Out of the Past – 4-9-2014
Out of the Past – 4-9-2014
10 years ago
April 7, 2004
The Colfax Women’s Club will be celebrating their 100th year anniversary. The club was originally called the Ladies Reading Club when 12 women met for the first time in the fall of 1904.
The Vikings’ Lloyd Neuburg captured the 1600 and 3200m races at the Chippewa Falls McDonell Indoor Invite at UW-Eau Claire April 2.
Four Colfax girls won individual events at the Dunn County Invite held at Menomonie High School. Denise Kragness won the shot put, Hannah Moen the high jump, Lauren Castillo took the 800m run and Toni Morning the 1600m run.
25 years ago
April 6, 1989
Ione Peterson of Colfax and Richard Gray of New York were married March 25 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Bloomer.
The Colfax wrestling team finished their season with a 7-8 record as Ron Scott led the team with a 29-1 record. Also finishing with records above .500 were Josh Gullicksrud at 17-8, Ryan Seehaver 18-10, Wally Jensen 17-7, Travis Seehaver 17-11, Loren Bergeson 12-5, Curt Henderson 13-12 and Jim Borofka 9-8.
Winners in the Colfax Women’s Club literary contest were eighth graders Zach Felling, first place, Kari Buchner, second place and Krome Burke-Scoll, third place.
With temperatures reaching the 70 degree mark March 27 producing heavy snow runoff, Tyler and Emily Moen were seen rowing a boat in a pond formed behind their grandparents Gus and Donna Fehr’s home.
35 years ago
April 12, 1979
Scott D. Woodruff of Colfax has been nominated to receive the State Farmer degree, the highest degree presented by the Wisconsin Association of Future Farmers of America.
The Colfax Future Homemakers of America club had its annual “Daddy Date Night” at The Last Frontier March 27.
Businesses in Colfax will be closed from noon to 3 p.m. Good Friday so that employees may attend services in the church of their choice.
50 years ago
April 9, 1964
Fire of undetermined origin completely burned the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Buchner, located north of Colfax last Friday forenoon.
Three new trustees were elected to the Colfax Village Board including Harold Holman, Frank Langel and Manley Stene.
On the balloting for the liquor referendum as to whether or not anyone should deal or traffic in intoxicating liquors in the village, opinion was so evenly divided that the final count resulted in a 151-151 tie.
65 years ago
April 7, 1949
Fire struck twice in the community last week when a large machine shed and hog house were consumed at the Alf Lee farm five miles north of Colfax and Bernard Hainstock lost his residence and greenhouse 1 ½ miles southeast of Colfax.
“Wets” won a victory in the Village of Colfax spring election referendum by a 198-148 margin favoring a Municipal Liquor Store for the village.
Heavy snow of almost a foot gave us a real April Fools joke last week, canceling school for the day.
100 years ago
April 17, 1914
Mable Lucile Pooler of the village was united in marriage to Mr. Arthur E. Johnson of Minneapolis on April 3.
T.J. Tilleson had the misfortune to take an ugly fall when the bottom of the elevator at the O.J. Tilleson store where he worked was left open. Happily no bones were broken when he fell to the bottom of the cellar.
Eight boys and six girls competed for the honors of the oratorical contest held at the Opera House. Reuben Larson was first for the boys and Gudrun Bjerkness first for the girls. then Larson was the overall winner and represented the local High School in the district contest.