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Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
Viewing Records: 101 to 200 of 6,111
| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1953-05-16 | Wahl Trunk Factory | History of company. Firm moved to Schofield. |
| 1953-05-16 | Airport | Federal allocation of $15,000 from CAA frozen, City will make improvements anyway. |
| 1953-05-13 | Fires | 7 claims files against city in brush fire. |
| 1953-05-13 | Weather | Heavy storm & tornado does damage at Rodel & along 27 north to north end of EC Co. Co. Agent, Willard Hamm asks for volunteers to clean up. |
| 1953-05-12 | Northern States Power Co. | Rork retires, Stuart V Wilson Succeeds. Lists EC directors. |
| 1953-05-07 | Korean War | Sergeant George H. Zich in Korea. |
| 1953-05-06 | Korean War | Lieutenant (jg) Gerald A. Rost returned from Korea. |
| 1953-05-06 | Korean War | |
| 1953-05-04 | Korean War | Private First Class Bernard F. Blodgett wounded. |
| 1953-05-04 | Korean War | John E. Olinger on air craft carrier in Korean waters. |
| 1953-05-03 | School Board | Sherman Creek School new. |
| 1953-05-01 | Korean War | Jack W. Jenny on air craft carrier in Korean waters. |
| 1953-05-01 | Baseball | Bears return, Rex Carr, manager. |
| 1953-04-27 | Korean War | Captain Bernard W. Kyes gets Distinguished Flying Cross. Has 7 Oak Leaf Clusters for medal. |
| 1953-04-27 | Lange Canning Co. | HT Lange Co. to quit. History. |
| 1953-04-24 | Korean War | Private First Class Evan K. Wahl promoted to Corporal. |
| 1953-04-22 | Fires | Hundreds fight brush fire at State St. and Lowes Creek. |
| 1953-04-13 | Korean War | Lieutenant Richard Hearden. |
| 1953-04-11 | Crime | Crime trend up nationally, ebbing in EC past three years. Garmire credits "car key law." |
| 1953-04-03 | Korean War | Sergeant Gerald L. Iverson |
| 1953-03-28 | Eau Claire County | Picture of Binder house, 710 Barstow. Jeff Binder bought house in 1878 and added to it making a hotel. Sold in 1893 to Thomas Powell who had a grocery store in what was then Powell Block. Building being wrecked while new $950,000 County office building & jail being built. (More about Binder). |
| 1953-03-27 | Korean War | Private Richard Eick and Corporal David Satre meet in Korea, next door neighbors in EC. |
| 1953-03-26 | Korean War | David Satre made Corporal. Private first class Thomas Kerry wounded last December. |
| 1953-03-24 | Presto (National Pressure Cooker Co.) | Company gets $1,793,600 shell contract. |
| 1953-03-23 | Weather | Severe wind storm injures 3 does thousands dollars damage. |
| 1953-03-13 | Korean War | Dr. Richard Egdahl, USN returned from Korea. |
| 1953-03-05 | School Board | Building program announced, 6 new structures $1,200,000. 2 to begin this year Keith & Rist and 8th St. between Folsum & Truax Blvd. To cost $213,000 each. Also new all purpose room at Davey for $40,000. Next year 7 room school in Putnam Heights. EC now has 10 elementary schools, total 109 classrooms based on 39 children per room. |
| 1953-03-04 | EC Clinic | Moved into Union National Bank building. 1929. |
| 1953-02-27 | Gillette Safety Tire Co., see also: US Rubber. | Kurt Stubenvall Manager. Steve Andrews succeeds. |
| 1953-02-26 | Korean War | Marine Corporal Gordon Olson, Captain Jerome Becker, jet pilot. |
| 1953-02-24 | Presto (National Pressure Cooker Co.) | Arrests and sentencing. Also the 25th, 27th, March 5, 11 & 25 |
| 1953-02-23 | Korean War | Captain Charles J. Kling killed. |
| 1953-02-18 | Presto (National Pressure Cooker Co.) | Police arrest three in larceny ring at Presto. |
| 1953-02-14 | Korean War | Captain James W. Bailey vet WWII and 10 months Korea. |
| 1953-02-11 | Korean War | Staff Serfeant Donald L. Davenport meritorious service ribbon. |
| 1953-02-08 | Korean War | Corporal Irwin K. Smemo, Donald W. Klawiter, seaman USN. |
| 1953-02-06 | Sports | EC boys sign with baseball leagues. |
| 1953-02-05 | Korean War | Corporal Robert E. Wright. |
| 1953-01-31 | Korean War | Marine Private First Class David Hulbert returned. |
| 1953-01-27 | Girls Club | Moved from hotel, being wrecked. |
| 1953-01-21 | Korean War | Private First Class Thomas Perry wounded in action. |
| 1953-01-17 | Korean War | Sergeant First Class Steven Govin gets 2nd Oak Cluster. |
| 1953-01-13 | Korean War | Corporal Kermit Polhamus. |
| 1953-01-12 | Presto (National Pressure Cooker Co.) | Haney, Vice President, dies. |
| 1953-01-09 | Peters Meats. | St. Paul firm buys out Schwahns & Sons Co. & Schwahn's Packing Co. of Chippewa Falls. Has been combined with Clairmont Meat Products Co. Pire, the President of Clairmont, is President & General Manager. |
| 1953-01-07 | Korean War | Marine Private First Class Thomas J. Perry wounded. Ensign Thomas C. Biesterveld missing since April 1951 given 2nd Flying Cross. |
