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Greendale Review Newspaper - Revisited Week 30 - 8/26/39 to 9/9/39

With this year being the 75th anniversary I thought it might be interesting as well as fun to look back at Greendale’s beginnings from the viewpoint of its own residents and local news stories of the day. Every Thursday through the end of the year, I will be posting humorous, relevant or just interesting stories from Greendale’s original newspapers.

The following selected stories are copied exactly as they were originally written (including some misspellings) unless otherwise noted. Some may be shortened with “…”. They will be in bold and italicized type.

Also, just a reminder - Greendale first opened to residents on May 1, 1938

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GREENDALE REVIEW – Saturday, August 26, 1939

 FIRST ANNIVERSARY EDITION

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GREENDALE’S FIRST TWINS BORN TO DANIELSONS

   Greendale’s first set of twins were born to Mrs. Danielson of 5592 Arbutus Ct. two weeks ago. Larry and Garry are the names selected for the boys who are real husky youngsters weighing 6 lbs. 10 oz. and 6 lbs. 2 oz respectively, at birth. Congratulations mama and papa Danielson.

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  George Stange, grounds foreman and landscape expert at Greendale, will give an interesting talk on “flower arrangement” at the next meeting of the Garden club, on Thursday, August 31, in the community building, according to Eleanor Lawonn, secretary. Everyone is invited to attend.

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ELECTRIC METERS BEING INSTALLED

   Walter E. Kroening, assistant manager, reports that work has begun on the installation of electric meters at twenty vantage points in the electric power distribution system.

   This work will result in a temporary current outage from 10 to 15 minutes for each of the major circuits. Housewives will be advised of the time of the outage so that inconveniences will be avoided.

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COOPERATE PLEASE!

   The work in connection with W.P.A. landscaping program may make it necessary for workmen to enter your premises at times during the next few weeks. It may also be necessary to store cement blocks, sod, top soil, and other materials on your premises for several days. Every effort will be made to avoid unnecessary inconveniences.

   Mothers are asked for their cooperation in keeping youngsters from tree pruning operations to avoid injuries due to falling limbs.

   In connection with homesite landscaping, residents are again reminded to keep their back yard free of obnoxious weeds and tall grasses. Numerous complaints have been received by the management of poor back yard conditions.

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GREENDALE REVIEW – Saturday, September 9, 1939

LEADER INJURED RESCUING CHILDREN

   Bill Bainbridge, W.P.A. recreation leader, collapsed in the gymnasium of the community building after making four or five trips carrying children into the building who were stranded under a picnic table on the playground during the hail storm last Tuesday, August 29. He was removed to the safety building and revived by Chief Taylor and Officer Hale. Bill returned to work an hour later, but had a mighty sore head as a result of the hailstones. Thanks Bill!

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VILLAGE BUYS SCHOOL BUS

   At a special meeting of the village board held Thursday, August 31, the members decided to purchase a school bus for transporting senior high school students and for such other uses as may be determined by the board. …

… Raab Co. Is Low Bidder

   There were six bidders on the purchase of a school bus, the award being made to the Raab Motor Co., the low bidder, at the cost of $2174.75. The bus will be a Lindsay body mounted on a Ford chassis.

   The village manager was instructed by the board to arrange for temporary transportation of high school students to the West Milwaukee Hi School until such time as the village’s own bus is available. Such transportation will be furnished by the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Transport Company with the bus leaving the bus station at 8:00 o’clock a.m. each school day.

   Ray Gove, high school student who previously appeared before the village board on behalf of West Milwaukee High school, presented a survey of parents’ preference on the high school question. According to his survey 32 preferred West Milwaukee; 9 preferred Pulaski and 2 voted for other schools.

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ANGLE LANE FAMILIES HAVE GET-ACQUAINTED PARTY

   On Saturday evening, August 19, a party was held at Lee Sowin’ barn by a number of Angle Lane families. The purpose of the gathering was for the group to become better acquainted.

   Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Victor Woeste, Edward Morgan, James Netterfield, Clarence Hammer, Robert Surges, Joseph Surges, William Cowell, John Sullivan, Charles Longhearst, Rudolph Rice, Leo Kutchera, Albert Hasse, Albert Suhms, Elias Ochs, Gilbert Depledge and Larry Gillingham.

   Various forms of entertainment were provided and plenty of refreshments served.

   Mrs. E. Morgan was elected chairman with Al Suhm as her body guard. The complaint department was one of the busiest at the party.

   Everyone has such a good time that more of these get-togethers are being planned.

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MANY WANT INOCULATIONS

   More than 200 requests have been received by the board of health in response to its notice offering free immunization to residents through the WPA health program.

   Of these 45 request immunization against small-pox, 70 against whooping-cough, 50 against diphtheria, and 35 request the Schick test.

   No time has yet been set for the start of this phase of the health program, according to Dr. G. Sullivan, health officer, however, persons who have signified their intention of taking advantage of this service will be notified by mail when and where to appear for the inoculations.

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F.S.A. PHOTOS VILLAGE

   The early part of this week you may have faced an official camera of the Farm Security Administration. If you were one of those who did may we explain that Mr. Vachon, of the Farm Security Administration’s Information Division, spent three days in Greendale taking official photographs of the community and its activities. The community manager has indicated he will endeavor to secure a set of these photographs for a display at some future time.

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STORM RUINS VILLAGE GARDENS

   The hail storm which early last week blew across Milwaukee county, left a trail of ruin in its wake as it passed over Greendale. Lovely gardens which were the pride of their owners suffered the most from the terrific barrage of hail. Car tops were pounded literally to shreds, and windows in some parts of the village were shattered, as the unusually large pellets of hail came blowing out of the northeast. Without much warning the storm struck. What first appeared to be a summer shower, turned out to be a gale, then followed the hail, rain, and ruin.

   The garden plots bordering the village suffered most. Tomatoes were pounded into the ground, while patches of beets were dug out.

   A resident on Dale Lane, Mr. Walter Sliwa, said,  ”I was just leaving for work when the storm broke in all its fury. The first blast of rain blew right through the motor of my car shorting the ignition system. Then things began to happen. The hail pounded something awful; it sounded terrific and I thought the windows would crack. My top went to pieces in a hurry. There wasn’t anything to do but sit and wait for it to stop. Finally it did, I was mighty glad it was over.

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Next week – The Greendale Shoe and Valet Shop opens.

Thanks to the Greendale Historical Society, for which I am a member, for providing the original newspapers.

Steve Peters

 

 




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