The Stanley-Boyd Jazz Ensemble and the “Rhythm Connection” will present their annual Winter Jubilation Concert on Sunday, Dec. 19 at 2 p.m. in the high school gym.
Rev. Eric Ackerman to Leave Post At Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Rev. Eric Ackerman, pastor of Our Savior’s Lutheran Congregation, will have the opportunity to work in a ministry area he has wished to work in since the seminary. Ackerman has been named executive director of Red Willow Bible Camp in Binford, N. D., and will be leaving Stanley and Our Savior’s at the end of the month.
“We are sad to leave Stanley,” said Ackerman, but added that the family was excited about the move and the new position. “I’ve always been looking at full-time camping ministry,” he said.

50 years ago December 21, 1972

Noon Call for Prayer to Begin Christmas Day
Beginning on Christmas Day and continuing until Epiphany, Christians are invited to answer a noon call to prayer. In the Cadott-Stanley- Thorp area the ringing of church bells at noon on these days, and possibly the sounding of sirens, will serve to remind all wishing to participate in the noon prayer time.
This phase of Key 73 will be a time for daily dedication and prayer for the goals of “calling our continent to Christ.” The joining of thousands in prayer at noon each day is seen as a way to ask God for guidance, strength, and inspiration for the program.
Each person is asked to pray at noon, wherever he or she is, whether at home, work, school, or play, alone or with the family.
Special Worship Service Planned at Our Saviour’s
Sunday, December 24, Christmas Eve Morning, the Sacrament of Holy Communion will be served continuously from 8 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. The regular Worship Service will be held at 10:45 a.m. only. The Sunday School children will present the message for this service. Mr. Russell Lundstrom is Superintendent, Mrs. Dale Booth and Mrs. Eugene McManus have charge of the program.

60 years ago December 20, 1962

Rites Held Wednesday for Mrs. Dodge.
Funeral Services were held from the Plombon Funeral Home here at two o’ clock for Mrs. C. W. (Charles Wilson) Dodge, who died at Victory Memorial Hospital in Stanley Sunday night after an extended illness.
Other obituaries:
Jennie Stewart, Durand Mrs. Orrin Robinson, rural Thorp
George O. Kuehn, of Holcombe
Many Sections in this week’s Republican
This week’s Stanley Republican is printed in several small sections—don’t lose any of them.
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are unable to print the bigger sections—that is, put more pages in each section—and the result is the many-sectioned newspaper you are holding in your hand.
We hope to have the difficulty remedied within a short time, as we realize it is inconvenient keep track of a number of four-page sections.

70 years ago December 18, 1952

Holiday warning: Drive Carefully!
Will you be home for Christmas?
“That depends in part on how you drive between now and Christmas,” declared R. C. Salisbury, Director of the safety division, motor vehicle department today.
“Some motorists in our state won’t be alive to celebrate the year’s most beloved holiday, for they’ll die in automobile tragedies. Already this year at least 800 persons have met death on Wisconsin streets and highways,” Salisbury commented.
NOTICE We will be closed from 6:00 p.m. Christmas Eve through Christmas Day. Nellie’s Cafe

80 years ago December 18, 1942

Orioles Lose to Thorp by Narrow Margin
Fast and Furious Basketball Played as Stanley Loses Tilt to Their Old-Time Rivals
This contest was like all Thorp vs. Stanley games. It was surely fast and furious. The fouling down by Stanley resulted in their downfall. The score was 10 to 3 at the end of the quarter and 20 to 10 at the half. In the second half Thorp got started to really click. The score grew closer and closer as time slowly ticked away. It was 25 to 18 after three quarters, and with 15 seconds to play, Papierniak, Thorp’s star forward, dropped a long shot. Scoring honors went to him on Thorp’s team with 13, and to Their of Stanley who earned 12.