2015 Spring Newsletter

ć FZ DBNF UP 1BPMB JO UIF T BOE PQFOFE B Ę PSBM business. He operated the Paola Floral Company with his son, Fred, in a huge greenhouse located at the cor ner of Agate and Ottawa Street. Elmer Hagemeyer (one of the ten children) was born in Colorado Springs where the family lived prior UP DPNJOH UP 1BPMB ć FSF &MNFS NBSSJFE &UIB .BF Boggs and they went by horse and wagon to Wheat land, Wyoming where they farmed for a number of years. Elmer moved to Paola in 1919 and took up farming here. In 1925 he was named superintendent of Wallace Park, a capacity he held until early 1950’s. In

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his early years as superintendent, he supervised the construction of all the buildings erected in the Park, as well as the rock wall surrounding the Park. He helped plan and plant many of the trees still standing there today.

*O TIPSUMZ Bę FS CFJOH OBNFE TVQFSJOUFOEFOU UIF construction of the swimming pool began and it was opened on July 25, 1925. About that time, Paola was having public dances at the American Legion Hall in downtown Paola. By 1931, Hagemeyer had constructed an outside dance platform next to the pool and on July 4, UIF ĕ STU 4VOSJTF %BODF XBT IFME PO UIF QMBUGPSN o B tradition which continued throughout the years.

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Hagemeyer constructed the PlayMart Ballroom ad KPJOJOH UIF QPPM BSFB JO ć JT QPQVMBS HBUIFS ing place operated for almost 40 years until the pool was sold in 1966. In the late 40’s, Mr. Hagemeyer purchased the Mc Grath farm – pasture land south of the South School Building and turned this pasture land into a housing development known as Parkside Addition. ć F )BHFNFZFS T DPOUSJCVUFE NVDI UISPVHIPVU the years to the young people and adults alike in Paola and surrounding communities through providing them great recreational enjoyment. Mr. Hagemeyer was greatly interested in hunting and ĕ TIJOH BOE XBT B OPUFE NBSLTNBO JO &BTUFSO ,BO sas. He was a dedicated naturalist and ecologist and did much to preserve trees and spots of beauty in and around Paola.

5PEBZ 8BMMBDF 1BSL CPBTUT PG CBTFCBMM ĕ FMET TPDDFS ĕ FMET and the Fair grounds. Paola Pathways has built 3.5 miles of biking and walking trails through out the park and along side of Bull creek

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