In and Around Marshfield

Aug. 24-30

25 YEARS AGO: Frustrated with persistently low milk prices, area dairy farmers participated in a nationwide Labor Day milk dump, dubbed White River Days. Wisconsin organizers urged farmers to take part by discarding milk, donating production to Dairy Relief, or culling cattle. Darlene and Jack Franklin of McMillan planned to dump milk and cull four cows.

Auburndale native Mark Tauscher continued to write his own Hollywood-style script Sunday, surviving the Green Bay Packers’ final roster cuts to remain on the squad for the regular season. Tauscher, a former Wisconsin Badger, was a seventh-round draft pick for the Packers this year. But Tauscher turned into one of the big surprises for the Packers, as Earl Dotson missed much of the preseason. Tauscher stepped into the right tackle position on the first team and started in the Jets and Broncos games.

50 YEARS AGO: Because up to 80 pedestrians pass through the area each day, the Marshfield Safety Committee has recommended that the city construct a sidewalk along North Central Avenue between Kalsched and Upham Streets.

Seventy-year-old Frank Smazal of Route 1, Milladore won the Senior Citizens Talent Contest Thursday afternoon with a performance on his harmonica.

75 YEARS AGO: Figures released today by officials at Hefko Pool show that attendance at the pool this year was approximately 700 less than a year ago. July proved to be the most popular month drawing 9,589 swimmers.

What began as a sausage and smoked meats business employing four people almost exactly a year ago has grown so rapidly that it currently employs 14. H. C. Wenzel and Sons ships 8–10,000 pounds of smoked lunch meats weekly to Central Wisconsin communities.
100 YEARS AGO: Max Berghammer and Henry Peil left last night for Milwaukee where the latter will attend to business matters and will return with new cars, while Mr. Berghammer will go to Chicago to return with a new airplane.

Many will undoubtedly be surprised to learn that Marshfield has a violin maker. He is Kenneth F. Davison, photographer, who spends a good share of his leisure time in a workshop at his home, 803 S. Spruce street, shaping out the pieces which go to make up a violin.