1983: All-day kindergarten approved in Menomomie
By Wally Smetana, Editor Emeritus
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 11:05 AM CDT
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
After 132 years in one location, the Grace Episcopal Church congregation is moving from its Sixth Street corner to a new home on 451st Avenue, the former New Hope Assembly of God. The congregation will gather on Wednesday, July 18, for a final worship in the church located at 1006 Sixth St. After a procession, Father Dale Klizke, pastor of Grace Episcopal, and Bishop Keith Whitmore of the Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire. will consecrate the new facility. The larger facility was needed to accommodate a growing congregation... Matt Schauf named head coach for both the UW-Stout men’s and women’s cross country programs. He comes to Stout after serving in the same capacity for six years at Boyceville High School...
Susan Turgeson, family and consumer sciences teacher at Menomonie High School, presents an educational session, “Strategies for Working with and Educating Generation Me,” at 98th annual conference of the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences in Reno, Nev... Menomonie Sliders, an 11-year-old traveling baseball team, posts 5-0 record to win the championship of a tourney held June 9-10 in Woodbury, Minn. The following weekend, the team participating in a meet in River Falls and again claimed the championship with a perfect record... Alex Fairchild, a 2003 graduate of Menomonie High School, receives a bachelor of arts degree in biology from Lawrence University...
Temperature range here during July 2-9 period was a low of 58 degrees to a high of 92 degrees. Rainfall totaled 1.80 inches... Members of Menomonie High’s 2006 football team selected to play in the 2007 Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) All-Star game July 31 in Oshkosh are Troy Bryant, Nathan Bauer and Trevor Fiege... Army Pvt. Chad M. Biggers, a 2005 graduate of Menomonie High School, arrives for duty at Fort Richardson, Anchorage Alaska... Members of Bridge to Hope at their annual meeting decide to retain the facility’s original logo, which was designed by the late Kim Falk, a local artist and former board member... Boyceville Village Board creates TIF District #3, which is bordered by Tiffany Street on the north and Main Street on the south and stretches from Center Street to East Street...
Students from Boyceville named to UW-Eau Claire’s 2006-07 academic distinction list are Jacqueline Olson, Adam Peshaw, Megan Schlough, Tuesday Schmidt and Sammiejo Stubb... Menomonie High catcher Amanda Ryder named to all-state third team by Wisconsin Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association. She earned the same honor last year. Ryder finished the 2007 season with a .547 batting average... Menomonie Mavericks baseball team notches its 100th victory when it wins the Austin All-Star Tournament with a 4-0 record. Including the tournament, the team has a 102-23-2 record during the last four and one-half summers. The team’s first 10 losses were suffered in their first season as 11-year-olds. The team is coached by Jim Dahl and Ken Mueller.
Wednesday, July 13, 1983
Menomonie’s Municipal Library Board won’t apply for a $250,000 grant. That decision was made Tuesday evening when the board rejected the proposal by a 4 to 4 vote. These grant funds, provided through the Title II Library Services Construction Act, are administered by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Previously, Menomonie’s City Council said the board couldn’t apply for a $500,000 federal Aid to Economic Development grant. Board members favoring the grant application were Dwight Agnew, Kay Barnard, Esther Buckley and Mary Michelbook. Opposed were Albert F. Brockelman, Dorothy Dale, Jean O’Neill and Clarence Werner. Liz Klitzke, the council’s representative on the board, was absent...
Menomonie’s School Board Monday night by a 5 to 4 vote approved an all-day, every-day kindergarten program. Favoring the proposal were John Hedrick, Nancy Miller, Connie Flug, Marshall Quilling and Keith Pickerign. Opposed were board president Judy Ganzemiller, Elise Nooney, Gene Hagen and John Miller... Temperature range here during the July 6-12 period was a low of 58 to a high of 98 degrees. No rainfall was reported... Chris Wisemiller, a 1983 graduate of Boyceville High School, selected June “Youth of the Month” by the Menomonie Optimist Club... Airman 1st Class Connie L. Parker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Parker, Boyceville, arrives for duty at Clark Air Base, Philippines...
Walter Perkins, 26, a two-time Wisconsin State University Conference wrestling champion, named head wrestling coach at UW-Stout. A native of Chicago, Perkins is a 1982 graduate of UW-River Falls... All-state end Marty Peterson of Menomonie High School chosen to play on the North squad in the North-South Shrine football game at UW-Oshkosh on July 23. The North squad is coached by Bob Thomas of Spring Valley High School... Daughters born to Randall and Sandra Marlett, Menomonie, July 5; Ed and Shelly Nelson, Boyceville, July 9... Gail McNaughton, Menomonie, a freshman at Mankato State University, Mankato, Minn., qualifies for High Honor List by achieving a 4.0 straight “A” average for the spring quarter...
