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| Anonymous | sampson receipe | 0 | Aug 16 2009, 9:51 AM EDT by Anonymous | ||||
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Can anyone remember how to make a sampson? I cant remeber because the only time we ate themwas at closing time! I would love to try though
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| Anonymous | Uncle Phil Weinberg | 0 | Jul 4 2009, 10:27 PM EDT by Anonymous | ||||
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Uncle Phil has celebrated his 102 Birthday and is clear as a bell and full of the dickens. He often tells us about his life in Whitewater and has fond recall of those times From his neice in Los Altos daughter of Anna Weinberg Moskowitz....Bernis M Kretchmar
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| Anonymous | Red Forge | 2 | May 4 2009, 9:04 PM EDT by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Jun 25 2007, 3:36 PM EDT
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The "Red Forge" was owned and operated for several years by Harold and Bonnie Krohn. They also had 4 apartments in the back. They also sold wroght iron furniture. They had teenagers to wait on vehicles or you could go inside and get your own order. They had a small area inside that seated about 10 persons. Very good food.
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| Anonymous | Whitewater Musicians --- Before the DAYS of "The MOURNING DAYZE" | 2 | Apr 18 2009, 2:13 PM EDT by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Apr 8 2009, 10:58 PM EDT
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Before there were "Mourning Dayze", there was a band called "The Coachmen". They included Roger Brown playing drums, Rick Pfiefer on guitar, a Guy (I can't remember his name) from California who drove one of those Studebaker Sporty cars I forget which model, and oh, by the way he played lead guitar and was big into serf music. I played bass. We got started in the upstairs location of the Wells Violin Shop on Main St. in 1965. Our first few dollars came from playing in front of the Wells House of Music on Center St., across from Gus's Pizza. The band began changing from an instrumental group in1966, The California guy was replaced by Doug Henry from the Milwaukee area playing lead guitar. We added Steve Elman from Oconto Falls to be the lead singer. Steve & Doug were students @ UW Whitewater. Not long afterwards, Steve took over the drum duties also. We were a busy band considering half the band being full time students. In 1968 we parted ways. I left the band and joined "The Opposition" which was a soul music band, and about a month later became "Tomorrows Opposition" an 8 piece band with trumpets, keybourds,male and female singers playing all kinds of Rock Music. Rick, Doug and Steve went on to become "The Mourning Dayze. All of that is waiting for another DAYZE story. Ralph
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| Anonymous | Badgerland Co-op | 0 | Mar 21 2009, 2:19 AM EDT by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Mar 21 2009, 2:19 AM EDT
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Yes I was on the person who sold Christmas trees there in the 1960.
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| Anonymous | Graham St | 0 | Dec 18 2008, 4:02 PM EST by Anonymous | ||||
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I lived in the Alpha Sigma Annex on the corner of Graham in the early 1950s. at that time we drove and parked on Graham.
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| Anonymous | Ice Skating | 1 | Dec 15 2008, 12:33 PM EST by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Jul 5 2007, 10:35 PM EDT
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The ice skating rink I'm most fond of was the one located on the small playground on the corner of North and Newcomb, right across the street from Lane's grocery store and popscicles were available only three months out of the year. We had a warming house and often people would bring apples and bake them on the stove for a treat, I loved that smell. There was always an annual hockey game between the West Side and the East Side, just an informal bunch of guys playing,but it seemed very important, bragging rights you know. I remember my father really looking forward to playing in that game . The score and years was written on the warming house wall or ceiling the year they played on the East Side.
Later that park closed, but it was always fun to climb the slide with your ice skates on and slide down onto the ice and see if you could keep your balance. The rink moved to the East Side School and so did the warming house. We went every nite we could there was always a large crowd there, some playing hockey a real favorite was pom-pom and crack the whip. We'd often look forward to going to the CO-OP to use the bathroom or to buy treats and of course always with our ice skates on, you just wouldn't have it any other way. I remember some kids walking to Fleming's to buy tiny jellybeans from a machine.
