George C. Mielenz Biography


	This biography appears on page 846 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				GEORGE C. MIELENZ. 

	George C. Mielenz, the junior partner in the firm of Mielenz & 
Company, laundrymen at Yankton, his native city, was born in 1880 and 
is a son of August W. Mielenz, who is mentioned above. During the period 
of his youth the family home was maintained in Mitchell, South Dakota, 
and there he attended the public schools and also pursued a commercial 
course. On starting out for himself he became a drug clerk and was thus 
employed for two years, but at the end of that time resigned to become 
a bookkeeper in the steam laundry at Mitchell in which his father was 
interested until 1901. In that year he came to Yankton to enter the 
employ of the laundry firm of Fish & Mielenz, and in 1904 he purchased 
the interest of Mr. Fish and thus became his father,s partner in the 
business, which is still continued under the style of Mielenz & 
Company. He has active charge and management of the business and in 
connection with his father has made it a large and flourishing 
industrial undertaking. The patronage has now grown to extensive 
proportions and, like his father, George C. Mielenz, devotes his entire 
time and attention to the management, development and improvement of 
the business. High grade work is turned out and reasonable prices and 
fair dealing are further features in their success. 

	In 1905 Mr. Mielenz was married to Miss Ruby Tralle, of Yankton, 
and they have become the parents of three children: Robert, Lenore and 
Kathryn. Mr. Mielenz belongs to St. John's Lodge, No. 1, A. F. & A. M.; 
Yankton Chapter; De Molay Commandery, K. T.; the Knights of Pythias; 
and to the Congregational church -associations which indicate much of 
the nature of his interests and the rules which govern his conduct. He 
has never sought to figure prominently in public affairs, nor has there 
been anything spectacular in his life, but, recognizing the truth of 
the old Greek admonition, "Earn thy reward; the gods give nought to 
sloth," he has worked earnestly and persistently to gain success in the 
business world.