July 1922 he was promoted to section foreman at Calio, ND. He was married to Elizabeth B. Hertl in St. Boniface Catholic Church in Calio, ND on 19 October 1926. They lived in the railroad section house in Calio and Lester Miles Kruta was born 29 May 1928.
Elizabeth did not like the name Miller and called him Miles, a name that he started using except for the military and the railroad. In 1929 the stock market crashed, the depression hit and the railroad doubled the length of its sections. The need for foremen was cut in half.
Because of the amount of seniority he had, Miller was bumped. He then bumped into Russell, ND. Robert George (Bob) Kruta was born in Russell on 11 February 1930. As the bumping spread throughout the Winnipeg Division, Miller was reduced to a laborer and relief foreman on 1 July 1930. He bid in a section laborers job at Lankin, ND, working under Peter Spike. When Elizabeth Ann (Bette) was born on 29 April 1931, Mrs. Kruta had gone to Calio to be with her mother for her midwife services.
Miller usually got laid-off by November and rehired by April, and during these lay-off periods he worked for the government WPA. Being on the railroad relief foremans extra board, he would quite often get called to relieve a foreman in Minnesota or North Dakota. This was usually in the winter. Stanley Joseph Kruta was born in Lankin on 17 November 1932.
In December of 1937, Miller had enough seniority to bid in the section foreman's job in Southam, ND. On 20 December 1937, we had the railroad box car loaded with furniture and belongings, and our Whippet car was hooked to a 4-wheel trailer loaded with mattresses, the kitchen stove with stove pipes, firewood, kerosene lamps, cooking utensils and food, and we took off for Southam. Late that afternoon we got stuck in a snow drift near the Hope School, just east of Southam. By the time we dug out, it was dark. We got to the section house and had to do some shoveling to get in. There was no electricity in Southam at this time and we had to setup housekeeping in a cold, dirty, dark house. The two kerosene lamps were lit, the stove was carried in and set up and a fire was started, the mattresses were laid on the floor and a meal was prepared. In later years, Mrs. Kruta would say it seemed that everytime we moved it was winter and to a dirty house. In a few day the box car with the furniture arrived and we were able to live a little more comforably, although 3 of us had to start going to school.
The REA came into Southam in 1940 and the Soo Line had the section house wired. We lived in the section house until 1942 when the railroad got rid of their section houses and Miller bought the old Tufford house, which he had to have wired.
We always had lots of work to do - hauling old ties and cutting them up for firewood, working in the garden or putting up hay for our cow. We raised chickens for eggs and meat, raised 2 or 3 hogs for meat and we had a cow, not only for milk, but she had a calf every year, and if a heifer, it was traded for a bull calf for butchering that fall. We did not have a well of our own and had to haul water.
In 1942, the Southam High School closed and Lester had to go to school in Devils Lake. He room and boarded with a retired Lutheran Minister and his wife. Lester was hauled back and forth on weekends, Devils Lake and Southam, many times on his dad's railroad motor car (speeder), weather permitting. On 9 March 1943, Roger Dale Kruta was born at the Mercy Hospital in Devils Lake. The first of the kids to be born in a hospital.
In 1944, Bob started going to school in Devils Lake also. The retired minister's wife had died, so Bob and Lester room and boarded with the Petersen family. In July 1945, Lester went to work for the Soo Line as an agent/opr and left home.
In 1945, Miller bid in the Foreman job at Henning, MN and so again, just before Christmas the family moved to a cold dirty house. Miller had tried to find living quarters in Henning before the move, but nothing was available. So he rented this unoccupied farm house 5 miles from Henning, until he could build a house in Henning a few years later. At any rate that farm house was the last dirty house Elizabeth had to move into.
by akl
Miloslav R. Kruta was born 17 August 1899, the third child of Lambert Jan and Marie (Prochaska) Kruta in the village of Krasna Hora na Vltave, in Bohemia, Austria. Today (year 2011) this small country of Bohemia is called 'Czech Republic'. The Kruta family emmigrated to America, arriving in the port of New York on 1 May 1900. They lived in Long Island, NY for several weeks and then moved to Chicago, IL. They lived in Illinois until returning to Bohemia for a year to dispose of property and returned to Chicago in September 1907. They moved to Homolka in Poplar Grove Township, Roseau County, MN to a farm they had purchased, arriving there 6 May 1908.
