16 Years Ago April 1, 2004

As I See It By Joe By this time I figure that you have already read the front page story about the sale of the Stanley Republican to John and Lorena McLoone.

Yes! This will be my last column in The Republican.

Barb and I would like to thank all of you for letting us record the history of the Stanley and Boyd areas for the last thirty-five and a half years. Without your help, cooperation and understanding we could not have done it.

We also want to thank you for your acceptance and trust when we moved to this area back in 1968 to do this job. It was been a pleasure to be accepted into your communities…

30 Years Ago November 22, 1990

S-B National Honor Society Inducted New Members (photo) NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTEES for 1990-91 are: left to right, front row, Ron Zais – Honorary Member, Stacey Roberts, Jessica Lato, Becky Sigrist, Sarah Pozdell, Inga Abrahamson, and John Goodman; back row, Ann Price, Lauri Westman, Nanette Goodman, Shannon Schoch, Tammy Miles, Stacy Ebert, Bob Mahr and Janelle Bielicki.

40 Years Ago November 20, 1980

Copy Needed Early For Thanksgiving Issue We will be printing next week’s edition of The Stanley Republican early because of the Thanksgiving holiday. The paper will go to print Tuesday and will be in the mail and on sale Wednesday morning.

We ask for your cooperation, the cooperation of our correspondents and the cooperation of our advertisers in getting their copy to us early. As the paper will be printed Tuesday, deadline for all copy and advertising is 4:00 p.m. Monday.

50 Years Ago November 12, 1970

SCOOTING AROUND STANLEY with Joe (Fazendin): Last week was the first week since we made our change to offset (back in August) that I had time to sit down and write a column. So, what happened, we got crowded for space and had to leave it out. So, I will us a few parts of last weeks column for this week. • • Stanley Commercial Club members are reminded of the earlier date set for the November meeting. The meeting will be held tonight at Markhams. • • Many of you may have noticed since making our change to offset, we are not printing wedding pictures as soon after the wedding as we did before. Naturally, we like to print the wedding write-up as soon after the ceremony as possible, but to receive a better quality picture from the photographers, we are holding the write-ups until the picture arrives from the photographer. This has caused us one big problem. We ask those bringing in wedding write-ups to mark on the copy if a picture will be coming, and if so, from who. This will hopefully eliminate printing the article and finding out several weeks later that there was a wedding picture made. This, by the way, has happened on several weddings quite recently. • • The Stanley-Boyd Orioles will open their 1970-71 basketball season at home against the Thorp Cardinals. The game was scheduled for Friday, November 20th, but with deer season opening the 21st, the game has been rescheduled for Thursday, November 19. • • I have always heard people talking about the deer that they have seen while driving. I have always thought that it was just a bunch of hot air they were blowing. That is, until this summer. Now I have reconsidered. I have seen more deer this summer than I ever believed possible. So unless, I miss my guess, I expect deer hunting to be very good this season. Each year we try to remind hunters to be extremely careful. It’s much better to come home without a deer, than to not come home at all.

52 Years Ago August 1, 1968

Minnesota Man Becomes Publisher of The Republican (photo) MRS. RALPH C. BLOOM, publisher of The Stanley Republican for the past four and one half years, announces the sale of the paper effective this week to Joseph Fazendin, Fulda, Minnesota. Mrs. Bloom has published the Republican since the death of her husband in 1964, the Blooms having come here in 1960. Prior to that time the W. H. Bridgman family had owned the paper for a total of 64 years, making it only the third change of hands in over 72 consecutive years of publication.

Mr. Fazendin attended the University of Minnesota and Winona State Teacher’s College. He worked for one year at St. Charles, Minnesota, on the newspaper owned by his father, before joining IBM in Rochester where he spent eight years. During this time he also worked part time in area newspapers. In 1965 he purchased the Fulda Free Press which he sold before coming to Stanley.

JOE AND HIS WIFE, Barbara, have purchased the Oscar Christenson house on Madison Street and she and their three children, Jean, 5; Michael, 4; and Dick, one, will join him here around the 24th of August.

DICK KNAR ON TV SHOW TODAY Television viewers can see a former local boy, Dick Knar, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Knar on a nation-wide television program today, Thursday at 11:30.

Knar will appear on the “I Guess” program on Channel 13. He was briefly introduced on the Wednesday show by host Bill Cullen.

60 Years Ago November 10, 1960

Neighbors Help Clean Up After Fire (neighborly photo with names) On Thursday, November 3, this crew of neighbors gathered to help William Kroplein clean up after the fire which ravage his home in the Town of Taft several weeks ago. Plans have been completed to rebuild the house, and work will get underway as soon as possible. When completed the new structure (using the still good stone walls) will have seven rooms. There will be a living room, a dining room and two bedrooms on the first floor, while the roof section will house two more bedrooms.

A tremendous task awaited the volunteer workers, as burned walls, dormers, and debris partly filled the house, and had to be shoveled unto wagons and hauled away. Ruined furniture, beds, cupboards, etc. had to be removed as well.

The work crew (Joe Romanowski and Fritz Swatzina, Tom Westaby, Steve Lichleitner, Ronnie Romanowski, Gerald Knapp, Tilmer Thompson and Peter Filipiak) was given a fine dinner at noon, cooked by Mrs. Joe Romanowski, Mrs. Peter Filipiak, Mrs. Frank Derks, and Mrs. Thomas Westaby; and served in the Romanowski home. At three o’clock in the afternoon the women brought lunch to the workers.

