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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.
Iron River Memories
Beverlee Thivierge
Reprinted from the Iron River Pioneer
January 1, 1942
Philip E. Nelson is now a member of the first class of aviation cadets to enter the Air Force Training Center at Kelly Field, Tex. Cadet Nelson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nels Nelson and a graduate of Iron River High school.
Headlines -- Children to aid in defense. The state superintendent of schools, John Callahan, has tendered several suggestions to local school boards to alter rules and regulations of the school year to enable the students to help in the war effort by assisting farmers, industry and others. The first suggestion was teach school on alternate Saturdays so that the school term could end two weeks earlier.
Vilas Warbalow, son of Elmer Warbalow, came home from Ft. Custer, Mich., for a short furlough. Vilas took to Army life very nicely and to friends he declared that he can find nothing in the service to whimper about.
If all winters were as mild up this way as this one has been to date, the Florida bathing beauty ads in the magazines would not look so alluring to northerners as they otherwise do. What little snow has fallen was gone by Christmas, and the temperature has not been low up here to his time.
Camp Walters, Texas, Dec. 23, 1941 -- Dear Mr. Editor, This is a report from Camp Walters, Texas, Co. A, 1st Platoon, 60th Training Battalion, from a few of the admirers of the Pioneer that you have here in Texas. We were especially interested in the story of the blackout in Iron River. We wish to inform the girls back home that our addresses are all the same and that any letters they send us will be appreciated and answered. Signed -- Sincerely yours, Privates Ted Kidkowski, George Davis and "Sport" Dargie, committee.
Lowell R. Tharp of this city, a graduate of Iron River High School, has enlisted in the Air Force and expects to spend a year learning airplane mechanics before being shifted to the flying force -- this on account of the fact that he has not attained the age when they will allow him to do any flying, but Lowell has ambitions to be a flyer. Good luck to you, Lowell.
Dec. 31, 1959
Chauncey the Bear Hunter, a resident of Wilderness Lodge near Iron River in Bayfield County, Wis., stands before the station wagon and proclaims his proudest achievement, seller of $62,000 in U.S. Savings Bonds. The car is a recent gift of Mrs. Henry Tate and her husband of Poynette, Wis. Chauncey Bottum comes out of his Northern Wisconsin habitat often to promote bond sales, Red Cross activities, Chamber of Commerce events and other good will functions. He has done this full time since 1926. His welfare is provided for by industrial and business friends. (Photo by staff photographer of Wausau Record Herald.)
The weekend gave us very nasty weather, freezing rain that turned to blowing and drifting snow on Sunday night, lasting all day Monday. Roads were icy -- winds strong -- and so help me all the natives were out that day! Saw more people on the street than during shopping days before Christmas. These are rugged folks!
Betty Lou Tharp won the doll and layette set, and Kenneth Clark won the electric train at the Community Christmas party.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Klovstad, Port Wing, will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary at the Port Wing Town Hall Jan. 2 at 8 p.m. All are invited to attend.
The Pat Callahan family refused first prize in the Christmas home decorating contest and asked that another winner be chosen. The revised listed of winners: Walter Simpson, first; Maynard Clark, second; and George Pudas, third.
Galen, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.A. "Pete" Peterson, became a teenager Tuesday and celebrated with an ice skating party at Perk's Resort which lasted from 3 to 10 p.m. with father and brother, Bert, Miss Ethel Leifeste, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Perkich, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson of Chicago; Pam Nelson, Nancy and Bobby Olson, also of Chicago; Dale Anderson, Keith Kangas and Bob Buran. The party was a great success and Gay says his best one.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Richards and son, Charles, and daughter, Emily Jean, of Palo Heights, Ill., came up and spent Christmas at their cottage on Nestle Lake. Mr. Richards is the former publisher of the Pioneer.