Close Up - September 2010

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

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Baseball diamond rebuild continues

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ith the work already under way, donations and volunteers for the ongoing baseball field renovations at Memorial Park in Valders are still very much welcomed.

Thanks to volunteers, the village and the Valders Area School District, the outfield fence has been built, the slope has been improved and drain tiles installed, sod has been laid on the infield, and grass planted on the outfield.

A new pitcher’s mound and bases are in the works and, if funds allow, accoutrements such as a new scoreboard and updated sound system will be added.

The Christel Ford Centennial Celebration Committee recently chipped in with a $7,500 check from proceeds from its July 31 gala that celebrated the 100th birthday of William F. Christel opening a Ford dealership in Valders.

The field should be ready by spring. It will be used by the Valders High School varsity and junior varsity baseball teams, as well as for community baseball teams.

Charlie Bauer poses with the two models he produced. On the left is a model of the Elm Grove School District 2 in Newton that operated as a one-room school for grades 1-8 from 1903-61. On the right is a model of the summer kitchen at the John Hetzel Farm, circa 1890. Sue Pischke/HTR file photo

Bauer’s models resurrect the past

TOWN OF NEWTON — Like the legendary city of Atlantis, a place long forgotten is springing up in a small workshop in Charlie Bauer’s garage.

The retired Newton man is reviving the boomtown era with a razor,

rock hammer and a bit of sandpaper.

Bauer’s time is spent perfecting miniatures of buildings long gone, places such as churches, schools, watermills, bridges and the barn on the farm he grew up on.

“My younger brother bought the farm,” Bauer said. “He was changing the whole façade of the building. I wanted to preserve it like I remembered it as a youngster.”

That’s how Bauer got his start, as he handcrafted the barn, perfectly

The 2010 Manitowoc Culver’s Futurity drew a standing-room-only crowd on Aug. 28 at the Manitowoc County Fair. Judge Mark Rueth, Oxford, placed 25 3-year-old cows, giving the first place nod to Calori-D Goldwyn Marrita-ET, owned by Siemers Holsteins, Cleveland, and led by Brynn Kasten. Siemers also took second with Siemers Dundee Haya 9652-ET, shown by Crystal SiemersPeterman. Placing third in the Futurity was Brenda Cavanaugh Gilbertson with Cava-Lanes Durham Mary, owned by Todd and Theresa Cavanaugh’s Cava-Lanes Holsteins, Reedsville. From the left are Rueth, Manitowoc County Fairest of the Fair Tiffany Nohl, Kasten, Siemers-Peterman, Gilbertson, Manitowoc Dairy Princess Rachel Hartlaub, and Miss Manitowoc County Farm Bureau Melissa Junk.

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An old boomtown façade was the only evidence of the renovated shop, which housed one of four of the town’s commercial blacksmiths, according to an 1893era plat map.

Bauer noticed the intrinsic value of the building, and with the support of MRD owner Charlie Stecker, he documented it before its demolition for a future model.

Bauer witnessed the demolition, and said as the wood panel dressing was cleared away and bulldozers swept away a fieldstone foundation, he felt like he lost a loved one.

“It’s like watching an old friend go away,” Bauer said.

“They aren’t ever going to build that building back again like it was.”

Very few buildings may ever replicate the local production of the blacksmith shop. Its contents included stone brought from local farm fields and brick and timber from within the county. “(The stone) didn’t cost them anything,” Bauer said.

“Everything there was green and local. You can’t get any more one with nature. It was made out of natural things from the earth.”

Iron Age Metal work made blacksmiths a staple of every town for thousands of years, until the invention of electricity and power tools made handcrafted metal obsolete.

Blacksmiths crafted horseshoes, wagon wheels, light fixtures, sharpened plow shears and made cooking utensils.

“They were as necessary as the doctor,” Bauer said.

“It was all muscle work. A blacksmith, in their heyday, could (shoe) at least 10 horses in a day.”

There were other parttime blacksmiths in the town of Newton but only four were foremost blacksmiths. Many doubled as woodworkers.

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RIGHT: Charlie Bauer of Newton explains the finer points of the Cedarburg Bridge replica he produced, during a Farm Toy Family Sunday last year at Point Beach Energy Center. (Doug Sundin/HTR file photo) FAR RIGHT: A closer view of the model of the oneroom school. (Sue Pischke/HTR)

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Bauer, who is a member of an oral history group that meets at Lakeshore Technical College, said resurrecting the buildings is a way of preserving the past.