The thoughtfulness of these neighbors makes one understand why this is such a grand community to live in. Another day of work is planned in the near future, and anyone wishing to help will be welcomed gratefully. Information as to time can be obtained by contacting either Joe Romanowski or Fritz Swatzina.

The same crew also participated in building the roof on the Kroeplin home.

Hillside Dairy Changes Hands After 27 years of operation by Leo Biel, a new owner has taken over the Hillside Dairy, cheese factory in Worden township.

He is Dan LaGrander, who comes here from Blenker, Wood county, where he was formerly manager of a cheese plant. A native of Chili, Wis., he has about 12 years’ experience in the cheese business.

LaGrander, his wife and two children have moved into living quarters at the dairy plant. They took over officially November 1…Employees at the plant include Carl Wiebke, who has been here 19 years, and Wayne Mueller, with two years’ service. Duane Licht is truck driver.

UNICEF GOT $61.40 HALLOWEEN The amount of $61.40 was the final total collected for Unicef by the children on Halloween eve under the auspices of the Chipp-a-Line Homemakers club according to Mrs. Ruth Mathwig, president.

70 Years Ago November 16, 1950

A Pile of Things Beside The Road, Ambulances in the Night, A Shambled Car And Groaning Victims —Aftermath of an Accident By Walter H. Brovald It was about 12:35 p.m. when the 1947 Plymouth sedan passed us on the western edge of Cadott on Highway 29. The car was speeding as it went through the restricted speed zone, but I was glad it had passed, since the driver had refused to dim his lights as he approached the rear of my car.

I kicked up my speed about five miles an hour until we hit the eastern boundary of the village and then threw her up to 45 miles per hour. I was returning from Eau Claire, where my fiancée and I had eaten out, visited with my parents, and gone to a show…From behind me, then came another pair of extra bright headlamps—a truck. I let it follow for some time and then, to get rid of the glare, slowed up and permitted the van to pass… (firsthand recounting of an accident, returning to help survivors, and calling the sheriff)…It seemed like an hour before the Supple Ambulance arrived from Boyd, although in actuality it was only a few minutes…As we turned around and started back toward Stanley I couldn’t help thinking about that pile of stuff (belongings)… about the calls that would be going out to three homes before dawn…about the car’s speeding by us in Cadott that led to the unhappy ending of an otherwise happy evening…about the gloomy bustle of the ambulance men and those of us who aided them…and about the horrible swiftness of the accident.

And you have a hard time forgetting about things like that. An awfully hard time.

80 Years Ago November 22, 1940

Marriages!

Marion Wald to Vernon Janisewski by Rev. Francis Wallace on Wednesday morning at nine o’clock. Reception and dance at the Maple Hill Hall.

Miss Martha Henke to Henry Higolt by Rev. Francis Wallace.

Miss Anita Figura to Walter Bogdan Jr. at St. Anne’s church at nine o’clock on Saturday morning. NEVER FORGET Today, as many a historian has been pointing out, we are witnessing an attempted world revolution… The Eau Claire County Board voted to abolish the county’s Detention Work Camp.

THE DRIVE (By Coyote Bill) We made a drive for the white-tail deer, by the edge of an elder slue, Like wolves in a pack, we followed a track And yelled and shot at view; I guarded a run, and my wild blood beat, With the thrill of the wildwood chase. And now, as I write of that drive for the deer, My heart and my pulses race.

100 Years Ago November 12, 1920

BERT FOSTER Hubert Foster, or Bert Foster, as he is more commonly known, was born in the town of Thorp, Clark County some fifty odd years ago. He has always lived on a farm and received but a meagre education. He was one of the early pioneers in Western Taylor County moving to Broderville, (we now call it Jump River) as early as 1900. Conditions at that time were not very conducive to better agriculture or even to any kind of farming whatever. There was little opportunity to raise anything nor any inducement for there was no market for anything you did raise. Under these conditions it was but natural for Mr. Foster to drift into the type known as “the Sourdough farmer” and it is only in the past few years that a change has come about in the Jump River territory and with it Bert Foster changed his tactics and began farming. He entered the land clearing contest in the spring and worked toward clearing as much as he could possibly clear. During the season he brushed a total of 23 acres, stumped 13, and broke 4… after the cut was made and all factors considered (he hired out some brush work) the final score was 294.6.

120 Years Ago November 24, 1900

Council minutes: RESOLUTION.

Be it resolved by the Common Council of the City of Stanley that Rule “1” of the rules governing this council be, and the same is hereby altered and amended by striking out the words “Union Hall” where the same appears in the first line of said rule and inserting in their stead the words “City Hall” so that said rule when altered and amended shall read as follows: The stated meetings of the Common Council shall be held at the City Hall (at 116 East First Avenue) on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 7:30 o’clock P. M. And be it further resolved that this alteration and amendment to rule “1” shall be in effect from after and including date of the first regular meeting of this council in Dec. 1900 being the 4th day of said month. E. F. Burns, alderman.

Motion made by Thorp* and seconded by Potter that the resolution be adopted. Carried.

*Not THE Mr. Thorp but another one, possibly with an ‘e’ on the end.

Compiled by Joseph Back