Today in Whitehall-area History

January 8, 1971

                  Jeff Dahl and Fred Thompson tallied 20 and 19 points, respectively, to lead Whitehall to a 71-41 win over Eleva-Strum Friday. The win kept the Norsemen one game behind undefeated Osseo-Fairchild, which handed Whitehall its only Dairyland Conference loss of the season.

January 8, 1959

                  The Lions Club has completed plans for the wrestling match to be held Jan. 31 at the high school gymnasium. There will be three professional matches, highlighted by the main event between 275-pound Lil’ Arthur Thomas of Madison and 235-pound Mike Blazer of Green Bay.

January 8, 1948

                  The expansion of Whitehall continues with the announcement of a new automobile agency here and the near completion of a new garage. The Ede Motor Sales, Mondovi, has opened a branch Oldsmobile agency here and will have its display room In the Peterson Implement Co. building on Hwy. 53 in East Whitehall. The garage added is a 28- by 44-foot cinder block and wood structure with concrete store which has been erected on Blair St. just at the rear of the Texaco service station. Ready for occupancy about Jan. 15, it will be used by Melvin Dascher and Joe Maldonado, who operate the service station,handle automotive parts and also do repair work, and by Abner Thompson, who will use a portion of the building for display of his line of used cars.

January 8, 1938

                  A great deal of interest was shown at the public meeting held at the Auto Sales garage Saturday evening, when residents expressed their views on the New Deal. S.N. Hegge led the discussion in favor of the administration and the leaders of the opponents were P.M. Paulson and R.H. Holtan. Several others expressed their views. A similar meeting will be held is planned for Saturday night, when the topic for discussion will be: “Resolved that the governmental agriculture program is detrimental to agriculture.” A.R. Webb is the chairman of the meeting and Miss Ruth Anderson is the secretary.

January 8, 1927

      Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Sletteland left for Harmony, Minn., Saturday evening, where they will visit with relatives.

January 8, 1914

                  The weather is quite spring-like.

January 8, 1901

                  Messrs. Albert Nelson and Thomas Hulberg took the train Tuesday for Milwaukee. They have engaged with the Milwaukee Harvester Co. for the coming season. Both are expert machinery men.

January 8, 1891

                  The name of Dr. R.E. Kyle is becoming a household word in this section. He is gentlemanly, courteous and a superior workman.

January 8, 1877

                  The thermometer on Monday morning stood at 16 degrees below zero, and Monday night a snow storm. How is that for a change?

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