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Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
Viewing Records: 1,801 to 1,900 of 6,111
| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1932-10-20 | Dunphy Boat Works | Firm bankrupt. |
| 1932-10-19 | EC State Bank | Closed September 21, 1931. Paid 1st dividend 5%. |
| 1932-10-15 | Schwahn, AF & Sons | AF Schwahn died. History of company. |
| 1932-10-05 | EC Savings Bank | Pay 2nd dividend 5%. Another 5% was paid July 23, 1932. |
| 1932-09-09 | EC Cold Storage Corporation | Report best year in history. Making 1000 refrigerators for government. Added to line & make children's desks. Edward R. Roll Manager. |
| 1932-09-07 | Chamber of Commerce | City hostess. More. |
| 1932-09-07 | Sports | Marx loses to Kippy Anderson of EC. |
| 1932-08-19 | Union Savings Bank | Pay second dividend 10%. |
| 1932-08-18 | Bridges - EC River | Hoeppner-Bartlett awarded footbridge contract. |
| 1932-08-18 | Bridges - EC River | Hoeppner-Bartlett awarded footbridge contract. |
| 1932-08-17 | Country Club | Club house struck by lightning. |
| 1932-08-16 | Street Improvements | Hump on Dodge St. between Emery & Jones removed. |
| 1932-08-11 | Drownings | Ralph Chase, 21, drowned in Chippewa near city wells. |
| 1932-08-02 | Crime | Lone bandit held up Omaha station, got $423. |
| 1932-07-28 | City Growth | Salaries of five city officials cut; saves $1220. |
| 1932-07-26 | Street Improvements | Car tracks on eastide hill being removed. |
| 1932-07-23 | Drownings | Lauren, 13, son of Fred J. Rath, 1101 Menomonie St. drown at Half Moon Beach. |
| 1932-07-12 | School Board | School Board always bought 200 cords edgings for kindling in school furnaces, now supply exhausted near EC. |
| 1932-07-07 | Sports | Marx defends title. |
| 1932-07-07 | City Growth | Old planing mill of New Dells Lumber Co. sold to William Hertzfeldt to be torn down. Was behind offices of Co. on Platt St. |
| 1932-07-06 | City Growth | Building totals 1931 and 1932. Jan. $20,700/$16,100 (1931/1932), Feb. $58,800/$8,000. Mar. $188,180/$17,000, Apr. $65,865/$17,370, May $44,324/$39,030, June $64,650/$29,236. |
| 1932-06-30 | EC Savings Bank | Hearings on bank closing opened in Judge Blum's court. Officers did not exceed lines of credit. Officers changed 1927. New officers were TB Keith President, C. Charleson Vice President, Walker Roseberry Vice President & Cashier, CH Spaulding Assistant Cashier. Charlson was active head. Directors: TB Keith, Otto Von Schrader, EJ Lenmark, MB Hubbard, BG Proctor, AJ Keith, CH Hubbard. |
| 1932-06-28 | City Growth | Judge Cook rules out petitions-too many errors too few signatures & charges insufficient. |
| 1932-06-21 | City Growth | Recall petition against Stussy filed. |
| 1932-06-04 | Union Savings Bank | Ready to pay 10% to depositors. |
| 1932-05-31 | City Growth | EC Funeral Home located in large home at 814 Second Ave. |
| 1932-05-17 | City Growth | Citizens Taxpayer League issue petition to recall Mayor Stussy & Councilman WH Barnes in connection with Water Department difficulties. Sortomme backed Lauritzen for election & he won over Lockerby; also on water question. |
| 1932-05-05 | Crime | Oscar T. Benson, grocer at 1702 Omaha shot himslef. |
| 1932-04-29 | Crime | Otto Bothman, Merle Minto & Earl Isaacs get jail on liquor charges. |
| 1932-04-27 | Crime | EC men jailed on liquor charges. Places padlocked, 311 North Barstow (George Farrell & Rudolph Wendt) 131 North Barstow (Joe Fay) 316 North Farwell (Leo Bushman). Sentences: Jack Helman three months & $250, Joe Fay, Charles D. Williams three months & $200, Bushman two months & $100, Frank Blasins 30 days & $100. |
| 1932-04-20 | Wisconsin Telephone Company | New phonebooks will have new numbers. "J" & "W" dropped. All numbers will have four or five digits, dial tones to be introduced this year. |
