SAVE OLD LIBRARY TO USE AS HISTORICAL BUILDING, Taylor Co., Wisconsin

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-----StarNews Medford, WI. May 6, 1998
(this one I wrote myself!)
VOX POP section

SAVE OLD LIBRARY TO USE AS HISTORICAL BUILDING

My name is Cindy Johnson.  I lived in Medford from the time I was born
until shortly after my 17th birthday.  Every year I visit Medford to see
my family.  I have been trying to keep myself up to date on the progress
of the new library and had just one question: What is going to happen to
the old library building on Perkins?

I certainly hope that they will not tear that wonderful old building
down.  I had thought about it a long time.  I think the building
should be turned into a historical building; showing the progress of
Medford from the time it began as a wilderness town with dirt paths
for streets to a new age city with a lot of great people in it and
working to keep it a wonderful place to live.

I for one would surely make it a point to visit such a place every
chance I could.  That building has been there for a very long time and is
a landmark for Medford.  Not very many of the business buildings in
Medford have stayed the same as they started out.  

The library would be a great place to start and a wonderful place to
show off the roots of the city.  I am working on my family history.

Medford is where my family settled when they came from Germany in the
1800's.  My great great grandfather, Otto Schwarz, built the infamous "Old
Castle" on Castle Road some four miles out of town.  My family has since
stayed near Medford and has prospered greatly.

It would be a shame to see the last building showing the history of
Medford to be torn down or turned into some commercial place of
business.

Cindy Schwarz Johnson, Mt. Prospect, ILL.
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FOR FON DU LAC COUNTY ARCHIVES

Marshfield News-Herald May 16, 1997

ROGER FOX

PITTSVILLE- Roger N. Fox, 65, of 5123 Second Avenue, Pittsville, died at
7:20 p.m. May 14, 1997, at St., Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield.  He was
admitted to the hospital on May 5.

Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Buchanan Funeral
Home, Pittsville.  The Rev. Donald Berg will officiate.  Music will be
provided by Sue and Torie Fletcher, vocalists.

Burial will be in Mound Cemetery, Pittsville. Pallbearers will be Josh and
Chad Fox, Marvin Hintz, Charles Fox, and Boyd and Wesley Campbell.

Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Sunday, and again from 10:30 a.m.
until service time on Monday, all at the funeral home.

He was born May 18, 1931, in Pittsville, the son of Fred and Alda
(Peters) Fox.  He married Rita Schreiner on APril 2, 1956, in
Milwaukee.  

He attended Pittsville High School and then served in the US Army as a
paratrooper.  Following his military career, he was employed by
Babcock-Wilcox in Milwaukee for 13 years.

He moved to Pittsville in 1969 where he became employed as a heavy
equipment mechanic for Wood County Highway Dept.  He retired in 1994. He
also operated Roger Fox Small Engine Repair for 27 years.

He was a member of Palmer-Ritchie-Thomas post 153 of the American
Legion in Pittsville.

He is survived by his wife, Rita Fox of Pittsville; two sons, Roger D.
(Nicole) and Thomas (Terri), both of Pittsville; a daughter, Amy Fox-Frost
of Pittsville; nine grandchildren; and two sister, Eilene (Robert) Hintz
of Vesper and Ardis McNally of Mesa, Ariz.

He was preceded in death by a grandson, two brothers, a sister, and
his parents.
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