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Robyn's Table Chat
Robyn’s Table Chat published by Robyn Docken—608-582-2938 17034 North 7th Street Galesville, WI 54630 Email: rdocken@aol.com. Sellers Permit # 004-0003334242-01
Volume V; Issue IV Visit www.RobynsChat.com August 26, 2008
When I heard that this
was around, I couldn't
wait to see for myself.
Bottled by the American
Medicinal Spirits Company
this whiskey specifically
stated 'for Medicinal Use'.
It was an answer to the
enactment of prohibition. It
states on the back that it
was bottled before
Jan 17, 1920. This had
been ordered by Penny
Oines's grandfather but
had to be held because of
prohibition and was not
picked up until the early
50's. Still with the cork and
seal and the 12-1/2 cent
Wisconsin stamp on it.
National
Grandparents Day
30th Anniversary
Sunday, September 7th
In 1978,
President Jimmy Carter proclaimed
that National Grandparents
Day would be celebrated
every year on the first
Sunday after Labor Day.
Labor Day
Monday, Sept 1st
Enjoy the day off !
Have a great
Holiday!
Dial A Prayer- 582–4206
G-E-T Middle School
Ground Breaking Ceremony
September 8, 2008
6:00 p.m.
Meet in the north parking lot at
G-E-T High School at 5:45 p.m.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Beginning at 11am
Chicken Q
Living Hope Lutheran Church
Ettrick
Includes
1/2 chicken, Beans, Chips, Milk- $7.00
Carry outs Available
Trempealeau Hotel
Arts on the River
Sunday, August 31st
Art, Live Music,
Kid’s Activities, Food and
Free Admission!
11am-4pm
Live music-
Melissa Kay McCarthy
Shop Locally ,It benefits all of us!
Support The Local FOOD PANTRY
Remembering... Dates
In History
Sept 12, 1942
"I've Got A Gal in Kalamazoo"
Glenn Miller
Sept 14, 1945
"Five Minutes More"
Frank Sinatra
Sept 5, 1953
"Crying In The Chapel"
June Valli
Sept. 5, 1964
House of the Rising Sun
The Animals
Aug 29, 2005
Katrina Hits The Gulf Coast
Aug 31, 1997
Princess Diana Dies
Sept 2, 1969
First ATM Machine
Happy 57th Anniversary
John & Audrey McKeeth
August 25th
September
Birthdays
at the Manor
Bob Johnson - Sept. 2nd
Helen Lee - Sept. 6th
Myrtle Sonsalla - Sept. 14th
Irv Kriesel - Sept. 15th
Betty Loken - Sept. 17th
Wally Wunsch - Sept. 27th
Thank You
Thank you to my family and
friends for the flowers, gifts and
visits while I was in the hospital
and since my return home.
A special thanks to Pastor Grow
for his visits.
Francis Sveen
Galesville Area
Fire Department
Annual Chicken-Q
Fundraiser
Sunday, September 7th
Galesville Fire Dept
Mill Road, Galesville
11am-3pm
Remember to Vote
Happy 80th Birthday
Louise Hammond
Sept. 9, 1928
You're Invited
COME, CELEBRATE
90th Birthday
Open House
August 27th
2pm - 4pm
VFW Hall-Trempealeau
Honoring
Harry Eichman
Happy 44th Anniversary
Don & Penny Oines
August 22nd
Happy 46th Anniversary
Russell & Betty Glomstad
Sept 3rd
You're Invited
Open House
for
Dorothy Twesme
Thursday, August 28th
4pm - 7pm
Lower Level of
Zion Lutheran Church-Galesville
Dorothy ….
Retired Latin & English Teacher,
High School Librarian, Forensics Coach
Active Community Volunteer
Always A Neighbor and Friend
Now she is moving to Nevada.
Stop in and share your memories
and Good Wishes…
September 3rd
Wednesday - 7pm
Ecumenical Gospel Choir
Under the direction of Robyn Docken
28th Annual
Concert In The Square
Downtown— Galesville
Vale, Magistra!
