10 Years Ago

February 23, 2011

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Donate Blood Severe winter weather throughout much of the United States has caused the cancellation of more than 14,000 blood and platelet donations since the beginning of January. The Red Cross has not seen the blood supply drop this dramatically in nearly a decade and it needs to be reversed. Maintaining sufficient blood to meet patient needs is a delicate balance between supply and demand. When severe weather disrupts that balance, the Red Cross puts out a call to potential blood donors across the country to rally around this cause and make an appointment to give blood as soon as possible and make up the deficit.

The next Stanley-Boyd Red Cross blood drive will be Thursday, March 24 from 1 to 6 p.m. at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. Everyone 17 years or older who are in good health are urged to please take the time on March 24 and donate blood to help replenish the blood supply and to ensure that blood continues to be available for patients with serious medical needs. Blood is perishable and has no substitute. Red blood cells have a shelf life of only 42 days and platelets (a shelf life of) just 5 day – they must be replenished constantly. There is an urgent need for donors and someone is counting on you to donate blood on March 24. If you would like to make an appointment, to donate blood, please call Donella Christianson (or go to redcross.org to set up an appointment at your convenience through a regional donation center. The time-saving “Rapid Pass” donation app is available at the App Store for free. Just click “Get” and then enter your Apple ID password to install. Three main blood types exist in A,B, O, with two Rh factors, + or – , and a host of other reasons—including family and personal needs— why your specific contribution is needed to ensure a blood supply that is both safe and adequate year round.) Local crime report 5:10 p.m.

“Authorities observed two snowmobiles operating in Chapman Park. The two teenagers were stopped and identified. They were both warned for operating off of the trails and agreed to return to the trails.”

Also reported: Teenage speeding ticket for going 12 miles over. Water puddle from leak at the school and possible bobcat running at large on Fourth Avenue. Officers dispatched, “but no animal was located.” Assault resulting in 18 stitches at Stanley Correctional Institution. Inmate to inmate aggravated battery, with charges recommended to the Chippewa County District Attorney’s

Office.

30 Years Ago

February 28, 1991

Obituaries: Borghild Anderson 1901-1991; Anna Yeager 1904-1991; Harriet Nerdrum 1929-1991 Gladys Huus 1900-1991 Faith Christian Academy Students Place In Contest Jonathan Mason, an eighth grade student and Sarah Van De Loo, a sixth grade student, placed second in the Annual Poetry and Essay Competition, sponsored by the Wisconsin Association of Christian Schools. Jonathan is the son of Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth Mason, Rt. 1, Stanley and Sarah is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Randy Van De Loo, Rt. 1, Stanley. Jonathan and Sarah, along with Matt Shilts, eighth grade and Amanda Spurgeon, sixth grade were chosen as winners from Faith Christian Academy in the essay and poetry division competition. Ugly or…Beautiful? It all depends on whether or not you are a lobster lover. To those who enjoy this succulent fruit of the sea, a lobster is a thing of beauty. To others, it seems incredibly ugly. Beauty is “in the eye of the beholder,” but, contrary to another old saying, it is not skin deep. True beauty often can’t be seen at all. It is something you feel, something of which you are aware, not necessarily seen. Beauty, for instance, surrounds you when you walk into God’s house. There is something in the atmosphere that you can’t quite define. No matter what’s been happening to you…(message continues). These Weekly Church Messages, are contributed to God’s Work through the Church by the following concerned and responsible citizens and businesses… all interested in a better community and world: American Family Insurance; Big “B” Market, Boyd; Farmers & Merchants State Bank, Stanley; Mobil RITE WAY OIL, Clarence & Mark Fitzsimmons, Stanley; Quality Truck & Auto Repair, Boyd; Bob’s Sanitation Service, Stanley; Victory Clinic Pharmacy, 230 East 5th Avenue, Stanley; Thomas W. Sigrist, D. D. S., Stanley; Becker & Associates, S. C., Certified Public Accountants, Thorp and Stanley; Michael V. Salm, attorney, Salm & Anderson Law Office; Radke Chevrolet, 219 S. Broadway, Stanley; Plombon Funeral Service, with Stanley and Gilman numbers; Victory Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home, Stanley; Ike International Corp., Stanley; Hardware Hank, Thorp and Stanley; The Renegade, 240 S. Broadway in Stanley; G. Rollins & Sons Inc, Stanley; DJs Mart, 302 North Broadway, Stanley; Stanley Veterinary Clinic, S. C., 600 Murray Street, Boyd; Wellner’s Southside Service, Boyd; Rich’s Surplus, Highway H North, Stanley; Boley’s Plumbing and Heating, 305 W. Stanley Street, Thorp; Peterson’s Stanley Oil Co., 105 E. Maple, Stanley; John E. Walz, M. D., General and Vascular Surgery, Victory Memorial Hospital; Plombon Furniture and Carpeting, 314 North Broadway, Stanley; L. B. Auto Supply, 304 East Maple, Stanley; The Stanley Republican, Stanley.

