Excerpts from past Tracy newspapers
Dec. 8, 1955 — Mrs. Al Luft, Currie, won a 16-foot Unico upright food freezer and the title of State Butter Cake queen when she was named winner of the state butter cake-baking contest last week. Mrs. Luft’s cake was judged the winner for being of good volume, golden brown, of excellent texture and pleasing flavor. It received a score of 95.8.
Dec 9. 1965 — A business transaction was completed last week whereby John Visker of Tracy purchased the Garvin Comer service station. For years, the station has been a Standard Oil products retail outlet, but under new ownership Cities Service products are being handled. Visker is a” Citgo” bulk dealer in Tracy. A new service station at the corner of 14 and 59, six miles west of Tracy, will probably be built in the spring.
Obituaries: Gary Smith, Mrs. William Christophers, Edward Lund, Lief Nackerud
Dec. 4, 1975 — Bernie Holm was re-elected chief of the Tracy Fire Department by firemen here Monday. Also returning to their first and second assistant chief positions are Bud Whaley and Dennis DeBileck. The election of officers highlighted the meeting. Holm, who has been chief of the department since 1967, said captains will be appointed this month and then Individual firemen will be assigned to their companies.
Obituaries: Ida Comnick, Winfield Roush, Martha Grave
Dec. 10, 1985 — Jim Eischens, a senior at Tracy High School, received the 4-H organization’s highest national award in Chicago last week. Eischens, son of the Omer Eischens of rural Tracy, was one of six 4-Hers selected nationally for the Presidential Award. Eischens, who carried on an extensive public education program to promote good health, also became an expert on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid.
Obituaries: Henriette Sherman
Dec. 6, 1995 — Car trouble added up to double trouble for a Tracy family last week. A 1980 Dodge station wagon driven by Pastor Edsel Miller stalled three miles east of Tracy, at the intersection of Hwy. 14 and the “Milroy Road” (Redwood County 8). Pastor Miller, returning from an afternoon of hunting last Wednesday, was in a hurry to get back to Tracy for Wednesday evening church services. So, he locked up the car and caught a ride into Tracy. A shock awaited Pastor Miller and his wife. Deb, when they returned the next day to retrieve the car. Virtually every piece of glass on the car-from windows to headlights-had been shattered. The outside mirror had been torn off and thrown inside the car. Smashed glass was everywhere inside the car and on the roadside.
Obituaries: Leo Cowell, Mildred Durgin, May Hively, Anna Brix, Dorothy Jens
Dec. 7, 2005 — Shetek Bend Banquet Bar & Grill likely won’t open until after Jan. 1. Remodeling for Shetek Bend began in September. At that time, it was hoped that Shetek Bend could open by Dec. 15. But one of the partners of the restaurant, Robert Gervais, said some delays had been encountered. For example, he said, Shetek Bend is waiting for the arrival of some equipment. He noted also that the remodeling is partly reliant upon “sweat equity” provided by investors. Sometimes construction has had to wait while partners get work done for their regular jobs.
Obituaries: Ruth Schmidt, Molly Jo and Dayton Andrew Judkins