Miles passed away on 23 May 1966 in the VA Hospital, Fargo, Cass County, ND.
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FAMILY HISTORY OF MILOSLAV R. KRUTA & ELIZABETH B.(HERTL) KRUTA, by Les Kruta
Miloslav R.(Miller/Miles) Kruta started to work as a section laborer for the Soo Line Railroad on 1 April 1918. He was 18 years old. After working 11 days, he enlisted in the army during World War I. He was in the field artillery and served in Germany and France. When the war ended he was discharged on 24 May 1919. The army and railroad both listed Miloslav's name as Miller. He started work again as a section laborer on 9 June 1919. On 20 July 1922 he was promoted to section foreman at Calio, ND. He was married to Elizabeth B. Hertl in St. Boniface Catholic Church in Calio, ND on 19 October 1926. They lived in the railroad section house in Calio and Lester Miles Kruta was born 29 May 1928.
Elizabeth did not like the name Miller and called him Miles, a name that he started using except for the military and the railroad. In 1929 the stock market crashed, the depression hit and the railroad doubled the length of its sections. The need for foremen was cut in half.
Because of the amount of seniority he had, Miller was bumped. He then bumped into Russell, ND. Robert George (Bob) Kruta was born in Russell on 11 February 1930. As the bumping spread throughout the Winnipeg Division, Miller was reduced to a laborer and relief foreman on 1 July 1930. He bid in a section laborers job at Lankin, ND, working under Peter Spike. When Elizabeth Ann (Bette) was born on 29 April 1931, Mrs. Kruta had gone to Calio to be with her mother for her midwife services.
Miller usually got laid-off by November and rehired by April, and during these lay-off periods he worked for the government WPA. Being on the railroad relief foremans extra board, he would quite often get called to relieve a foreman in Minnesota or North Dakota. This was usually in the winter. Stanley Joseph Kruta was born in Lankin on 17 November 1932.
In December of 1937, Miller had enough seniority to bid in the section foreman's job in Southam, ND. On 20 December 1937, we had the railroad box car loaded with furniture and belongings, and our Whippet car was hooked to a 4-wheel trailer loaded with mattresses, the kitchen stove with stove pipes, firewood, kerosene lamps, cooking utensils and food, and we took off for Southam. Late that afternoon we got stuck in a snow drift near the Hope School, just east of Southam. By the time we dug out, it was dark. We got to the section house and had to do some shoveling to get in. There was no electricity in Southam at this time and we had to setup housekeeping in a cold, dirty, dark house. The two kerosene lamps were lit, the stove was carried in and set up and a fire was started, the mattresses were laid on the floor and a meal was prepared. In later years, Mrs. Kruta would say it seemed that everytime we moved it was winter and to a dirty house. In a few day the box car with the furniture arrived and we were able to live a little more comforably, although 3 of us had to start going to school.
The REA came into Southam in 1940 and the Soo Line had the section house wired. We lived in the section house until 1942 when the railroad got rid of their section houses and Miller bought the old Tufford house, which he had to have wired.
We always had lots of work to do - hauling old ties and cutting them up for firewood, working in the garden or putting up hay for our cow. We raised chickens for eggs and meat, raised 2 or 3 hogs for meat and we had a cow, not only for milk, but she had a calf every year, and if a heifer, it was traded for a bull calf for butchering that fall. We did not have a well of our own and had to haul water.
In 1942, the Southam High School closed and Lester had to go to school in Devils Lake. He room and boarded with a retired Lutheran Minister and his wife. Lester was hauled back and forth on weekends, Devils Lake and Southam, many times on his dad's railroad motor car (speeder), weather permitting. On 9 March 1943, Roger Dale Kruta was born at the Mercy Hospital in Devils Lake. The first of the kids to be born in a hospital.
In 1944, Bob started going to school in Devils Lake also. The retired minister's wife had died, so Bob and Lester room and boarded with the Petersen family. In July 1945, Lester went to work for the Soo Line as an agent/opr and left home.
In 1945, Miller bid in the Foreman job at Henning, MN and so again, just before Christmas the family moved to a cold dirty house. Miller had tried to find living quarters in Henning before the move, but nothing was available. So he rented this unoccupied farm house 5 miles from Henning, until he could build a house in Henning a few years later. At any rate that farm house was the last dirty house Elizabeth had to move into.
by akl
Miles passed away on 23 May 1966 in the VA Hospital, Fargo, Cass County, ND.
