Douglas County Past: 12 year old golfer breaks 100

Sep. 10—Sept. 8, 1933

12 years old but breaks 100 on local links

Many adult golfers would like to be able to play like Dick Henshaw, 12-year-old Superior boy who attends McCaskill grade school. Dick has been the youngest player in the Nemadji Invitational tournament for the last two years. In 1932, he shot a total of 468 for 72 holes, and this year shot 431, an average of around 107 for 18 holes. Dick breaks 100 regularly, shooting 97 in practice for the tournament last week. He learned his golf from his uncle, Phil Walsh, former city champion.

No grid team for Panthers, says notice

The saying of wiseacres, "It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good" applies in a football manner to East high school and the Cathedral. Attaches of the latter school announced recently that the school would probably be without a football team this year, and Thursday it was learned that four students who had been gridders under the purple and gold colors had signed up at East high school.

One of the men is Bill Meyers, the Cathedral's star fullback. In 1931 he was all-conference choice for guard, and last year was chosen by coaches here as all-city halfback. The other three are Robert Meyers, his younger brother, Bill McDonough and Leonard McIntyre.

Coach Harry Conley of Central high school received definite notice from the Rev. Fr. Annabring, physical director at the Cathedral, that the school will not have a team this season.

Superior news in brief

Seek wedding license — Malvin Person, Swedeburg, Nebraska, made application with A.R. Cole, county clerk, Friday for license to wed Ruth Pearson, Maple, Wis.

Sept. 9, 1933

New parts shop opens

The A. and K. Auto Parts company began operations Saturday at 1313-1315 Ogden avenue.

The new company is operated by Edward Anderson, veteran auto parts man, and Joe Kopito, electric parts specialty man.

The A. and K. company carries a complete stock of nationally known auto parts and electrical accessories, specializing in sales and service of generators, starters, igniters, magnetoes, shock absorbers, fuel pumps, speedometers, windshield wipers, Klaxon horns and genuine replacement parts.

Seek return of stolen volumes

Miss Martha Merrell, librarian, is very anxious to have returned as soon as possible nearly 3,000 books that have disappeared since July 1, 1931. A recent inventory showed 2,858 books missing. She made a report on missing books to the library board at a special meeting Thursday.

The purpose of the meeting was to select an assistant librarian to take charge of the East End branch. Miss Marjorie Langevin is on a year's leave of absence from the branch. Miss Evelyn Starstead, 2202 Lackawanna Avenue, was chosen to take up Miss Langevan's duties. Miss Starstead is a graduate of Central high school, the University of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin library school.

Sept. 9, 1963

Man is critical after blast here

Jerome Bastien, 61, 1318 Hughitt Ave., was reported in critical condition at St. Mary's Hospital Monday following an explosion Sunday night in the second floor apartment where he resided.

He was taken to the hospital by the Douglas County ambulance and has third degree burns, it was reported.

The fire department, which was called to the scene, said that, apparently, a gas jet on a kitchen stove had been accidentally left open and the gas built up and an explosion occurred as Bastien was about to light a cigarette.

Windows in the apartment were blown out. Three neighbors who heard the explosion went to the kitchen and removed Bastien to the hallway before the ambulance or fire department arrived. They were Eino Maki, Michael Androsky and Charles Cockson.

Two other fire calls were made Sunday. An overheated oil stove caused no loss about 12:04 a.m. in the home at 909 N. 12th St., occupied by Mrs. Ivar Falstad. A backfire in a car owned by Ralph Jondreau, Brule, Sunday, about 6:18 p.m. at 11th Avenue East and East Fifth Street caused $50 loss.

Sept. 10, 1963

Groundbreaking event planned on new school site

Plans for groundbreaking ceremonies on the site of the new $4.5-million high school, where clearing and leveling operations are already underway, are being made by the Superior Board of Education, according to Ray W. Barber, superintendent of schools.

The date and time for the community-wide event is tentatively set for 10 a.m. Sept. 16.

At a meeting of the board Monday night, 21 bus drivers and 15 school lunch employes were approved for the new school term. The bus drivers are Herbert Adolphson, Phillip Bohnen, Lawrence Britton, George Borgh, Albert Buttrick, James Dolsen, Frank Heurkens, Lewis James, John Johnstad, Harold Keller, Floyd Keup, Alfred Legro, Eugene Lundquist, Chris Mains, Lester Olson, Alte Pearson, Willis Pearson, Konrad Sorenson, John Stupak, Jack van Horn and Michael Vukovich.

Lunch program employes approved are: Ethel Brown, head of the Central High program, assisted by Selman Erickson, Elsie Field and Alice Larson; Margaret LeBard head of the Washington School program, assisted by Eva Anderson and Cathryn Granquist; Pearl Nelson, head of the Nemadji School program, assisted by Mabel Britton and Margaret Mansky; Luella Nikelson, head cook at the Patzau School, assisted by Mary Benson and Bertha Anderson; Edna McMullen, head of the program at the Oakland School and Bernice Jurvelin, Franklin School.

Sept. 11, 1933

Sportsmens corner

Brule River mouth at critical point

An insufficient amount of rainfall this summer, coupled with a buildup of sand and silt by the heavy wave action in Lake Superior may curtail the usual large steelhead run on northern Wisconsin's famed Brule River.

Brule river trout fishermen are viewing this situation with much concern and were apprehensive about the fall and spring trout migrations. Wally Niemuth, area biologist in charge of research program operations on the river said the situation was bad and that he had never seen the river so low, but trout were getting through. He admitted that the dorsal fins of the fish must be out of the water going over the sandbar on the crest of the waves.

Sept. 11, 1963

'Solon changes' says visiting couple

SOLON SPRINGS — "Everything has changed so much, we would never have recognized the place," so states Mr. and Mrs. Bert N. Rockwell of Luther, Iowa, as they visited in this area.

The Rockwells, both in their mid-80s, with their son Ralph, made their first trip back to Solon Springs and Gordon after having left this area 51 years ago.

They had come originally to northern Wisconsin during the "land boom" of the early 1900s and had staked claim to a tract of land in the Township of Gordon, about a half mile north of the Gordon Flowage and a mile south of what is now County Trunk M.

While in Solon Springs the other day, they visited some of the people they had known, though as is to be expected, few remain. They visited the site of their old home at Gordon and were interested to see that the Rockwell School building, which was named for their family, still is in use, as it has been remodeled into a home and is occupied by the Earl Cheever family.

Superior firm once hard-pressed to meet the windmill demand

Employees of the Duplex Manufacturing Company, in Superior's South End, recall the days before and after the turn of the century, when the firm was hard-pressed to turn out enough (wind)mills to satisfy the demand. Approximately 85 men were employed to supply the needs of local farmers, the vast area of the Midwest and the newly opened and rapidly expanding territories of the frontier.

Today, the Duplex company still manufactures various types of well accessories and installations, but only employs half the number of men once needed to manufacture windmills.

Articles and pictures courtesy of retired librarian Judy Aunet with Superior Public Library.