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| Anonymous | Dr Ray Light | 0 | Dec 14 2008, 7:36 PM EST by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Dec 14 2008, 7:36 PM EST
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Dr. Light was our music teacher at Campus School (Roseman Elementary) in the 1960's. I remember he always wore Hush Puppy shoes!
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| Anonymous | Badgerland Co-op | 0 | Dec 14 2008, 7:19 PM EST by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Dec 14 2008, 7:19 PM EST
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Our phone number was very similar to the Badgerland Co-op and we sometimes got calls from farmers who tried to order feed even though we protested they had the wrong number. Some wouldn't believe us!
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| Anonymous | Rad. | 0 | Oct 3 2008, 4:51 AM EDT by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Oct 3 2008, 4:51 AM EDT
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This is all really sweet. Neato.
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| PINKBUG | The Strand | 2 | Aug 13 2008, 8:14 AM EDT by PINKBUG | ||||
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Thread started: Jun 22 2007, 9:44 PM EDT
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What fun we all had at The Strand!! One movie favorite was when my sister Linda and I went to see Around the World in 80 Days...It was something like 4 hours long..we took snacks with us...it was a fun time...how many crushes did girls have on those cute fellas in the movies....One funny memory was waiting outside in the line for Hard Days Night...The Beatles..of course...the doors open....Paty and I made a bee line running to the front row....and oh my goodness...up came a man working there...he made us go back outside and WALK in....yes..we still made it to the front row...and we DID walk...altho quite fast......also....you could go to the movie in the afternoon and sit there through each show...that was great....so guess who was sitting there all afternoon and evening watching The Beatles........
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| Anonymous | Bosshards | 0 | Aug 12 2008, 7:56 PM EDT by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Aug 12 2008, 7:56 PM EDT
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Who remembers rushing in with your allowance and spending the dollar on the latest Nancy Drew book????????????
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| Anonymous | Goal Post at noon | 3 | Aug 12 2008, 5:19 PM EDT by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Jun 7 2007, 12:37 PM EDT
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While attending high school in the school on Highland St. We use to go to the Goal Post for lunch. For 25 cents you got the best malt and potatoe chips in town. Our parents didn't know we were spending our 35 cents on hot lunch and pocketing a dime. Lots of fun times, especially ater school when the college guys were around.
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| Anonymous | Green Shutters | 1 | Aug 12 2008, 5:16 PM EDT by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Nov 12 2007, 3:07 PM EST
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My family never ate at the Green Shutters because it was considered pretty expensive. I remember at Christmas they had a beautiful sleigh on the front porch.
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| Anonymous | I wish I had been there! | 3 | Feb 15 2008, 10:38 AM EST by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Jul 6 2007, 2:19 PM EDT
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I started out for Whitewater on July 1, planning to attend the College High School reunion picnic at the park (I was a member of the class of 1950) and perhaps a few other events. I never got there. I was stopped by a truck that overturned on the expressway and spilled pig parts and grease all over the road. By the time I got off, the picnic was over, and I returned home. Today, I saw the wonderful parade photos on whitewaterbanner.com, and was filled with nostalgia! I had written about Whitewater's much earlier parades on my own blog, "Never too Late!" at http://www.seniorwriter.blogspot.com. I haven't many, if any, connections in Whitewater any more, but I haven't forgotten. I wrote a review of Fred Kraege's book on Amazon.com. Perhaps I'll make it to a future parade.
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| PINKBUG | Old Main burning Down | 0 | Jan 17 2008, 8:39 PM EST by PINKBUG | ||||
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Thread started: Jan 17 2008, 8:39 PM EST
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I remember the night Old Main burned down....I know it's something that is never erased from your memory if you saw it. We lived one block away on Cottage Street (my mother still lives there). I was there as so many people made a long line.....things were grabbed out of the other end of Old Main to try and save whatever could be. It was a line of wonderful people...handing books and whatever else they could...and they would be passed along the line from one person to another....I'm not sure where the things ended up....I've never seen anything else burn down like that....and I do hope I never will.....I went downtown to my sister's apartment later that night...still seeing the bright,orange/red/flaming sky.....the smoke and smell from the fire hung on for a long time......what a very sad night for Whitewater....
