THE TIME MACHINE
From past files of The Star News 10 years ago
July 25, 2013
Aquila Resources is hoping to expand the boundaries of its search for mineral deposits in Taylor County. It has asked the United States Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management for a new permit to explore north and west of the Mondeaux Dam in the Town of Westboro. The company has been testing the Bend area, north of Perkinstown along the Yellow River, in recent years.
The company is now asking to conduct mineral searches east of its current Bend Project location. The new exploration would center around the CTHs D and E area in the Town of Westboro, north and west of the Mondeaux Dam. The exploration would take in sections, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 22, and 23. A helicopter survey of the area conducted a few years ago pointed to an area with potential. The area of interest is on the west side of CTH E, leaving a fairly good-sized buffer between any exploration work and the recreation area and popular natural spring visited by many.
25 years ago
July 22, 1998
The school board split last week over hiring a buildings and grounds supervisors for the Medford Area School District. Creation of a supervisors to oversee all buildings and grounds in the district has been a point of contention on the board and in the community for several years — had always voted down.
50 years ago
July 26, 1973
Lawrence Tlusty, Medford, and son, James, operators of a beef cattle ranch west of Westboro, are among the first northern Wisconsin operators of the first labor swing hay baling equipment. It is a Vermeer baler manufactured in Pella, Iowa. The baler has the capacity of producing 1500 pound bales that are five feet long and six feet in diameter at the rate of approximately eight bales per hour.
75 years ago July 29, 1948
Twenty members attended the regular weekly meeting of the Medford Kiwanis club Thursday noon.
Ray Blakeslee, chairman of the county Centennial Queen contest which he Kiwanis Club is sponsoring, reported that the contest had been started, and favorable results were being obtained.
100 years ago
July 26, 1923
The 1923 Mutual-Ewell Chautauqua is proving to be better than anticipated, and is probably the best we have ever had at Medford. The musical talent particularly is meeting with the approval of Medford people.
A.D. Klontz, pastor of the Morgan Park Methodist Church, out of Chicago, is superintendent here. Miss June Elliott, who appeared on the Chautauqua here two years ago as an impersonator and reader, has charge of the children’s work.
125 years ago
July 23, 1898
Messrs A.J. Perkins & Son are making some very substantial improvements at their grist mill. The engine room has been overhauled and made thoroughly fire proof and a new smoke stack has been raised.
Harvey Ducie, a little boy who is visiting at the Schock home two miles west of the city fell off a hay stack Wednesday and fractured his right arm above the wrist. Dr. Nystrum reduced the fracture.
Register of Deeds Wenck took a serious “header” from his bicycle last Friday and carried his left arm in a sling for several days as a result. In fact, it is thought that one of the bones in the forearm was fractured and it may be some time before it thoroughly heals.
