Then and now: Airport Road in Middleton

 

1987

Today

Related post:
Beltline and University Avenue.  (5/3/2018)

Wisconsin Covid cases mapped, listed and graphed (2/13/2021)

 

New York Times

Saturday, February 13.   Total tests (positive and negative):  3,115,640.  One-day increase of 4,505 (752 positive; 17%)

Total positive Covid 19 cases:  554,800

Counties with largest numerical gains = 39 of 72

• 3 with 50 or more new cases
• 7 with 20 to 49
• 10 with 10 to 19
• 19 with 5 to 9

The 37

• Milwaukee (107)
• Dane (88)
• Waukesha (58)

• Outagamie (37)
• Brown, Racine (28 each)
• Marathon (24)
• Kenosha (23)
• Green (22)
• Rock (21)

• Washington (19)
• Portage, Wood (14 each)
• Fond du Lac, Jefferson (13 each)
• Barron, Eau Claire, Winnebago (11 each)
• Calumet, Trempealeau (10 each)

• Dodge, Oneida, Ozaukee (9 each)
• Dunn, Monroe, Polk (8 each)
• Burnett, Chippewa, Oconto, St. Croix (7 each)
• Grant, Pepin, Sawyer, Sheboygan (6 each) 
• Columbia, Juneau, Pierce, Sauk, Vilas (5 each)

WI Department of Health Services

Link to other WI COVID posts:

Related posts:

Alabama.  (2/1/2021)

Arizona.  (2/1/2021)

Arkansas.  (2/4/2021)

California.  (2/7/2021)

Connecticut.  (8/21/2020)

Florida.  (2/1/2021)

Georgia.  (2/1/2021)

Idaho.  (2/7/2021)

Illinois.  (2/2/2021)

Indiana.  (2/6/2021)

Iowa.  (2/6/2021)

Kansas.  (2/4/2021)

Kentucky.  (2/4/2021)

Louisiana.  (2/6/2021)

Maryland.  (1/27/2021)

Massachusetts.  (2/2/2021)

Michigan.  (2/2/2021)

Minnesota.  (2/4/2021)

Mississippi.  (2/1/2021)

Montana. (2/5/2021)

Nebraska.  (2/4/2021)

Nevada.  (2/3/2021)

New Jersey,  (2/2/2021)

New York.  (2/2/2021)

North Carolina.  (2/7/2021)

North Dakota.  (2/7/2021)

Ohio.  (2/6/2021)

Pennsylvania.  (2/2/2021)

South Carolina.  (2/5/2021)

South Dakota.  (2/4/2021)

Tennessee.  (2/5/2021)

Texas   (2/6/2021)

Utah.  (2/3/2021)

Virginia.  (1/22/2021)

Washington State.  (6/12/2020)

West Virginia.  (2/3/2021)

Madison Central Library at night

 

Photo by Retiring Guy

Information about currently available services at Central and branches is found here.

Retiring Guy is revisiting his love of the Central Library's clippings files thanks to photos stored on his iPhone.

Likely the topic of his next 'clippings' post.

Office Depot has plenty of binders to fill with whatever

 

Photo by Retiring Guy

Related reading:

the balance small business, 4/8/2020

Whether you’re a student, a professional or a homemaker, a binder can come in handy for keeping your documents organized and compartmentalized. Even with the increased amount of electronic and cloud storage, three-ring binders are still useful for carrying papers and physical copies of documents.

Washington Post, 4/10/2017

"Remember Then" debuted at # on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending December 15, 1962.  It spent 9 weeks aon the chart, peaking #24 in its 7th week.  It was the Earls' only appearance on the Hot 100, which makes them modestly qualified for 'one-hit wonder' status.   Mitt Romney was 14 at the time, his dad having recently been elected as the Governor of Michigan.

Greetings from Trump's America: Burnett County, Wisconsin, 90% white, Trumpier than it was in 2016, and sicker with the virus since Election Day

Source:  Wikipedia

3rd-party candidates received 25.9% of vote in 1992, 15.2% of vote in 1996, 4.3% in 2016;

Segregationist George Wallace received a 9.4% of the vote in 1968

Trump received 1,052 more votes than he did in 2016, a 19% increase,  Biden received 620 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 21%.

Trump's share of the vote increased by 1.8 percentage points.  Biden increased Clinton's share of the vote by 1.4 percentage points.

And where a few Grantsburg High School students put their personal whims over Covid public health mitigation efforts.

