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Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
Viewing Records: 201 to 300 of 6,111
| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1952-08-17 | Korean War | Private George H. Zich (?) |
| 1952-08-13 | School Board | Council buys 35 acres Keith & Fairfax. |
| 1952-08-13 | High School | Council buys 35 acres land for new school. |
| 1952-08-09 | Korean War | Private Marshall Erickson (?) |
| 1952-08-01 | Presto (National Pressure Cooker Co.) | Get $3,260,000 shell contract. |
| 1952-07-28 | Korean War | Captain Richard E. Otto killed in plane crash in Florida. |
| 1952-07-26 | Presto (National Pressure Cooker Co.) | Maintenance men walkout. July 27 settled. |
| 1952-07-17 | City Growth | Survey shows EC families income above US average, EC $5,068, US $4,929. Sales volume EC stores $50,046,000, in 1950 was $46,801,000. County has 16,200 families. |
| 1952-07-16 | Korean War | Marine Jack Biesterveld in Korea. |
| 1952-07-14 | Presto (National Pressure Cooker Co.) | Reopen Lakeside Aluminum plant in Menomonie. |
| 1952-07-08 | Korean War | Private First Class Merval Rude; body of Sergeant Jack J. Stai returned. |
| 1952-07-02 | Korean War | Private Louis A. Thompson (?) |
| 1952-07-01 | Korean War | Lieutenant Jack Bullis re-assigned. |
| 1952-06-30 | Wisconsin Telephone Company | EL Dexter retires as commercial manager after 44 years of service. |
| 1952-06-30 | Korean War | Captain Dale Hamilton to return to Korea. |
| 1952-06-27 | Korean War | Private First Class Lyle G. Becker returned from Korea. |
| 1952-06-26 | City Growth | New City Manager, David B. Rowland from PA, salary $10,000. |
| 1952-06-26 | Korean War | Marine Private First Class Victor R. Bahr (?) |
| 1952-06-24 | Weather | Windstorm uproots trees & Lenmark garage, block wide tornado goes through Lowes Creek area. |
| 1952-06-24 | Civilian Defense | John Procter in charge 24-hour sky watch. Has 100 observers, need 168. |
| 1952-06-22 | Boy Scouts | $300,000 camp dedicated. |
| 1952-06-21 | Eau Claire County | County Board buys JH Waggoner property just south of new jail. |
| 1952-06-21 | Korean War | Private First Class Adrian N. Schobler in Korea. |
| 1952-06-20 | Korean War | Corporal James Stygar wounded. |
| 1952-06-18 | Presto (National Pressure Cooker Co.) | Get new fuse contract. |
| 1952-06-17 | Music | "Four Teens" barbershop singers new world champions. |
| 1952-06-14 | County Normal School (Rural Normal) | Abandoned about 1932 when State Teacher's College offered same courses. Being torn down. |
| 1952-06-13 | Weather | Rain, electrical storm, heavy damage. Chippewa Co. hit. |
| 1952-06-09 | Eau Claire County | Wreck old Courthouse annex which was built as County rural normal school. |
| 1952-06-09 | Eau Claire County | Wreck old courthouse annex which was built as county rural normal school. |
| 1952-06-09 | Korean War | Private John W. Riphenburg won combat badge. |
| 1952-06-09 | Korean War | Marine Private First Class Jack A. Meyers in Korea. |
| 1952-06-06 | World War II | Vet's housing goes out of existence. More. |
| 1952-05-25 | Korean War | Corporal William Marsh returning. |
| 1952-05-24 | Korean War | Jack Stai killed in Korea. |
| 1952-05-21 | Crime | Prisoner escapes through ventilator opening in old County jail. Norman Hoyt picked out frame & jumped 20 feet to ground. Captured at friend's home in Veterans Housing. |
| 1952-04-11 | Weather | 8 above. Lowest record since 1901. |
| 1952-04-05 | Drownings | Bobby Holstein, 10, slipped from under Madison St. bridge & drowned, body lost. |
| 1952-03-29 | Weather | Heat sets record 3 days in row, 87, 90 & 85 at noon. |
| 1952-03-24 | Weather | Snowfall, 16 accidents, property damage thousands. |
| 1952-03-21 | Korean War | EC pilot Captain Charles H. Pozz lands plane safely after being hit by enemy fire. (June 4, 1952 got Distinguished Flying Cross.) |
| 1952-03-12 | City Growth | James R. Pollack, City Manager, resigns. |
| 1952-03-10 | U.S. Rubber Company, see also: Gillette | Clifford Chatterson made Superintendent. |
| 1952-03-04 | School Board | Men teachers ask $300 extra pay over women. |
| 1952-03-04 | Drownings | Eugene Sault, 11, drown breaking through ice in Seymour. Brother jumped in & tried to save him, cut nearly drowned himself. |
| 1952-03-02 | EC Transportation Co. | Move to new quarters. |
| 1952-03-01 | Korean War | Body of Private First Class Donald DuLac being returned. |
| 1952-02-24 | City Growth | LG Arnold low bidder on city garage building on Forest St. |
| 1952-02-20 | Korean War | Captain William Pate returned from Korea. |
| 1952-02-14 | City Growth | All city employees get seven percent increase. |
| 1952-02-09 | World War II | Long article about US flag made by prisoners. |
| 1952-02-09 | City Growth | Seven percent wage increase retroactive January 1 approved, strike over. |
| 1952-02-08 | City Growth | Five inches more snow, employees still on strike. |
| 1952-02-04 | City Growth | Survey 19 local firms show city near top in wage scale. |
| 1952-01-22 | City Growth | City employees strike, picket city shops where snow removal equipment kept. 100 street department workers walk out, ask $25 per month increase. Over six inches snow fell. |