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FAMILY HISTORY OF MILOSLAV R. KRUTA & ELIZABETH B.(HERTL) KRUTA, by Les Kruta
Miloslav R.(Miller/Miles) Kruta started to work as a section laborer for the Soo Line Railroad on 1 April 1918. He was 18 years old. After working 11 days, he enlisted in the army during World War I. He was in the field artillery and served in Germany and France. When the war ended he was discharged on 24 May 1919. The army and railroad both listed Miloslav's name as Miller. He started work again as a section laborer on 9 June 1919. On 20 July 1922 he was promoted to section foreman at Calio, ND. He was married to Elizabeth B. Hertl in St. Boniface Catholic Church in Calio, ND on 19 October 1926. They lived in the railroad section house in Calio and Lester Miles Kruta was born 29 May 1928.
Elizabeth did not like the name Miller and called him Miles, a name that he started using except for the military and the railroad. In 1929 the stock market crashed, the depression hit and the railroad doubled the length of its sections. The need for foremen was cut in half.
Because of the amount of seniority he had, Miller was bumped. He then bumped into Russell, ND. Robert George (Bob) Kruta was born in Russell on 11 February 1930. As the bumping spread throughout the Winnipeg Division, Miller was reduced to a laborer and relief foreman on 1 July 1930. He bid in a section laborers job at Lankin, ND, working under Peter Spike. When Elizabeth Ann (Bette) was born on 29 April 1931, Mrs. Kruta had gone to Calio to be with her mother for her midwife services.
Miller usually got laid-off by November and rehired by April, and during these lay-off periods he worked for the government WPA. Being on the railroad relief foremans extra board, he would quite often get called to relieve a foreman in Minnesota or North Dakota. This was usually in the winter. Stanley Joseph Kruta was born in Lankin on 17 November 1932.
In December of 1937, Miller had enough seniority to bid in the section foreman's job in Southam, ND. On 20 December 1937, we had the railroad box car loaded with furniture and belongings, and our Whippet car was hooked to a 4-wheel trailer loaded with mattresses, the kitchen stove with stove pipes, firewood, kerosene lamps, cooking utensils and food, and we took off for Southam. Late that afternoon we got stuck in a snow drift near the Hope School, just east of Southam. By the time we dug out, it was dark. We got to the section house and had to do some shoveling to get in. There was no electricity in Southam at this time and we had to setup housekeeping in a cold, dirty, dark house. The two kerosene lamps were lit, the stove was carried in and set up and a fire was started, the mattresses were laid on the floor and a meal was prepared. In later years, Mrs. Kruta would say it seemed that everytime we moved it was winter and to a dirty house. In a few day the box car with the furniture arrived and we were able to live a little more comforably, although 3 of us had to start going to school.
The REA came into Southam in 1940 and the Soo Line had the section house wired. We lived in the section house until 1942 when the railroad got rid of their section houses and Miller bought the old Tufford house, which he had to have wired.
We always had lots of work to do - hauling old ties and cutting them up for firewood, working in the garden or putting up hay for our cow. We raised chickens for eggs and meat, raised 2 or 3 hogs for meat and we had a cow, not only for milk, but she had a calf every year, and if a heifer, it was traded for a bull calf for butchering that fall. We did not have a well of our own and had to haul water.
In 1942, the Southam High School closed and Lester had to go to school in Devils Lake. He room and boarded with a retired Lutheran Minister and his wife. Lester was hauled back and forth on weekends, Devils Lake and Southam, many times on his dad's railroad motor car (speeder), weather permitting. On 9 March 1943, Roger Dale Kruta was born at the Mercy Hospital in Devils Lake. The first of the kids to be born in a hospital.
In 1944, Bob started going to school in Devils Lake also. The retired minister's wife had died, so Bob and Lester room and boarded with the Petersen family. In July 1945, Lester went to work for the Soo Line as an agent/opr and left home.
In 1945, Miller bid in the Foreman job at Henning, MN and so again, just before Christmas the family moved to a cold dirty house. Miller had tried to find living quarters in Henning before the move, but nothing was available. So he rented this unoccupied farm house 5 miles from Henning, until he could build a house in Henning a few years later. At any rate that farm house was the last dirty house Elizabeth had to move into.
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