Today in Whitehall-area History
December 4, 1970
Dave Knudtson scored 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds Friday to lead Whitehall to its second Dairyland Conference win in as many tries, 76-48 over Blair. Jeff Dahl and Dave Schroeder added 18 and 12, respectively, for the Norsemen.
December 4, 1958
Pvt. Alfred Mattson, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Mattson, Whitehall, recently participated with the 24th Division’s 21st Infantry in combat efficiency training tests in Germany. Mattson is a cannoneer in the 21st’s Heavy Mortar Battery. He entered the Army last March and arrived in Europe in August.
December 4, 1947
The members of the Mothers Club, interested in knowing the names of girls who would act as baby-sitters, conducted a survey among the seventh- and eighth-grade girls, and some of the high school girls. Those willing to work are Mary Mattson, Joan Thoreson, Georgia Staff, Kari Lynn Rice, Rita Olson, Nancy Lou Boll, Shirley Mae Lee, Mary Joan Klomsten, Sharon Wood, Patty Hegge, Jacqueline Bautch, Yvonne Teigen, Solveig Ambli, Dorothy Swanson, Joan Hunter, Ethel Erickson, Lona Engen, Ardis Christianson, Mary Herberg, Bonnie Mae Klomsten, Beverly Moen, Anne Holtan, Elaine Jacobson and Susanne Bensend.
December 4, 1935
Street decorations for the Yuletide season were strung Tuesday and Wednesday. The evergreen streamers and the Christmas tree on the Village Hall square were illuminated with colored lights. With the absence of snow, it does not seem that Christmas is so near, but with the street decorations and attractively trimmed windows in our stores, we are convinced that the annual visit of Santa Claus is not far in the distance.
December 4, 1924
O.C. Torson has added considerable more shelf room to the public library in the City Hall, necessitated by the increasing number of books on hand for the reading public.
December 4, 1913
This is regular April weather.
December 4, 1902
Iver Semb, formerly of Pigeon Falls, has rented and begun blacksmithing in the Beach shop, formerly occupied by Martin Larson.
December 4, 1890
O.A. Hegg has built a snug and convenient wood house. Mr. Hegg is determined to have things handy about his premises.
December 4, 1884
The hardwood floor in the town hall is all laid and ready for skating. The skates have been ordered, and we are now waiting for the grand opening of the rink.