Hot Water

 June 26, 1967, Twin City News-Record

Our favorite plumber pictured above has a wrench that's almost as big as he is.  That's some plumbing job, but Drucks can fix it!  And do people say they're in "hot water" anymore?   I get the pun, but wonder how many younger people might.  

Sure to Please

June 19, 1964, Twin City News-Record

Just a quick reminder that Fathers Day is coming up very, very soon.  Dads in 1964 had the luck to expect a Choco-Lotta Cake, perhaps, thanks to Best Bakery.  It's something nice for your "very important pop!" 

I'll be taking the next week off from the blog, so have a great week and see you soon!

Twins

June 21, 1967, Neenah-Menasha Daily Northwestern

Can you imagine a scenario where time zone considerations made something like this happen in our Twin Cities?  To have one city on one time and the other being one hour later?  It's no wonder Menominee "took itself out" of Michigan as a whole in order to synch with Marinette, its twin. 

Driven From Town

June 5, 1923, Menasha Record

Drama at the ol' ball game!  Methinks the writer of this piece was too kind in his language as to what transpired against the Menasha players.  Roughly handled, indeed.  For all I know it could have been a real barn burner of a fight, especially if the crowd got into it.   I was hoping there'd be more coverage of this dispute in later editions or in later meetings between the two teams but I was sorely disappointed.

Booster Club

                                                                                

June 4, 1923, Menasha Record

In retrospect, it seems ludicrous that Milwaukee, of all places, would require a boosters trip to pitch the city's good qualities to the likes of Neenah-Menasha.   As a kid, I thought Milwaukee was all that and a bag of chips, as the saying goes, so why would we need to be convinced how cool Milwaukee is (was)?  Of course, today, I recognize the idea of a boondoggle, and the purposes of said trip promoted good will for the city and gave these businessmen something to do, a trip akin to, perhaps, going to a sales convention, for example.  And we know how wild those trips could be.  

Daily Trips and Deposit Your Money

June 18, 1923, Menasha Record

We start off the week with a couple of stalwart businesses of Menasha in the heart of downtown.  The bank was on Main Street obviously and the transfer company resided on Chute Street, after originally being on Tayco Street.  In retrospect, it seems odd that the bank felt the need to sell the idea of a bank account to potential customers but that what was needed as mistrust of banking institutions had a long history.

Banjo Joe

 June 13, 1967, Neenah-Menasha Daily Northwestern

We first met Banjo Joe  back in 2012 in this blog:  https://menashabook.blogspot.com/2012/10/banjo-joe-gazecki.html.  Joe was a raconteur, a merchant, a racer, a musician, a humanitarian, an entertainer...simply, a man of many talents.  

It seems like every town has a "renaissance man" and Banjo Joe was Menasha's.