95 Years Ago – November 6, 1930
A jury in circuit court at Neillsville awarded $750 to Alvira Wachsmuth, 17, who lives near Owen, after hearing how she and her guardians, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Wachsmuth, had gone to considerable expense to prepare for a wedding which did not take place. The defendant in the breach of promise suit was Ray Vandehey, who was accused of having twice postponed his proposed marriage to Alvira.
The new $10,000 school at Midway just constructed to replace the one destroyed by the cyclone last June was dedicated last Friday evening.
Dr. B.H. Dike returned home on Saturday from Minneapolis where he had been for a week receiving medical treatment, as a result of his burning his hand from the use of x-ray.
85 Years Ago – November 7, 1940
Golden I. Sturgeon, the pioneer businessman on the main street of this city, was laid to rest in the Riverside Cemetery Monday morning after having been in business in the city of Owen for the past 35 years operating a tavern. Mr. Sturgeon was admired by his fellow businessmen as being the oldest among them and for the precedent he had established in operating his business.
75 Years Ago – November 9, 1950
The Owen Key Club will sponsor Andrew DeCosta and Lenore Ferrari in “Matchless Musical Moments” Thursday evening November 16 in the Owen High School gymnasium at 8 o’clock p.m.
65 Years Ago – November 10, 1960
Gaddis Brothers, well known Clark County dairymen of Withee, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Johnson, purebred Guernsey cattle owners, of Granton, will be among the many Wisconsin breeders of purebred dairy cattle who will be exhibiting at the 1960 International Livestock Exposition, Horse Show and Rodeo, the management reports.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Mroz are the proud parents of another son, Dale Chester, who was born November 2 at St. Joseph’s Hospital at Marshfield. The little boy weighed eight pounds and 13 ounces and Dr. Braswell made the delivery.
55 Years Ago – November 5, 1970
About 50 Cub Scouts from the Withee Pack 19, participated in a hayride on Thursday, October 26. Two wagons were used to ride around the Withee area, north of the cemetery and terminated at the Nazareth Lutheran Church for lunch and refreshments.
45 Years Ago – November 6, 1980
The exhibit featuring a model train and many published photographs of trains taken by Burdell Bulgrin will be on display in the Withee Public Library on Friday, November 7.
Former Owen resident Neil P. Vater, 38, died late Sunday afternoon after a hunting accident near his home at Rt. 1, Loyal. He died of a shotgun blast to the right side of the chest. The accident occurred while he was hunting with his son, Edwin, 13, on their land about one-fourth mile from the house.
The Owen-Withee Senior Citizen’s Group has been hard at work organizing a new project. The group, with the help of government funds, has been able to arrange the county’s purchase of the old Larry’s Shoe Store. This building is now being converted into a center for senior citizens, and it will also be the location for the nutrition center, which presently serves meals to senior citizens at the Bethany Church.
35 Years Ago – November 8, 1990
On Monday, November 5, Parks Happy 13 4-H is hosting Sheriff Neville at their club meeting. He will be speaking on drugs and alcohol at 8:00 p.m. at the Owen-Withee High School.
Nazareth Lutheran Church was the setting for the October 20, 1990 wedding of Linda Amacher and Jeffrey Budoff.
25 Years Ago – November 8, 2000
The Owen-Withee and Curtiss Fire Departments exercised firefighting techniques at the controlled burn on the grounds of the CCHCC on Saturday, November 4. After the sale of portions of CCHCC land to the DOT and in turn the sale of the Health Care Center dairy herd, an application was made to burn the farm buildings on the Johnson farm, a portion of the CCHCC property since 1919.
15 Years Ago – November 10, 2010
Clients of Indianhead Community Action Agency picketed in protest of the agency closing its doors and moving to Neillsville. The sign on the door said food could be picked up at the Medford office, but that didn’t set well with residents here who regularly use the food pantry. They stood outside last Wednesday during the cold, rain and snow that hit the area last week trying to get the attention of all who drove by.