[S26] SCISSORTAILS STILL RETURN TO SCHOENAU, Luetge, Geraldine Mittanck, (1985, Taylor Publishing Co., Dallas, Texas), pp. 17, 57.
States that Bennie was from Willow Springs.
Hilda attended school at Schoenau and worship services at the Industry Methodist Church. She rode horseback with her cousin Ella Hupe to Sunday School and Confirmation classes. A song book written in German print with her name engraved in gold, dated 1896, was a gift from her Grandmother and Grandfather Eckermann. It was one of her prized possessions. After Hilda and Bennie's marriage, they moved away from the Schoenau area.