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Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
Viewing Records: 501 to 600 of 6,111
| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1948-08-11 | State Theater | Drive In; 650 cars cost $100,000 in Hallie. |
| 1948-08-07 | City Growth | City swap even, City Auditorium for American Legion building 425 Galloway & vacant lot at 421 Galloway where Burce House formerly stood. |
| 1948-07-28 | City Growth | Ordinance dividing city into 15 Wards passed. |
| 1948-07-25 | World War II | First floor slab being poured on 33 housing units being set up on Morningside Dr. South of Birch St. and East of Hastings Way. |
| 1948-07-14 | City Growth | Part of Town of Seymour lying just east of city limits & south of Presto area annexed to EC. Contains 500 people. Another area in Hallie directly west of airport has taken steps to be annexed. |
| 1948-07-07 | Sports | Running 1st, Ray Heideman 3rd log rolling. |
| 1948-07-03 | City Growth | Mayor Christianson has "committee for Greater EC" which approves purchase of Sky Park airport for garbage disposal area & trade of auditorium to Legion. City would pay JA VanKat $30,000 for land if VK would move buildings to Municipal airport. Landfill method used. |
| 1948-07-01 | Sports | National log rolling. EC history of sport. |
| 1948-06-22 | St. Patricks Church | St. Bedes opens house at convent, former Davis Home. |
| 1948-06-19 | Amusements | Bit and Spur 17th Annual Horse Show. |
| 1948-06-09 | Crime | Ankney sent to reformatory 6-18 months. Had been convicted of petty larceny last winter. |
| 1948-06-06 | Crime | Glenn Ankney 19, saw unattended Greyhound bus at depot & drove it to Madison. |
| 1948-06-06 | Fires | William W. Welsh retires after 25 years service, was son of James Welsh and was assistant fire chief. |
| 1948-05-27 | Drownings | Everett Hulback, 22, slipped into deep water at Dells. |
| 1948-05-26 | City Growth | Magne Repaal, President EC CIO Union & others guilty. |
| 1948-05-23 | City Growth | State St. hill area being built up. |
| 1948-05-21 | City Growth | Council gives OK to plan to divide three wards. |
| 1948-05-18 | City Growth | Total of 31 pickets face charges of using force. |
| 1948-05-01 | World War II | Corporal John Haddenian, Marine killed at Iwo Jima will have funerlal here (Brunswick?) |
| 1948-04-29 | EC Transportation Co. | 8 new buses, fares raised again. |
| 1948-04-24 | City Growth | Packing house strikers families on relief. |
| 1948-04-21 | City Growth | Citizens committee appointed to study selecting new seven-member council. |
| 1948-04-20 | WOKL (formerly WRFW) | On air. Thomas K. Werner President, Jack Kelly Manager, and Marty Crowe Sports Director. |
| 1948-04-20 | Fires | City offers $100 reward for fire bug thought to have set 6 fires in last 2 weeks. |
| 1948-04-07 | City Growth | Vote for City Manager is 5396 to 4293. |
| 1948-04-02 | Wisconsin Telephone Company | Shaw Telephone Co. operates six lines, 34 miles long adjacent to city to abandon service & WI Telephone takes over. |
| 1948-04-02 | City Growth | Big ads asks for retention of commission government. |
| 1948-03-24 | Drummond Packing Co. | Labor troubles. |
| 1948-03-23 | Weather | Sherman creek on rampage, yards on MI St. flood, city crews dynamite ice jams. Describes storm November 11, 1940. |
| 1948-03-21 | Presto (National Pressure Cooker Co.) | More history. |
| 1948-03-15 | City Growth | Series of editorials favoring City Manager. |
| 1948-03-11 | World War II | Body of Private Robert J. Bauer, US Marine buried with full military honors. |
| 1948-03-09 | Skiing | Olson wins US Class C title. |
| 1948-03-07 | Battery D of 126 Field Artillery | |
| 1948-03-06 | Presto (National Pressure Cooker Co.) | MS Cohen Assistant Sales Manager. |