From some of your Latin Students
Happy Anniversary
Harmony & Kevin Bork
Sept 15th
Sopranos: Dee Baran, Delores Bockenhauer, Mary Brunkow, Viv Buchholz, Norma
Conrad, Bunny Crogan, Sharon Helstad, Jenny Lowenhagen, Donna Mahlum, Nancy
Hovell, Loretta Ryan, Terry Thompson
Altos: Cindy Baer, Shirley Gingrich, Verneille Hunter, Heather Jacobson, Verna
“Murph” Johnson, Carole Jones, Holly Lehman, Sandy Nichols
Tenors: Dave Mahlum, Carol Schaller, Cory Greenwell, Beth Sacia
Basses: Olaf Anderson, Wendall Hilton, Bruce Lehman, John Ofstedahl
Church In The Wildwood
Step Into The Water
I Love to Tell The Story
Victory in Jesus
Old Chunk of Coal
Movin' Up To Glory Land
Oh The Joy
Make Me A Blessing
The Pilgrim,
Worthy The Lamb
More Than Wonderful
Looking For A City
Let Me Touch Him
At The Corner
Canaan's Land
Everything
I've Got A Mansion
Sunset
Oh, Oh
It Is No Secret.
It's Been A Wonderful Day!
30 Years Together - 28 Concerts
Thanks for letting us be a part of your lives!
Free

I was surprised how many readers did
not recognize Old Main when it was a
two-story building..
A Reminder on Policy.
If I receive something unsigned, It will not be
printed in Robyn's Table Chat.
I received the following email request
that lets you know what a small world
we live in:
"Hi : we are interested in subscribing to
your publication. My Aunt Birdine,
from Franklin, Wisconsin, gave us a
copy when we visited Minnesota and
Wisconsin this June. It had a picture of
the old Church sawmill and we just received
a copy with the school picture
that included the child, Corneille
Church, who my dad was named after.
My mother was Deloris Church from the
Oscar Horn family and my dad is
Corneille Church from Trempealeau,
son of Royce Church and Thelma Johnson
Church.
Please let us know the costs and how to
have the paper sent to California.
Thanks! Jenny Church"
Well, that led to an immediate response
from me. And Jenny answered my
questions… My response back should
fill you in a little more on why I was so
excited …
"Oh, my goodness!!! How come I don't
know you?
Oh, you brought back so many memories...
names I had totally forgotten
about, like your Aunts. I'm not even
sure when we moved to Buttermilk Alley..but
I am thinking it was about 1948
or early 49. ….You can tell your father
we lived in the old "Sutcliff" house,
right between Mrs. Smith and George &
Lizzie Gould... We could sit on our front
steps and watch the ball games in the
summer...
Now there are so many trees, you can't
see anything from there.
Oh, how us kids adored Jerr y (Church),
and his friend "Teddy Bear" Krug .
They were so nice to us… I would certainly
love to see him again sometime,
although I don't know if I'd recognize
him.
I don't think I've seen him since we
moved out to the country in about 1957.
Thelma was always fun. We went to the
back door of the house... I'm not sure
why… And we'd stop and visit. She had
the most fantastic ironing machine I
have ever seen. Does your Dad remember
anything about that? She could run
sheets through it..
We kids, Mary, Billy, and Susie Dunne
and my brother, Willie, and I thought
that was wonderful.. I think sometimes
she just re-ironed sheets so we could
watch..... Absolutely marvelous times...
And to think that you are related to that
dear, lovely lady, Birdine (Finch) ...
I wonder if your father has any photos of
Buttermilk Alley you could scan and
send me?
OH, HOW WE LOVED GROWING UP
THERE!
An absolute delight to hear from
you! You made my year....
Love to all, Robyn"
And The Answers
Fresh Peaches ...
at the
The Common Market
On The Galesville Town Square
"Old-Fashioned Prices"
Bulk Grains, Spices, Nuts, Fresh Produce,
Specialty Tea and Coffee,
Medicinal Products, and Natural Foods
Call Joyce at 608-582-4442
Open Mon-Sat 9am-5:30pm
I received a call from Russell Glomstad on Ettrick Festivals after seeing this
1937 photo in the Ettrick Parade Special.