| 1932-04-16 | Depression News | $69,339 paid out in unemployment relief since December 1931 raised by public subscription $19,000; State relief fund $26,287 & city treasury $24,102. Now all funds exhausted. Committee in charge was George J. Nash, Iver Walker, FW Anderson, RB Gillette, LG Arnold & AT Sands secretary. Projects were opening Gray & Doty Streets, filling Boyd Park, Gilber Ave (three blocks) Frederick St., Davis Beach, 1st, 3rd, 4th, Walnut streets, widening entrances to Carson Park & Rod & Gun Club, preparing baseball field, tennis courts & improving kitten ball field, Carson Park; diving towers at Half Moon, Davis Beach & Rod & Gun Beach & building paths around the lake. |
| 1932-04-10 | Northern States Power Co. | Last street cars abandoned, all busses. History. |
| 1932-04-03 | Band Box | Chester A. Christensen & Mrs. C. former Viola Welsh of EC open store 211 S. Barstow. Had worked for Continental Clothing Store. |
| 1932-03-29 | Crime | Two sentenced to five years for October Phillips robbery. |
| 1932-03-25 | Crime | Albert C. Knutson 39, slashed throat, wife in hospital. |
| 1932-03-18 | Paper Mill | Man killed. |
| 1932-03-18 | Crime | Harold, son of Ole H. Johnson, 815 Barland shot wife six times & cut own throat, left note saying he was tired of living. Harold 27, out of work. Had worked at A & P. |
| 1932-03-16 | City Growth | Last day of sale 320 North Barstow which store refused to pay taxes past due. Stock of paint will be auctioned off Saturday. |
| 1932-03-11 | Bark river Bridge & Culvert Co. | Ole Harstad president offer Co. 30 acres on EC River for park, at mouth of Bridge Creek. Harstad lives in Bark River, MI. |
| 1932-03-08 | Gillette Safety Tire Co., see also: US Rubber. | Output bigger than start of 1931. |
| 1932-03-03 | Presto (National Pressure Cooker Co.) | Add 150 men, run two 10-hour shifts. |
| 1932-03-03 | City Growth | Bonding firms pay city $15,241 which includes interest at 6% for city money lost in closing of Union Savings Bank. |
| 1932-02-20 | Street Improvements | Large quantities of Dunnville stone from the foundation walls of old building behind street car bars in Shawtown will be used for retaining wall at north end of Boyd Park which is being enlarged with fill of sand from excavation of Doty Street hill. |
| 1932-02-13 | Crime | Henry standwick & son Leonard 23, 511 Galloway operators of sporting goods store charged with receiving stolen goods. Property totaling $1,329 found in store, plead not guilty. Apripl 15, 1932 both sentenced one year. |
| 1932-02-11 | Depression News | Council extends tax payment to June 1. |
| 1932-02-09 | Crime | Thieves steal $4,000 of cigarettes & cigars from Phillips & Sons, used company truck to cart away. Several hundred dollars stolen from same warehouse last October. |
| 1932-02-03 | Normal School | Article. |
| 1932-01-22 | Parks | Work on Davis Beach (named for President of Dells Paper Co.) bath house begun by men on relief. Bricks from old power station to be used. |
| 1932-01-17 | Deaf and Dumb School | History of Jennie Smith and Deaf and Dumb classes. |
| 1932-01-14 | Street Improvements | To grade & pave Haymarket & mark into parking stalls. R. F. Wilson heirs sued city to reclaim property, but city settled, paying $1,750 for clear title with no strings attached. |
| 1932-01-13 | Wisconsin Telephone Company | Linemen electrocuted. |
| 1932-01-08 | Street Improvements | 1st Ave. widened & graded from Mappa to old Omaha right of way fill coming from hill at 5th & Walnut. |
| 1932-01-02 | Street Improvements | Opening Gray & Doty hills to provide jobs. |
| 1932-01-02 | City Growth | Building totals 1929-$1,356,148; 1930-$1,042,279; 1931-$653,172. Homes built 1930-103; 1931-71. Relief budget $65,000 for 1931; $40,000 for 1930; $28,000 for 1929. |
