Compiled by Joseph Back

15 Years Ago June 23, 2005

Jacque receives degree Dr. Steven Richardson, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Winona State University, is pleased to announce the names of students meeting academic requirements for degrees following the spring semester, 2005.

Elizabeth Jacque, of Thorp, received a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Work. She graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Box Ad: June Dairy Month SpecialF riday, June 24 10:30 a.m. until we’re out!

Stanley IGA parking lot Sub Sandwich with double layers of Colby, Cheddar Cheese, Ham and Salami 6” sub, ½ carton of milk for $4.25 Stanley-Boyd FFA Alumni Engagements April Janisewski to Shane Mathison New Arrivals!

Hannah Marie Tinjum on June 8; Landen John Hoel on June 4; Dawson John Goodman on June 10.

25 Years Ago June 22, 1995

VMC Auxiliary Awards Two Scholarships To Local Students (photo) VMC Auxiliary Officers, left to right, Donella Christianson and Kim Yeager present scholarships to Angie Nelson, nursing student, and Kathy Simon, nursing student and VMC employee. // Contractor Fails To Comply With Bid Agreement On Boyd School; Performance Bond Not Secured For Floor Replacement Work The S-B Board of Education met on Tuesday evening in the Administrative Office. All board members were present.

Several letters were read and received by the Board. Renee Breu informed the board that she plans to pursue a Master’s Degree in Learning Disability and resigned as head cross country coach. The board accepted this resignation as set forth in the master contract.

A letter was received from The Force and Senior Parents ’95 thanking the board for their support of the 1995 Senior Lock-in.

Scott Harris submitted a letter that made an offer to purchase the lot on the corner of Jefferson Street and Sixth venue. The bid was for $4,500… Two other letters of thank were received by the board. Code Green, a representative from the Trinity Christian Fellowship Youth, thanked the board for allowing the group to rent a bus for a trip. Laurie Natzke and the Kingdom Seekers thanked the board for the group’s use of district buildings during the previous year.

The board unanimously approved the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) membership payment…

40 Years Ago

June 26, 1980

Some Classified Ads: PROFESSIONAL CARDS Office of Dr. Thomas W. Sigrist, DENTIST, 133 Broadway, Stanley Wisconsin, Office Hours: Monday thru Thursday 8 – 5, Friday 8 – 12. Phone 644-**** HELP WANTED Help wanted: Bartenders, Cooks, Waitresses and Clean up Person for local supper club. Will open around middle of July. Send name, address, age, phone number and if interested in part time or full time work to P. O. Box…Bloomer, Wisconsin, 54724 by June 28, 1980. 15- 16c. LOST & FOUND Found: Dog, male Chihuahua. Has collar. Call 667-****. 16 c. // AUTOMOTIVE For Sale: Best offer on ’61 Chevrolet Stationwagon, 6 cyl. Good engine, good battery, good drive train, fair tires, horrible body. Call 644-****. 15-16p. // For Sale: 1970 Plymouth Cuda 340 automatic engine and transmission rebuilt. New exhaust system, shocks, darter and U joints. $1,500. 5 ER 78 X 14 Goodyear radial tires $200. Call 289-****. 16 c. // For Sale: 1975 Dodge Windowless Van fully customized. Must see. V8, P. S., Air Cond., Cruise Control, Dual Batteries, Elec. Ref., AM, FM, 8 trac, CB, New Radials on Slotted Alum. Wheels. Call 834-*** after 5:00 p.m. 10tfc. //

50 Years Ago June 25, 1970

Officers Elected At Meeting Of Dorcas Guild New officers for the coming year were elected at the June meeting of the Dorcas Guild (see Acts 9:36-43) of the Methodist Church which was held on Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Alex Lund with Mrs. Cecelia Samplawski as the assisting hostess. Mrs. Jack Caswell was elected president, Mrs. Lee Smiley, vice president, Mrs. Eugene Brown, secretary, and Mrs. William Thorpe, treasurer, Mrs. Alex Lund will serve as sunshine chairman.

