YEARS GONE BY

By: 
Marlene Matteson

10 YEARS AGO
Feb. 12, 2009

School news: T.A.D. king is Zach Wieland and queen is Nancy Yang.
Obits: Dorothy Kitzman, 87, of Elderon. Kathleen A. Ray, 79, of Wittenberg.

25 YEARS AGO
Feb. 17, 1994

Births: A daughter to Tammy and Mike McCabe, of Loyal. A son to Sandra and Michael Nichols, of Wittenberg. A son to Kevin and Kris Murdock, of Kingsford, Michigan.
Obits: Margaret Gast, 67, Wittenberg.
Sports: The Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School girls’ basketball team is champion of the Central Wisconsin Conference-Large. Team members are Courtney Radtke, Jill Kristof, Jenny Day, Jessica Whitewing, Teneil Borchardt, Jamie Seefeldt, Megal Netzler, Stacy Harrod, Jody VanderKoy and Katie Funmaker. They are coached by Dave Sickler.

63 YEARS AGO
Feb. 16, 1956

An ice carnival will be held at Homme’s Pond this Sunday starting at 1 o’clock. The public is invited. Assisting Richard Lewis, David Smith and the Homme Boys in putting on the carnival are Dr. Olson, Vernon and Lee Jorgensen, and Morris “Butch” Nelson.
Badger Theatre: “Unconquered” stars Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard and Boris Karloff.
IGA: Rib steaks, 59¢ per pound; tangerines, 1 cent each; ocean perch 5-pound box, 99 cents; sugar, 10 cents per pound.

73 YEARS AGO
Feb. 14, 1946

Ralph Peterson has accepted the position of scoutmaster for Troop 47.
Badger Theatre: “And Now Tomorrow” stars Loretta Young, Alan Ladd, Buelah Bondi and Susan Hayward.

75 YEARS AGO
Feb. 17, 1944

Sports: The Wittenberg High School basketball team assured themselves of the undisputed conference championship by winning at Rosholt last Thursday 38-18.
There will be a Skat and Schafskoff tournament at Joe’s Place, Wittenberg, on Sunday evening, Feb. 20. Playing begins at 8 o’clock. Prizes according to players. Lunch will be served.
Next Saturday, Feb. 19, is the day set aside by the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of Wittenberg for collecting waste paper. Please have the paper handy for them to pick up, either at the curb or nearby.
Marriages: Doris Zeinert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gust Zeinert, to Harvey Strelow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Strelow.

98 YEARS AGO
Feb. 17, 1921

Kersten’s Movies: “The Flame of the Yukon” stars Dorothy Dalton.
The surplus of about $250 that the Wittenberg Chautauqua Association has on hand was Tuesday night voted by the association to be turned over to the Wittenberg Hospital Association for applying on the indebtedness resting on the hospital property.