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ABBOTSFORD T RIBUNE PUBLISHED IN ABBOTSFORD THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1951
Accordion teacher to be here three days a week
If you are interested in learning to play the accordion, you have the opportunity of belonging to an accordion club being formed by Emil’s Radio Service. The only cost involved is for five lessons, as no charge is made for the use of an instrument, which in furnished free during the learning
period. Herb Hamlin of Wausau, who has been teaching accordion here two days each week, will now come three days a week. About 10 more students can be accommodated, and Mr. Hamlin will teach the kind of music you want to play. Emil has partitioned off a part of the basement as a studio for your convenience.
Abbotsford Hdw. personnel attends meeting this week The personnel of the Abbotsford Hardware Company attended the fall showing of goods at the Our Own Hardware warehouse at Minneapolis this week. Toys and gift merchandise for the holiday seasons were purchased.
Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Amacher, Harold and Carol, Mrs. William Grottke and Mr. and Mrs. John Bremer attended Monday and Tuesday. Mr. Amacher has the enviable record having attended every fall and spring convention since 1921, when he became owner of the hardware store. The Abbotsford Hardware Company ranks first in Wisconsin in purchases through Our Own Hardware, and it’s only topped by three other stores in this district, which includes Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota and North Dakota.
THE TRIBUNE-P HONOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN ABBOTSFORD WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1981
Clean-up continues after savage storm
Residents, merchants and farmers in the Colby-Abbotsford area were estimating their losses and cleaning up the debris this week after a devastating windstorm struck Monday evening.
The area had been put on alert earlier for possible tornado conditions.
There were no reports of any funnel clouds sighted the storm struck about 6:10 p.m. Monday, but extremely strong winds, heavy rain and pelting hail combined to take a terrific toll on trees, power lines, crops and structures in the area. No serious injuries were reported.
All power in Colby and Abbotsford cut out when the storm hit. Shorty Ganz of Northern States Power said that broken limbs and trees accounted for many of the downed lines, but a series of broken power poles in the Colby area posed a more serious problem. The Abbotsford power system was spliced together and initially turned on again at 10:19 p.m. It failed again at 10:33, then was regenerated around 12 minutes after midnight. Abby power cut off for the last time at about quarter after one, then as restored about 20 minutes later and stayed on.
The situation was more difficult in Colby. Ganz said a series of a dozen poles went down east of the city, and another half dozen in a double circuit west of the city. Crews were working all night to make repairs. A dozen men were sent out from the Abby NSP offi ce, and they were joined by two crews from Chippewa Falls.