Burnett County Sentinel, 2/11/2021

“We the students, are tired of not being heard or asked what we think. We don’t think the government should have the power to tell us what we should wear or how we should live, so we are going to do something about it,” she [Kaitlyn Rombach] told the board members during their meeting Monday evening. 

“We also think that it isn’t fair for adults to make all the decisions for this when we, the kids and teens in the United States, have not been asked what we think, and we are the most affected by what is going on."

Hello, Kaitlyn's dad?

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:

• 20.8% - Burnett County
• 30.1% - Wisconsin
• 32.1% - U.S.

% of population 65 and older:

• 29.4% - Burnett County
• 17.5% - Wisconsin
• 16.5% - U.S.

% of population living in poverty:

• 12.6% - Burnett County
• 10.4% - Wisconsin
• 10.5% - U.S. (they're joking, of course)

Trump's America: White, rural, declining population, less educated, less well-off, much older, gullible.

Burnett experienced a big spike in Covid cases in the weeks following the 2020 election, and its 7-day average is still above what it was at the start of the 2020-21 school year.

 New York Times (arrow added)

Original 2/24/2018 post starts here.

Burnett County's approximate location is marked with the red highlight.  (Note that the brown extends into Douglas County, where voters gave Clinton 51.1% of the vote to Trump's 43.5%.  Clearly, though, some township voters got their wish.  We'll take a closer look at this shift in a subsequent post.)

Map source:  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Source:  Wikipedia

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

Other Trump's America posts:

Alabama
Autauga County.  (6/29/2017)
Bibb County.  (11/10/2017)
Covington County. (11/11/2017)
Dale County.  (12/12/2017)
Geneva County.  (11/11/2017)
Marion County.  (11/11/2017)

Arizona
8th congressional district.  (4/25/2018)

Arkansas
Faulkner County.  (3/20/2018)
Mississippi County.  (3/19/2018)
Woodruff County.  (3/26/2018)

California
Mesa County.  (7/20/2017)
Shasta County.  (7/4/2017

Colorado
Morgan County.  (4/25/2017)

Florida
Citrus County.  (3/5/2017)
DeSoto County,.  (9/9/2017)

Georgia
Hall County.  (1/31)

Idaho
Benewah County.  (12/24/2020)

Kootenai County.  (9/25/2017)

Illinois
Effingham County.  (2/15/2018)
Franklin County.  (2/27/2017)
Jo Daviess County.  (5/13/2018)
Knox County.  (5/13/2018)
McHenry County.  (2/5/2017)
Perry County.  (5/8/2017)
Stephenson County.  (5/13/2018)
Whiteside County.  (5/13/2018)
16th Congressional District.  (3/26/2017)

Indiana
Granger.  (3/26/2017)
Hendricks County.  (10/1/2017)
Huntington County.  (4/27/2017)
Jefferson County.  (3/10/2018)

Jennings County.  (12/26/2020)
Posey County.  (10/21/2017)
Scott County,.  (12/26/2020 update)

Iowa
Adair County.  (9/16/2018)
Adams County.  (9/16/2018)
Allamakee County.  (7/31/2018)
Appanoose County.  (8/4/2018)
Benton County.  (8/2/2018)
Boone County.  (1/15/2017)
Bremer County.  (8/2/2018)
Buchanan County.  (8/2/2018)
Butler County. (8/6/2018)
Calhoun County.  (9/6/2018)
Cass County.  (4/3/2018)
Cedar County.  (7/31/2018)
Cerro Gordo County.  (8/6/2018)
Chickasaw County.  (8/2/2018)
Clarke County.  (8/8/2018)
Clayton County.  (7/31/2018)
Clinton County.   (10/15/2017)
Davis County.  (8/3/2018)
Decatur County.  ( 7/5/2018)
Delaware County.  (7/31/2018)
Des Moines County.  (8/1/2018)
Emmet County.  (8/19/2018)
Fayette County.  (8/2/2018)
Floyd County.  (9/25/2018 update)
Franklin County, (8/14/2017)
Greene County.  (9/6/2018)
Guthrie County.  (9/16/2018)
Hamilton County.  (4/2/2018)
Hancock County. (8/7/2018)
Hardin County.  (4/2/2018)
Henry County.  (7/9/2018)
Howard County.  (8/2/2018)
Iowa County.  (8/2/2018)
Jasper County.  (8/5/2018)
Jefferson County.  (8/1/2018)
Keokuk County.  (8/2/2018)
Kossuth County.  (8/18/2018)
Lee County.  (8/1/2018)
Louisa County.  (8/1/2018)
Lucas County.  (8/5/2018)
Lyon County.  (12/3/2020 update)
Madison County.  (8/8/2018)
Marion County.  (5/23/2017)
Mitchell County.  (8/7/2018)
Monticello County.  (1/13/2017)
Muscatine County.  (8/1/2018)
Palo Alto County.  (9/6/2018)
Pocahontas County.  (9/6/2018)
Poweshiek and Webster counties.  (2/7/2017)
Ringgold County.  (8/8/2018)
Sioux County.  (8/26/2018 update)
Tama County.  (7/6/2018)
Taylor County.  (9/16/2018)
Union County.  (9/10/2017)
Wapello County.  (8/3/2018)
Washington County.  (4/2/2018)
Wayne County.  (8/5/2018)
Webster County.  (8/9/2018)
Winnebago County. (12/17/2017)
Winneshiek County.  (8/2/2018)
Worth County. (8/7/2018)
Wright County.  (8/8/2017)