| 1948-02-29 | Airport | EC airport ranks 4th in state. |
| 1948-02-25 | City Growth | John Carney heading campaign for city Manager. Turns in petition with 2350 signatures. May go on ballot. |
| 1948-02-20 | Airport | Building being remodeled to house Federal weather station. |
| 1948-01-29 | Weather | Frost 6', more pipes freezing, oil shortage acute. |
| 1948-01-27 | Weather | Below zero since 13th. |
| 1948-01-24 | Weather | Frost 5' deep. |
| 1948-01-23 | Ford Hopkins Drugstore | Grand opening 130-132 South Barstow. Walter Zeihm Manager last three years. |
| 1948-01-20 | Skiing | Hendrickson killed on ski slide in Chicago. History. |
| 1948-01-17 | City Growth | More about city exceeding budget. |
| 1948-01-13 | Crime | Heinzke place on probation 10 years, conclude killing probably false. |
| 1948-01-11 | WEAU | Begins FM operations today. |
| 1948-01-10 | Fires | Fire losses etc. 1946 $248,306; 1947 $116,422. Lobb warehouse largest loss. |
| 1948-01-08 | Walsh Motor Co. | "Wes" G. Rowlett Manager of the Used Car Department. |
| 1948-01-07 | Presto (National Pressure Cooker Co.) | New division being set up. |
| 1948-01-06 | Crime | John G. Heinzke 20, confessed killing hitch hiker last May in ND. Heinzke shot self in head destroying sight of both eyes after fleeing to ND in card stolen in Menomonie following burglary of Rod & Gun store 410 Madison on May 9. |
| 1948-01-03 | World War II | Fuel oil shortage acute here, all urged to economize. 22 Bodies of European war casualties arrive. Staff Sergeant Duane C. Cornell from EC, others from area. |
| 1948-01-03 | Crime | Trudeau's Rendevous broken into & safe with $5,900 stolen from tavern, 679 WI St. |
| 1948-01-03 | Business in General | Employment at high level here last year. September was peak. |
| 1947-12-21 | City Growth | Editorial on "loose budgetary practices." EC has spent considerable funds without regard to budget. |
| 1947-12-18 | City Growth | Acute housing shortage still exists, rent controls continued. |
| 1947-12-16 | Walsh Motor Co. | $130,000 garage corner Dewey & Jones opened. AR Walsh Senior is President of firm. Two houses removed (Doctor Beebes moved to Emery St., other torn down) Ford Garage. AR Walsh Junior is Vice President, Edward H Heins Sales Manager & EM Bartlett Truck Manager, JG Kappers Manager Stock Department. Firm grossed $750,000 in 1947. A $70,000 stock of parts will be carried. |
| 1947-12-15 | Schwahn-Seyberth Saddlery Co. | Moved into former International Harvester building. |
| 1947-12-13 | FFA | Farmers honored. More. |
| 1947-12-13 | Business in General | 52 EC establishments cooperating in WI State Employment Service. HJ Youngberg manager of EC office. Total number of employees in 52 establishments are 14,045, a gain of 330, of this 17 are manufacturing firms hiring 9,533. |
| 1947-12-13 | Labor and Labor Unions | |
| 1947-11-23 | Walker Brothers | Andrew & Ivar quitting building. Will retail lumber & develop real estate. Palmer, Sam & Carl will continue building business as Home Builders. |
| 1947-11-23 | Presto (National Pressure Cooker Co.) | Sales figures. |
| 1947-11-21 | Auditorium and Armory | Trapp Family Singers appeared. |
| 1947-11-21 | Water Street Bridge | Governor Oscar Rennebohm cut ribbon, LG Arnold smashed pop bottle & parade crossed. |
| 1947-11-18 | Airport | New flight starts, but had to by-pass EC. |
| 1947-11-15 | Water Street Bridge | New bridge opening to be celebrated November 20 with parade, banquet & dance. Last man over old bridge, Ellis Huntsinger, before it fell to be 1st over new. Story of collapse |
| 1947-11-15 | Presto (National Pressure Cooker Co.) | More stock authorized. |
