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- Cheese Factory Built
In 1901 a cheese factory was built in the southwest corner of section twenty-nine, one-eight of a mile east of the present site.
It was owned by Herman Krueger. In 1907 he moved it to the northeast corner of Herman Schmeisser's land. In 1912 he sold it to J.C. Holmes. After using this building one year, he took it down and built a new and better building. He also built himself a house and made his home there. J.O. Hartman now owns the factory.
Herman Krueger's saloon, which was on the southwest corner of the southwest quarter of section thirty, was changed into a store in 1916. He still runs the store.
Sawmill Built
In 1915 Herman Krueger built a mill just east of the school house. The farmers of this vicinity used to haul logs there to have them sawed into lumber. In 1920 he moved the mill up to Pearson and is running it there.
In the fall of 1915, the school house was condemned. Many meetings were held to decide what to do. Plans for a new building was made. Mr. Dallman of Antigo got the contract and the work was begun in June 1916, and finished in October. This building is thirty-eight feet long and thirty-five feet wide. It faces the west. There are seven large windows on the east and six small ones on the north. This building is furnished with twenty-eight single stationary seats, twenty-eight single adjustable seats, a new teacher's desk, a sectional bookcase, an organ, a Webster dictionary, one hundred ninety-five square feet of blackboard and a water fountain. This building is heated by a furnace. The building cost about $4,400.
A name was chose at one of the meetings. The name is the "Franklin School."
A dedication program was given the 13th of February 1917. The speakers were W.E. Switzer, J.W. Parsons, A.M. Arveson and D.A. Mader.
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