Days of Old – 12-14-2016
Days of Old – 12-14-2016
10 years ago
Tribune of November 29, 2006
At this year’s Wisconsin State Fair, the Century Farm and Home Award Program honored the families of Herbert L. Krueger from Glenwood City, Sue and Luverne Krosnoski of Downing, and Andrew J. Blomberg from Emerald for their uninterrupted family ownership.
Conklin Tree Farms is donating real Christmas trees as part of the nationwide Trees for Troops program, which is expected to collect and deliver more than 11,000 real Christmas trees from 27 states to military families across the United States, as well as to soldiers serving overseas. Conklin is donating 50 trees to the project and a truck picked up the trees on Tuesday.
The debate of the safety of fluoride is as old as its usage in the water. In the city of Glenwood, the recent removal of fluoride without public discussion and involvement of the medical profession has called for a re-examination of this additive at Thursday’s public hearing in Glenwood City.
25 years ago
Tribune of November 6, 1991
The Common Council Monday night took action to ask for public input on the future of the City Park on First Street near St. John’s Catholic Church. The council set an informational meeting for Wednesday evening, December 4 at 7:00 p.m. at the City Hall.
Allied Processors Inc. of Boyceville held an open house on Wednesday and Thursday, October 30 and 31, and the facility was toured by over 150 area residents during the open house.
Fire struck a garage on the Douglas Clark farm early Tuesday morning. The Boyceville Fire Department responded shortly before 5:00 a.m. to the farm located in the Town of Sherman.
50 years ago
Tribune of January 19, 1967
Friday the 13th may be a bad day for the superstitious, but a believer or not, that day it cost the Glenwood City high school a total of 13 broken windows, for which they received 13 cents in return.
Burglars broke into the Boyceville high school Thursday night and escaped with more than $200 in cash and checks.
The new Topper Stop, located in the quarters formerly occupied by the City Cafe, is now open for business as a center for teenage activities. The proprietor is Mrs. Donald Praschak, and The Topper Stop will be open weekdays from 3 to 10 and on Saturdays from 10 to 10.
The tax roll for the Town of Forest this year totals $85,007.04, which is a drop of $726.75 from the tax roll of last year.
60 years ago
Tribune of December 13, 1956
Herb Bos on Wednesday morning handed in his resignation as Chief of Police of the City of Glenwood. In his resignation no reason was given for the action. The resignation is to be effective on January 1, 1957, but no action has been taken on the matter.
If the weather cooperates and we get the necessary snow the 57 Hill Ski Course at Glenwood City will be ready for all the ski enthusiasts in the area, and from all points north and south.
The new city council held their first meeting on Tuesday evening in the fire hall, after having received legal advice that the procedure of electing them was proper. The four new members of the Council, Dr. L.A. Anderson, Wm. Hill, Herb Schone and Joe Hellmer, were elected by the two remaining alderman last week following the resignation of four aldermen.
95 years ago
The Glenwood Tribune
November 3, 1921
FOREST, Wis. — What might have been a serious accident occurred Saturday evening when the motor car on which the section crew were riding was stuck by a freight train. The motor car was wrecked, but the men jumped just in time to escape injury.
Halloween was a wild and woolly night in Glenwood City. Ghosts and hobgoblins paraded the streets in droves and merry shrieks of laughter pierced the night air, as merry-makers indulged in pranks and games in every section of the town.
Leo Andrasko has been appointed road superintendent for the town of Glenwood by the town board, to take the place of Adolph Zacharias who resigned his position.
35 years ago
Boyceville Press Reporter
December 17, 1981
Students in Boyceville, Connorsville, and Wheeler elementary schools had a chance to receive instructions on how to make Christmas ornaments, to ask a policeman about his job or lasso a cowboy with questions about his life out west. It all took place on December 11 as part of Project Day.
A fire of unknown origin Dec. 8 destroyed the upstairs of a house rented by the Edgar Barstad family. The house is located about a mile and a half south of Boyceville. In addition to the fire damage, there was extensive water damage to the ground floor living quarters.
There will be a snowmobile safety course 9 a.m. – 11 a.m., Dec. 21, 23 and 28 at the Boyceville Elementary School. Anyone 11-years old and older is eligible.