Independent Banker - November 2023 - 80

OUT OF OFFICE
Boat fanatic Robert
Fricke is refinishing
his grandfather's old
wooden fishing boat.
Robert Fricke:
Floating along
The president of $120 million-asset Farmers and Merchants Bank in
Ashland, Neb., has a deep appreciation for boats, particularly older
wooden ones from the 1930s to the 1960s.
museum] is one of the nation's most
outstanding collections of interactive
history. ... In Alexandria last week,
we had our museum's annual boat
show. I think we had 35 boats and
1,000 people on shore looking at these
things. It's quite an active hobby, quite
an active group both locally here,
from Minnesota and all throughout
the United States.
My great grandfather purchased
a cabin up here in Alexandria,
Minn., back in the early 1900s. ...
I've been raised around water from
both my grandparents, and the other
grandfather had a place in Canada, so
I've always been around boats.
Almost 40 years ago, I started
refinishing my grandfather's
wooden fishing boat. So, I'm still
working on that one. But I have
had great interest in the old boats
and purchased a wooden boat up in
Canada-my first Chris-Craft-and
now I have a Shepherd boat, which
was made in Canada. ... I just love
what they call " fast furniture " -they're
old and smelly, and I enjoy doing it.
I was very fortunate to be invited
[and elected] to join the board
of Minnesota Lakes Maritime
Museum here in Alexandria. [The
There are pictures of my
grandfather back in the 1920s
on wooden launches [and] wooden
fishing boats ... I just love the history
of that and the beauty ... Some of
them are exquisite and amazing
designs. There were hundreds, if not
thousands, of boat manufacturers
back in the 1930s and 1940s. These
boats were usually designed to only
last maybe five to six years before they
fall apart. It's kind of rare to find them.
-Aveya Hannan
Do you or a fellow community banker have a cool hobby? Email magazine@icba.org for a chance to be featured.
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Photo: Beth Leipholtz

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