Kansas
Clark County.  (3/21/2017)
Comanche County. (1/28/2021 update)
Mitchell County.  (1/29/2017)

Rice County.  (12/29/2020)
Sumner County.  (10/1/2017)

Kentucky
Bell County.  (12/29/2020 update)
Hancock County,.  (1/4/2021 update)
Jackson County.  (12/9/2017)
Knox and Whitley counties.  (2/17/2017)
Lee County.  (12/9/2017)
Letcher County.  (6/29/2017)
Martin County.  (3/22/2018)
Perry County.  (12/29/2020 update)
Rowan County.  (6/4/2018)

Louisiana
Calcasieu Parish,.  (5/22/2017)
St. Martin Parish.  (4/26/2017)

Maine
Piscataquis County.  (7/3/2017)

Michigan
Lake County.  (9/16/2018)
Macomb County.  (11/29/2017)
St. Joseph County.  (6/5/2017)

Minnesota
Chisago County.  (6/20/2018)
Itasca County.  (5/12/2018)
Lac qui Parle County.  (7/2/2017)
Mower County.  (5/12/2018)
Nobles County.  (1/26/2018)

Mississippi
Pontotoc County.  (7/19/2017)

Missouri
Butler County.  (7/22/2018)

Nebraska
Merrick County.  (2/9/2021)

Sioux County.  (12/22/2018)

New Jersey
7th Congressional District.  (4/14/2017)

New York
Broome County.  (2/14/2019)
Cayuga County.  (2/13/2019)
Cortland County.  (2/14/2019)
Essex County.  (11/29/2017 update)
Franklin County. (2/9/2019)
Fulton County.  (2/10/2019)
Herkimer County.  (2/10/2019)
Orange County.  (2/15/2019)
Oswego County.  (2/11/2019)
Otsego County.  (2/12/2019)
Putnam County.  (2/27/2018)
Renssalaer County.  (2/13/2019)
St. Lawrrence County.  (2/8/2019)
Seneca County.  (2/14/2019)
Sullivan County.  (2/15/2019)
Warren County.  (2/11/2019)
Washington County.  (2/11/2019)
19th Congressional District.  (3/26/2017)

North Carolina
Robeson County.  (12/1/2017)
Union County.  (3/9/2017)

North Dakota
Sargent County.  (10/22/2017)

Ohio
Adams County.  (12/9/2020 update)
Ashtabula County.  (2/18/2019)
Belmont County.  (12/9/2020 update)
Columbiana County,  (12/9/2020 update)
Defiance County.  (3/21/2017)
Gallia County.  (12/6/2020 update)
Guernsey County.  (12/8/2020 update)
Highland County.   (12/9/2020 update)
Huron County.  12/10/2020 update)
Jackson County.  (12/6/2020 update)
Jefferson County.  (2/20/2019)
Lawrence County.  (2/25/2018)
Marion County.  (12/12/2020 update)
Meigs County.  (12/13/2020 update)
Morgan County.  (12/8/2020 update)
Muskingum County.  (12/8/2020 update)
Shelby County.  (12/12/2020 update)
Trumbull County.  (4/3/2017)
Van Wert County.  (12/12/2020 update)

Vinton County.  (12/6/2020)
Wayne County.  (12/12/2020 update)

Williams County.  (12/10/2020 update)
Wyandot County.  (12/8/2020 update)

Oklahoma

Bryan County.  (5/5/2017)
Nowata County.  (5/5/2018)

Oregon

Douglas County.  (5/17/2017)

