Douglas County Past: 'Rope ladder' bandit sentenced
Oct. 22—Oct. 20, 1933
Wentworth to open school built with aid of loan
WENTWORTH, Wis. — Public opening will be held Friday night when the public is invited to attend and inspect the new building.
The new building accommodates 100 pupils ranging from the first grade through the 10th. A feature of the building which will prove to be a practical arrangement for rural teaching is the large social room laid out in the basement. It is 50 feet in length and 30 wide and has a kitchen attached.
The building destroyed by fire had two rooms and was also constructed of brick. Insurance carried on it was $10,000. The present school has three rooms, is equipped with modern heating equipment, and is wired for electric lights.
The cost of the new school was $20,000
Its personnel is comprised of R.W. Apelquist, principal, Luella Wolden, intermediate, and Myrtle Olson, primary. On the school board are Mrs. Clara Abrahamzon, clerk; R.J. Ellenson, director; Mrs. A.N. Young treasurer.
Long director list for 1933 clothes drive
One of the largest lists of new directors for the Superior branch of the Needlework Guild of America is reported by Mrs. T.J. O'Leary, president, for the 1933 round-up of garments, which is to be conducted Tuesday, October 24, at Roth Bros. store.
The round-up is open promptly at 9 a.m. with the collection of garments and cash from various directors, each of whom is required to turn in at least 22 new garments or household articles and one money donation.
Among the new directors are Mrs. T.W. Foley, Mrs. Jim D. Hill, Mrs. F.A. Kemp, Mrs. Paul K. Walp, Miss Bertha Neumann, Mrs. A.C. Srowls Jr., Mrs. Frank Remus, Miss Gunda Ramstad, Mrs. Carl Freed, Mrs. H.G. Anderson, Mrs. Lloyd Lindell, Mrs. M.H. Wall, Miss Claire Gronberg, Mrs. Raymond Russell, Mrs. G.N. Sundquist, Mrs. J.E. Ward.
Mrs. George Callahan, Miss Marian Russell, Miss Bessie Arnovitch, Miss Pearl Welsh, Miss Pauline Woods, Mrs. John S. Hadley Jr., Mrs. W.J. Salin, Mrs. Thomas Budnick and Mrs. George S. Newton.
Oct. 20, 1948
Moselle, ace Superior halfback, is candidate for Jr. All-American
Whether Dom "Jabs" Moselle will be able to play in the Stout-Superior game Friday night at Gates Field seems to be the number one item on the Superior State college campus this week. The "Hurley Hurricane" was released from St. Mary's hospital earlier Wednesday but doctors were still unable to say if he would be ready by Friday night or not. Moselle, sparkplug of the Yellowjacket offense for the past three years, may be the answer to the outcome.
Superior State has produced quite a few star gridders but Moselle bore the mark of greatness almost from the start. If ever a player from this school has deserved an All-American rating it belongs to "Jabs" Moselle.
Oct. 21, 1933
"Rope ladder" bandit gets 1 to 5 years
Melbourne Olson entered a plea of guilty to robbing Omaha boxcars when arraigned in superior court Saturday morning and Judge McKay sentenced him to serve one to five years at the state prison at Waupun.
Olson was arrested last June by railroad special agents who, disguised as tramps, caught him pilfering boxcars while the train was in motion with the aid of a rope ladder which he led down over the side of the cars.
Drops haircut price to 25 cents; yellow paint for his window
Aleck Nelson, barber, 1626 Tower avenue, who recently cut his prices for haircuts from 50 to 25 cents, found the front windows of his shop daubed with yellow paint Saturday morning.
"I presume that those who did it are members of the barbers union," he said. "I have been here 40 years but never had so good an opportunity for free advertising handed me before."
Up and down the street
Rubber bricks in places they should not be can cause as much trouble as anything R.F. Koby could think of Friday. Mr. Koby is general secretary of the Y.M.C.A. and the brick the general nuisance, right now, for it is stuck out of reach in the drainpipe of the pool. Unobserved in the bottom of the pool when it was being drained for cleaning, the brick, used for diving purposes, went down. Mr. Koby said it might be necessary to dig under the pool in the ground to a depth of about four feet to cut and pipe and in that manner clear the obstruction.
Will address co-op
A.N. Young, Middle River, state president of the Farmers Union, and Frank Yetka, Carleton county attorney, will speak Saturday night at the Union labor hall, 1710 Broadway, on a program sponsored by the Superior Co-operative Extension committee.
Oct. 21, 1948
Undertakers deny charges in answer
Attorneys for 10 Superior and Upper Wisconsin undertakers Thursday afternoon filed an answer in circuit court to charges of conspiring to fix prices, a charge that was leveled at them by the attorney general's office, and in reply denied that they had engaged "in any unlawful conspiracy of agreement."
Atty. Brandon Crawford, one of the attorneys representing the funeral directors, said the defendants primarily were service establishment and sale of coffins was secondary.
Under Wisconsin law prosecutions can be made on charges of conspiring to fix prices of commodities but no provisions are available for prosecution of persons whose business is to provide services.
Defendants included Coad A. LeSage; William M. Downs; W.G. Thompson; Arthur Westin; Oscar Oyaas, John Maetzold, J.S. Lenroot; the Smith-Lange Funeral Home, Inc.; and Herbert L. Smith and George E. Lange, president and treasurer respectively of the Smith-Lange firm, all of Superior, and G.N. Hare, of Iron River.
Oct. 22, 1948 Telegram
Firemen rescue woman from burning bedroom
Firemen Thursday rescued Mrs. John S. Weiss, 1605 Tower avenue, from her burning bedroom when they found her on her hands and knees unable to get from the room.
The fire of undetermined origin was noticed by a passing citizen who notified the fire department. She was taken to St. Mary's hospital and treated for second degree burns to her face and arms.
Stoll pays $300 for running gambling game
Mike Stoll, 52, paid fines totaling $300 Friday in municipal court after pleading guilty to three charges of running gambling games at 1602 North Third street.
Dist. Atty. Andy Borg said the gambling charges against Stoll were the outgrowth of investigations into stolen grain cases last week. One of the defendants questioned by the district attorney in that case said that he had lost the money he made by selling grain in a gambling game run by Stoll.
Articles and pictures courtesy of retired librarian Judy Aunet with Superior Public Library.
