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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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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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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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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This is all really sweet. Neato.

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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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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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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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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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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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