| 1952-01-17 | East Side Schools | Bartlett school dedicates new addition, gym & auditorium. (Building torn down 1974.) |
| 1952-01-16 | Presto (National Pressure Cooker Co.) | Annual meeting, expansion plans dropped. |
| 1952-01-05 | Fires | Loss 1951 $49,258. |
| 1952-01-02 | City Growth | Home building in EC 1,825 in 12 years. Total $16,525,121. War years 1942-1945 only 106 homes built cost $472,560. Total construction 12 years $35,444,831. 341 homes built 1950. Total construction 1951=$3,899,198, 213 homes. |
| 1951-12-31 | Eau Claire County | County court system changed. Jurisdiction of EC court widened to permit cicuit court branch. Main purpose to expidite transaction of general business. May handle civil suits involving not more than $50,000 and handle all criminal cases except those charging murder or rape. |
| 1951-12-31 | Eau Claire County | County Court system changed. Jurisdiction of EC Court widened to permit circuit court branch. Main purpose to expedite transaction of general business. May handle civil suits involving not more than $50,000 and handle all criminal cases except those charging murder or rape. |
| 1951-12-28 | Korean War | Sergeant Clifford Foss awarded Silver Star. |
| 1951-12-22 | Cameo Theater | Cameo & Badger sold to Men Marcus Circuit of Neenah-Menasha. |
| 1951-12-20 | Bridges - EC River | New Farwell St. bridge open to traffic. |
| 1951-12-20 | Bridges - EC River | New Farwell St. bridge open to traffic. |
| 1951-12-19 | Korean War | Marine Sergeant Rolland M. Mahon gets Bronze Star, Brushert, Ensign Thomas C. Biesterveod and Private First Class Gerald Bauer all still missing. |
| 1951-12-18 | Korean War | Corporal James Stygar in Korea. |
| 1951-11-24 | Korean War | Major Jack L. Brushert, Marine flyer missing in Korea one year. |
| 1951-11-18 | Korean War | Corporal Theodore G. Burgess in Korea. |
| 1951-11-17 | Korean War | Lieutenant John E. Hotvedt USN returning, Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal and 1 star. |
| 1951-11-14 | City Growth | Surplus hanger bought in 1948 by group of businessmen & turned over to college for fieldhouse, sold to city for $7,500 when college decided they couldn't use it. City now sold to Crane Co. of Chicago for $27,500. |
| 1951-11-14 | Korean War | Marine Sergeant John B. Smith in Korea, also Marine Corporal John P. Golden. |
| 1951-11-12 | Korean War | Private First Class Donald J. Dulac killed in Korea. |
| 1951-11-10 | Korean War | Sergeant First Class George O. James ?. Private Gaylord Grondin decorated. |
| 1951-11-08 | Grace Lutheran | New education building dedicated by Reverend JN Quello. |
| 1951-11-02 | EC Transportation Co. | To build new garage. |
| 1951-11-02 | Buildings | (25 years ago column) Oxford Court apartments being completed. 29 apartments built by EP Dagenhart who manages them. |
| 1951-11-02 | Korean War | Private First Class Clifford Foss, son of Raymond, halts Red attack in Korea with machine gun fire. |
| 1951-11-02 | EC Transportation Co. | To build new garage. |
| 1951-10-31 | Chamber of Commerce | State Chamber of Commerce award given Rork and Hale. |
| 1951-10-30 | U.S. Rubber Company, see also: Gillette | Contract ratified. |
| 1951-10-26 | Korean War | Lieutenant Colonel Dugganne awarded Distinguished Flying Cross, lives Virginia now. |
| 1951-10-22 | Amusements | "Four Teens" quartet now in Air Force, all from EC. More. |
| 1951-10-22 | Korean War | Body of Sergeant First Class Kappus returned. |
| 1951-10-19 | Korean War | Sergeant Francis N. Choate killed in Korea a year ago, buried here. |
| 1951-10-16 | Crime | Four local youths get prison terms for conspiracy to rob Turtle Lake Bank. Phillip Kliest, Roger Garton, Douglas Caton & Charles T. Catlin. |
| 1951-10-15 | U.S. Rubber Company, see also: Gillette | Third week of strike. Federal mediators here. |
| 1951-10-10 | Northwesters Wisconsin Teacher's Association | Formed in EC 51 years ago. History. |
| 1951-10-08 | Norwegian Lutheran Church - First Church | Build Children's home Eddy Lany & Kilbourne. |
| 1951-10-04 | Piggly Wiggly | Grand opening 626 South Barstow. |
| 1951-10-03 | Sports | Pinehurst ski shelter built. |
| 1951-10-01 | U.S. Rubber Company, see also: Gillette | Negotiations collapse. |
| 1951-10-01 | Korean War | Carl Glocke wounded, Private First Class. |
| 1951-09-29 | Phoenix Manufacturing Co. | Hobbs disposes of Phoenix division to new corporation headed by LL Phillips. Ray German, ex-Vice President & General Manager will continue in post. Leo Berman Secretary, Louis Weinberg Treasurer. Buildings and property under long-term lease. Products are fabrication of steel highway bridges & structural steel framing for buildings, fire escapes, & fabricated piping. |
| 1951-09-21 | Labor and Labor Unions | |
| 1951-09-21 | Community Chest | Goal $92,282. Nov. 21, 1951 total in $87,927. |
| 1951-09-20 | School Board | McDonough students food poisoning. |
| 1951-09-15 | Korean War | Charles L. Bowlin Jr. promoted in Korea to Sergeant First Class. |
| 1951-09-12 | Crime | Young couple see robbery of Hendrickson Jewelry store & follow thieves to Elk Mound, phone police description & license number. Arrested in 26 minutes. |
| 1951-09-11 | Korean War | Charles F. Acord in Navy in Korea. |