| 1932-01-01 | Northern States Power Co. | Altoona bus line opens. |
| 1932-01-01 | Parks | City buys 12 lots for $00 and Dells Paper give 8 lots to extend bathing beach. Road also shore referred to as "old pike." City now owns shoreline from Gelhaar lot to north to old power house site on the south. |
| 1931-11-30 | Ferries | From Barstow St. a long sandy road led down to the ferry owned and operated by Uncle Billy Gans. This ferry was sort of a scow planked over to accomodate 3 or 4 teams. It had a railing on the up river and down river sides and a long string of buoys or floats on a rope and extending up stream to a pier out on the river. From the last buoy near the boat, a line extended to each end of the boat and fastened to a windlass. When the ferry was to start for the west side for instance, the rope on the west end of the boat was wound up until that end pointed up river. The current striking the side of the boat as it slanted propelled it forward toward the west side. To return the action was reversed. The motion of course was only as rapid as the current, and the trip across used up 15 or 20 minutes. When the river was full of logs or when ice was running in the spring, the trip was exciting enough to suit the most adventurous. There were always 2 or 3 boats tied to the down river side ready for any emergency and we boys thought it was great fun to get in these and ride over and back. A long approach to the ferry led slanting down the high bank on the west side and at the top you faced Billy Gan's house which was square in shape and located in a large square lot with trees and a picket fence in front. This house, or part of it is still in existance, having been moved and chaged and used in the construction of a residence on Second Ave. (Still there in 1973, 747 Second Ave.) |
| 1931-12-20 | Drownings | Norman, son Palmer Peterson 512 Hobart, 11 years, drown when broke through ice on Dells Pond. |
| 1931-12-20 | EC State Bank | Sell old bank building 209-215 South Barstow to LG Arnold & HL Culver, no price given. |
| 1931-12-19 | Depression News | 150 working on city relief jobs. |
| 1931-12-18 | Wisconsin Central Railroad | Half ton coal per night stolen during cold spell. Milwaukee Road sending special officer to investigate. 3 arrested. |
| 1931-12-15 | Stacy Fruit Co. | New $2,500,000 group formed by General Fruit Co. Stacy Fruit one unit of new Palmer-Stacy-Merrill, Inc. |
| 1931-11-28 | Depression News | Work on 1st relief project starts, opening Gray St. hill, wage scale $.30 an hour for eight-hour day & $5 a day for man & team. |
| 1931-11-26 | Street Improvements | State refused approval of river drive plan. |
| 1931-11-20 | Street Improvements | Agitation for scenic drive along river. |
| 1931-11-14 | City Growth | City to receive $43,485 from share of gas tax to take place of money formerly received from autos when they were listed as personal property. |
| 1931-11-11 | Crime | Two young men hold up Direct Oil Co., take $50. |
| 1931-11-11 | Girl Scouts | Troop puts out forest fire on Lowes Creek. More. |
| 1931-10-16 | Street Improvements | Paving from Fall Creek to EC on Highway 12 done. |
| 1931-10-13 | Cameron Meadows | Good article. |
| 1931-10-02 | Union Savings Bank | Nels Hanshus appointed special Deputy Commissioner for bank's affairs. |
| 1931-10-02 | Depression News | Family Service says overcoats & warm cloths badly needed. |
| 1931-10-02 | Community Chest | Plans for relief funds revised downwards. More. |
| 1931-10-02 | EC State Bank | Gordon Gunderson of Colfax appointed special deputy by State Banking Commission to take charge of affairs. |
| 1931-09-24 | Hale, EM Co. | Of Milwaukee, Columbus, Ohio & EC. Publishing books. |
| 1931-09-23 | Wisconsin Refrigerator Factory | New company reopens plant. Much more. |