Pennsylvania

Beaver County.  (2/8/2019)
Cambria County (Johnstown).  (12/28/2020 update)

Dauphin County. (4/22/2017)

Erie County.  (10/11/2018 update)
Fayette County.  (7/25/2018)

Greene County.  (12/28/2020 update)

Indiana County.  (12/28/2020)
Lawrence County.  (2/5/2019)

UPDATE. Luzerne County.  (1/14/2017)
Mercer County.  (2/9/2019)

Northampton County.  (7/20/2017)
Wayne County.  (3/1/2018)

Williamsport.  (1/24/2017)

8th Congressional District.  (4/18/2017)

South Carolina

Spartanburg County.  (6/5/2017)

South Dakota

Lawrence County,.  (4/27/2017)

Tennessee
Campbell County.  (12/10/2017)
Lake County.  (12/22/2018)
Marion County.  (4/1/2017)
Maury County.  (10/31/2017)
Roane County.  (5/1/2018)
Union County.  (5/30/2017)

Texas
Gaines County.  (4/26/2017)
Shackelford County.  (2/26/2018)

Virginia
Alleghany County.  (3/4/2020)
Bath County.  (3/6/2020)
Bland County.  (12/20/2020 update)
Buchanan County.  (12/13/2019)
Carroll County.  (2/28/2020)
Craig County.  (3/3/2020)
Dickenson County.  (2/15/2020)
Floyd County.  (8/14/2020 update)
Franklin County.  (3/2/2020)
Frederick County.  (2/15/2020)
Giles County.  (2/26/2020)
Grayson County.  (2/27/2020)
Henry County.  (3/12/2020)
Highland County.  (3/10/2020)
Lee County.  (2/15/2020)
Patrick County.  (2/29/2020)
Pulaski County.  (2/26/2020)
Russell County.  (12/20/2020 update)
Scott County.  (2/16/2020)
Smyth County.  (12/20/2020 update)
Tazewell County.  (12/20/2020 update)
Washington County.  (2/16/2020)
Wise County.  (11/9/2019)

Washington
Grays Harbor County.  (8/20/2017)

West Virginia
Berkeley County.  (3/25/2018)
Boone County.  (3/23/2018)
Cabell County.  (8/4/2017)
Fayette County.  (1/24/2017)
Greenbrief County.  (12/14/2018)
Jackson County.  (6/18/2017)
Marshall County.  (2/7/2018)
Mason County.  (12/16/2017)
McDowell County.  (7/10/2017)
Mingo County.  (3/25/2018)
Summers County.  (3/25/2018)
Wayne County.  (3/24/2018)
Wood County.  (1/15/2019)

Wisconsin
6th congressional district.  (1/27/2018)
Adams County.  (2/6/2017)
Buffalo County.  (3/19/2017)
Burnett County.  (2/13/2021 update)
Clark County,.  (8/13/2018)
Crawford County.  (5/14/2018)
Fond du Lac County.  (3/7/2018)
Grant County.  (5/16/2018)
Green Lake County.  (1/26/2018)
Jackson County.  (1/6/2021)
Johnson Creek.  (1/21/2017)
Juneau County.  (2/23/2017)

Kewaunee County.  (1/4/2021)
Lafayette County.  (5/16/2018)
Manitowoc County.  (8/10/2017)

Marinette County.  (1/6/2021)
Monroe County.  (1/9/2021 update)
Oconto County.  (1/4/2021 update)
Oneida County.  (4/24/2017)
Pepin County.  (12/21/2017)
Price County.  (12/23/2018 update)
Richland County.  (11/10/2017)
Sauk County.  (5/14/2018)
Sawyer County.  (3/20/2017)
Taylor County.  (12/23/2018 update)
Vernon County.  (5/14/2018)
Waushara County.  (2/6/2017)
Winnebago County.  (11/27/2017)
Wood County.  (3/8/2018)

Bridget Michele Smith (1943-2021) Warren Area High School class of 1961

 

1961 Dragon yearbook

Source:  Warren Times Observer

1967 Warren City Directory

• Smith Bridget M office secretary National Forge r500 West Fifth Avenue
• Smith Kathleen K Mrs h500 West Fifth Avenue

1983 Warren City Directory

• Smith Bridget Mill Street Sugar Grove (county section)

The popularity of Bridget as a baby name is graphed here.  Let's take a look at family member Hunter.