"I remember playing at Pickle Days in Ettrick when I was still working at
Midland Co-op. So pretty close to 35 years ago. Lloyd Scarseth and I played on
the back of a pick up. We had a power converter that converted off the battery
to electric for our amplifiers. I think Ron Myrland was driving the truck.
Lloyd played the accordion, I played the guitar. Usually played polkas and
waltzes.
After the parade we'd go over to Myron Johnson's and watch the rest of the
parade and unload our stuff.
Read The Chat but don't save it or
mail it on? Before you throw it
away, think about recycling it.
I'm always running out -
you can drop them on my front porch.
.. Or leave it at The Common Market.
At…
Woodshed Creations
Wright and
Ellingson, S.C.
Attorneys
16872 S. Davis Street
Galesville, WI 54630
Bob & Peg
Somerville
On HWY 54 , Just East of North Bend
608-488-4553
Years of Craftsmanship & Quality
Shelves, Cabinets, Urns, Chests
and more. Décor & Gift ideas, too.
Stock or Custom
Before you buy, talk to us!
e-mail: WoodShedCreations@msn.com
www.WoodShedCreastions.com
608-582-4300 (phone)
608-582-4802 (fax)
Serving all of your legal needs
On the stories on the 1866 Flood..
August 26, 2008 Page 2
It's fall and hunting season and a
time for walks in the woods…
So, when Dave Geske popped in,
I asked him to give some suggestions
about handling ticks and what to
watch for:
"I think that people should watch for
ticks coming into their home on their
clothing, should always use repellants,
which should be 30% active ingredient.
Check scalp lines, belt lines, check
yourself over! Fall is a big time to
watch because they're (ticks) getting
ready for winter, looking for large
mammals to attach to. Be sure to check
your animals - especially dogs. Get it off
(refer to insert in previous issue of The
Chat). Do you think it's too cold?
At times when there is no snow cover,
these ticks are active even on sunny
days in February.
Fall is the second highest period of
time for human infection from ticks."
Trempealeau County
Alzheimer’s
Memory Walk
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
At 1:30 p.m.
Pancake Breakfast 9-10:30 am
Walk Registration 10:00 am
Walk Begins at 11:00 am
Starting at Mt. Calvary
Lutheran Church, Trempealeau
For more information, call
Cindy Schultz (608)323-7484
I received many questions and comments. Most of the readers
seemed to be unaware of its effect on our entire area.
Did you know.....
The Pig Stop delivers pizza & sandwiches
12:30 pm - 8pm
Proud to be in Galesville
582-3300

In Memory of
Patricia Meyer
Mar 29, 1944 - Aug 11, 2008
Where does your Chat go?
Afghanistan: Kabul
Canada: Vancouver, BC, Calgary, AB,
Belleville, ONT; Ottawa, ONT
China: Zone, Jiangsu
England (United Kingdom): London
India: Indore
Italy: Rome
Alaska: Anchorage, Juneau, Palmer
Arkansas: Hot Springs Village, Mountain
Home,
Arizona: Apache Junction, Flagstaff,
Fountain Hills, Glendale, Kingman,
Mesa, Phoenix, Tucson, Prescott,
Scottsdale, Yuma
California: Camp Meeker, Cathedral
City, Pasadena, Sacramento, San Diego,
San Juan Capistrano
Colorado: Colorado Springs, Littleton,
Thornton, Westminster
Florida: Boca Raton, Clearwater,
Clearwater Beach, Inverness, Longboat
Key, Jacksonville, Masaryktown, Palm
Harbor, Okeechobee, Sarasota
Georgia: Newnan
Idaho: American Falls, Atomic City
Illinois: Anna, Beach Park, Canton,
Chicago, Joliet, La Grange, Lake Villa,
Moline, Mt. Carroll, Oregon, Rockford ,
Rockton, Springfield
Indiana: Mishawaka, Elkhart
