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Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
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| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1931-07-04 | Wisconsin Central Railroad | Gondola type freight car loaded with sand 500' north of Birch St. Viaduct got loose when loading crane pulled off brake wheel. Car started down slight grade gathering speed. 2 men on car, C. B. McMillan & William Ott jumped off, tried to run ahead and throw switch but car was traveling 60 miles per hour. All that prevented car |
| 1931-07-03 | Junior chamber of Commerce | Sponsor pageant. |
| 1931-07-02 | Sports | Lamoin Batson teaching Red Cross life saving course. |
| 1931-07-02 | City Growth | Building projects in June $67,350 increase of $23,000 over May. Total 1931 to date $441,222, same period 1930 was $612,391. |
| 1931-06-14 | Methodist Church | Building sold to Immanuel Lutheran Congregation. Merged one year ago. |
| 1931-06-06 | EC National Bank | Merger ratified. William C. Tufts President, Thomas B. Keith Chairman of the Board, EJ Lenmark Vice President, Otto Von Schrader Vice President, NA Schaaf Assistant Cashier. John Bauman & CW Dinger also Vice Presidents, KR Kuehl Cashier. |
| 1931-05-12 | Drownings | Herman Hermanson 66, found dead on river bank at Emery St., drowned after falling into river. |
| 1931-05-12 | City Growth | City has 79 manufacturing establishments employ 3,452: wages #4,931,442 & value of products $22,956,254 in 1929. |
| 1931-05-07 | EC National Bank | Mergers with State Bank of EC. New institution has $4 million resources, will move to quarters of State Bank in new S.A.F. Building. |
| 1931-05-05 | Dunphy Boat Works | $100,000 blaze destroys plant. |
| 1931-05-02 | Chippewa Falls | Captain Jeremiah M. Turner of Burlington, Iowa writes of his memories of the boat during Civil War. |
| 1931-04-29 | Community Chest | Central Council of Social Agencies approve plan. |
| 1931-04-21 | Street Improvements | Dewey St. extension to open between Main & Jones. |
| 1931-04-14 | Methodist Church | 1200 pound stone cross fell from peak of roof. |
| 1931-04-11 | City Growth | Valuation of city cut over million dollars by new road law. |
| 1931-04-10 | EC Sand & Gravel. | Building new plant. |
| 1931-04-02 | City Growth | March building highest in three years: Jan. $20,000, Feb. $53,800, Mar. $189,180 (1931), Jan. $50,800, Feb. $28,200, Mar. $53,751 (1930), Jan. $43,800, Feb. $18,500, $57,650 (1929). |
| 1931-03-26 | City Growth | City did retail business over $16,000,000 in 1929. Population 26,287. 366 retail stores in EC, yearly payroll $1,661,035 with 1,384 men & women employed fulltime. |
| 1931-03-22 | Wisconsin Telephone Company | Hoeppner-Bartlett awarded contract for new telephone building to cost around $825,000, including equipment. |
| 1931-03-21 | City Growth | City Band has first practice. Louis Altman of CF, director. |
| 1931-03-11 | Gillette Safety Tire Co., see also: US Rubber. | Back on three eight-hour shifts, had been curtailed. |
| 1931-03-03 | Barager-Webster | Fire causes $8,000 damage. |
| 1931-02-12 | Wisconsin Refrigerator Factory | $20,000 fire damages one wing. |
| 1931-02-08 | Street Improvements | Dewey St. bridge wrecked to make way for new concrete one. Was built 1888. |
| 1931-02-08 | Bridges - EC River | Dewey St. bridge wrecked to make way for new concrete one, was built 1888. |
| 1931-02-01 | EC Hotel | Larry Reynolds improved hotel. |
| 1931-01-22 | Banking and Currency, see also: Depression for Ban | Bank clearings 16% under year ago. |
| 1931-01-22 | Banking and Currency, see also: Depression for Ban | Bank clearings 16% under year ago. |
| 1931-01-18 | Gillette Safety Tire Co., see also: US Rubber. | US Rubber Co. buys shares in Gillette. Policies & officers remain same. |
| 1931-01-17 | Crime | Body of new born baby in water about 10 days found in Half Moon. |
| 1931-01-10 | Depression News | Family Service spent $1,800 in relief in December. Louise Wilcox working three or four hours a day free to help Miss Berou & Miss Jeanette Craney. |
| 1931-01-02 | WTAQ | Madman damages equipment, broadcast interrupted. |
| 1931-01-02 | City Growth | Construction 1930 over million mark ($300,000 less than 1929) 103 new homes. Buildings are SAF building, Bank building, St. Patrick's school & gym & improvements at Sacred Heart hospital. Average values of homes $3,796. Fewer marrriages than any years since 1920. |
