Days of Old – 10-21-2015

Days of Old – 10-21-2015

10 years ago
Tribune of  October 5, 2005

Andrea Larson and John Lindelof were crowned homecoming king and queen at Glenwood City Friday evening. Matt Duerst and Terra Hiben were voted Boyceville High School’s 2005 Homecoming King and Queen on Friday evening.

By the end of December Murkley’s will be closing. The business, currently owned by Carol Murkley, was started by her father Douglas and will be ending 45 years of service in the community.

The City Council’s meeting ran for three and a half hours Monday night as the members thrashed over a couple of time-consuming items. One of those items included the eventual approval to  move ahead with the extension of public utilities on Third Street.

25 years ago
Tribune of September 12, 1990

Stacie Riba is the new Miss Glenwood City. Her princesses are Stephanie Drinkman and Amy Caress.

The new Tiffany Creek Elementary School and the addition to the Boyceville Jr.-Sr. High School will be dedicated at two o’clock Sunday afternoon, Sept. 16, with ceremonies at the Tiffany Creek School.

The Glenwood City School Board made some progress on its anticipated addition to the Jr.-Sr. High School for the 1991-92 school year by setting up a timetable and a plan for picking out an architect.

50 years ago
Tribune of November 11, 1965

Work is continuing to progress on the new sewer. The work is now near the old sewer plant near the Soo Line Depot, now deserted, where the line will tie in with the city’s sewer system. Another connection will be made on the west side.

A night prowler was surprised last week Wednesday evening while he was busy going through the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Ryan about four miles south of Glenwood City on 128. He was discovered at work about 8 p.m. by Mr. and Mrs. Ryan when they came home from the lutefisk supper at Faith Lutheran Church.

Construction began last week at Fairchild on the second tallest structure in the world, the new antenna for WEAU-TV Eau Claire, channel 13. The new tower is to be 2,000 feet high.

60 years ago
Tribune of October 20, 1955

There will be a special meeting of the members of the St. Croix Valley Cooperative Dairies at the Glenwood City High School Gymnasium on Thursday, evening, Oct. 209. The meeting has been called for the purpose of considering the problem of relocation of the drying plant.

The dairy farmers are now receiving 87% of parity was the statement made by the director of public relations. After listening to his very informative talk, the members voted to ask that the minimum fat standard for bottled milk in Wisconsin be raised from 3.25% to 3.5%.

The immunization centers for St. Croix county will start on November 3, with centers starting promptly at 10 a.m.

95 years ago
The Glenwood Tribune
September 16, 1920

With a record number of entries is practically every department, the Eleventh Annual Glenwood Inter-County Fair will open its gates this morning Thursday, September 16.

At a meeting held last Sunday, the St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran congregation with a unanimous vote, insisted on the pastor’s stay and since the salary was also raised. Rev. R. Brockhopp has granted his people’s wish.

The Tribune presents herewith a likeness of Rev. R. Harold Gee, who comes here from Barron to assume charge of the Glenwood City and Emerald Methodist Churches. Rev. Gee will hold his first services in the Emerald and Glenwood City churches on Sunday.

35 years ago
Boyceville Press Reporter
October 23, 1980

Plans for construction of an addition to Boyceville’s high school building should include provisions for solar heating, a group of parents suggested to the district board of education at its Oct. 20 meeting.

A village board resolution granting permission for the distribution of free beer at a private wedding dance in the municipally-owned hall was challenged at a board policy meeting Oct. 21. Rescinding  will take full board action, and a special meeting would be needed if a formal action would be taken.

Actual tax levy for the Boyceville School District was set at 11.96 when board of education members met Oct. 20.