“I talked to a guy who was 101 years old,” Bauer said.

“As a child, he was in there when it was a blacksmith shop. When he’s gone everything he knows about it is gone. That’s the sad part.

My attempt is to capture all that history but I’m never going to keep up.”

Bauer goes by the motto, “Every time an old person dies, a library burns to the ground.”

His goal is to encourage others to find their own passion for recording history.

“It’d be nice if we could generate enough interest in the town of Newton to collect the history,” Bauer said.

“I know we have several people that are interested in history.”

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The Franz property in rural Two Rivers recently was named a Century Farm at the Wisconsin State Fair. Submitted photos

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In addition to the dairy farm, they planted a large garden and sold produce at the local farmers market. Oscar and Adela had

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The baseball field at Memorial Park in Valders is shaping up beautifully with improved drainage, fresh infield sod, and a new fence surrounding the planting of outfield grass. Photo by Carole Curtis. ments and mobile homes currently vacant. The official count will be provided by the U.S. Census. In 2009, the state estimated the village had 997 residents.

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There is a guy on our floor that is from Brazil.”

Madsen will be working on a chemistry major. “I just like chemistry. It is fun and interesting. I took it for two years at Valders,” he said.

He first thought about St. Norbert College because his high school chemistry teacher, Jim Evans, went there and suggested it. “I came for a tour. Then I came and shadowed a couple classes with a student. I liked what I saw.”

Madsen was an outstanding basketball player at Valders, but has decided not to play college basketball.

“I got a letter from the college, seeing if I was interested,” he says, “but I didn’t want to have to miss classes for games and have to practice three hours every night.”

Overall, the transition from senior to freshman has not been too difficult.

“Everyone here has been real helpful,” Madsen laughs. “No one has tried any pranks, really. And the head of our mentor group says that the fraternities on campus are set up to help you meet people in your field.

What would Madsen advise other kids thinking about going to college? “I would tell them to go,” he said. “You meet a lot of new people and you can learn a lot of new things.”

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three children: twins Edwin and Edna, and later Ruth.

All of the immediate family members are deceased, except for Ruth, who lives on the homestead with her two dogs, Sarge and Prince, and numerous cats. Ruth enjoys the spacious countryside, doing yard work and gardening.

In 1963, they ceased operating the dairy business and switched to cash cropping until 1988 when a large parcel of land was sold to the city of Two Rivers for its future Industrial Park. The remaining acreage is owned by Ruth and remains under cultivation by other farmers in the area.

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The Franz farm in rural Two Rivers was named a Century Farm recently at the Wisconsin State Fair.

The award honors those farms that have been in continuous family existence for at least 100 years.

According to current owner Ruth Franz: On June 13, 1906, Alex J. Franz purchased the 72acre dairy farm from William and Amanda Steinbrecher. Alex and his wife, Emma, together with their son, Oscar, maintained a quality herd of Holstein cattle and operated the West Twin Dairy that supplied fresh milk and cream on daily deliveries to residents in Two Rivers.

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Every high school has cheers celebrating the powerful upperclassmen. Every newbie wants to be one.

After all, the seniors are the best, the brightest and the ones who rule the school.

But what happens when a senior becomes a “lowly” freshman again? Recent Valders High School graduate Derek Madsen is going through that process right now. Until two months ago, he was a much-respected athlete, at the top of his game. Now he is an underclassman. What does that feel like?

“It’s not too bad,” said Madsen.

He and the other freshmen at St. Norbert College in De Pere came to campus four days earlier than the other classes. They got to know the campus, find their classes, and got their schedules early.

“We had meetings on how to study and use your time well,” he said.

“Groups Fpm"lE of 10 to 15 kids got assigned to a mentor and we will meet once a week to go over things. We had speakers and we got to know the other kids pretty well.”

Madsen says he “loves the food” on campus. “You can tell that they make it here and it is always different,” he says. He likes the unlimited food option that he has on his meal plan.

Madsen admits he has a good appetite and likes to eat. “I can go in the cafeteria anytime and swipe my card and get a snack or a meal. It’s good.”

Knowing his roommate was another plus for Madsen. “I knew Jace Neuser was coming to school here, too. It really worked out well to have him for a roommate.”

Madsen notes that all freshmen and sophomore students have to live on campus. Their dorm is all freshmen. “There is a lobby

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