Bruce News-Letter (Newspaper) - May 5, 1950, Bruce, Wisconsin 1 Main Street Bruce FUN FACTS At times Les Arey has a really thankless job He spends a great tt time transcribing a telegraph message of from 300 to 500 words neatly for the sendee only wastepaper basket On the brighter side the long message most generally isn't bad news o O o Got a kick out of young Jay den Monday night He took a May VOLUME 50 NUMBER 28 BRUCE RUSK COUNTY WIS FRIDAY MAY 5 1950 IN OCTOBER Spring Court Term Starts Next Week Two Criminal Cases To Appear Before Judge C The spring term circuit court will open Monday May 8 at the Rusk county court house with Judge ence E Rinehard on the bench taken up with basket across the street from by the gnd shop put it on the porch and run like heck He stopped again in front of the shop and waited for ments Three boys at the corner tried to make him believe they wer- going over and swipe the basket ha young Jay held his ground one of the boys told him to go hack and ring the door bell He did and got the desired results o 0 o Seems like a good idea for every town to let the Communists take over Jor a aay in inee Probably if someone else run this paper even for a day it would show improvement o 0 o Diary of The Woke up at 7 a m but forced myself to sleep five minutes longer Dressed and slipped out of the trailer before the good wife could make me shave Agreed with another early riser that it might be a fair day Over to the post office for fan mail ed that there were two checks and only one Into the cafe for coffee Agreed with the waitress that it looked like bad day On the job and cussing the linotype Blessed the linotype because I didn't have to the copy Over to the filling station and flipped double or nothing for a coke Paid double Back to work for a while then over to the post office three bills no checKi o O o Dick Alvey brought in an Atlas of Rusk county lor the year showed pictures of places and people of Bruce and Rusk county ing to Dick the place where the now stands used to be a big swamp and if one should walk across it he would have walked in water up to his b beg pardon ach At that time most of the iness section lay north of the track Records from the register at the Mac Arthur hotel lists many which have since been torn down Among them were John tonsorial artist Grocery Model Drug Tho People's gain Store Skelly Bros Saloon the jury has been summoned for 9 o'clock Tuesday morning Only two cases are on the criminal calendar one of which was held over the fall term Lloyd Smith of Campia who was arrested last Octo- ber in the Blue Hills area and ed with shining deer was successful in obtaining postponement o his peal from justice until this term Smith who was alleged to he in possession of a light and a gun in deer country was arrested by en Urquhart found guilty in Justice court and immediately appealed conviction He will be represented by F R Parks of Rice Lake The other case on the criminal calendar is that of Richard Bates of Exeland who was arraigned some time ago for the alleged rape of a minor woman Bates was confined in county jail for a time but obtained bond He will be represented by G A Hagerty On the fact for jury calendar are four cases Frank ana Elten vs William Schultz Miller D'Amico vs sen an a suit for damages for inal conversation D'Amico is sented by G A Hagerty and sen by O J George and Eva McCinnis vs tie Lencner in an and battery case and tne vs Fred E Frohn in a drunken driving case make up the rest ot tne jury Two actions comprise the fact for court list the first being The field Clinic vs Leslie Jandrt in an ad- tion to recover a claimed fee for ical testimony and Ezra McCann vs Alex and Jayne Turanski in a drilling litigation for naturalization who will appear are Barbara Holmes of Bruce Erika McCain of Exeland Stanley Sczesny of Conrath and of Conrath BRUCE HIGH SCHOOL Newcomers to Bruce are duly im- pressed by the fine modem physica j plant which now houses the Bruc public schools Located at the end of Main Street the three bricl structures contain an agriculture shop a gymnasium a music room a library a lunch room nigh school class rooms and 12 grade rooms en buses transport 460 pupils to and from school each day a total of miles per year Six hundred fifty students have registered during the school tional activities directed by a faculty of 21 elementary and secondary These grand facilities have grown from very humble beginnings In 1891 the village organized its first elementary school a ing Bruce residents have knowledge of firat school ever Mrs John who to this community in 1893 recalls that it was located next to the old town hall in the vicinity of the Dave Joey Miss June Rusch had as her guest over the week end Miss Mavis son of Minneapolis Annual Game Law Fireworks Scheduled For