Iowa: Cedar Rapids, Forest City, Lansing
, Muscatine, Newton, Waterloo
Iraq: U.S. Military Base
Kansas: Kansas City, Olathe, Wichita
Louisiana: Gonzales
Maine: Ellsworth
Massachusetts: Northampton
Michigan: Clinton, Grand Rapids
Minnesota: Annandale, Big Sandy
Lake, Eagen, Hastings, Kandijohi,
LeSueur, Owatonna, Plymouth, Ramsey,
Rochester, St. Paul, Tonka Bay, Winona,
Woodbury, Worthington
Mississippi: Jackson
Montana: Dillon, Missoula
Nebraska: Plattsmouth
Nevada: Las Vegas, Laughlin
New Hampshire: Sandown
New Mexico: Albuquerque, Alamogordo
North Carolina: Dillsboro, Durham,
Raleigh, Salisbury
Ohio: Bluffton, Findlay, Oberlin
Oregon: Corvallis, Grass Valley, Marylhurst,
Myrtle Point, Portland, Roseburg,
Tigard
Pennsylvania: Exton, Reading
South Carolina: Beaufort
South Dakota: Rapid City
Tennessee: Clarksville
Texas: Arlington, Fort Worth, Garden
Ridge, Grand Prairie, Grapevine, Harlingen,
Houston, Iola, Katy, McAllen,
Weslaco
Utah: Salt Lake City
Vermont: Swanton
Virginia: Alexandria, Virginia Beach,
Woodbridge
Washington: Bellingham, Issaqua,
Olympia
Wisconsin: Arcadia, Baldwin, Bangor,
Bark Point, Beloit, Blair, Black
River Falls, Bloomer, Brillion, Centerville,
Cornelle, Cottage Grove, Deerfield,
Dodge, Eau Claire, Eleva, Ettrick, Evansville,
Fountain City, Franklin, Franksville,
Galesville, Glenwood City, Green
Bay, Hayward, Hegg, Holmen, Hudson,
Independence, Janesville, Jefferson, La
Crosse, Lake Mills, Madison, Medford,
Melrose, Menomonie, Menomonee
Falls, Milltown, Milton, Milwaukee, Mt.
Horeb, New Auburn, North Bend,
Oconto Falls, Oshkosh, Onalaska, Pigeon
Falls, Pine Creek, Princeton,
Racine, River Falls, St. Croix, Somers,
Sparta, Stevens Point, Stevens Town,
Strum, Sturgeon Bay, Sun Prairie, Taylor,
Trempealeau, Watertown, Waukesha,
Wausau, Webster, West Bend,
West Salem, Windsor, Whitefish Bay,
In Memory of
Janice Beverly Flood
Jan 30, 1927 - Aug 21, 2008
In Memory of
Nancy Nelson
July 1, 1945 - Aug 22, 2008
I'm always greeted with a smile at
Toad's Cove…..
Centerville
Café— 539-4324
Store—539- 2683
Store Hours: 5:30am-10pm
Café : 6:00am-2pm-til 8pm Friday
Breakfast Menu, Noon Specials
Friday Night Fish Fry
BMX Track Is Open
In Memory of
Christopher Lee Taylor
Mar 12, 1944 - Aug 20, 2008
Did you know ….
You can read The Chat
In Color On Line For Free???
5th Annual
GALEN THOMPSON MEMORIAL (Korbel) OPEN
4 Person Scramble - 9 holes
BIG CUP
Men’s Division - Women’s Division - Co-ed Division
Saturday, September 13, 2007
Ettrick Golf Club
Proceeds go to Ettrick Parks & Recreation
Call Ettrick Golf Club for tee times
608-525-6262
This is another one of the Herbert Lyons collection. It is referred to as the old
Wooden Bridge by
the mill dam.
Sunday, September 21st
The Trempealeau Area
Chamber of Commerce
is combining the
I have looked at
this photo every
way I possibly
could, and then
called up Keith
Cook to come one
over a take a look
at it.
I am wondering if
this was a bridge that
existed prior to the
one with the overhead
arch design that
I am used to seeing.
Even the exit on the
left seems different to
me..
Does anyone know?
Main St. Dance * Fall Fest
and the 70 th Birthday
of the Great River Road
On the grounds of
The Historic
Trempealeau Hotel
Entertainment,
kids activities,
family activities,
a fun day..
filled with food, music,
demonstrations
and much more.
Something for everyone!
IF YOU DON’T DEAL WITH US
WE’VE BOTH LOST.
Aug 26, 2008 Page 3
Come, Join Our
Community!
Super 1 or 2 Bedrooms in
Ettrick or Galesville.
