25 years ago … 60 years ago …
February 2, 2000 – Residents in the Loyal School District were encouraged to take part in the We Are Loyal Community Priority Survey that was mailed out to them this week. Completed surveys could either be mailedto the address included on the survey or be dropped off at Citizens State Bank, M& I Central Bank, Loyal IGA or Loyal Kwik Trip. Results from the survey were to be made public in March after the results were tabulated. – Fans attending the Jan. 29 Loyal versus Greenwood high school boys basketball game contributed nearly 400 items to local food pantries. This was the second annual drive, which was co-sponsored by the Greenwood and Loyal National Honor Society chapters. – The 22nd national census was to take place beginning on April 1. In the census questionnaire, citizens were to be asked about their age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, household relationship, whether the residence is owned or rented, ancestry, bedrooms in housing unit, citizenship, educational attainment, income, heating fuel, journey to work, kitchen facilities, language spoken at home, occupation, home plumbing facilities, and vehicles available.
January 30, 1980 – The Warner Mutual Town Fire Insurance Company held its50th anniversary meeting on Jan. 24. About 300 people attended the meeting, which was held at the Loyal American Legion Hall. Six of the charter members were honored during the event along with one member of the board of directors who had served for 25 years. Honored as charter members were Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Horn, Mrs. Rose Horn, Mrs. Henry Horn, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Noah and Albert Wessel. Arthur Schlinsog of Granton was honored for serving 25 years as a board member.
February 4, 1965 – The second annual music clinic and “Cavalcade of Bands” was to be held Feb. 6 at Colby High School. High school bands from Abbotsford, Auburndale, Colby, Granton, Loyal, Marathon, and Spencer were to take part in the event which would feature a special concert performance by the bands. The best students from each school would also be formed into a special group who would play more challenging pieces during the concert.
– Carolyn Richert was chosen to be Loyal’s representative in the D.A.R. Good Citizenship Contest. She was chosen because of her qualities of dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism. The winner of the state contest was to be announced in March.
January 31, 1935 – A total of 19 linemen and servicemen of the local power company had reported frostbitten hands, feet, ears, noses and faces as a result of trying to repair transmission lines that had snapped on Jan. 23 due to the extreme cold. It was reported that temperatures reached nearly 48 degrees below zero, the lowest temperature the area had experienced in the past 30 years. For nine hours, the towns of Loyal, Granton, Chili, Lynn, Greenwood, Neillsville, Christie, Abbotsford, Little Black, Stetsonville, Dorchester, Colby, Unity, Spencer, Riplinger, Milan, Cherokee, and Fenwood were without power until workers were able to restore the transmission lines. Employees from the company who were from Loyal and were injured as a result of the event were Al Sollberger, John Mattson, Chas. Barr, John Hanson, and Perry Volk. “Remember When” items are taken from past issues of the Tribune Record Gleaner from 1968 to present, from the Greenwood Gleaner from 1957 to 1964 and from the Loyal Tribune prior to 1968.
