Bayfield County Journal
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Bayfield County Journal Yesteryear Column
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Zoe von Ende Lappin, granddaughter of P.J. Savage, editor of the Iron River
PIONEER from 1898 to 1952, has obtained permission for us to post the
Memories and Yesteryear columns that are printed weekly in the Bayfield
COUNTY JOURNAL, successor� to the PIONEER and other newspapers in the
county. The COUNTY JOURNAL announced the upcoming Web postings in its Dec.
3O, 1999, edition with the headline, "Genealogy columns to appear on the
web".
I would like to thank Eric Sharp, Editor of the Bayfield County Journal for his willingness to work with us in our genealogical search. We look forward to the wonderful articles that will appear here. Thank you also to Zoe von Ende Lappin for all her work and the hours of typing.
Bayfield County Journal, published in Washburn, Wis., January 6, 2000
Yesteryear
Tony Woiak
Taken from the Washburn Times January 2, 1925
Some prices from 1925: men�s silk socks, 89 cents; a blanket,
$3.45; men�s slippers, 95 cents; a brand-new Special Six Studebaker
Sedan from the DeMars Bros., $2,150; a can of evaporated milk, 10
cents; 5 pounds of sugar, 39 cents; a pound of butter, 44 cents; a
vacuum cleaner, $39.50; pocket knives, 50 cents to $3; sleds, $1.50 to
$6. Some places in Washburn in 1925: DuPont Theatre (DuPont Club),
DeMars Bros. (Ross Marine), Fox Bros. Drug Store, William Cordt�s
Meat Market (between the city garage and the Superbowl), Harry
Hanson�s Pioneer Grocery, Welty & Morke Tire Shop, Olson & Olson,
Herb Mertz Billiard Parlor (the County Journal), Ike Berman�s Palace
Store, Chicago Pack (Washington Avenue and Bayfield Street), Frank
Tetzner�s Meats (where Bruce Terry has his office on West Bayfield
Street), Dr. J.T. Sutherby, John Gibson�s Northwestern Fuel Company,
(about where the Bremer Bank is on West Bayfield Street), Larson Bros.
Grocery (where Doris� Bar was) and the Washburn Times (this may
have been about where LeRoy Smith�s Service Station was on West
Bayfield Street and Washington Avenue, or right across from where
Ross Marine is today).
50 Years Ago
Taken from the� Washburn Times January 5, 1950
Fred Hendon was elected to head the local Boy Scots. Mr. and
Mrs. J.L. Fibley (sic) celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Dec.
31st. On leave: Ernest Bellile from Great Lakes, Ill.; Pvt. LeRoy� Smith
from Ft. Riley, Kan.; Pfc. James Ledin, who was with the 44th Engineer
Construction Battalion in Ft. Bragg, North� Carolina.� �Red� Anderson,
Harry Randall, Richard Holvenstot, Harland Young and Scotty Hall
were all attending college at UW-Madison. Carl Swanson and Clarence
Holman attend the University of Southern California (USC) and Ohio
State Rose Bowl Game. Deaths: Ernest Tetzner, 65, who was chairman
for the Town of Washburn and son of Washburn pioneers, Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Tetzner; Mrs. Ole Garberg, 58, who was born in Trondjem,
Norway; William Felix, 80, who worked at DuPont and was an avid
sportsman.
25 Years Ago
Taken from the Washburn Times January 2, 1975
Bertha Molnaa (sic) was honored at Court Manor in Ashland on
her 81st birthday. Tom Siroin and Larry Woiak Jr. of the Washburn
Men�s Club present Bob Sharp a check for $130 for the Washburn Boy
Scouts. The money was raised during a benefit basketball game that the
Men�s Club put on. (Three years before, the Men�s Club graciously
played my Senior Class in a benefit basketball game for our beloved
teacher, Lenny Kovachevich, who passed away a couple of months
before we graduated. My class, the Class of �72, purchased the beautiful
portrait of Lenny, which is still at WHS, with the money from the
benefit game.) Deaths: Raymond Johnson, 60, husband of former
Washburnite Violet Sanger; Walter Bender, 84, who was born in
Washburn in 1890. (The Benders were one of the town�s pioneer
families. Washburn�s first school Benderville was named after the
family.) Edward Stock and Edward Smolen were shown with their fish
while ice fishing out of Chequamegon Bay. (This column is dedicated in
memory of two pretty good fishermen as well as guys, Eddie Smolen
and Edward Stock.)
10 Years Ago
Taken from the County Journal January 4, 1990
Washburn�s radio station, WBWA, is under new ownership.
Former Washburnite Howard Moe Jr. (WHS Class of �51) has taken
over. The Glidden� Black Bears clobbered the Castle Guards of
Washburn in Indianhead basketball action by a score of 85-35. Top
scorer for Washburn was Arnie Siroin with 14 points. (This column is
dedicated in memory of the best mother ever, my mom, Helen Woiak,
who passed away two years ago, on Jan. 4, 1998.)
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