Rent is 30% of
your income.
582-2206
Did you know ...The mill was once
located in an area called
"Tuckerville"?
Andersen Feeds, Inc.
The Mill on Mill Road—Galesville
608-582-2595
Supplier of feed for birds, pets,
horses, deer & wildlife.
Also get feed ground for your cattle at Andersen
Feeds
The oldest continually operating
Louise Hammond and her daughter
were out shopping when they
handed me the Open House announcement
for Louise's 80th Birth-
Friday, September 5th
I received the following note.
TACKROOM TALK…
Overflowing tackroom waste baskets
reveal my frustration with explaining
this correctly.
Matthew nailed the essence of it
when he said, "Dad, you're at the age
where you are either getting ready to
die or getting ready to live. You
chose to live."
Very close friend have used words
like 'foolish', 'stupid', and 'insane'. All
worthy adjectives.
I leave for Iraq on 7 Sept. 08 returning
on 20 Oct. 08. I'll be going back
to Iraq on 8 Jan 09 to 28 Feb. 09.
Col. Ron is putting me to work.
There you have it. Timmy will entertain
your questions at N17043
Dale Valley Ln., Galesville, WI Or in
person at Duffy's on Friday, September
5th, 2008.
With a grin,
Duffy
I enjoy doing business with Heraldine..
Heraldine Rommel
Ettrick
Carries a complete
Avon Product Line To get excellent service
for your
Avon Products
Contact Heraldine
22672 Lincoln St. * Ettrick, WI 54627
608-525-2800

Building materials, cabinets, design
services, paint, rentals...so much more!
With a long history of
Building Satisfied Customers.
608-582-3322
www.centralbuildersonline.com
Residential & Light Commercial
Heating & Air Conditioning
Wayne Johnson
N21276 Spires Lane—Galesville
608-582-4154
Sales, Service, & Installation
Get Sustainable Trempealeau
County will host a garden party
Thursday, Sept. 4, from 5:30-7
p.m. at the Shirley M. Wright Memorial
Library. The garden party
will highlight the new droughttolerant
sustainable garden, and
feature talks by Wisconsin master
gardener Jane Barko and
Perrot State Park naturalist Andrea
Benco.
Beginning at 6 p.m., Barko will
give a short presentation about
the garden, which she designed.
Bunco will follow with a short talk
about butterflies and how gardening
practices can affect their
life cycles.
GSTC collaborated with Trempealeau
Librarian Judy Grant and
Barko to replace the library’s previous
ground cover with various
flowering plants and ornamental.
For the project, GSTC received
funding from the Bluff Country
Master Gardeners; the Trempealeau
Garden Club; Friends of
the Trempealeau Library; private
and in-kind donors; and a memorial
gift from the family of Beth
Schmidt, a GSTC member and
life-long gardener.
Refreshments will be served.
Get Sustainable Trempealeau
County meets the first Thursday of
each month at 7 p.m. in the Galesville
Public Library Community
Room. Everyone is invited to participate.
For more information about Get Sustainable
Trempealeau County, or if
you would like to attend meetings
and presentations and have special
needs, please contact co-founder
Ann Dahmen at
dahmen.ann@gmail.com.
It was great birthday party at Beedle's.
Notes From
the
Music Boosters
The Music Boosters will meet on
Monday, September 15th at 7:00
p.m. in the high school band room.
All are welcome!
Just a reminder…..this is a trip
year, so please get involved and
support our music programs.
Centerville Curling Club's
Annual Reverse Raffle
Saturday, September 6th
Dinner 5:30 - 8:00 PM
Grilled Chicken & BBQ
Ribs, complete salad
bar, dessert, etc
Free beer
& soda
First Presbyterian Church
First Handbell
Choir Practice
Of the Season…….
Wed., Sept 10th - 7pm
For returning members -
I'll see you there!
