In honor of the 2015 Suring centennial celebration, Rhoda Bartz Ebersole has compiled a history of Suring titled “Seasons in Time.”
Beginning the yearlong celebration is the Suring Centennial Kickoff Breakfast from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, at Red Maple Golf Course. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for children 12 and younger. Children 5 and younger get in for free.
“Seasons in Time” will be available for purchase at the breakfast. Cost is $20. Bartz Ebersole will attend the breakfast and sign copies of her book, published by Hahn Printing of Eagle River.
The past 100 years of Suring are featured in “Seasons in Time,” depicted through words and photographs. An excerpt from the book follows.
“On December 22, 1914, the court granted the order to incorporate Suring as a village under the direction of W.B. Quinlan, circuit judge. On January 15, 1915, the electors of Suring accepted the incorporation order to become a village. Suring is a village based on the size of its population.
“Imagine men sitting around a table that Friday evening, January 15, 1915, prepared to call their area a village with a proper name instead of “Swamp Town.” The area had no electricity, no proper streets, but a school had been started and several churches were begun in the village. A bank existed, hardware stores and mercantile stores existed along with boarding houses in the town. The Chicago North Western train ran through the town since 1896 with reliable schedules to carry local people to further destinations. Logging was the biggest commercial venture and many homes were built with the lumber. Dairy farming and agriculture followed for the Scandinavian people east of Suring and the German people west of the village.
“Suring was named after Julius/Joe Suring, the original owner of the land where the village is located. President of the village was W.J. Thielke, supervisor was Harry Serier, clerk was L.J. LaCourt, treasurer was W.F.P. Wager, justice of the peace was A.E. Suring, constable was John F. Schuster while the trustees were John Dieck, George W. Gisch, Wm. Zingler, Herman Oestreich, C. L. Von Haden, Otto H. Zahn and Robert Yakel. The men stepped out in faith that their community would be an important part of the state of Wisconsin. They have been proven correct in their assumption. There were no cell phones, no videos and few cameras to record the events of that day, but 100 years later we can imagine the courage and anticipation of these men.”
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