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Editor's note: Looking Back is a regular feature on the pages of the Star Eagle
75 Years Back - 1946
• With a good crowd present, the revived business men’s basketball tournament started off with a close game between Kruezer’s Red and Johnson’s Gray Ghosts. George Mobley, New Richland’s shoemaker, made the first points of the game on a short field goal. Kreuzer’s team won 44-13. Other first-round actions saw the Yellow team beat the Purple squad 18-14 and, in the final game of the evening, the Orange team, led by the marksmanship of J. Jeddeloh, came close to tying it, but the Blue team prevailed 15-12.
• Carl Jeddeloh is the new owner of the former Congregational Church parsonage, which he purchased Thursday last of Ervin Engel. Mr. and Mrs. Jeddeloh and the former’s daughter, Mrs. John Reb, and the former’s mother, Mrs. Jeddeloh, and daughter, Miss Pearl, will occupy the home just purchased.
• Elected as officers in New Richland were Emil Bolduan, for the 21st time as clerk; Chester Johnson, supervisor; Ray Sybilrud, Justice of the Peace; and Carl Kobernius, Constable. Appropriations were $4,500 for roads and bridges, $500 for general purposes and $1,000 for snow removal. Elected in Byron Township were Harold Ditsworth, Harvey E. Crumb and William Pierce, Otto A. Krueger, Francis Adams and Jule Boettger, clerk. $10,000 was appropriated for all township purposes. Only 18 votes were cast in Wilton in the election of James Osmudson, supervisor for three years, and Ewald Gehring, clerk for two years. Money appropriated for all purposes was $7,500.
• We have been hearing a lot recently about the housing shortage and mass production of homes by new government subsidized industries.
• Walter “Bud” Mertz is the new adjutant of the Andrew Borgen Post 75 of the American Legion, succeeding Dr. R. Hawley, who resigned on leaving New Richland. “Bud” is a World War II veteran and it is predicted he will make the post an excellent adjutant.
• “Yes, indeed, it is an unusual plant,” said Norris O. Peterson, judge of probate, speaking of a “crown of thorns,” plant in the east window of his office. “It has been in constant bloom for at least seven or eight years that I know of.” The plant was presented to him by Mrs. Rosa Eckart, living on Route 2 New Richland, after he had probated her husband’s estate, which included her husband’s near the north line of the county.
50 Years Back – 1971
• Senator Paul Overgaard and State Representative Rod Searle will meet the people of the New Richland, Waldorf, Hartland area Saturday, March 27 at the American Legion meeting rooms in New Richland starting at 7:30 a.m.
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LOOK NO FURTHER - If you’re wondering why over the past months, there have been piles of tree brances, look no further than Bernie Anderson (left) and Matt Harrington (right). ( Star Eagle photos by Eli Lutgens)
Bernie Anderson and Matt Harrington talk tree maintenance
By ELI LUTGENS
Editor
New Richland residents might have recently noticed neat piles of tree branches around town. The New Richland Commercial Club is responsible. More specifically, Bernie Anderson and Matt Harrington are responsible.
Roughly 25 years ago, Anderson, and others began planting trees along main street and throughout the city.
“Any of these smaller trees you see along the edge of the streets, (referring to the crabapple trees pictured) were planted by us,” remarked Harrington. “Bernie began before I did. I was a kid when he started.”
"We've been doing this for over 20 years," remarked Anderson. "I think we started in ‘95 and we had crews of four or five. We planted over 400 trees."
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By MAGGIE MALONEY
NRHEG Senior
As someone who has continuously been friends with upperclassmen, I have watched good friends graduate from high school and move on to their next chapter, year after year. Because of this, I have partly joked, partly seriously complained, that I have had “senioritis” since sophomore year.
I have felt ready to move on and continue my education for quite some time now, sometimes even wishing away the years of high school that I had left. But a strange thing happened when I began senior year this past fall: I was excited to still be in high school, even slightly nervous that I was actually almost done. As the year progressed, I still held onto my senioritis, but was also secretly happy to be experiencing the senior milestones that I had previously watched my older friends experience.
Now, I am unsure if I will ever be able to finish my senior year in the way I had always pictured. It was easy to say, “I am ready to be done with high school and just want to go to college,” when I knew that, no matter how often I said it, time would continue on as always. It was a small matter to wish something away that I knew would never actually disappear. Now, as I wonder how the rest of my senior year will unfold, I can’t help but notice the irony of my situation.
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MAKE AN OFFER — That’s what Wayne Wenzel, left, says of the antiques remaining at Dad’s Good Stuff on Broadway Ave. in New Richland. After Jan. 1, Wenzel plans on closing the antiques portion of the business, but will still remain open for furniture repair, building and repairing windows and selling house paint and supplies. Star Eagle photo by Melanie Piltingsrud
By MELANIE PILTINGSRUD
Staff Writer
“January first, I'm going to lock the door,” says Wayne Wenzel of the antique shop, Dad's Good Stuff.
“The front,” he qualifies. Those who know Wenzel well know that friends, and customers who want their furniture and screens repaired, use the back door anyway.
The Wenzel antique business has been around for a long time. According to Wenzel, his wife, Merlys, used to run it in the old Peterson grocery store. “And then that building was condemned, so we had to move,” says Wenzel. He was in Starke, Florida on a trip with his trucking business when Bernie Anderson called to ask if he wanted the building on the southwest corner of Broadway Ave. and Division St. Wenzel told him, “Bernie, I just bought a brand new truck and two new trailers. Do you think I can afford it?” Per Wenzel, Anderson replied, “We'll talk about the money later. We don't care about the money. Do you want that building or don't you?”
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By RACHEL HOREJSI
2019 NRHEG Graduate
It’s hard to fully comprehend the losses that the class of 2020 is currently facing, but one look through any high school yearbook is all it really takes to grasp a fraction of what they must be feeling. Flipping through a yearbook is looking through a group’s high school experience; the achievements, the friends, the classmates, and so much more. One look at everything that seniors typically accomplish throughout their four years of high school is what yearbooks are all about.
All those memories help a person realize that the hours of studying, stressing over college applications and scholarships, trying to make friends, dealing with changes, figuring everything out, was worth it in the end because of that one final chapter. High school graduates never forget their senior year because it is a student’s last chance to make memories, say goodbyes, and leave a last mark on the school they’ve grown up in.
I remember my last few days at NRHEG last year. I walked down the halls one last time; even though the halls were the same that day, I felt different. Nostalgia. Excitement. Butterflies. The thought of leaving terrified me, even while I was bursting with excitement for the futures which awaited my classmates and me. Each one of the year’s “lasts” was intense; our last homecoming, last snow week, last class trip, last day, and especially our last walk across the stage when we all grabbed our diplomas, hugged our parents, and said goodbye to our teachers and friends.