Monday Night Alumni Reunion Is Set For July 3rd Meeting To Be Held May 12 To Lay Plans For Triennial Event At a meeting of the Bruce high school alumni Friday it decided to hold the triennial reunion July 3 Another meeting to make moru de- finite plans has been scheduled Friday May 12 at 8 p m at th high school All graduates are to attend this residence She also built in 1900 which stood directly in front of the present John Foster was and iMae Allington the other teacher lived at the Towers home The original frame building was soon outgrown Wings were added in 1904 and plans were made for a high school Ninth grade training added in 1905 and the first Bruce high school graduates Fred and Paul Otii and Hazel Page completed their secondary studies in 1910 Two Agnes Moller and Lucille were graduated in smallest nine students Continued on Page -1 Bruce Prep Nine To Start Friday New Auburn Is First First Games To Be Played May 24th Eau Claire Team League To Make Loop Ail Eight Team Affair Rules For Operation Drawn To Prevent Playing of During Season Latest addition to the newly formed Northwestern Wisconsin league according to Adam secretary is the try of Eau Claire The team com- posed of former Eau Claire high school and college diamond ers is forced by a apace shortage to all of its games on the road much revision of ules First games will he played under lights Wednesday May 24 and the Bruce entry expected to begin tice sessions this week under the di- rection of Leonard Sorenson er The new league has boon set up with rules designed to eliminate the sources of the that usually beset such loops Among the are one that provides that each club shall post a forfeit bond with the following rules First a team is 16 players and a complete list must be given to the secretary by June 15 Second no new players may to added except on approval of managers the president and the Third no players may be added after the mark of the season t residents of the community In case of protests the official test must be made before play is re- Then a feu must be given to the league to be forfeited if the protest fails Other rules adopted regarded ad- missions playoffs and what share each team should have in league re- at the end of the season Teams now included in the loop which will play every Wednesday are Bruce Eau Claire Barron Rice Lake Canton Prairie Farm Ladysmith and Spooner The Bruce team will practice Tuesday and Thursday nights according to Leonard Sorenson manager Sessions will start this Thursday if the weather is able and Soremon extends an in- to all players to try out for the team secretary before the start of play In the event that any team fails to up for a scheduled game the bond is forfeited to their opponents If ter such an occurrence the teams wants to resume play another hond must be posted In order to eliminate the use of the league has adopted t AVI Diamond Aggregation The annual fish and game hearings ami election of representatives to tha Wisconsin Conservation Congress will be held at the NVA building in Monday May 8 ning at 8 p m Conservation Warden Leonard will conduct the election to lace Dr Wm B A J Bauer Ralph Jenkins and Iver Bergstrom Two will oe selected at that time In accordance with the new rules one man will be elected for thre one for two and one for one year No two men may be from the same city village or legal town and no politics are allowed In addition no member may f a game law violation the five years All legal voters in the county are qualified to vote and all secret and the Bauer will conduct en fish and game questionnaires by the conservation Recommendations be ried t Madison by the delegates hut he county group Bowers The are tne as last years and embody the of the aad of the the any dew iww im thr pan and the thlt will j ably draw the most fire men They will be asked whether favor a forked horn season an any deer season controlled hunting of does fawns in critical areas or a doe season General opinion in the county to np did not do too much damage to the herd but that continued doe and fawn hunting might seriously deplete it Sportsmen will vote on they want a ruffed grouse f partridge season Game manager report that the grouse has reached the peak of and increased sure will not hurt the grouse lation One new innovation in the questionnaire will be that of a posed fishing to include both bummer and ice fishing At the ent time two sets of regulations are in force and the department 3 single season with a fish at spawning times Early season trout fishing ir Lak Superior area opening the deer in the souther c or streams will also come up for con- sideration Since tne of the department affect every man m county MMM to attend the by mm JUSTICE COURT Stanley Jaskowiak appeared before Justice charged with speeding He was