40 Years Ago

March 5, 1981 President’s “Sweet Tooth” Gives Production Boost To Local Company An article that appeared in the February 23rd issue of People Magazine caught the eye of both employees and management of the Stanwoood Corporation. For many, many years, the Stanwood Corp. has been one of the major suppliers of candy boxes for the candy manufacturers. No these are not the boxes you get candy in when you buy it in the store, but the boxes the candy is manufactured in.

Since the election of President Reagan, who as we all know has a sweet tooth for jelly beans, the sale of jelly beans has sky-rocketed. There are two major manufacturing places of jelly beans in this country. Herman Goelitz, Inc., of Oakland, Calif, and they also have a second plant in Chicago. The Stanwood Corp. has for many years been supplying boxes for Goelitz’s companies and when a picture appeared with the present manager of the family founded corporation, Herman Goelitz Rowland, surrounded by jelly beans in boxes manufactured here, local people noticed. Our local company has one production line presently working on the boxes and averages 600 boxes per day (story continues)… WANT ADS: Feed & Seed FOR SALE: Baled Hay. Delivered 350 bales per load. Call 608-837-**** evening, Pfield K P Ranch, Sun Priairie, Wis. 53590 FOR SALE: Bedding $1.00 a bale. Will help load after school. Truman Felix. Phone 644-****.

FOR SALE: Pride seed corn. Top producer out of 128 varieties from Woodruff seed plot. 179 bushel per acre. Contact Wayne Nitz. 644-****.

FOR SALE: Cob Corn, Hay and Oats. Can deliver. Walter Krzyzanowski, Thorp, Wis. 669-****.

Notices Will paint tractors reasonable. Ph. 667-****. Bally is coming! A computer game to be attached to your TV without causing harm to it. Bob’s Electronics, Stanley.

50 Years Ago

March 4, 1971 Long Time Resident, Mrs. K. Symbal, Buried Monday Funeral services for a long time area resident, Mrs. Katherine Symbal, 85, were held Monday morning from St. Mary’s Czestochowa Catholic Church, the Rev. Stanley Andrezejewski officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Grandsons were pallbearers. Mrs. Symbal, who died Wednesday at Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire, was born January 6, 1886 in Poland, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kucharski. She came to the United States in 1906 and on January 6, 1907, was married to Alex Symbal at St. Hedwig’s Catholic Church, Thorp. Following their marriage they farmed in the Lublin area many years. She was a member of St. Mary’s Czestochowa Church. Survivors include five sons, Edward, Walter and Stanley of Chicago, Paul of Grays Lake, Ill. And Alex Jr. of Stanley; three daughters, Bernice (Mrs. Joseph Szczech) of Stanley, Olga (Mrs. Stanley Urbas) of Chippewa Falls and Victoria (Mrs. Stanley Syzmoniak) of Chicago; 29 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, who died January 26, 1969 and two daughters.

60 Years Ago March 2, 1961 Why Stanley High? Stanley High Has Lowest Tuition Cost STANLEY HIGH school’s tuition costs are lowest of any high school which Chippewa county non-resident students attend, according to a recent report by Mrs. Anna Thorpe, county superintendent of schools. (Cost was $324, compared to $371.42 in per capita averages). Adult Bookkeepers ‘Graduate’ (photo) MEMBERS OF THE ADULT class in bookkeeping at the Stanley high school received certificates of accomplishment at their final meeting Monday evening (names follow on Badgerlink). Front page obits: August Kranig Jr. of St. Anne’s; Mrs. W. W. Healy of the Methodist Church.