If you would like to become
a new member or a "sub"
call Robyn at 608-582-2938
Tickets:
$40 for 2 people
Call Vickie Klinger at
534-6530 for tickets
(Tickets are limited to 200)
For questions and donations PLEASE CONTACT
Kathy Thill 608-539-4262 - Cell: 608-484-0532
Missy Erbe: 608-323-2309 ; Carl & Joy Dahl: 507-459-2159 ;
Diane Schwartz: 608-539-2401
Robyn's Table Chat - 17034 N. 7th St. - Galesville, WI 54630 -
608-582-2938 - rdocken@aol.com
Chance to win $1000
or many other cash prizes
Many other games
during the evening
Support The Local Food Pantry
A warm welcome always greets you at
Wason’s Supper Club
Open Seven Nights A Week
Great Food, Friendly Service
582-2763
www.wasons.com
Aug 26, 2008 Page 4
Post Office
On Wheels
By: Debra Wilkening
Galesville Postmaster
In 1896, our nation’s cities began reaching
out to rural America, connecting farms
and homesteads one address at a time with
a wealth of products and services. The
connection was letters, catalogs, and parcel
post. As the connections to our rural
areas grew, so did our nation and its economy.
Today, America’s rural carriers serve
more than 36 million addresses coast-tocoast.
Not just homes and farms, but office
buildings, apartment complexes, and
shopping malls. You probably have seen
your rural carrier at work, driving alongside
the road, mailbox to mailbox, picking
up, and delivering mail. What you may
not have seen, though, is the wide range of
products and services they provide. Did
you know in addition to picking up and
delivering your mail, they:
• Pick up and deliver packages, and
Priority & Express Mail items?
• Sell stamps and Postal Money Orders?
• Accept and deliver Registered Mail,
Certified Mail and Insured items?
• Accept payment for COD packages?
If you would like to order stamps, post
cards, or stamped envelopes, just ask your
rural carrier for a Stamp Purchase Order
form. It comes with its own envelope.
If you give your rural carrier written authorization,
he or she will leave oversized
parcels on your porch, in your garage, or
other location, weather permitting, so you
don’t have to go to the Post Office. You
can also call for redelivery of other items
requiring your signature at 608-582-2068.
Rural carriers serve the farthest regions of
our nation. They are proud to deliver for
you!
Remember to Vote !
BANK OF GALESVILLE 608-582-2233
BANK OF TREMPEALEAU 608-534-7780
SEVEN BRIDGES, HOLMEN 608-526-6483
http://www.bankofgalesville.com
Is your event on the Calendar
Page on RobynsChat.com
TREMPEALEAU COMMUNITY
HERITAGE MUSEUM
Open on Weekends.
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The Restaurant Is Open
Serving Lunch 11-5
Dinner 5-9 weekdays,
5-10 weekends
Live Entertainment
Saturday Evenings @ 9pm
*Shuffle Board*
THE HISTORIC
TREMPEALEAU HOTEL
Main Street On The Mississippi
PHONE 534 - 6898
www.trempealeauhotel.com

August 26, 2008 Page 5
Feeling Stressed? These 20 Tips Can Help You Relax
1. Go to bed on time.
2. Get up on time so you can start the day unrushed
3. Say “No” to projects that wont fit into your time schedule or that will
compromise your mental health.
4. Simplify and unclutter your life
5. Delegate tasks to capable others.
6. Less is more.
7. Allow extra time to do things and get to places.
8. Pace yourself. Spread out big changes and difficult projects over time;
don't lump the hard things all together.
9. Take one day at a time.
10. Separate worries from concerns. If a situation is a concern, find out
what you have to do and let go of the anxiety. If you cant do anything
about a situation, forget it.
11. Take less; listen more.
12. Do something for the kids in your life every day.
13. Get enough rest and eat right.
14. Get organized so everything has its place.
15. Write down thoughts and inspirations.
16. Every day, find time to be alone.
17. Make friends with good people.
18. Laugh, and then laugh some more.
19. Take your work seriously, but not yourself at all.
20. Develop a forgiving attitude, and be kind to unkind people.
Information provided by Franciscan Skemp Galesville Clinic
Katy Anthony, PA-C
When I was handed this photo, I thought "How perfect for
the beginning of the school year.
Remember when school pictures were like this?
