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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
December 11, 1941
A five minute blackout drill will take place in Iron River on Friday night. So tomorrow night, sometime between the hours of 8 and 9:15 p.m., the fire siren will be blown in a manner similar to that sounded at noon every day, and when that takes place, the street lights will be turned off promptly and every responsible head of every home and every business establishment in the village are asked to turn off every light so as not to be visible from the outside until such time as the town siren will give an all clear signal a few minutes later.
Suggested gifts for our soldiers, Navy and Airmen can include candy, cigarettes, money, subscriptions to hometown papers and magazines; non-perishable things to eat are recommend as well as cakes and cookies, as only mothers and grandmothers can make them.
Frank Moore, a resident of Iron River and vicinity for 49 years, died at his home Tuesday. The deceased was born in Brookfield, Mo., Jan 17, 1878. He married Amelia Leuder, stepsister of William Klino, and his wife and two children survive: Lee of Chicago and Earl, chief of the Coast Guard Patrol in Manila, where active fighting is now going on in repelling a Japanese invasion attempt. (Note -- Earl and his family were prisoners of the Japanese all during the war. Earl never fully recovered and died shortly after the war.) Mr. Moore's funeral will be conducted at the Congregational Church by the Rev. Robert Black of Iron River, and Rev. Otto Simon of Drummond. The Oddfellows will attend the funeral in a body, and burial will follow at the Iron River Cemetery. The pallbearers will be members of the Forest Rangers Dept. of the Wisconsin Conservation Commission, where Mr. Moore was a retiree.
Thanks -- Again I want to thank our citizens for their efforts in another emergency, the height of whose ambition has been to assist in these cases. How could anyone get discouraged in a community like this? The road over the hill may seem long, but when occasion demands my friends surprisingly cover it in a fraction of a minute from seemingly nowhere, and that doesn't mean maybe! Ben Upson.
We are throwing out, burning up and destroying and all merchandise made in Japan, Germany and Italy from our stock. You cannot buy anything made by an enemy country from us. MacRae Drug Co. (Please remember, readers, this was nearly 60 years ago and another time, so do not judge too harshly, as many are yet alive who remember these dark days.)
December 10, 1959
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Wanke, Milwaukee, are parents of a son, Thomas Paul, born Nov. 29th. Mrs. Wanke is the former Virginia Stephans. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stephans of Janesville, Wis., have a four pound two ounce son, Jeffrey Lewis, born Dec. 6th.
Dorothy Vacha was rushed to Trinity Hospital in Ashland last Saturday evening after receiving severe injuries to three fingers on her left hand. The accident happened when she was dicing bread in the meat tenderizing machine.
Fine appearance, soldierly conduct and military bearing on the part of Specialist Four Merwin L. Shulstad, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Shulstad of Iron River, recently drew praise from Major General Gerald Galloway, commanding general at Ft. Belvoir, New Jersey. Sp. 4 Shulstad was the outstanding soldier and awarded the post of General's Orderly. Merwin is a 1958 graduate of Columbia High School in Iron River and entered the service July of that same year.
Dorothy Denny and her three children left Saturday for Izmir, Turkey, to join her husband, Jack, who is with the Air Force there. He has been there for six months. Mrs. Denny is the former Dorothy Clark of Iron River.
The Iron River PTA meeting will be held tonight at 8 p.m. Hostesses will be Mesdames: Dorothy Kangas, Elmire Knapp, George Finnegan, Einar Hoffren, Fred Harrsion, Gordon Kniskern, Harold Evenstad, Ernest Chantelois, Lawrence Demers, Roy Ellis.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Farley announce the marriage of their daughter, Jane Mary, to Mr. Paul J. Moynihan on Nov. 26 at Johnston Hall Chapel, Marquette University. Mr. and Mrs. Moynihan are graduates of Marquette and the bride is a feature writer for the Milwaukee Journal. Jane Mary is the granddaughter of the Emil Bernards of Iron River and spent many summers here.
Bill Wick came home from Chicago after visiting with his father, Ray, who is very ill.
Mr. Aaron Kivisto and Mrs. Marie Pudas are both home after hospital stays.
Co-op Supermarket advertising cream style corn, 10 cans for $1; Betty Crocker cake mixes, 3 for $1; Baker's chocolate chips are 39 cents; and salad dressing, 16 oz. for 19 cents!