Days of Old – 4-27-2016
Days of Old – 4-27-2016
10 years ago
Tribune of April 12, 2006
Jordan Peshaw, a senior advanced art student at Boyceville High School, designed a new logo and painted it on a sign for the Boyceville Police Department.
The Boyceville Village Board addressed several items on their agenda, including design layouts for lots on Nelson Drive, temporarily delayed approving an agreement to lease space on the village water tower for cell phone antennas, and talked about a building permit for Provesta Flavor Ingredients.
In last Tuesday’s election, Glenwood City mayor incumbent Mark DeBehnke was given an eleven-vote lead over Steven Lee. Lee will, however, keep his seat on the city council for another year, along with Craig Anderson, Jack Kremer, and Ron Jolitz. For the Village of Boyceville, Larry Zirgibel won an open seat on the board, incumbent Herb Dow was re-elected. Gilbert Krueger and Jo Palmer each had 53 votes each, and so their names were placed into a hat and Krueger’s name was drawn out so he will retain his board seat.
25 years ago
Tribune of March 20, 1991
Wilson Restaurateurs Jim Reich and Jane Mellum, who have owned and operated the Wilson Nite Club for the past eight years, are now the new owners of “The Coachman Supper Club” in Baldwin. The two said the restaraunt will be closed for five days for preparations, but will re-open Wednesday, March 27th, in time for lunch.
Debbie and Roger Schug were awarded a Quality Milk Awards plaque at the Mid-Am District 6 meeting at Clear Lake.
Major research in organ transplants between species will be conducted at UW-River Falls under one of many grants, gifts, and contracts approved recently by the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.
50 years ago
Tribune of May 26, 1966
The Rev. Ivan Schalla was installed as the new pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church at Forest at installation services held on Sunday evening, May 15.
Recently the Glenwood City fire department has been having difficulty in getting through to the fire telephones to learn the location of the fire, and reminds the public that the fire number should be used in emergencies only and only to report a fire or other emergency condition, and not the fire hall building itself.
The Columbus high school track team, coached by former Glenwood City star athlete Walter “Skog” Kroll, won the Catholic State “B” Class track championship held at Green Bay last Saturday.
60 years ago
Tribune of April 26, 1956
Dr. William K. English was honored by the Glenwood City Masonic Lodge for being a Mason for 50 years on April 15, 1956.
The county board of supervisors of St. Croix county, at their regular spring session held last week at the county house, voted to take drastic action to control the juvenile problem in the county that has been more prevalent along the Minnesota border. The board voted to prohibit the sale of beer to anyone under 21 years of age and set some stiff penalties for both the seller and the buyer.
A grass fire which burned along the road fence and field Tuesday afternoon destroyed the barn and pump house on the far of the Joe Heinl Estate on the north edge of the city. There was no one living on the place.
95 years ago
The Glenwood Tribune
March 24, 1921
“Lonesome Cove Farm, N.T. Haile; Knapp 3 miles; R.R.3; Breeder in Jersey Cattle” was the text of a neatly lettered sign over a swinging mail box which appeared in front of the Ward Hardware Co.’s store on Saturday. No, Mr. Haile had not moved his farm into Glenwood City, but Messrs. Wesley Denzer and R. J. A. Rossner had placed the sample there to demonstrate their new patent mail box outfit. These two local residents have been working all winter on their invention, a patent now being granted and they have six samples ready.
Joe Konder of Glenwood City has been named as a forward on the all-star tournament first team that was picked by the officials after the Menomonie meet last week.
The Tribune has just printed up a new supply of milk records, which include several improvements suggested to us by County Agent Knott. If you are not using these sheets, better come in and get some, as they are a great convenience in keeping tab on your dairy animals.
35 years ago
Boyceville Press Reporter
April 30, 1981
Statistics from the Department of Public Instruction indicate the percentage of students who drop out of high school before graduation is at least twice as high in Boyceville as it is in its neighboring school districts. For the 1979-80 school year 16 of the 290 high school students, or 5.5 percent, dropped out. This is compared to Colfax’s 1.6 percent, Elk Mound’s 1.4 percent, Glenwood City’s 2.4 percent, and Menomonie’s 2.6 percent.
Dropping out of high school leaves the mark of “F” for failure on a person’s record and that’s a liability in the job market, according to Boyceville high school officials. However, according to a Boyceville high school dropout, dropping out of high school to go to work full-time is the only sensible thing to do if a person wants to keep some sense of dignity and independence.
Queen Lori Lorenz, a sophomore, and King Bob Wyss, a junior, were crowned at Boyceville’s spring prom on April 24, 1981.