April 2, 1963, by Keta Steebs Having come from a short but nonetheless distinguished line of bona fide garbage collectors. I viewed the inception of the fledgling “Going Garbage Company”, with more than passing interest. My two younger brothers (known by the family as Sanitation Engineers) were both in the garbage collecting business during their […]
Lasher Speaks at Sister Bay
Features Program for Dedication of Town’s New Community Hall Published August 15, 1941, in the Green Bay Press-Gazette With John H. Lasher, Washington, D.C., director of works projects for the National Youth Administration, coming here to deliver the principal address, this village will formally dedicate its newly completed hall and public library Sunday afternoon. Local, […]
Sister Bay Village has Become Commercial Hub of Northern Door County Peninsula
Known as the largest shopping center north of Sturgeon Bay June 16, 1950, from the Green Bay Press-Gazette Sister Bay in recent years has become the commercial hub of the Door County peninsula. It offers the largest shopping center north of Sturgeon Bay and is the home of some of Door County’s most progressive young […]
Many Awards Given at Annual Ephraim Flower, Garden Show
August 18, 1941 – Green Bay Press-Gazette While recent dry weather cut down considerably the number of entries, it did not distract from the beauty that was shown in the various classifications at the annual Peninsula Arts association flower and garden show held at the village hall here Saturday and Sunday. The show opened Saturday […]
‘Solitude Castle’ is a Majestic Summer Home of the Late Dr. Stock
June 15, 1948 – Green Bay Press Gazette 32-Room Mansion Near Sister Bay Now Owned by Green Bay Attorney Fabulous, majestic, cathedral-like only partially afford a picture of “Solitude Castle.” One must see and walk about this immense 32-room mansion of Green Bay Attorney Victor McCormick at Sister Bay to know its size, to feel […]
Annual Bird Count Completed: 46 species spotted during one day in northern Door County
By Roy Lukes, Green Bay Press-Gazette, January 8, 1986 We have just finished with our 28th consecutive “single most popular early winter bird continental inventory in the world,” better known as the Christmas Bird Count. In correspondence, we refer to it as the CBC. Had our Dec. 21 count been about a week earlier, as […]
Fruit Growers Cooperative Busy at New Location in Sister Bay
October 22, 1967, the Green Bay Press-Gazette “That’s a lot of apple sauce!” – visitors to the Fruit Growers Cooperative processing plant in Sister Bay may be heard to remark – and they’re right. The cans, each holding a pound of the pink sauce, come off the line at the rate of about 85 per […]
Door-Co. has only Rural Paramedic Program in Nation
August 8, 1980 As it nears its first anniversary, the rural Advanced Life Support System offered by the Door County Ambulance Service is still the only formal rurally trained paramedic program in the nation. Dr. John Herlache, an initiator of the paramedic service, noted that you “can’t say how many people got better quicker” since […]
North Chautauqua: First Program by Upper County Association Begins Tomorrow Continuing 9 Days.
Door County Advocate, July 25, 1919 At Sister Bay, beginning tomorrow will be held the first Chautauqua program ever attempted in the county north of Sturgeon Bay. The program will continue until August 3 – a nine-day program more interesting than anything similar ever held in the county. The Chautauqua is put on by the […]
Nature Center New Attraction: Native Animal, Plant Species on Display at Sister Bay Sanctuary
June 15, 1948, Green Bay Press-Gazette Besides claiming its share of resort facilities, with unusually well-developed commercial facilities for its summer guests, Sister Bay claims a new attraction in the county, the “Three Springs Nature Center,” the project of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wilson of Ephraim. Two and a half miles east of Sister Bay […]
