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Beautification Week

Wausau's Beautification Week

For nearly 30 years, Beautification Week was held in Wausau. In 1971, the Beautification Committee of the Wausau Chamber of Commerce organized a extensive community effort to encourage the cleaning up and beautification of the City of Wausau. With the help of service clubs, garden clubs, local churches, businesses, and city leaders, the event helped promote the idea of city beautification for their community.

Over the course of the 1970s, the celebration of Beautification Week featured a number of notable events.

Living Wax Museum

The Third Graders at Marathon Area Elementary have spent the last twelve weeks studying a notable individual from the past and then recorded a short video to show what they learned about them. And these videos were compiled to create a virtual "wax museum."

Click the links below to see the google pages for each of the classes with the videos they created!

Mr.  Ikert's Class

The First Decade of the Parks

A quick overview of the creation of the Marathon County Park Commission and its first decade creating parks for the County.

The Master Horseshoers Convention of 1915

The Convention of the Master Horseshoers

This panoramic picture from the MCHS photo collection, and it shows a congregation of around 150 people on the Marathon County courthouse grounds in Wausau. This was the 13th annual convention of Wisconsin's Master Horseshoers Association members.

White School

It took a few years for the first settlers to the area started thinking about schools. Afterall, it was not until 1846 (only seven years after George Stevens became the first person to survey the area) that Mrs. James l. Moore gave birth to the first child born in Wausau. Eventually, as more people came to Wausau to settle down and raise a family, the need for educating children became very important.

Transportation Celebration Coin, 1940

A special coin to commemorate a Transporation Celebration in 1940 tells the story of a big change public transporation in Marathon County.

Ice Palaces and Airplanes for Santa

The Start of a Tradition

Letters to Santa Claus

Writing Letters to Santa

By the 1880s, the practice of writing a letter to Santa Claus had become popular among American children. And while this was great for the little boys and girls of the Country, the increasing number of letters being sent during the holidays put a much greater strain on the U.S. Postal Service.  

Cliff Hoene: the Singing Drummer

From his early years playing in church bands and studying mandolin, to picking up the drums to perform in early jazz orchestras and with military bands in the 1910s and 1920s, to a long career as a leader of his own dance band, Clifford Hoene was perhaps one of the most experienced and prolific Wausa-area musicians of his time.

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