Jody Lee Schutts of Wilson and Michael P. Schlough of Menomonie were married June 18 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Menomonie by Father Charles Blecha... Jumbo cantaloupe are 59 cents each at Don’s Super Valu; package of 12 homemade wheaten party buns is 89 cents; USDA choice chuck steak is 99 cents a pound; two 12-ounce cans of Flav-O-Rite white or pink lemonade are 59 cents; Johnsonville skin-on wieners are $2.29 a pound... Knut’s Restaurant & Lounge, 519 Main St., Colfax, owned and managed by Robert L. Knutson, receives the Golden Butter Knife award from the American Dairy Association of Wisconsin. The award is presented to restaurant owners for serving only 100 percent REAL dairy products.
Wednesday, July 9, 1958
Because Dunn County may consider a zoning ordinance to prevent construction of buildings adjacent to the new interstate highway, alderman Howard Thedinga suggests a similar ordinance be considered by the city and Mayor William “Bud” Eick refers the matter to the Public Safety committee composed of Gordon Skouge, chairman, Kenneth Drake and Thedinga... Members of Menomonie Lions Club receiving 10-year perfect attendance pins are Don Berg and Lee Score. Five-year pins awarded to Ralph Allen, Sy Hanson, Alex Springer and Harold Tubbs... Report of condition of Farmers State Bank of Ridgeland shows total assets of $921,430... Mr. and Mrs. George Stark announce the engagement of their daughter, Sandra, to Arnold Gerth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gerth, all of Menomonie...
With good weather, more than 150 golfers from this area are expected to compete in the Menomonie Open Saturday and Sunday at the Menomonie Country Club. Bill Amthor is the host pro. Back to defend his championship is Lyle Johansen, who won the title last year with a three-under-par 106... Sons born to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Sinz, Menomonie, July 3; Mr. and Mrs. Carol Scholfield, Route 3, Elk Mound, July 4; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lutzen, Route 1, Boyceville, July 6... Holstein-Friesian Association of America reports that “Dix Burke Bessie,” owned by Harry C. Dix of Menomonie, produced a total of 16,659 pounds of milk and 584 pounds of butterfat as a five-year old...
Men-Aqua Days festivities got off to a flying start Thursday evening when Donald Goodrich Sr., Menomonie businessman for the last 25 years, was named “skipper” of the three-day festival. During the event he introduced Joyce Larson, who was selected Men-Aqua Days queen. Will G. Ballentine, who was present 25 years ago when Wakanda Park was dedicated, gave the address Sunday afternoon when the new Wakanda Park was dedicated. A light rain marred the dedication of the new Northern States Power (NSP) Co. dam as Stuart Willson, president of NSP of Wisconsin, reviewed the history of the Menomonie dam and the world-famous Tainter gate, first invented in Menomonie and now used in the world’s largest hydro-electric dams...
Van’s Appliance Store, 316 Main St., is sponsoring a “baby contest” with a $249.95 Frigidaire electric clothes dryer as the grand prize... Edward C. Weber, age 73, of Eau Galle, who at the time of his death was clerk of the town of Eau Galle, bookkeeper at the Eau Galle Cheese Factory, and a member of the Dunn County School Committee, died June 27 at a hospital in Eau Claire. Additionally, he taught school for 30 years and served 14 years as town assessor... Seedless grapes are 29 cents a pound at Don’s Super Valu; Corn King bacon is 69 cents a pound; 24-ounce can of Paw Paw grape juice is 25 cents; three eight-ounce packages of Kraft’s cheese slices are 98 cents; 10-pound bag of Pillsbury flour is 79 cents; package of eight Flav-O-Rite sliced buns is 21 cents.
Thursday, July 13, 1933
Rain that fell during the early morning Tuesday in Menomonie and surrounding country did much to revive crops that were beginning to suffer from a long-continued drought. While some sections of Dunn County had been refreshed by frequent and previous moisture, the rainfall between the hours of 5 and 8 Tuesday was the first registered in the vicinity of Menomonie for more than a month. The rain came in time to save the corn. Another week and the corn crop would have been almost an utter failure in many parts of the county. As it is, the hot, dry spell burnt up the small grain, especially south and east of Menomonie. Rye, however, came through well matured and the rye yield can be considered satisfactory in the county. Generally speaking, grain yields in the county cannot be considered much more than a 50 percent crop...
