Paging Through H
The Stratford Journal 50 years ago... thursday, November 8, 1973 Students and adults will take historical east tour Stratford High School will have its first tour of Washington, D.C., and Williamsburg, Virginia.
The group is composed of the following: Mr. Hudson, chaperone; Mrs. Wisnewski and Mr. Hayes of the high school staff; Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Rock; Mrs. Marie and Carol Mullins, all of Stratford.
Nineteen students will go. They are: Debbie Clint, Mary and Peggy Leonhardt, Lynne Lillge, Michelle Wood, Gloria and Gail Bohman, Carol Theurer, Joan Theurer, Kathy Lassila, Kari Wieland, Perry Mullins, Mike and Peter Rock, Richard Chrouser, Shelley Knetter, Ron Zepplin, Cindy Wiesman and Marilyn Steines. 25 years ago... wednesday, november 11, 1998 Test results show students read well Stratford Elementary School’s current fourth graders took a reading test last March along with their peers across the state. Stratford students performed better than the state average with 23.5 percent (12 students) scoring in the “advanced” proficiency level.
Statewide, 18.6 percent scored in the advanced level. Twenty-nine Stratford students placed in the proficient level; six had a basic level of reading and only one student placed in the minimal category. Three Stratford students were not tested.
Record Review 50 years ago... thursday, november 8, 1973 Athens scout organizer elected council president When Mary Helen Haines organized the Athens Girl Scouts in 1960, little did she know she would be heading the entire Birch Trails Girl Scout Council in just 13 years. She was elected council president at a meeting in Wausau Thursday of last week.
Fifteen girls attended the first meeting of the Girl Scouts and now the group totals 85. Mrs. Haines’ three daughters are all Scouts -- Betsy, 17, Senior Scout; Kathy, 11, Junior Scout and Jacqueline, 7, Brownie. The rest of the Haines family includes Dr. Haines, a veterinarian in Athens, and one son, Jeffrey, 15. 25 years ago... wednesday, November 11, 1998 Changes made to Edgar interchange The state Department of Transportation made several changes this week to the Highway 29 intersection at County Highway H in response to safety concerns voiced by the village of Edgar.
Joe Olson, Highway 29 team project manager, said that the department has lengthened the eastbound on-ramp to Highway 29 from a brief 50 meters to 300 meters.
In addition, highway crews moved back a cluster of signs at the north end of the County Highway H overpass that obscured the view of motorists looking south.
