Labor & Industry Review Commission Meeting

David Pearson, Chairman, Nancy Metcalf, Secretary, Hugh C Henderson, Member, Pam Anderson, Member. The meeting was in Dave's office.  LIRC reviewed appeals from administrative law judges. The case could be an unemployment, worker's compensation or equal rights case.  People could appeal to the circuit court if they if they didn't like our decision.

Wild Rose Football Team about 1927 or 1928

Top: Ray Nelson (1910-1965), Middle: Fred Shepherd (1912-1979), 

Ken  Merryfield (1912-1990), Bottom: Steve Burton (1914-1992)

 Laurel Thompson (1911-1972)-and; Everett Jones (1913-1998).

Mildred Owens and Martha Jones

Mildred Owens Cunningham class of 1924 and Martha Jones class of 1925.

Small group of Wild Rose Band

Let me know if you know the first person.  The rest are Roy Bertrand, John Campbell

Arnold Hotz, and Clarence Corning.

Butter Churn at Wild Rose Historical Museum

The handle is on the left side.  This could make a good amount of butter. It is in Pioneer Hall. The churn was donated by Ann Inda, Puddy Moldenhauer.

Display in Wild Rose Historical Society Kitchen

The temperature gage is for maple syrup.  The wood above the rolling pin is a dibble which helps you

plant seeds so they don't all clump together. The silver is a match safe with a picture of the Methodist church in Wild Rose on Main St. In the middle at the top is a candle trimmer and snuffer.

William J Thomas Tax bill 1861 Town of Rose, Waushara, Wisconsin

William J Thomas Tax bill 1872 Town of Rose, Waushara, Wisconsin

John Henry Jeffers, Architect & Musician

J H Jeffers was an architect in Wisconsin, Iowa, and South Dakota.  He was born in the Town of Wautoma closer to Wild Rose. He designed the Wisconsin pavilion for the 1904 St Louis World's Fair. 

Wild Rose City Band with Drum on Left

Front row: Marvin Melcher, Lyle Radloff, Carl Brownlow, Rev. Hiram Eldon Mansfield, Ruth Mansfield, Menetta Melcher, Millicent Corning. Middle row: xx, Earl Towne. George Brownlow, Elmer Corning, Wilfred  Urban, Ellif Anderson, Erick Zick. Back row: Leon Deering, Glenn Etheridge. Don Willard,

Russell Anderson, Roy Bertrand, Clarence Corning.

This picture is before 1920 because Rev. Mansfield was in the Sauk County in the 1920 census. Menetta Melcher was born about 1909 and her brother about 1910.  The picture is likely between 1916-1919.

Corning's Restaurant

Wautoma Methodist Church

Rev. Richard Jones was the minister from 1906-1908.  The postcard was mailed by Blanche Etheridge Murty to her parents Alanson Pease Etheridge and Emma Spicer in Wild Rose in  early July, 1908.   Blanche had gone to Wautoma and was living in a boarding house. She wrote that there was a jacket in the store she liked and she could buy it because her brother Milford had given her some money. The church was begun in July of 1894 and was dedicated after Feb. 2, 1895.

Collar Box with collars

Men used to wear white shirts with removable collars. The shirt you wore on Sunday didn't need to be washed each week if you didn't spill on it. The collar was always changed each time you wore the shirt. Remember they didn't have driers and they used clothesline or branches.

A Steam Iron Before electricity

This is a steam iron in the early days before electricity. You boiled the water and put it in the ball attached to the iron. This is in the kitchen in the Wild Rose Historical Museum. Fred Frater donated the iron to the museum.

Egg Crate and basket

The Wild Rose Historical Society has a collapsible egg crate on display in the general store. The basket could be used to gather eggs, pick berries,  or go shopping.

Child's wicker potty chair

This is an old wicker potty chair from Wild Rose.  It is in the children's room at the Wild Rose Historical Museum.

Salesman's stove

This is a salesman's stove.  It was a smaller version of the real stove but was much easier to carry around. It is in the children's room at the Wild Rose Historical Museum.

Fox Hole Shovel

This Fox hole shovel which was used in WWI was used to dig hole to protect soldiers who fought in lines on each side.  It allowed soldiers to fire and then duck down in their hole. If the enemy shot at you the bullet could be slowed if it had to go through the soil. This is in Pioneer Hall at the Wild Rose Historical Museum.