Top Row: Lyla Turnbull (Hanson), William Deeren, Carol Thomas, Loren Lebakken,
Shirley Bakken, Roger Lebakken, Grace Johnson
Second Row: Ralph Lebakken, Ramona Lebakken, Marlene Lebakken, Kenneth
Bakken,
Third Row: Audrey Dahl, Clayton Hammer, Kaye Henderson, James Anderson,
Sylvan Lebakken, Vernal Anderson, Ivanell Brenengan
Fourth Row: Joseph Lebakken, Lewis Lebakken Jr., Merlin Dahl, and Merlin
Lebakken. (Contributed Photo)
I’ve used Rural & the Truax Family for
over 40 years and I love their service!
CALL US AT 608-525-3311
FOR A FREE INSURANCE QUOTE
ON YOUR HOME, FARM, or AUTO
Rural Mutual Insurance
15804 West 1st St
Ettrick, WI 54627
Lon Truax, Sr. Agent
608-525-3311
Down Home Cookin', Downtown Hixton
Handmade Jams, Specialty Sandwiches,
Specialty Breakfasts,
133 East Main Street
Stop in and visit the Charles Family:
Rich, Sue, Aaron and Nika
715-963-4031
Did you know…
Galesville Excavating is
located on the Upper Table ?.
Galesville Excavating
Plumbing, Heating & A/C
20645 West Gale Avenue
608-582-2084
Monday-Friday
7:30am-3:30pm
24 Hour Answering Service
Specializing In:
I always get fast, quality service
at Critzman's.
Critzman Auto Body
On the Square
Downtown Galesville
608-582-4019
Critzman’s
Serving the community
for over 30 years.
Hungry Point-Trempealeau
is serving breakfast, 5 days a week
(Wed.-Sun.), 6am-11am year
round.
We Are Under Construction right
now. New roof, new siding, and we are
waiting on approval from the DNR for a
new porch for our early morning diners.
Breakfast with the eagles and the river
life. When the construction is complete
we will be doing some special things to
get people to come in and see all we
have been up to these past few months.
I appreciate the great, personal service
I get at the Galesville Pharmacy
Galesville Pharmacy
Main Street
608-582-2446
Monday-Friday 8:30am—5:30pm
Saturdays: 8:30am—Noon
DELIVERY AVAILABLE
(Mail Service Also Available)
Operation
Christmas Child
We are starting
our 11th year
of bringing Christmas gifts to needy
boys & girls in many countries thru
this project of Samaritans Purse.
I want to thank those of you who
have already been bringing your shoe
boxes and bags full of gifts to my back
porch. Without your continued help,
these children would not know that
we care for them.
The people of Trempealeau Community
and our surrounding area have
been a great help in making this possible.
All it takes is one more family to
help one more child.
Thank you
Phyllis Wood -
24136 6th St * Trempealeau
608-534-6605
Saturday EveningWorship- 5pm
First Presbyterian Church
Galesville
This alternative service is held at 5:00
p.m. on Saturdays in the Ettrick Chapel,
which is located in the First Presbyterian
Church, Galesville, at the end of the hall, on
the lower level, under the Koinonia Room.
If attendance warrants, the service will be
moved to the Sanctuary. It is planned as a
condensed version of a Sunday worship,
lasting no longer than 30 minutes.
With the school starting this
week, I pulled out a section on
school... courtesy of the recollections
written by Ardyce Johnson
on their years in Silver Creek.
"Leo Betz, Norman Oines, and Thomas
Irvine were on the school board and
Silver Creek School closed before we
moved here in the year 1946.
Charlotte Toppen Dykstra was the
teacher. Her pupils were: ??? Vernon
Oines.
Marion Brown Johnson taught in
1937 and the pupils and where they
lived were:
Wilfred Craig (On our farm), John Peterson(Leo
Betz farm), John Sahlstrom
(Sahlstrom farm), Howard Amundson (Jim
Sahlstrom house), Vernon Park (Spahr
Acres (Dale Betz place),John Mahone
((Stetzer place), Theresa Mahone(Stetzer
place), Meryl Craig (On our farm),
Wendell Byom (?), Elsie Person (Leo Betz
farm), Shirley Brophy (Ron Corcoran
farm) , Connie Peterson, (Leo Betz farm),
Elrene Irvine(Nancy Buckner Stellpflug
farm), Delores Craig(On our farm), Francis
Mahone (Stetzer place), Alice Marie Dick
(Annie Geske farm).
