Today in Whitehall-area History

August 26, 1976

                  New to the Whitehall school district educational staff this year are: Mary Lang, early childhood education; Sandra Schulz, elementary vocal music; Loretta Wivelstad, junior high English; Lorraine Ritland, Pleasantville; and Barbara Nelson, Pigeon Falls.

August 26, 1962

                  Steven Rutledge, 10, Osseo, placed first in the state fast draw contest held here Sunday during Beef and Dairy Days, winning the Schwinn bicycle donated by the Chamber of Commerce and a Daisy rifle. Billy Klevgaard of Whitehall took second in the contest, conducted by Colonel Larson, and Johnny Boehm placed third after winning a tie-breaking shoot-off with Kurt Johnson.

August 26, 1951

                  Miss Audrey Cilley is on vacation from her work at the City Café. She went to Barronnette Sunday, where she is visiting relatives.

August 26, 1938

                  Miss Allie Johnson, a nurse at Miller hospital at St. Paul, came Friday to spend two weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Johnson.

August 26, 1926

                  Arthur Elstad and Miles Johnson are not “hard-boiled.” Both admit it without argument. The boys went out to Fair Oaks Dairy Thursday and assisted with the threshing. They tossed bouquets in the field. While the boys were busy, Old Sol was also at work. Today, Art looked as if he had been burned in hot grease. Mike wasn’t about town. They are both through threshing.

August 26, 1915

                  Albert Johnson, who for some time has worked in the restaurant department of Jahr and Kongsgaard’s store, has resigned and soon leaves for the west to resume his work taking orders for a nursery firm. J.E. Wilberg is temporarily looking after the culinary department in Albert’s place.

August 26, 1904

                  O.G. Eid died at his home in Pigeon last Friday of paralysis, after but a few hours’ illness, aged about 75 years. He was one of the oldest settlers there, having been a resident of that township some 35 years.

August  26, 1891

                  H.A. Anderson is having a cellar dug and a substantial stone wall made on a lot east of the Baptist church, onto which he will move the house he purchased of Oley Knudtson, and build an addition thereto of 16 by 24 feet.

August 26, 1876

                  The game of base ball to be played here next Saturday afternoon between the Whitehall Sand Scratchers and the Arcadia Yellow Stockings promises to be one of interest.

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