M rs. Lund gave devotions, reading from the “Upper Room”. It was voted to hold an ice cream social in July with Mrs. Al Wayne. Mrs. Alex Lund and Mrs. Carl Johnson in charge of arrangements. The group will recess for the summer months with the next meeting to be held on September 16.

Weddings!

Wedding Vows Repeated By Joanne Willger—Donald Gadke (photo) In a three o’ clock double ring ceremony performed Saturday, June 20th at Holy Family Catholic Church, Miss Joanne Marie Willger became the bride of Donald J. Gadke.

The Rev. Donald Berg heard the wedding promises of the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Willger and the sone of Mrs. Catherine Gadke. The altar was decorated with bouquets of glads and mums… Rita Tiry—Robert Ruff Wed Saturday At Holy Family Church (photo) MISS RITA TIRY, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tiry, and Robert Ruff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Ruff, were married Saturday at the Holy Family Catholic Church, South. The Rev. John Pinion officiated at the one o’ clock ceremony.

Given in marriage by her father, the bride was wearing a floor length empire style gown of sheer organza over taffeta with a high stand up collar and long sheer sleeves…The new Mr. and Mrs. Ruff are making their home in Chippewa Falls.

60 Years Ago THE BOYD TRANSCRIPT Friday, June 24, 1960

New School To Be Dedicated June 26th (photo) Boyd’s new public school building will be dedicated on Sunday afternoon, June 26th at three o’ clock. There will be a program of music, addresses by District Attorney Gene Jackson, presentation of the guests by Supt. Of Schools Lincoln Halvorson, presentation of the colors by Walter Nelson Post, 326, American Legion, music by the Stanley-Boyd area band and responses by the Village of Boyd, Towns of Goetz, Sigel and Delmar and the Board of Education. Following is the program in detail… (Includes ‘invocation’ and ‘benediction’ without speaker names)…After the program there will be a tour of the building and open house. Lunch will be served in the cafeteria.) Return From Western TripB en Lorenz, his mother and Miss Leeane Weirich, Miss Judith Licht of Stanley and Miss Betty Peroshek of Greenwood returned from a trip thru the western states on Friday. They visited with relatives at Yakima, Washington and spent a weekend at the Ray Gilles home in Seattle where they were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gilles of Portland, Oregon. They board the ocean liner “Princess Patricia” on a cruise to Victoria, Canada where they were shown points of interest. Their return trip took them thru Wenatchee Valley, Grand Coulee Dam, Glacier National Park and International Falls, Minnesota where they visited with the Patrick Kille family who moved there recently from Chippewa Falls. Mrs. Kille is the former Mary Lorenz.

70 Years Ago June 22, 1950

WILLYOUR CHILD BE AMONG THOSE PRESENT?

Parents are urged to recommend to their youngsters participation in the bicycle safety program to be held this Saturday morning.

The equipping of bicycles with special safety reflector tape is important in itself.

Your child’s bicycle, so protected, might some night prevent an accident. Application of the tape is free… WORDS WORTH REMEMBERING This learned I from the shadow of a tree that to and fro did sway against a wall: our shadow selves our influence may fall where we can never be. —Anonymous

80 Years Ago June 21, 1940

Volume XLIV, Number 8 17 ½ months to Pearl Harbor, the Third Republic nears collapse… …After (French) Premier Renaud had asked President Roosevelt for the help of the American army and navy and the President had indicated it could not be granted, the Premier immediately resigned. Marshall Henry Petain, Vice Premier under Renaud, was elected Premier and a new cabinet was formed and the French government carries. But it will be short-lived and another government with the assistance (of Nazi Germany) will soon succeed it…The last of 60 navy bombers returned by the United States to the Curtisss-Wright corporation, were flown to France last week end. It seems to be definitely decided that congress will remain in session all summer to be ready to act quickly on any emergency which may arise… Local news! BRIDGES SENT HOME BY CONGRESS ACTION/ Tennessee Forger Surrenders In Eau Claire. To Bar Fifth column from U. S. A./ Edwin G. Delgman, who said he was wanted in Tennessee on a charge of forgery, asked an Eau Claire traffic officer to arrest him because his conscience was troubling him. He was accommodated and Tennessee authorities were notified…// Of 93 births in Eau Claire, during the month of May, 91 were in hospitals. // The Bloomer Advance observed its 54th Anniversary, last week. // GLENN ROE RECEIVES DEGREE AT MINNESOTA “U”/ Glenn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Roe, received his Master’s Degree in Physics at the Commencement exercises of the University of Minnesota on Saturday evening of last week.// STANLEY MAID WEDS MINNEAPOLIS MAN/ Gene Abercrombie Married to Ohio Girl. Cupid Finds Good Picking in June./ LANGE-Linehan A beautiful twilight marriage ceremony was solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Lange, west of the city on Thursday evening, June 13, at 8:00 o’ clock, when their daughter Miss Alice and George W., son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Linehan of Minneapolis, were united in marriage… SHEEP DIPPING SERVICE NOW IN OPERATION/ The Vocational Agricultural Department of the Stanley High School, under the direction of B. R. Dugdale, instructor, is putting its portable sheep dipping vat into operation this week.