| 1931-09-22 | Union National Bank | Three banks now closed leaving only Union National Bank. Issued statement "We have no borrowed money, do not owe a dollar, have immediate cash resources of $1,500,000. Many still in line to withdraw when bank closed. Some left when President Wheeler spoke from balcony assuring people bank would open 9am tomorrow. |
| 1931-09-22 | Union Savings Bank | Withdrawals cause crisis, directors decide to close when learned State Bank would not open. |
| 1931-09-22 | EC State Bank | Formed by recent merger of State Bank of EC & EC National Bank. Had deposits of $3,901,688 on June 30. Closed today when learned Union Savings Bank would not open & feared run. Continued heavy withdrawals of over 1/4 million since closing of EC Savings Bank. City formerly had six banks, Security State Bank & EC National merged with State Bank of EC. Had to keep cash reserve by borrowing money since EC Savings Bank closed. Had been negotiating with Northwest Bank Corporation for selling assets when word came that London had abandoned gold standard--negotiations terminated. State Bank of EC was organized 1920. Rapid growth after moving to new SAF Building, later merged with EC National Bank. EC National Bank was organized 1882. |
| 1931-09-18 | School Board | 6,000 students enrolled in public & parochial school. |
| 1931-09-18 | Lumbering | History of Dells planing mill. |
| 1931-09-17 | Depression News | Poor relief increasing $4,311 spent by city during August. Total $43,000 since January 1. |
| 1931-09-10 | EC Savings Bank | Peter Schlosser appointed Special Deputy Commissioner of defunct bank. |
| 1931-09-05 | Street Improvements | Garnock Construction Co. awarded contract for removing street car tracks & ties on northside & 3rd W. |
| 1931-09-05 | Family Service | Budget $16,125. Bailey Ramsdall president; Hale treasurer. |
| 1931-09-02 | Depression News | Movement to raise $100,000 job fund in city started by Community Chest group. Appointed to committies wer RW Owen, Mrs. Steven, MT Lange, CB Reynolds, Alden Losby, Judge James Wickham, Anna Jacobs Budget; Finance NB Nelson, GV Rork, WA Kaiser, George B. Wheeler & Mrs. AH Shoemaker. |
| 1931-09-01 | Airplane Stunts and Parachuting | [Genevieve Dixon] died age 27. More. |
| 1931-08-30 | Phoenix Furniture Co. | Plant closed, lack of working capital & business slump cited. Celebrated for two big lines, saloon & church furniture. |
| 1931-08-22 | Presto (National Pressure Cooker Co.) | Business up 50% over last year. |
| 1931-08-22 | Banking and Currency, see also: Depression for Ban | EC State Bank & Union Savings Bank failed to open leaving only Union National Bank in EC. |
| 1931-08-19 | Depression News | University study shows EC has less business decrease of any city in WI, 2.9%. |
| 1931-08-19 | Hillcrest | Four new holes must be made because Highway 12 rerouted. |
| 1931-08-14 | Northern States Power Co. | Busses change stops at four corners. |
| 1931-08-14 | Woman's Club | (Twenty years ago) drinking fountain won by WC. |
| 1931-07-31 | Walters Brewery | Plant idle for four years, to be operated by W Rager of Milwaukee. |
| 1931-07-24 | Street Improvements | Dewey bridge accepted by city. Contractors bid was $67,000. Get $720 extra bonus for finishing 24 days ahead of schedule. |
| 1931-07-18 | Depression News | 384 people out of work in EC. Employment establimated at 10,000. |
| 1931-07-14 | EC Savings Bank | Suspended by State Banking Board. Affairs put in hands of State Banking Department. Deposits had dropped steadily since January. Deposits January $952,720 to $733,554 as of June 30. |
| 1931-07-09 | EC Grocery Co. | Affiliating with Slocum-Bergren Co. of Minneapolis, which operates Red & White plan of distribution. CE Shane President. Enlarging facilities. |