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laundry and dry cleaner which is being operated at the present time.
   On May 17, 1975, Harold and his wife, Laverne who he married June 8, 1974,
once
 again took over management of the tavern. It now goes under the name Kabat's
Country
 Gardens.
   Harold and Laverne reside with their children, David, Kay Lynn, Michelle,
Bonnie and
 Debbie at 353 Madison Street, Brillion.
   Harold enjoys watching baseball and enjoys bowling. He has many fond memories
of
 this community. One is bowling a 714 on the Reedsville Lanes in 1948. His
wife enjoys
 bridge, racketball and golf.
 Kadow Market
   The land on the northwest corner of Fifth and Manitowoc Streets in the
village of
 Reedsville was purchased by Fred Young in 1926. Shortly afterward, he built
the building
 that stands on this corner. Mr. Young and his sons operated a meat market.
   In 1933, Carl Krieg of Manitowoc rented the building. He operated the
meat market as
 Krieg's Meat Market, No. 5. Arthur Kadow was hired to manage the meat market,
as the
 other four markets were in Manitowoc and Two Rivers. Besides carrying on
the retail
 meat business, the Reedsville market bought calves and poultry from the
surrounding
 area to provide veal and poultry for the city markets.
   In 1941, Arthur Kadow and his wife Marie bought the business from Mr.
Krieg. In
 1942, they bought the property from Fred Young. Mr. Kadow built the slaughterhouse
 and did custom slaughtering for the farmers. He and his wife operated the
business until
 his death in 1953.
   It was then rented for a short time.
   In 1955, Kenneth Kuether, a son-in-law of Arthur Kadow, took over the
business. It
was known as the Kuether-Kadow Market. He operated it until 1965.
   The building is presently owned by Mrs. Marie Kadow. It is rented by the
Knights of
Columbus Council No. 5798 as their clubhouse.
Kochan's Service Garage
   Kochan's Garage was built by John Schaarbach in 1922. A carload and a
half of cement
went into its construction. Mr. Schaarbach operated a garage until 1935 when
the
Kochans decided to become Reedsville residents. They rented the building
until 1938
when they purchased it from Schaarbach.
  A fire in 1937 caused extensive damage to the building. Myron and Olive
Kochan and
their family were unable to live in the living quarters for five weeks due
to the time spent
repairing the establishment.
  "Shorty", as he is known to many people, was tagged with the
nickname by the late
Otto Humburg, who operated the tavern now known as Keune's Welcome Inn. Prior'to
moving to Reedsville, "Shorty" worked as a mechanic in Green Bay,
then served four
years in the Navy. After his discharge, he went back to the same trade and
worked for St.
Clair Chevrolet Company and later at Lowe Brothers Chevrolet Company in Manitowoc.
  For some years "Shorty" had the Nash and Plymouth-DeSoto car
agency. In the fifties
and sixties he specialized in repairing cars and tractors ana tooK care of
the needs of many
of the farmers. He also added a sideline of repairing small electric appliances.
He took a
course and graduated from National Radio Institute of Washington, D. C.
  Shorty's first customer was William Maertz, Sr. One of the first wreckers
in the village
was constructed by Charles Hintz, Robert Feile and Shorty Kochan on a 1926
Chevrolet
that had been owned by "Butch" Wagner to haul ice. The fellows
put in much time on the
project and Mr. Feile put a crane on the unit. Mr. Kochan used the wrecker
for years to
come. In fact, he wore out three such units.
  He was the representative of the American Automobile Association, which
meant
taking care of calls at all hours of the night.
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