| 1931-01-02 | Security State Bank | Consolidated with State Bank of EC last year. |
| 1930-12-25 | City Growth | City Council votes $25,000 to repair Grand Ave. bridge. |
| 1930-12-25 | Depression News | City Council extends tax payment time one month without interest because of unemployment & depression. Post Office does largest Christmas business ever. |
| 1930-12-25 | Northern States Power Co. | Council permits Northern States Power Co. to discontinue 3rd Ward Omaha Depot & Pinehurst St. cars & substitute busses. |
| 1930-12-24 | Northern States Power Co. | Names motormen. |
| 1930-12-23 | Parks | City crews continue to clean up park. Estimate 1,000 trees down at Carson from summer tornado. |
| 1930-12-21 | EC Airways, Inc. | Reorganized. Davis President, ER Culver Hamilton VP, Simpson Chief Pilot, Secretary & General Manager; to build new steel hanger for eight planes & flying club organized. |
| 1930-12-17 | Depression News | Building tradesman decide on 30-32 hours a week to spread work around. |
| 1930-12-16 | St. Patricks Church | New high school & gym dedicated. |
| 1930-12-14 | Union National Bank Building | Most tenants now in new building. Long article. |
| 1930-12-14 | Union National Bank | Moving to new building. Bartlett was President until 1911. Ingram 1911-1914, George B. Wheeler since 1914. More about location & early officers. Other personnel are: Edwin, J Oin, George M. Sperstad, Percy Kosmo, Einar Chilgren, Bertil Lundquist, Arnold Knutson, Laurence Nelson, Louise McMillan, Lucile Schoenbeck, Margaret Rud, Virginia Howie, Opal Towel, Mildred Larson, John Cummings. |
| 1930-12-13 | Crime | Merrill Smith, also known as Merle given nine years at Waupun, McSorley given five years. |
| 1930-12-13 | Depression News | Fire Chief Welsh announced firemen would repair toys. Salvation Army to distribute. |
| 1930-12-10 | Crime | Ralph "Clink" West, 21, & Merle Smith of EC confess shooting bartender at Taylor's Corners in August. Bernard McSorley 25, & Merle Smith held up road house in Stevens Point. All have police records. |
| 1930-12-07 | Banking and Currency, see also: Depression for Ban | Five banks in EC to pay $52,000 in Christmas savings. |
| 1930-12-07 | Banking and Currency, see also: Depression for Ban | Five Banks in EC to pay $52,000 in Christmas savings. |
| 1930-12-07 | Service League | Organized last summer. More. |
| 1930-12-02 | Parks | Opening warming house at Half Moon; to have second rink at Boyd and considering one at Teacher's College. |
| 1930-12-02 | Depression News | Elks collect potatoes at children's movie, distribute to needy. |
| 1930-11-20 | School Board | County Board voted to house crippled children on 1st floor rural normal school. |
| 1930-11-20 | Retarded and Crippled Children | County Board voted to house crippled children's school on 1st floor of Rural Normal School. |
| 1930-11-18 | Lumbering | History of New Dells location. |
| 1930-11-11 | Depression News | Chamber of Commerce will act as clearing house for unemployed, people should register. |
| 1930-11-06 | Dunphy Boat Works | Adding new department to build truck bodies. |
| 1930-10-28 | Depression News | First mention of thrift sale. 200 women working on Community Thrift Sale at M.E. (Methodist Episcopal) church. 1/4 proceeds goes to Family Service & balance to Woman's Community building. |
| 1930-10-11 | Crime | Robert Johns, jailbreaker here captured in NE. Gets 40 years for murder, robbery & many other crimes. |
| 1930-09-27 | Northern States Power Co. | Dells dam taken over by Northern States Power Co. More than 1/2 million evaluation. |
| 1930-09-27 | Buri Bakery | Same personnel at EC Baking Co., Buri President, Treasurer, & General Manager. |
| 1930-09-27 | EC Baking Co. | Same personnel at Buri Sunlit Bakery. |
| 1930-09-16 | Galloway Hotel | Grand Commercial Hotel Co. operators of Commercial Hotel on north side bought Galloway. Ed J. Hancock owned it. Gustave Dehnke President, ED G. Kuehl Vice President, Earl K. Kuehl Secretary & Treasurer. |
| 1930-09-02 | Drownings | Howard, 15, son of Marie Westphal 206 1/2 Gibson, drown in deep hole at five-mile dam. |
| 1930-09-02 | Sports | Marx defended championship 4th time. |