The farm implement firm of Schutts & Mittlestadt has merged with the Farmers Equipment Co. in the Lucas building. The merger adds Ernest Mittlestadt and August Schutts to stockholders of the Farmers Equipment Co., which includes John Cramer, Ira Slocumb, Emil Sneen and M. F. McLeod. Schutts & Mittlestadt have moved from quarters they occupied in the Snively building and all business will be conducted from the Lucas building, which has been the local home of John Deere farm implements for 30 years. With the merger, Rock Island and Case farm machinery lines are added. For 20 years Adams & McGilton operated a farm implement business in this building. Then came Curtis Brothers. They were succeeded by A. L. Mitten in 1923, and the Farmers Equipment Co. on Nov. 15, 1927, acquired the business from Mr. Mitten...
Report of condition of The Kraft State Bank at Menomonie shows total resources of $916,880; Farmers State Bank at Ridgeland, $144,962; Farmers & Merchants State Bank at Downsville, $228,162... William S. Smith has begun the erection of a new residence, colonial style, just west of the Carl E. Peterson home on Oakwood Heights. Construction is in charge of the Badger State Lumber Co... The annual school meeting in District No. 5, Lochiel, was attended by a record number of voters. With a decided bent toward economy, the citizens voted, among other things, to reduce by 50 percent the salaries of school board members. In the election of officers, Mrs. Anton Traveneck was elected to succeed William Chatt as treasurer...
Three pounds of golden yellow bananas are 23 cents at A&P Food Store; smoked shankless picnics are 10 cents a pound; four cans of Libby’s tomato juice are 25 cents; 10-pound cloth bag of pure cane sugar is 52 cents; large, sweet watermelons are 45 cents each; Wilson’s fancy, soft summer sausage is 15 cents a pound; pound can of Maxwell House coffee is 29 cents; three-pound package of fresh ground beef is 20 cents... Eight rural kittenball teams will swing into action starting Sunday at Wakanda Park in a double elimination tournament that will pick the champion of the county who will represent Dunn County in the state kittenball at the state fair this fall. Plans for the tourney were completed at a meeting of managers when Joe W. Flint was elected secretary/treasurer; Ralph H. Bongey, vice president; and Tib Rassbach, president.
Thursday, July 9, 1908
A new clothing and gents’ furnishing store will be added to the list of Menomonie’s trading places in the near future and from every indication the new business will be a permanent and prosperous one. The firm will be Micheels, Waller & Co., and will be composed of four of our most energetic young men, who have made good already in the commercial line and to whom the new business is merely a branching out. The names identified with the new firm are Frank Volp, Ernest Waller, Herman Micheels and Frank Hossman. Mr. Micheels will be manager of the business and the new firm will in no way interfere with the grocery business of the firm of Waller & Volp, which will be carried on the same as usual. The new firm has rented the S. B. French building now occupied by the Majestic theater...
As soon as the necessary repairs can be made on the building, the Majestic theater will move from its present quarters in the S. B. French building into the west half of the Mullen block. The new location will be in every way as suitable and convenient as the old... Prof. G. A. Works has completed the outside work of taking the school census and the details are now being tabulated in the office of Superintendent Harvey. By wards the school population is as follows: First, 221 males, 205 females; Second, 145 males, 181 females; Third, 163 males, 174 females; Fourth, 367 males, 376 females; town of Menomonie, 37 males, 27 females; making a total of 933 males and 963 females; a sum total of 1896. In 1907, the total was 1920, 24 more than this year...
The members of the Congregational Sunday School held their annual picnic at Riverside Park last Tuesday. In the neighborhood of 300 people were in attendance. The first load of children were taken to the grounds about 10 o’clock in the morning and the loads were brought back about four in the afternoon. The sports indulged in were foot races for boys and girls, flag races, cookie eating contests, a nail-driving contest for ladies, and a baseball game. A bountiful repast was served... New brick pavement was put in during the past week in the alley between the Schutte & Quilling Bank and the B. H. Waterman store. It is a much needed improvement as this is one of the most used alleys in the city...
United States District Marshal R. J. Flint came up from Madison Friday night to spend the Fourth with his family and friends... The local baseball team played a doubleheader here with the Eau Claire Tigers on the Fourth, winning both games by good margins. The day was fine and a large crowd was in attendance. The record stood 8 to 2 and 4 to 1... A very pleasant dance was given on the evening of the Fourth by the Memorial Orchestra at Stori’s Opera House. About 75 couples participated in the dancing. The members of the orchestra are in Chetek this week playing an engagement at the chautauqua. The Chetek Chautauqua Association has been advertising the Memorial Orchestra as one of its leading entertainment features. The Memorials are becoming as popular away from home as they are here. |
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