DuPont to Erect New Y M C A Building in Washburn
DuPont Powder company plans to build a 50 by 40 foot two story Y M C A on the site of the former F T Beers Club at Bayfield Street and Central Avenue. The facility will serve plant employees and city youth and be turned over to the National Y M C A with on site supervision. The project reflects strong corporate welfare efforts following a previous Y M C A in Barksdale camps. Separately, an Overland car driven by John Renstrom collided with a team led by Thomas Holvick near 8th Avenue and Bigelow Street, damaging the car and injuring the men and one horse.
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F. T. Beers
Barksdale
duPont Powder Company
National Organization
DuPont Company
Beers
Bayfield Street
Central Central Avenue
F. T. Beers Club
Mr. Beers
Washburn
John Renstrom
Thomas Holvick
8Th Avenue
Bigelow Street
Mr. Holvick and Son
General Pershing
Army Recruiting Office
Ashland
Army
Stars and Stripes
Pershing
Navy
Marines
Berlin
Jack Pershing
Bristol
Milwau kee Speaker to Deliver Patriot Address in St Louis Hall
John M. Callahan of Milwau kee and a Knights of Wisconsin member will speak at St. Louis Hall Sunday from 4 to 6 pm. All are invited to attend this patriotic address.
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John M. Callahan
Milwaukee
The
Knights of Wisconsin
St. Louis Hall
Catholic Ladies Aid to Serve Ice Cream Thursday
The Catholic Ladies Aid society announces a meeting at St. Louis Hall next Thursday afternoon. Ice cream will be served and all are invited to attend.
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Catholic Ladies Aid Society
St. Louis Hall
Robbery at Cumberland House sparks pursuit and arrests
A burglary at the Cumberland House led to a chase as one robber fled the front door while a partner escaped. Walter Veno pursued by car and helped capture the man near Library corner. both suspects were later caught at the duPont plant and jailed as burglary charges were filed.
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Cumberland House
Walter Veno
Veno
duPont
James Long
Downs Named for Assembly Candidate in Bayfield County
Frank Downs of Bayfield was selected to run on the Republican ticket for the Assembly after countywide consultations. If nominated he will push for strong Bayfield county interests with a businesslike approach and broad support from across the county.
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Medford
Frank Downs
Assembly
Downs
Bayfield County
Mr. Downs
United States
Robert
Wisconsin
Soldiers on leave visit home during war training
John Holman Reinhard John son and Fred Arseneau visited home in the past week while completing special training under government instructors at the State University. They are enlisted in the U S Army and express satisfaction with army life and a readiness to travel to assist the war effort.
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M. Thomas Kennedy
Tom
Camp Grant
Chicago
Great Lakes
John Holman
Reinhard Johnson
Fred Arseneau
The
State University
Uncle Sam
Degree of Honor Lodge instituted in Washburn
A Degree of Honor Lodge was instituted in Washburn on Monday evening July 29, organized by State Organizer Mrs. Mae Fambach of Superior. Ashland Lodge members attended and talks were given by Organizer Fambach and others. Officers named to oversee lodge affairs include Past Chief Josephine Tutsch and Chief of Honor Hattie Taylor, with Minnie Miller as Chief of Ceremonies and other positions listed.
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Washburn
Mae Fambach
Superior
Ashland Lodge
P. C
Elmer H. Hansen
H. Hannah Knudsen
Herman Starcire
Rose Peqackie
Maneen
Anna S. Scripter
Lodge
Josephine Tutsch
Hattie Taylor
Amelia Joanis
Minnie Miller
Rec. Financial
Mary Beausolief
Pelagia L. White
Hazel M. Wasmuth
Asst
Inga Olson
Iuner Watch
Tena Olson
Outer Watch
Josephine White
Bertha Olson
P. G. Frey
Big Wisconsin curb and gutter project launches in Watertown
Lehman Brothers of Watertown win the contract for a city wide curb and gutter upgrade to begin within days. The work, the largest of its kind in Wisconsin, will take about a year with minimal street disruption as traffic is managed. The district will be laid out by the Board of Public Works starting from the city center.
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Wisconsin
Lehman Brothers
Town Hall
Board of Public Works
Oscar Garon Arrives in France with Signal Corps
Oscar Garon formerly with Bell Telephone Company in this city has arrived in France. He is in the Signal Corps and has been in training in this country for some time.
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Oscar.Garon
Bell Telephone Company
France
Oscar
Signal Corps Service
Halt on Barksdale Eileen school building project
The Barksdale Eileen school district voted to suspend work on the new high school amid rising costs. Meetings claimed expenses surpassed 80 000 with 60 000 still needed to finish, risking no completion by the open.
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Barksdale-Eileen
Barksdale
Barksdale Town Hall
Eileen
Ford car rolls over embankment near Barksdale school
Arnold Bergmann drove a Ford with Frances Oberts and Rose Klock as occupants when it toppled twice after leaving the embankment near the Barksdale school house last Thursday. Oberts sustained back injuries, Klock was scratched and bruised, Bergmann was only slightly injured. the car was not badly damaged and all three escaped serious harm.
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Arnold Bergmann
Frances Oberts
Rose Klock
Barksdale School House
Oberts
Bergman
Swedish Lutheran Church A Road Services Schedule
The Swedish Lutheran Church A Road lists pastor services until further notice with dates and times in Birch Lake Washburn and Bayfield across August including 4th 10:30 a.m. 4th 8:00 p.m. 11th 10:30 a.m. 11th 7:30 p.m. 18th 10:30 a.m. 18th 8:00 p.m. 25th 10:30 a.m. John Yepp and associates take charge of the Washburn Steam Laundry after purchasing the plant. retiring proprietor John Mon-08 will stay a week then depart for southern Wisconsin. T. c. Oscar returned from Woodbury New Jersey where he worked for DuPont. family will move back to Woodbury after visiting.
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Birch Lake
Washburn
Bayfield
John Yepp
John Mon- 08
Wisconsin
T. c. Oscar
Woodbury
N. J
DuPont Company
Oscar
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Ida A. Hansen
Lehman Bros
Curb
Watertown
Acard
George Posey
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Homer
Big Pond
Sargeant
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