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AMBULANCE

                       

            No real beginning; Holly’s had a stretcher and vehicle that stretcher fit in; vehicle was hearse – always black with velvet interior with curtains.  Not a pleasant ride for anyone.

            No charge for service and often family members were asked to assist with lifting, etc.  Always used bedding and pillows from patient’s bed.

            Remember Waupaca had two hospitals – Lake Street Mirror Lake and Brick at Washington and Lake.  No elevators.  We were often called to assist in getting patient from operating room into upstairs bedroom.  Real problem getting any stretcher down from second floor!

            Early 1950s began to use station wagon for ambulance work.  Small (lower) stretcher.

            Bammel also did some ambulance work. Tom met with Harold and Paul at Drivas Drug Store.  It was decided at that meeting that we begin a $5 charge for all ambulance calls.

            Combination hearse and ambulance units.  Our 1955 Pontiac (Green) really was quite an improvement. Siren – Lights – etc.  Later put in an oxygen unit.

            Story of ambulance service in our community has been studied by many. Subsidy:  townships and city. Today we see what this has brought to Waupaca and surrounding area.  New laws and requirements.

            Ambulance was getting to big to operate with funeral home. Needed full time personnel.  Location became important.  Used funeral home garage and old house for office.

 

 

 

The Maccabees – Clearwater Tent No. 150 was organized June 24, 1901.

 

Ladies of the Maccabees.  Ruby Hive No. 44 of the Ladies of the Maccabees of the World was organized May 29, 1903.

 

Fraternal Reserve association.  Lodge No. 57 was organized August 1, 1903.

 

Equatable Fraternal Union. Waupaca Assembly No. 7 organized (no month given) 27, 1897.

 

The Garfield Post No. 21 G.A.R. Dept. of Wisconsin was organized October 26, 1881.

 

Woman’s Relief Corps.  No. 93  organized November 13, 1889.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FROM BOOK “WAUPACA” BY MONDAY NIGHT CLUB

 

Fraternities:

            Waupaca Lodge No. 123 Free and accepted masons organized March 13, 1860.  Asa Worden was a charter member.  Asa was great uncle of Tom Holly (Tom’s middle name is Worden).

            The Eastern Star was organized in 1898. Sister Society of the Masons.

            The Danes Home (De Danske Hjem) was organized January 6, 1877.

            Waupaca Lodge No. 208 I.O.O.F.  April 25, 1872.  At time book was written A.J. Holly was the oldest living Past Grand.  He was initiated in 1872. I.O.O.F. Built and owned previous to their present hall, the building occupied by A.J. Holly & Sons (now Lighthouse) and also the John Gordon building on South Main.

            Rebekah Lodge was organized February 28, 1895

            Knights of Phythias Lodge was organized February 9, 1881.

            Pythian Sisters was organized April 9, 1913.

            Modern Woodman of America – Waupaca Camp No. 2422 was organized in 1893.

            The Royal Neighbors organized in 1898.

            Woodmen of the World – Waupaca Camp No. 156 was organized April 29, 1912.

            Fraternal Order of the Eagles was organized January 9, 1908

 

                                                From A.J. Holly & Sons Ad:

                                    In the undertaking dept. in an especially

                                    Fine hearse and we take care (charge) of

                                    Funerals when desired.

                                    Embalming is done by the best scientific methods.

 

            The Methodist church was the first to organize and erect a church which was built in 1853.  This was replaced by a large substantial building in 1875 (A.J. Holly helped build).

            The Baptist church was organized January 1, 1853.  Church building later at corner of S. Division and Randall Streets.

            The Episcopal church was erected in 1856.  Later burned when opera house (next door) had fire.  New church later at present site – S. Main Street.

            Danish Evangelical Lutheran church was organized in 1871. 

Our Savior’s church was named from the fact that the cornerstone was laid Pentecost Sunday June 1, 1873. Now sight of Trinity Lutheran church.

            In May 1905, the corner stone of the Holy Ghost Lutheran Church was laid.

            The Catholic society takes much interest in its church and grounds which were purchased of an early Presbyterian church society.

            There is also a Danish Methodist society and Danish Baptist society and German Evangelical Lutheran society.

 

First church built in Waupaca … Methodist 1853

First sermon preached by Rev. Silas Miller (Methodist) 1850 in home of J.M. Vaughan.

First post office established in 1851 – Capt. David Scott was postmaster

First saw mill built in 1850

First grist mill built in 1861

Wilson Holt kept first store 1851

W.G. Cooper built first log home 1849

J.M. Vaughan built log home later in 1849.

First doctor was Rev. Cutting Marsh 1851. he was both doctor and minister.

First newspaper in county started by Redfield Brothers in 1853 called “Waupaca Spirit”

 

First 4^th of July celebration in county 1850.  At “Lone Pine Hill” S.E. of Waupaca (town of Lind)  33 at

celebration.

First white child born was Mary Hibbard  May 1850

First death was Joel Deiter  May 1850

First marriage:  Thomas Billington and Emma Baxter   1851

First railroad to enter Waupaca was Wisconsin Central Road  Sept. 1872

Some Ads taken from “Illustrated Waupaca” by D.L. Stinchfield  in 1888

            Woodnorth and Whipple

            Registered Pharmacists

            “The purest wines and liquors”

            (For medicinal purposes only).

 

            Vosburg House (Later Delavan Hotel)

            Rates $2.00 a day.

 

            Penmanship

            F.M. Benedict

            Given 3000 lessons in plain and ornamental penmanship

 

 

WAUPACA:  Depending on the book you read .. who you talk with … name has different meaning!

            Derived from Indian words “Waubuck Seba” meaning “Tomorrow River” or “Pale Water”

            Menominee Indian Language like:  “Wau-pa-kaw” means “one young brave hero” or “Our brave young hero”.  This information founding letter written by John Satterle (Indian Interpreter).

 

First survey by W.B. Mumbrue

First settlement in Waupaca County (1843)

Alpheus Hicks is credited with being the first pioneer located at Fremont in 1843.

Early pioneer names:  E.C. Sessions, W.B. Hibbard, Joseph Hibbard, Dana Dewey, Capt. David Scott,      Judge S.F. Ware, W.B. Cooper, C. Dow, Col. Chandler and J.M. Vaughan.

First two claims for farming purposes were made by J.M. Vaughan and T.M. Paine in 1849.

First school built in county in 1851.  This in Chandler-Vaughan district between Waupaca and

Weyauwega.

First school in Waupaca taught by Dora Thompson  1850

First school building built in Waupaca in 1867.  New High School building in 1912

First graduating class from Waupaca schools  1876  ten in class

Classes of 1883 and 1889 had only one student each.  Class of 1885 had three students.  Roy Holly in

class of 1897.

 

 

In June 1849 Joseph and William Hibbard, Martin Burnham, E.C. Sessions and a Mr. Pratt – five Vermonters – started from Plymouth on foot with blankets and grubstake seeking the much talked about Indian Lands.

 

The first white men ever to see Waupaca, blazed the trees, set stakes, built fires and on the virgin soil slept the sleep of the just.

 

The Hibbards had left their families in Vermont. In August a comfortable house with shake roof, had been completed by a settler named Cooper, and Mrs. Cooper arrived, being the first white woman to grace what is now the city of Waupaca. Quite a settlement had been made half way between Waupaca and Weyauwega by the Chandlers, Dows, Vaughans and others.