| 1953-01-05 | U.S. Rubber Company, see also: Gillette | Peter Kloss dead of head injuries. |
| 1953-01-05 | Crime | John Heinzke, blind man hunted for robbing wife's father of $1,049. Wife's father (Nick Smuddy) operates Dor Smith Café. No body found in murder he confessed to in 1948. February 12, gives self up in MO. March 19, 1953 sentenced to Waupun. |
| 1953-01-03 | Weather | Last year one of driest on record. Total precipitation 24.35" (normal 32.68) driest 1910 with 16.71" other dry years.: 1894, 1895, 1898, 1933, 1936, & 1948. Wettest: 1938 with 54.86". |
| 1953-01-03 | City Growth | Pine Place addition opened. |
| 1953-01-02 | Presto (National Pressure Cooker Co.) | Change name. |
| 1953-01-02 | Martin Motors | Produce heavy duty "20", "40", "60" & "100". Output sufficient to cover only 60% of potential sales. |
| 1953-01-01 | Korean War | Staff Sergeant John C. Roundwater. |
| 1952-12-29 | School Board | Robbins, Black & Riverview schools enlarged. |
| 1952-12-29 | World War II | Eleven units sold. More. |
| 1952-12-27 | Korean War | Private Dale B. Kunce, Sergeant Robert Poppe Bronze Star. |
| 1952-12-26 | Korean War | Private Gail A. Powers, Private Bernon R. Thalacker, Private First Class Rolland E. Veitch. |
| 1952-12-24 | Weather | EC coldest spot in United States. -30. |
| 1952-12-22 | Korean War | Lieutenant Arthur M. Rigg. |
| 1952-12-20 | Korean War | Private First Class Gail A. Powers. |
| 1952-12-19 | Korean War | Private First Class Gerald Gibbard. |
| 1952-12-19 | Presto (National Pressure Cooker Co.) | Electrical workers strike, 3rd day. |
| 1952-12-15 | Korean War | Colonel Charles G. Fuller. |
| 1952-12-13 | Korean War | Private Norman O. Johnson. |
| 1952-12-12 | Korean War | Phillip A. Rogstad USN. |
| 1952-12-11 | Korean War | Marine Major Walter R. Bartosh jet pilot. |
| 1952-12-10 | Korean War | Sergeant First Class Steven P. Govin won Oak Leaf Cluster. |
| 1952-12-06 | Korean War | Captain Mernard K. Kyes bomber pilot. |
| 1952-12-04 | World War II | Tenants notified. |
| 1952-12-01 | Korean War | Corporal Clarence Williams returning from Korea. |
| 1952-11-29 | City Growth | Graph shows city tax levies 1947-1953. |
| 1952-11-29 | City Growth | Editorial on why city budget is higher. |
| 1952-11-26 | Korean War | Private First Class David Zell and Private First Class George H. Zich in Korea. |
| 1952-11-25 | Korean War | Sergeant Dale Rasmussen home. |
| 1952-11-20 | Korean War | Sergeant Richard M. Loomis on leave. Robert R. Poppe promoted to Sergeant Major Jack Brusbert missing 2 years, fate unknown. |
| 1952-11-15 | Weather | Light rain here after 3 months dry. |
| 1952-11-13 | Weather | Prolonged drought Chippewa & tributaries at record lows. NSP obtaining power from steam plants at other places. |
| 1952-11-11 | Galloway Hotel | City buys for parking ramp. History. |
| 1952-11-11 | Galloway Hotel | City purchases site for parking lot for $110,000 payable in five annual installments. More. |
| 1952-11-08 | Korean War | Private First Class Omar C. Christianson and Private First Class Harold Stabenow wounded. |
| 1952-11-04 | Girls Club | Girls Club cafeteria in Galloway Hotel moving. History. |
| 1952-10-31 | Korean War | Private First Class Allen R. Wilbur. |
| 1952-10-30 | Korean War | Captain Jack Mittlestadt wins Bronze Star. |
| 1952-10-21 | Korean War | Marine Major Walter R. Bartosh in Korea. |
| 1952-10-11 | Korean War | Corporal John W. Riphenberg, Private First Class Jerry Myhers. |
| 1952-10-11 | Street Improvements | South part highway 53 widened. |
| 1952-10-06 | Airport | Pilot Everett L. Johnson, 44 Wheaton IL died. |
| 1952-10-03 | Airport | Light plane crashes at airport when wind tipped it. Two IL men seriously hurt. |
| 1952-10-03 | Korean War | Private First Class Robert G. Repaal. |
| 1952-09-25 | Korean War | Captain Loren G. DuBois killed. Buried Arlington. |
| 1952-09-10 | Korean War | Corporal Robert D. Poppe receives Soldier's Medal for aiding wounded comrade. |
| 1952-09-09 | Korean War | Lieutenant James F. Stensrud has Bronze Star and 2 other medals. |
| 1952-09-06 | Korean War | Private Gerald L. Iverson. |
| 1952-09-05 | Korean War | Lieutenant Jack Dinkel's son John gets fathers DSC. |
| 1952-09-03 | Community Chest | Goal $98,255. Oct. 10 report Dec. 11 total $85,654. |
| 1952-09-02 | Korean War | Arnold L. Woodforn USN. |
| 1952-08-29 | Crime | Emil Han, 29, pleads guilty to theft at filling station last March 5. September 30, given 3-15 years at penitentiary. |
| 1952-08-28 | Korean War | Private Dennis G. Watson and Corporal Robert C. Bauer. |
| 1952-08-25 | Korean War | Private First Class David O. Satre. |
| 1952-08-20 | Korean War | Captain Charles H. Posz wins 2nd award, Oak cluster. |