and costs Johnson Glen Flora an- on complaint of his charged with assault and battery H fined and costs Ray Nelson Hawkins appeared 01 a on The Bruce high nine will face New Auburn Friday there in the first test of the current baseball season With scarcely a week of practice under their belts the ers show plenty of ragged edges but seem to be coming along as well a could be expected Pitching and ing are good bu in the arr weak in the department Practice sessions have so few in fact that Coach Olson hesitates to name the starting line-up but the following Hayden or Red Atwood will start on the mound for Bruce de- pending upon thp strength of th New Auburn team which is usually weak Mike McGlynn is to wear the mask Find will at bnw if Atwood pitches and Jim McGlynn will be at second Harold Tiegs at third and Rod Keith or Howard Moon j at short complete the in- After Short Illness Local Woman Had Been County Resident Much of Life Services Wednesday Mrs Lawrence Cudo 52 died April 29 at Minneapolis after an illness of about a month Mary B Jaskowiak was hoi n Mar In the garden Jar juts ed for the left spot with Otto or Moon will it- n right field 18 1898 in Weyerhauser the ter of Mr and Mrs Charles and spent her girlhood there September 16 1015 she was ried to Lawrence Cudo of er they moved to Minneapolis where they lived for the next 22 years Returning to Weyerhauser they lived there for lour years they purchased thu Log Cabin Bar in Di i i i J Surviving are Mrs father i husband and two Carl of and Mrs Carolyn vey of Bruce Mrs Frances Swada and Mrs Tony Renton Wash sisters and Stanley Jaskowiak a survive Funeral services were held Bernard Cow Tests 96.7 Ibs In Serley Bernard Again Lead Association In April Testing Thirty-four herds were on test in the Rusk County No 1 in which 594 cows 536 pounds of milk and 26.6 pounds of butterfat One hundred eighteen cows were dry and 94 cows were on the which produced 40 pounds OT over of batter fat as Howard E Son Jena Robert Kulibert Glenn and Karl each 1 Otto yeth Moore Walter Weinert and Walter Martindale Son each Emil Mayer Son Edward Selinske Luke Ray Baribeau Rense Spoolhoff Audie Christiansen Son and Sydney Graves each 3 Lester Hairy E Burcalow Jack ley Arthur Ryall Wm and Wayns Truman each 4 Earl S Goff Won and Paulson Bros each G Quade 7 and Gordon ard 9 For the small herd mas herd of Jack Serley of Exeland was first with a herd average of 30.9 Ibs for Grade Sydney Graves Bruce His for 12 Grade seys Walter Weinert Bruce 31.5 for 12 grade Guernseys For the large herd class the herd M III with a herd average of Ibs for 20 grade Guernseys Edward ske Ibs for 20 grade Guernseys and Lester Hilten Bruce Ibs for 22 grade seys The high individual for the month 1 was owned Gordon Bernard of Bruce She produced Ibs milk Orville Woods his case was continued to June 2 Wallace Coleman Bruce before Justice G A Hagerty with cattle without aun i- ity He was fined ami cyclic and I den of Ladysmith appeared on ing charges Both were Kar Ladysmith an complaint of A Cai son charged with speeding fined and costs or tentative lineup and there are several others who earn spots by day that will I Mary's viay church al A in at M test lus 1 under strict rules of a retest the next with Father Phillip Krembs officiating and the Mirr funeral home in charge in the Bruce cemetery Burial Fifty-Five Students To Attend Musical Hall Team To Be Guests At Lou Gehrig Picture under of if K will t Rice Lakt Saturday to enter the to he ht Id Potato Test Plots On Birger Eke Farm in il compete include marching I and ana int- I be judged in all ever i Also entered are trie fo One of the Rusk county potato and eight plots will on the Birger fam j three brass band i must i in the Soft Maple community south three reed one the potato varieties Ontario to CLAIMS 4 he Scott Flambeau fi x bank A few of Uvr iMT 4 The of the Bruce team will be the of Bob Wednesday or Thursday May and 11 at the showing of The Pride the Players go t Adam for their The pay the tax of i in- iv of Iron Man Gehrig and Gary Cooper Walter Brennan and Terena Wright Included in the are Babe Ruth Dickey other of the Yankee of a few There a lot a in the ture a great laughs and a few Pride of the Yankees is one of the ever to at for jr the day she produced 1698 Ibs milk test and Ibs bf Warter ert Bruce grade Guernsey 1.355 Ibs milk test Ibs bf Donald Bruce grade Holstein milk test Jack Serley grade Swiss 1582 Ibs milk test 61.7 Ibs bf Seth Moore Bruce grade Guernsey Ibs milk 6.4 test 61.3 bf Walter Weinert Bruce grade Holstein Ibs milk test Ibs Gordon Bruce grade Guernsey Ibs of Fleischauer fieldman Michalskis Soon To Erect New Tavern John and will soon build combination store and beer tavern on Highway 8 two miles of The new building wMI of frame to he completed m and will M