Monday, October 7, 2019

Post card to Rodney Murty from Jesse Etheridge 1909


Postcard to Rodney Murty from his future
brother-in-law.  J I E stands for Jesse Irving
Etheridge.



Sunday, October 6, 2019

Frank Davies

Frank was born in the Town of Rose, February 
8, 1883 to John Walter Davies and his wife 
Eliza Jones.  He left Wisconsin for California 
sometime between 1905 and 1910.  He was 
a carpenter.  His wife's name was Grace and 
she had a daughter Gladys from a previous 
marriage.  Frank died in Los Angles June 3, 
1967.  He had no children of his own. 

Irvin Arndt

Irvin James Arendt was born October 21 1941 in Wausau. 
His parents were Gustave Arendt (1906-1960) and Mary E 
Rheinschmidt (1909-1999).  His mother was called May. 
His father was manager of fish management at the Fish 
Hatchery in Wild Rose from 1932 until his death. Irvin 
started school in Wild Rose and graduated in 1959. He 
was a member Boy Scout Troop 55 in Wild Rose. He was 
number 20 on the basketball team and was a pitcher on 
the baseball team and later on the Wild Rose city team.  
He was in the band.  He attended Badger Boys State in 
1958. He was on the Prom court in 1958. He went to St 
Paul's Lutheran in Wild Rose. He joined the Coast Guard 
on January 10, 1961 and served to 1965.  He married 
Catherine Urdahl June 16, 1962.  They had a daughter 
Anne Marie who died at age 9 in July of 1976.  His first 
wife died December 29, 1978 diabetes played a part in 
an early death.  He married his second wife Cindy 
Malcore June 27, 1979. Irvin was a policeman in Green 
Bay.  He was a trap shooter.  He hit 24 of 25 shots  to win. 
He also was a on a police team where he also tied 
for first.  He retired in 1993.  He had two sons and a 
daughter, Cindy.  Irvin died September 30, 2006 in 
Pulaski, Wisconsin.

Glenn Etheridge and Ponto




Glenn Etheridge and his dog Ponto. Glenn was born
Aug 28, 1894 to Alanson Etheridge and Emma
Spicer. He married Hannah Bowen. He was the
village President and ran a garage and dealership.
He was in charge when Wild Rose got the little
cube jail that is in the Carriage House at the Wild
Rose Museum. He died of Bright's Disease on
June 5, 1931.

Saturday, October 5, 2019

Sherman Anderson , Harvard Law Review in Memoriam

Sherman Lloyd Anderson was the great-
grandson of William John Thomas and Mary
ElizabethWilliams who were settlers in the
Town of Rose. Their daughter Sophia "Jennie"
married Benson Sherman and their daughter
Ella married John Anderson. Sherman was
killed in WWII. He had a Law degree from
Harvard.

Saxeville Band

















The Saxeville Band picture is from the 1910-1920 
time period.  From the left they are Foster
Hanson, George Hanson, Tom Hanson, DeForest 
Waid, Charles Peterson, Garfield Van Airsdale, 
Ben Waid, George Peterson, Max Stricker, and 
Randolph Hanson.  There were two men named 
Foster Hanson picture has the older one who was 
born in 1866 and died in 1953.  The youngest 
member was Ben Waid who was born in 1882.