In 1940's the rural schools were consolidated
with the city schools by law,
causing many rural schools to close.
In 1946, Silver Creek school closed
because of low enrollment and consolidation.
School was sold and torn
down. The materials were moved to a
location in Crystal Valley and rebuilt by
a farmer rural teacher and her husband
(Kriesels)
The land was returned to the descendants
of the Butman family and they
sold it to the present owners of the former
Butman farm, the Earl Betz family.
Teachers in the 1930's and 40's were
Carol Halderson Young, Agnes Hunter
Johnson, Lillian Boardman (Cecil's sister)
Margaret Larken Hanson (Kelly's
mother), Marion Brown Johnson and
Charlotte Toppen Dykstra.
Early settlers in the valley were:
DeGroot, Uhl, Herman park, Schaller,
Riny Lun, Peterson (Leila's folks),
Glassford, Irvine, Sahlstrom, Samson,
Andriesen, and Henry DeYoung families.
A frame school house without a
basement, an entry way was built on to
use for coats, dinner pails, water pails,
etc.
A large wood stove stood in the
Northwest corner, with a jacket of
metal around it for safety. School had
double seats. Sometimes three students
hand to share one desk because
of enrollment. Later on new single
desks were purchased.
A pan with water on top of the
stove was used to warm food which
the children brought in small glass jars
to have with their dinner. Sometimes
mothers would bring large kettles of
soup to treat them. Before a well was
dug, children carried water in buckets
from the closest neighbor. Later a well
was dug and a large crock jar with a
bubbler was added.
Kerosene lamps were sitting in
brackets fastened to the wall for light.
Wood for the stove was kept in a shed
away from the school. Children carried
in wood for morning before going home
at night."

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"You probably need to talk to Don Bautch about these," was the note in the email from Bill
Crogan that accompanied these photos with the telephone poles. Well, I caught Don at the
Pig Stop and asked him to drop by to look at them. What an education that was.
As he looked at the top photo he said , "More than likely Dave & Donnie Severson's father,
Oscar, most likely would have kept lines like these going. This photos is certainly an early period
by the poles and the dirt road. When you look at the pole on the left, these probably would
have been approximately 24 feet high. It took two wires for one line. In the country, rural
lines could have anywhere from eight to twelve, maybe even more, customers on a line. Many insulators
only had one wire. However, some were made to hold two wires per insulator. All insulators
were either porcelain or glass. Some were even dated. One wire was a "talk" path, the other a
"ring" path." I was surprised to learn that there are still two wires per line in the cable coming
into my home per circuit. Don added, "Although much of the cable is buried now. A lot of
the cable above ground currently runs on power poles. " As I pulled up the bottom photo, he
looked closely and then thought that the top short bar on this pole held the 'Toll Circuits',
"They were long distance circuits," he explained. "Usually all copper wire."
After talking with Don, I ran across this tidbit in a report my mother had in her files
regarding the telephone service. "In 1939 it was supplied by the Community Telephone Company of
Wisconsin with the Bell System. According to the directory 69 offices, 172 farms and 132 residents
had telephone service. Seven operators and a staff of linemen keep the communications lines
open at all times." Following that the report continued with this telegraph information in Galesville.
"Service is supplied by the Western Union Telegraph Company each day from 7:15am to
4:15pm. The office is located at the Northwestern depot. Rates to Madison for telegrams are 10
words - 36¢ plus Government tax; Night letters 25 words-23¢ plus Government tax." Mom had written
on the front of this folder "This report was written in 1942."
I am curious, as I look at the photo below, does anyone know anything about the old wooden
sign on the left (in white box)? I don't remember that at all.
You are welcomed!
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First Presbyterian Church
Galesville, Wisconsin
20237 West Ridge Ave
Saturday Alternative Service-5:00pm
Summer Worship :
Sunday—9:30 am
Regular Worship Begins
Sunday, September 7th
Sunday School - 9am
Worship Service - 10:15am
Information? 582-4206
N15721 Schubert Rd
Galesville WI 54630
Located just south of Universal Truck Eqpt.
Centerville, WI
608-539-2090
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