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THE STRATFORD J OURNAL 50 YEARS AGO...

THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1973 Senior citizens meet Thirty members of the Stratford Senior Citizens Club and a guest, Miss Roxane Kaiser, enjoyed a picnic at Big Rapids Park on August 15.

Exchange bingo and various card games provided the afternoon entertainment.

Thank you notes were received from Mrs. Lawrence Leick and Ernest Pache for cards sent to them while they were hospitalized.

25 YEARS AGO...

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1998 Village receives TEA grant check Wisconsin Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary Terry Mulcahy Tuesday presented a ceremonial Transportation Economic Assistance (TEA) grant check for $61,000 to Stratford Village President Elmer Hayes. The TEA check represents the state’s contribution toward transportation improvements that encouraged Falco, LLC to build a 25,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Stratford.

The transportation improvements included building a 450-foot-long extension to Wisconsin Avenue to accommodate Falco’s new facility. Falco is a manufacturer of large steel and alloy tanks.

The TEA grant represents 50 percent of the total project cost of $122,000.

RECORD R EVIEW 50 YEARS AGO...

THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1973 Athens Fair queen named Miss June Schultz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schultz, ruled the 69th annual Athens Fair as its queen and will represent Athens throughout the area during the year.

25 YEARS AGO...

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1998 Rietbrock farmer gets visit from state officials It’s nothing new for dairy farmer Lyle Guralski, town of Rietbrock, to show visitors how he grazes his 100 milk cows on intensively managed paddocks.

On Monday, it was the Wisconsin Secretary of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Ben Brancel and Department of Natural Resources Secretary George Meyer who came calling.

The state officials came with plaques and grant awards for both the Central Wisconsin River Grazing Network and the Lower Big Rib River Watershed Project which is addressing farm manure run-off problems in the rural areas around Edgar, Marathon and west Wausau.

The officials joined 30-40 others to watch Guralski Holsteins contentedly munch on six inch tall orchard grass and fescue before they give milk.