Years Gone By

By: 
Marlene Matteson
Years Gone By

10 YEARS AGO
Feb. 5, 2009

School news: Emily Meverden and Miranda Bauer are students of the week at Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School.
Marriages: Elizabeth Tullberg, daughter of Diane Chaignot and Terry Tullberg, to Troy Borchardt, son of Mike and Darlene Borchardt.

25 YEARS AGO
Feb. 10, 1994

School news: Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School T.A.D. representatives are freshman Teri Heinz, sophomore Sarah Krueger, junior Jill Aanonson and senior Mindy Purtell.
Marriages: Tammy Cihaski, daughter of Vilas and Shirley Cihaski, of Birnamwood, to David Fischer, son of Lawrence and Dorothy Fischer, of Birnamwood.

63 YEARS AGO
Feb. 9, 1956

Ervin Laude has bought the local IGA grocery from his brother, Alvin Laude, taking over Tuesday.
Badger Theatre: “To Catch a Thief” stars Grace Kelly and Cary Grant.

73 YEARS AGO
Feb. 7, 1946

An overwhelming vote against the proposal for a Union Free High School in Birnamwood was cast Feb. 1 in several towns of the proposed district.
Russians welcomed news of Stalin’s meeting with Roosevelt.
A Tyrolese businessman has patented a typewriter small enough to fit into a waistcoat pocket.
Laude’s IGA has hats that express your own personality – complete kit for making two exquisite creations for only $1.

75 YEARS AGO
Feb. 10, 1944

Postmaster Miss Meisner has been officially informed that the post office department is in urgent need of stenographers and typists for employment in Washington.
Ration Guide: Shoes: Stamp No. 18 in Book One good for 1 pair. Stamp No. 1 on the “Airplane” sheet in Book Three good for 1 pair.

98 YEARS AGO
Feb. 10, 1921

An appropriate Columbia Record in a special envelope, artistically typical of the occasion, is the latest thing in valentines. See our selection at Fred N. Harris, jeweler and optometrist, Wittenberg.
Wittenberg Co-Operative Company – Big Sacrifice and Price Readjustment Sale – men’s suits, $25-$39.50; fur coats and overcoats, $24.50-$40; boys suits and knee pants, $1.49-$16.75.