Hard to Top the Aroma....

March 17, 1982, Oshkosh Daily Northwestern

Recent comments in one of the Menasha Facebook groups led me to seek out an article like this with an inside photo.  One of the group wanted to see the inside of the bakery; I took that to mean the retail area and not the literal baking area with the ovens and giant mixing bowls. 

Southerly Excursion

March 14, 1905, Appleton Post-Crescent

March 18, 1905, Appleton Post-Crescent

The S. Heymann Company of Oshkosh, Wisconsin thought so highly of its spring fashion line that it offered Menasha residents a 10 cent round trip to Oshkosh via the inter-urban line to go see it.  And the Oshkosh Northwestern, via the Post-Crescent, proffered that it was a complete success, with over one thousand patrons using the line, more than half of them from Neenah and Menasha.  Twin City ladies were obviously fashion conscious.

Cram 'Em In

I apologize for the fuzzy quality of this item.  I saw this gem of a photo in the sponsor pages in the back of the 1960 Menasha High yearbook, The Nicolet.  Can you guess where this telephone booth is?  Do you even remember them?! I am not absolutely sure, but if I had to make an educated guess, I'd say it's the phone booth that used to grace the front of the Hotel Menasha.  Yes, once upon a time, cramming phone booths with students WAS a thing.  

Klan Gathering

February 12, 1923, Menasha Record

If the writer's intention was for the reader to raise a critical eyebrow at what he or she was reading, he certainly succeeded.  In retrospect, one thinks this item might have been better suited for April 1st, as the writer was obviously having fun at the reader's expense.  

Wintry Walk

February 24, 1990, Oshkosh Northwestern

Here's a little seasonal slice-of-life photo to get your week going.  The late '80s/early '90s were a busy time for the redevelopment of Menasha and this riverwalk contributed to Menasha's new image.  

High School Views on an Unpopular War

February 21, 1967, Twin City News-Record

Local high school students give their views on Vietnam in the "summer of love," 1967.  Granted, the Twin Cities were not the hot bed of political action in the sixties, yet one wonders if these kids' views changed as they neared draft age or entered college.  With the longevity of the war at the forefront, I'd be very surprised if some of these hawkish views weren't changed.

Celebrating Washington

February 21, 1969, Neenah-Menasha Daily Northwestern

Here's a leftover from the President's Day holiday.  Just a few years before Lincoln's and Washington'a birthdays were combined in 1971, schools honored both separately, or if having to choose just one, the father of our country would usually win out.  Here is such a pageant in honor of President Washington to entertain the assembly audience at St. John's.