Farmers who dipped last year found no ticks or lice in evidence at shearing time this spring. Dipping should be done about two weeks after shearing to obtain the best results.

100 Years Ago June 18, 1920

TRAGEDY AT NORTH FORK ON SUNDAY COSTS LIFE/ Young Girl of Thorp Drowned in Swimming Pool in View of Several Men/ A drowning occurred early Sunday afternoon at the swimming hole on the North Fork near the Thorp road when Miss Josephine Borowick of Thorp lost her life and from the reports brought from the scene of the tragedy, the death was unnecessary… A UNIQUE SCHOOL SOUVENIR The young people of South Worden school which is presided over by Miss Katherine Wright are probably the only district school in the state to issue a School Annual, a privilege which is usually claimed only by High Schools and Colleges. But these young people are not having their annual printed with half-tone illustrations and that sort of thing, bless you no! They are having the books made in blank at the Republican office then each member of the school will make his or her own annual record of the school’s activities by filling it with pen and illustrating it with drawings and kodak pictures. And when it is finished each will have a highly prized souvenir of school days, something that is entirely worthwhile.

120 Years Ago June 30, 1900

GOOD TIME AT THORP./ The Reunion of Soldiers and Sailors has Been a Great Success. The entertainment good. / A Large Attendance of Stanley People Yesterday. Good Weather Contributes. / The center of interest this week has been at Thorp where the soldiers and sailor veterans of this section have been entertained by the citizens of Thorp at a reunion. What promised to be an oppressively hot week in the beginning turned into a delightfully cool season the last three days of the week which made the weather ideal for such an occasion.

The races yesterday afternoon were an attractive feature and gave many Stanley people their first opportunity to visit Thorp’s new Driving Park. The track is a good one and will be the source of much enjoyment to people of this section through the coming years.

The address by Hon. Ira B. Bradford was the greatest drawing card of the day’s attractions.

The Camp Fire in which the veteran guests participated last night was a very enjoyable feature but we go to press too (to) early to give a detailed account. The festivities close today. // DROWNED AT LONG LAKE/ Two Children of Banker A. B. McDonnel of Chippewa Falls Lose Their Lives./ They Were Bathing And Went Beyond Their Depth. Father’s Efforts to Save Them Unavailing./ Emily and Don., two children of President A. B. Mc-Donnel of the Lumbermen’s National Bank at Chippewa Falls, were drowned at Long Lake Monday afternoon while in bathing near the McDonnel cottage on the shore of the above named lake…(Mr. McDonnel is the namesake of the local Catholic school system in Chippewa Falls and is buried within the limits of that City. Neither he nor his children are listed at findagrave. com however).

BOYD locals.

Miss Lottie Calkins returned from a visit at Neillsville, Saturday… Carl Mockross fell from a bicycle and broke an arm. Dr. McDonald attended him… The members of the St. Joseph choir attended the dedication of the Catholic church at Stanley last week (this would have been St. Mary’s, St. Anne’s not yet in separate existence)… A printer named Carter, from Milwaukee, has rented the Leader outfit and will take possession Monday… As there will be no celebration in Boyd this Fourth several parties have bought large assortments of fireworks and the village will be bright with illumination…