Webster, WI

We tried homesteading in Burnett County. A land of plenty? For starters there were forest fires, poverty, horse flies, diphtheria, pregnancy, open-air toilets and “blood, sweat and tears.”

My dad was the son of a German emigrant family. His dad was a very cruel man, so Dad ran away from home when he was 10 years old. He worked at farming, in logging camps and in sawmills, did carpentry and drove a horse-drawn street car in Minneapolis, Minn. So he was well qualified for what was ahead.

WEBSTER – Forty-one students were screened during Webster’s annual kindergarten roundup held March 12-13. The students had an opportunity to see where they will be attending school in the fall and to met their new teachers.

To give students a better idea of what to expect when school starts next September, the kindergarten staff presented a modified school day. Children listened to a story, did some kindergarten work and enjoyed some community play time. The future kindergarten students also ate a snack and even went on a short bus ride.

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