| 1930-08-31 | Drownings | Thomas Benson 45, 662 WI St. drowned at five-mile dam in July, making three EC people drown in six weeks. |
| 1930-08-23 | Crime | Grover Burns, 29, after two years at Waupun elopes with a guard's daughter. Girl's father stopped couple. Burns former employee of EC Hotel, was divorced last May. |
| 1930-08-22 | Depression News | Drought burns 95% of pastures, milk production drops 25%. Corn canning only 1/2 usual crop. |
| 1930-08-17 | Drownings | Student nurse killed when she broke neck diving from boat house into shallow water at end Germania. |
| 1930-08-17 | EC Sand & Gravel. | Buildings burned to ground. |
| 1930-08-13 | Crime | John (Diamond) King 30, on probation. Orville Olson, August Ausman, George Farmer & Alyosious Peeso got one year. |
| 1930-08-09 | Crime | Jail break here by George Phillips, 19, alias Robert Johns, Iowa parole violator & suspected bank robber. Pried 18 inch section of water pipe off wall & used as leverage to pry open door, etc. |
| 1930-08-09 | Presto (National Pressure Cooker Co.) | Woman wins suit when cooker blew up. |
| 1930-08-06 | Crime | Diamond King found, indicated he would plead guilty, other three sentenced for intent to do great bodily harm in attempted robbery of Bateman store last February. |
| 1930-08-05 | Drownings | Three children of Albert Harris 1629 Menomonie St. rescued from river at Big Falls. One child four years old drowned. Ralph Robbins 619 Talmadge, Irma Burdt 910 Lee & Floyd Stokes 14th St. effect rescue. |
| 1930-08-02 | City Growth | Divorce rate rapidly gaining on marriages; 117 marriages in county in last seven months, 26 divorces. An increase of 2.6% in marriages in year & 73 increase in divorces. |
| 1930-08-01 | Street Improvements | Dodge St. hill to be paved with old bricks from N. Barstow St. |
| 1930-07-31 | Sacred Heart Church | Fire in school. |
| 1930-07-30 | Crime | Thief stole gold from offices of four dentists; Doctors SA Douglas, HI Engdal, RC Ferguson, CT Lewiston. Also tried to enter offices of Doctors WR Anderson, AL Nelson & JE Waldron, but failed. |
| 1930-07-26 | EC Airways, Inc. | Simpson resigned. Pilots L Hamilton & AS Ward will carry on work. |
| 1930-07-24 | Gun Club | Bath house and diving tour on west side of Half Moon. |
| 1930-07-23 | Girl Scouts | Day Camp to be in Ingrams woods. |
| 1930-07-22 | Drownings | Harold, son of George Gilbertson drowned Half Moon Lake. |
| 1930-07-20 | Parks | Volunteers cleaning up Dells Beach. |
| 1930-07-12 | Amusements | Gilbert Haag making 1 acre miniature golf course at Putnam Drive & S. Farwell. |
| 1930-07-10 | High School | Sam Davey, principal. |
| 1930-07-09 | Depression News | Bank deposits rise $160,257 in six months in EC. |
| 1930-07-02 | City Growth | Building total six months $610,590; one year ago $648,345. |
| 1930-07-01 | Depression News | EC leads in unemployed persons in census district. 489 people without work & able to work. |
| 1930-06-17 | Weather | River level 12 1/2'. Part of highway 85 near Caryville under water. 27 homes in and near EC damaged by tornado. All telephone service south and east of EC paraylyzed. Roads under 12" water in some place. |
| 1930-06-14 | Weather | Tornado struck city last night. Property loss estimated $500,000 to 1,000,000 here. Centered on north side and ninth ward. Red Cross set up headquarters in YMCA. Electricity off 2 hours, 10 known injured here. Storm came from west. 10 known dead at Menomonie. |
| 1930-06-13 | State Bank of EC | Having open house at new location in SAF building. Tufts President, Anderson Vice President, KR Kuehl Cashier & AC Koneasny Cashier. Directors are: Anderson, EG Hoeppner, FH Bartlett, RH Loether, John Bauman, MP Beach, RW Owen, WC Tufts, SR Davis, ER Volkman. |
| 1930-06-11 | Normal School | |
| 1930-06-11 | County Normal School (Rural Normal) | Graduating last class. |
| 1930-06-08 | Cameron Meadows | Lease land to Vacuum Oil Co. struck oil. |
| 1930-05-29 | Street Improvements | N. Barstow widened 8' by cutting down sidewalk paved by Carnock Construction Co. |
| 1930-05-29 | Street Improvements | North Barstow widened 8' by cutting down sidewalk. Paved by Carnock Construction Co. |
| 1930-05-24 | Lumbering | Abandoned Kaiser mill burned. |
| 1930-05-16 | School Board | School police formed. |
| 1930-05-15 | St. Patricks Church | Celebration. |