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| Anonymous | Architectural Drawings | 1 | Jan 17 2008, 8:16 PM EST by PINKBUG | ||||
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Thread started: Jan 12 2008, 1:06 PM EST
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Hey, does anyone know if the original plans or a set of measured drawings exist of Old Main? I think it'd be really interesting to get a hold of a floor plan drawing or a cross section of the building. I hope they still exist, cuz I've always thought it would be cool to do a complete reconstruction of Old Main at some point when I'm a billionaire. (I can always dream). Even if I could just see a floor plan of what it looked I'd be happy because I never got a chance to go inside the building (born 17 years too late). It'd also be really cool to construct a scale model of it... ...donate it to the library...
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| Anonymous | Stone Barns | 0 | Dec 28 2007, 10:54 PM EST by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Dec 28 2007, 10:54 PM EST
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I am from the Town of Chase in Oconto County, WI. You have a couple photos of our 1903 split fieldstone barn shown above. I applaud you for all your efforts! You are not only resurrecting a historic structure, you are educating people about WI's historic landcape.
Did you know that the limestone used in this stable is around 100 million years old and has the remains of sea creatures in it? That's because there was once a shallow tropical inland seaway that divided the northern continent in half, flooding the central lowlands north and south across what is now the middle of the United States. It was caused when the Atlantic and North American techtonic plates collided. The Atlantic Ocean in the north and the Gulf of Mexico in the south met, forming a shallow inland sea that grew receded over time. Sea shells, remains of sea creatures, and other matter in the water would settle to the bottom of the ocean floor. Over time the weight of the water compacted these sediments causing them to turn into sedimentary rock, more commonly known as limestone. Limestone is full of Calcite which is comprised mostly of sea shells. Calcite is used to make lime which is the main ingredient in lime-putty mortar, hence the term "limestone." So your stone stabel tells more than the history of its use....it tells the geology of North America! If you look a little closer at the stones, you might even see an impression of a sea shell, plant, or focil. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Interior_Seaway) The arches used in this stable not only add architectural beauty, they add structural stability as well. Their main purpose is to support the open areas below them, such as doors and windows. If you would like to learn more information about our fieldstone barn in the Town of Chase, please visit our website at www.townofchase.org. Sincerely, Kristin Kolkowski, Chase Stone Barn Committee
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| Anonymous | Pratt Institute | 0 | Nov 14 2007, 7:00 PM EST by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Nov 14 2007, 7:00 PM EST
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Was this where the phone company building was built in the 1960's? My mom heard that weird things happened there during the construction and people thought it was because it was the former location of the spiritualist school.
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| Anonymous | Washington Elementary | 0 | Nov 13 2007, 8:28 PM EST by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Nov 13 2007, 8:28 PM EST
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My brother and I attended Washington Elementary (east side school) from 1960-1963. He was in Doris McQuillen's kindergarten class. The old brick part of the building was still there and I went to thrid grade (Mrs. Kincaid) there. I rememeber there were old wooden floors in the room. They had old fire escapes for the upper floors. I think the principal's office was upstairs in the old brick part. There was a big hill in back of the school and kids would run down it for recess. One teacher (Mrs. Travis?) would stand up on the hill and blow her whistle and point at kids who were misbehaving. Often they were very far away. I heard a story that a circus elephant was buried in that hill somewhere!!!! Apparently a circus came to town and the elephant died. Not sure if this is true?! I lived pretty close to Washington School on Newcomb street and often walked home for lunch in good weather. In first grade when we lived out in the country, I rode Willard Krohn's bus to Washington. His bus had a striped bumper. He was a great guy and gave every kid a gift at Christmas. He also had a bus picnic at the end of school.
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