| 1947-11-14 | Crime | Gambling equipment siezed in raid September 18, 1946 destroyed. From joint on County Trunk F owned by JS Dorsey who paid $300 fine & employees $100 each roulette & slot. |
| 1947-11-12 | WBIZ | Advertisement: Now on air 1400 on dial, mutual network, operated by WBIZ, Inc. of which James Conroy of Superior is President & General Manager. On Cameron St. 250 watt unit, 185 foot tower. |
| 1947-11-07 | Fires | Aerial ladder ordered 2 years ago arrived. |
| 1947-10-25 | Airport | New schedule announced for Northwest Martin 202, 40 passenger planes, one east bound stops La Crosse, Madison, Milwaukee & Chicago. West bound makes same stops. |
| 1947-10-19 | Martin Motors | Presto is new home of Martin Motors & Witt Gauge Co. 1,000 workers. More. |
| 1947-10-09 | Wood Motor Company | Building southeast corner Dewey & Gray under construction. Charles & Franklin carrying on since death of father. Charles President bought side 1943, have been selling & servicing Chevrolets since 1923, have sold over 1500 new cars & trucks since 1923. |
| 1947-10-07 | Auditorium and Armory | U.S. Marine Band appeared. |
| 1947-09-24 | Community Chest | Chest goal $70,000, 9 agencies. |
| 1947-09-16 | Drummond Packing Co. | Armour buys Drummond. |
| 1947-09-05 | Crime | Richard Sherman 20, 1817 Emery sentenced one to two years burglary & theft. |
| 1947-08-29 | High School | Hot lunch program started. |
| 1947-08-29 | School Board | Hot lunch program started. |
| 1947-08-29 | City Growth | Assessed valuation $40,146,695, tops 1946 by $3,906,795. |
| 1947-08-14 | Drummond Packing Co. | Sold to Zenith Packing Co., a division of Safeway. Now for sale again. |
| 1947-08-13 | Penny Store | New store opening tomorrow. |
| 1947-08-05 | Drownings | William Johnson, 13, drowned near Davis Beach. |
| 1947-08-02 | Airport | Orien Howard, former Army pilot named airport manager. |
| 1947-08-02 | Northern States Power Co. | To change gas plant from coat to petroleum gas. |
| 1947-07-29 | Drownings | Warren F. Johnson 33, boat capsized by city wells. |
| 1947-07-29 | Weather | Heavy rain and lightning cause extensive damage 3' 17" in 2 1/2 hours. Ended 4 week drought. |
| 1947-07-27 | Sports | Mrs. L. Seyberth wins state trap shoot match. |
| 1947-07-22 | World War II | Robert P. Stewart died in Japanese prison camp. |
| 1947-07-17 | U.S. Rubber Company, see also: Gillette | Expansion program completed. |
| 1947-07-08 | Sports | Jim Running dethroned as champ log roller. |
| 1947-07-08 | Airport | Jean Roholt EC & Mary Jane Rada CF chosen queens & get weeks trip to NY via Northwest, all expenses |
| 1947-07-07 | Airport | 1,200 pound air express loaded here on 1st flight including gifts for President Truman, a pressure cooker & WI cheese. |
| 1947-07-06 | Airport | Glen Rork, WD McIntyre, AR Garnock, Larry Reynolds & Harry Brovald of Press Co. (illegible handwritten note) |
| 1947-07-06 | Airport | 12 EC representatives take special flight from Minneapolis to EC. Orville Christianson, Harold House, Otis Linderman, James S. Voll, Ernest Williams, AO Ayres, Walter Schumacher. |
| 1947-07-03 | Airport | Dedication to have Naval Air Force demonstration, professional air show & speech by Major General WE Kepler, director of aviation during Bikini A bomb tests |
| 1947-06-19 | Veterans | VFW new headquarters, 506 Galloway. |
| 1947-06-08 | Drownings | Malcom Steahr, 15, drown in Half Moon, had cramps. |
| 1947-06-05 | Chicago Northwestern RR | RR held negligent in accident. A freight train had gone by & crossing attendant lifted bars. Reuling car started through when another train, 501, came & bar was lowered too late. |
| 1947-06-03 | Chicago Northwestern RR | Car-train crash at Putnam St. crossing kills 1 year old boy & injures parents & sister. Karl Reuling family, came to EC 1 year ago. |