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Newspaper
Manitowoc Sun
Location
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1936
Page
4
A Manitowoc centennial celebration set to begin June 28 for one week is urged to be a community affair with minimal commercial hype. The piece argues against special advertising by large papers and calls for committee driven entertainment funded by sponsors without raising rates.
A civic test urges residents to advertise Manitowoc as the Aluminum Center of the World and to favor products made locally. Readers are asked if they promote local iron, cement, canned goods, furniture, hot water systems, dairy, flour, tobacco, and textiles in daily life and commerce.
The article urges transforming rooms with color, light walls for dark spaces, darker ceilings on high ceilings, and white backgrounds with bold color accents. It stresses planning, selecting paints, and letting color create a cheerful, harmonious home atmosphere.
On the House floor Congressman Schneider referenced a locally used utility plant to illustrate how publicly or cooperatively owned systems can provide good service at lower rates than private power trusts. He pointed to a 1915 purchase and noted the plant’s growth earnings and rates. In local news, three hundred fifty school boys will play softball in a new league that combines grade and parochial schools.
Peter Vandenbusch aged 42 died last Friday in a Madison hospital. The body was returned home for a funeral on Monday morning. Survived by a widow two daughters two sons seven brothers three sisters and his mother.
Fred C. Borcherdt Jr topped the delegate list from the eighth district at the Republican convention. A county fair board meeting was set to be held in DePere on May 14.
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