Source:  Social Security Administration

Hunter spent the first 70 years of the 20th century bouncing on and off the bottom third of the baby names chart.  He gained some serious momentum in the 1970s and has now spent the past 27 years in the top 100, peaking at #35 in 2000.

Other members of the class of '61 (22):
2020
Michael Long.  (10/22)

James Depto.  (8/7)
Sharon Long Sanden.  (7/16)
Richard Stahlman.  (6/17)
Ruth Ann Shick Lobdell.  (1/9)

2019
Susan Lyle Minor.  (9/7)
Judith Hornstrom Casey.  (7/15)

2018
Donna Rickerson.  (12/17)
Clifford Corey.  (7/13)
Patricia Finley Nuhfer.  (2/26)

2017
Theodore Donaldson.  (1/1/2018)
Larry Gardner.  (10/27)
Karen Jewell Ahlgren.  (4/9)
Robert Berlin.  (3/22)

2016
James Zaner.  (6/3)
David Thomson.  (4/20)

2015
William Anderson.  (3/10)
Barbara Gorton O'Bier.  (1/3)

2014
Charles Grinnen III.  (7/15)
Ronald Hultman.  (6/24)
Patricia Martin.  (2/17)

Greener pastures for Democrats in two "Green" Milwaukee County suburbs

 

In 2016, Trump beat Clinton by 4.2 percentage points in Greendale.  In 2020, he lost to Biden by 3 percentage points.

In 2016 Trump beat Clinton by 2.8 percentage points in Greenfield.  In 2020, he lost to Biden by 4.4 percentage points.

Milwaukee 11/4/2020

"Green Green" by the New Christy Minstrels debuted at #on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending June 29, 1963.  It spent 12 weeks on the chart, peaking at #14. 

From the Madison Public Library clippings files: CUNA Mutual moves to its new Madison west-side location (1960)

 

A recent aerial view of the expanded campus (Google maps)

CUNA Mutual is located in the southeastern corner of Madison's Faircrest neighborhood.  Its northern border is Driftwood Avenue, where two the first two houses of the new development (upper left of newspaper photo) are under construction.

Faircrest (inside the dotted lines)

O Pioneers!  5905 Driftwood today.

O Pioneers!  5909 Driftwood today

Faircrest auto tour

Find out what's going on at CUNA now.

More from the Madison Public Library clippings files:

February 2021
'Feminine' activist appointed to Police and Fire Commission.  (2/11)

April 2019
Dane County Memorial Coliseum (1967 grand opening).  (4/18/2019)
Somewhat misleading headline from 1967.  (4/14/2019)
Vilas Park Zoo worker attacked by elephant (1977). (4/8/2019)
Middleton High School student survey on drinking and drugs (1969).  (4/6/2019)
The deaths of Annie and Annette, Vilas Park Zoo elephants (1948-49).  (4/5/2019)
State Street, that great street for teens hanging out. (1959)  (4/4/2019)
Coffee house scene (1967).  (4/3/2017)
Racial animosities mar teen dances (1967-1968).  (4/2/2019)

March 2019
Then and now, 7219 Franklin Avenue, Middleton WI.  (3/20/2019)
Middleton post-World War II population boom.  (3/18/2019)

February 2019
Residents don't want Willy Street to lose its unique character (1994-2002). (2/21/2019)
A time traveler from 1956 wouldn't recognize the place now.  (2/21/2019)
Remembering the hot-rodders of East Wash (1980-1999).  (2/19/2019)
UPDATE,  Eventually, we'll work our way back to the horse and buggy era.  (2/18/2019)
The Battle of Stonefield in Middleton (1986).  (2/18/2019)
An expressway like a dagger through the heart.  (2/7/2019)
Not to worry, folks, Wisconsin public television survived.  (2/5/2019)

Janaury 2019
Downtown/University area urban renewal, 1971-1981 (1/28/2019)
Madison urban renewal, part 3, the Triangle, 1970-1979.  (1/27/2019)
Madison urban renewal, part 2, the Triangle, 1964-1969 . (1/27/2019)
Madison urban renewal, part 1, 1962-1964.  (1/27/2019) 
Downtown Madison parking ramps, 1956-1971.  (1/22/2019)

2018
History of the Dane County airport.  (12/21/2018)

2017
City's first skywalk opens in 1966.  (10/9/2017)
Typewriter art.  (10/9/2017)
Proudfit and Regent streets widening, 1955.  (9/30/2017)
Northport Connector project, 1960.  (9/30/2017)
Regent Street extension beyond Rosa Road, another bad idea left on the drawing board.  (5/27/2017)