THE TIME MACHINE
From past files of The Star News
10 YEARS AGO
June 2, 2011
Major construction work in the Hwys 13 and 64 intersection is scheduled to begin June 13 and the crossing will be closed for 12 days when the summer projects shifts there. The closing will come after the end of the school year and one day after the Town and Country Dairy Breakfast at the fairgrounds so traffic flow should not be affected for the event.
“June 13 is the magic date,” DOT project consultant Don Andre said at the weekly briefing held Wednesday at the Medford Area Chamber of Commerce office.
Once the Hwy 64 intersection is reopened, no major work will take place in the area until after the Independence Day holiday.
25 YEARS AGO
June 5, 1996
A $2.1 million project to construct a new east-west runway at the Taylor County Airport got the go-ahead from Governor Tommy Thompson last week.
“The Taylor County Airport is expected to see increased use by larger and faster business aircraft in the next couple of years, and the new runway will give corporate users the length they need to safely take off and land at the airport,” Thompson said.
The governor’s action releases $1,672,500 in state funds to grade and pave a 4,950-ft. long runway and adjacent taxiway and apron. It will also provide funding for installation of medium intensity runway lights.
Taylor County will contribute another $427,500 toward the project.
50 YEARS AGO
June 3, 1971
Fire of undetermined cause destroyed a barn and contents Tuesday afternoon on the Gerald Zenner farm in the town of Hammel. The blaze was discovered by Mrs. Zenner who was unable to contact the fire department due to the fact that the telephone was out of order. A passerby turned in the alarm.
The loss, placed at at least $35,000, included the 26x80-foot barn, a 48x40 “L” shape structure attached to the barn and a milkhouse. The Medford fire department concentrated its efforts at saving a machine shed a few feet from the main structure.
75 YEARS AGO
May 30, 1946
The recent railroad strike, which started Thursday and ended Saturday, had its effects locally as well as nationally.
Wm. F. Hafferman, Soo Line depot attendant, stated that the last train to come into Medford was the local freight from Park Falls, which arrived here at 12:30 noon last Thursday. It departed at 4:30 p.m. Thursday for its terminal at Abbotsford. The first train to arrive at Medford after the emergency was the 118 passenger from Ashland arriving here at 9:39 p.m. Saturday.
100 YEARS AGO
June 2, 1921
Tuesday, June 14th, will see the best efforts of a large force of volunteer workers translated into the graveling of the bad parts of the Meridian Road.
In years past some highly successful graveling bees were pulled off on this road, but after the war started the various other activities claimed the time of most of the volunteer workers, with the result that graveling slacked up.
125 YEARS AGO
May 30, 1896
Rapid City, S. D., May 25.—Several suits have been filed here by some of the stockholders of the Holy Terror Mining company against the officers and directors to prevent the latter from selling the shares of the stock of the plaintiffs which have become delinquent. This mine is considered one of the richest in the Black hills, if not the United States. The plaintiffs allege that the working of the mine discloses large and extensive bodies of free milling gold ore and that there is now in the ore bins 250 tons of gold ore that will yield by free milling process from $50 to $500 per ton.
Remember When — 2002
Gloria Koroghlanian of Applied Data Consultants walked throughout the city of Medford in May mapping such things as water shutoff valves, manholes, light poles and other infrastructure items. A backpack global position system receiver fed coordinate information accurate to within under a foot into a handheld computer. The mapping information was later linked to databases showing details such as age, type and history of the object that was mapped.