70 Years Ago March 8, 1951 VOLUME LIV, Number 47 (implies start from 1896, after Iron County) Local Guard Unit Gets 3rd Place In State Rifle Meet Stanley National Guardsmen, forming the local unit’s rifle squad, finished in third place Jury Awards Krogan $750 in pollution suit; Panel makes Other Findings In $6,000 Damage Action as 20 testify NoWordHereonGuardtraining Officers of the local National Guard office reported Wednesday morning that no word has been received by them as to the training site for members of the Guard this coming summer.

80 Years Ago February 28, 1941 U. S. SKI TROOPS STATIONED AT OLD CCC CAMP GLOBE The U. S. ski troops division of the regular army, have been transferred from Camp McCoy, Sparta, to the former CCC Camp Globe, 20 miles south of Stanley, near Fairchild. They were moved from Camp McCoy because of a lack of snow…Ski troops first received world attention with the success of Finland’s troops against the Russians. These U. S. troops are the first of their kind in this country. The unit stationed at Camp Globe came originally from Camp Custer, Michigan.

90 Years Ago March 6, 1931 Reported Dying Andrew J. Volstead, former Congressman from Minnesota, whose name is attached to the Prohibition law, failed to rally after an appendicitis operation. Local Happenings Howard, twelve-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Kuhn, fell from a bridge over the Wolf River while going home from school on Wednesday and suffered a skull fracture. WANT COLUMN For sale: Two pups, half collie and half police.* Ed Wettstein. *not a typo. Perhaps a certain breed was (already) associated with this? 100 Years Ago March 4, 1921 Stanley Country Fisherman’s Paradise, Plan Game Warden Little Would Make Springs, Ponds and Streams About Stanley Propagate Trout No finer opportunity is offered anywhere for the propagation of trout than is afforded by the old Stanley Mill Pond, the tannery springs and the creeks flowing into the Stanley Pond. Game Warden Little speaking to the organization meeting of the Stanley Rod and Gun Club on Friday evening of last week at the city hall, gave it as his opinion that the new organization had it within its power to make the Stanley Country a trout fisherman’s paradise… Harding Becomes 28th President of U. S. Today Inaugural Ceremonies Simple in Keeping with Desire of People for Economy By Richard Hatten Washington, March 4, 1921-Simplicity, sincerity and efficiency will be the dominant notes of the inauguration of Warren G. Harding as the twenty-eighth President of the United States today…(the full article, which is worth reading, is online at Badgerlink).

110 Years Ago March 4, 1911 VOLUME XVII, Number 39 (implied start date from Iron County paper days) STANLEY WAITS Another Game Between Menomonie and LaCrosse, Then Stanley Will Play the Winner RICE LAKE WANTS GAME Probability that Stanley Will Play LaCrosse Instead of Menomonie to Settle Championship. Menomonie was defeated by LaCrosse last Saturday night at LaCrosse in the basket ball championship race Menomonie having before defeated LaCrosse on the Menomonie floor, it will now be necessary to decide the question of superiority. So before making arrangements with Menomonie, Stanley will await the issue of the game with LaCrosse which may eliminate Menomonie and Stanley will play La-Crosse (story continues). 120 Years Ago March 9, 1901 LOCAL HAPPENINGS Prest. S. T. McKnight was in the city Thursday.

Dr. Erdman reports a case of Small Pox up in the Yellow River Country.

March 2, 1901

PRIEST SUDDENLY STRICKEN BLIND.

Father Daniel Redding of Erin May Be Forced to Give Up His Pastorate. New Richmond, Wis., Feb. 28.—[Special.]—Rev. Father Daniel Redding, pastor of St. Patrick’s church at Erin, one of the oldest and best-known priests in the diocese of La-Crosse, is threatened with blindness, which came upon him very suddenly. He will retire at once unless he finds speedy relief. He has consulted many eminent specialists.