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New Hamburg Independent - Wednesday, March 22,1978 - Page 3 BECKERS STAFF - This picture of the staff of Beckers department store in New Hamburg ran in the New Hamburg Independent in 1975. It dates back to 1902. The picture was donated to the Independent by William Bergey, of RR 2 New Hamburg. The people in the picture are: top row left to right, John Wilker. Dan Becker, Julia Myers; Emma Laschinger, Emma Becker, Herman Becker and Gideon Weber; middle row left to right, Dilman Geiger, Minnie Hansul and Herman Appel; bottom row left to right. Jack Callahan, Eddie Planner, Mr. Boettger Ollie Becker, Ed Boettger, Charles Appel, John-Miller and Ezra Bechtel, Inside Becker's Store