Today in Whitehall-area History

March 10, 1976

                  The Whitehall school board, in special session Wednesday night, approved plans for an advisory long-range planning committee. The panel will include 10 lay people and two each of students, teachers, administrators and board members. Fred Berns and Mrs. Thurman Fremstad will represent the board. The board also accepted the resignation of Miss June Foth, junior high English teacher.

March 10, 1963

                  A.B. James Solsrud, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gunder Solsrud, has been reassigned to Keesler AFB, Miss., for technical training as an Air Force training as a communications operations specialist. He is a 1961 graduate of Whitehall High School.

March 10, 1949

                  Development in Whitehall the past few years has resulted in residential additions to the city. More than a year ago, Burr Tarrant and Ralph Rasmuson platted the Sunset addition west of town. Gaylord Jacobson has started a residence in the plat created by Clarence Schaefer north of the river bridge. Recently, Louis Fredrickson decided to create an addition on his farm in the southeastern part of the city. The plat comprises 23 lots, a park area and an area donated to the new Catholic congregation.

March 10, 1935

                  Walter Kidder visited his mother, Mrs. Florence Kidder at her lodge north of town Saturday and Sunday. Wallie, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and of the Harvard business school, is head of the Firestone Steel Products Corporation at Akron, Ohio. He stopped here on his way to California, where he will spend two months on a business mission.

March 10, 1925

                  The fire company was called to the A.W. Van Sickle residence Tuesday noon to subdue a chimney blaze.

March 10, 1916

                  Ole Berg has sold his residence and farm property near Coral City to Nels Windjue, who takes possession this spring.

March 10, 1904

      Mrs. E.J. Kidder is not improving very rapidly. A trained nurse arrived yesterday from Winona to care for her.

March 10, 1894

                  Solsrud and Kidder took in 475 dozens of eggs at their store Saturday. How is this for early spring work?

March 10, 1880

                  Horton & Son’s Panorama of the Black Hills and Scott’s Hall to-night.

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