1913: 100 years ago… 1938: 75 years ago… 1973: 40 years ago… 1998: 15 years ago…City Briefs- A marriage license wasissued yesterday afternoon to JohnSchmitz of Center Point, Ia., and MissKattie A. Bohls of Watertown. Thepeople will be married in Kranzburg. - Mr.and Mrs. W.H. Whittle of Willow Lakesbrought their daughter, Catherine, to thecity this morning to consult an oculist inregard to the girl's eyes. - HomerMathiesen arrived in the city fromBrookings to spend the week end visitinghis parents and brother, Otto Mathiesen,who was expected today. He will returnMonday to resume his studies in theState college. - James Ferris, MayorH.A. Wagner and John Wagner left thismorning to establish a camp severalmiles northeast of the city, where they willhunt prairie chickens today and tomorrow.- Earl Pardue has resigned his positionat the Smoke House, which has beenfilled by William Schnackenberg.

Voting three to seven, city councilmembers last night turned down anordinance which would have placed all cityemployees under civil service, and heardplans for the establishment of a large parkon the north side of Watertown. The civilservice ordinance brought forth no debateor discussion as Aldermen E.C.Christianson, Frank Flint and W.L.Sweeney voted for its adoption. The otherseven voted no. The park, 600 by 690 feet,will lie between Maple street and Parkstreet, south to within 100 feet of the alleynorth of lots facing Tenth avenue, andnorth to Boulevard street, the park boardexplained. All of the lots not already ownedby the city in this region were purchasedfrom the county. A portion of the region, onthe north end of the proposed park, hadbeen set aside as park ground before,Frank Bramble explained. City officialswill meet to discuss the closing off of twoalleys, 11th street and the north end ofBroadway.

Tailback Tad Turbak scored threetouchdowns to pace Watertown'sfreshman football team over itscounterpart from Brookings 28-0Wednesday afternoon at WatertownStadium. It was the second win thisseason over the Brookings frosh andmoved the locals' record to 3-1 for theseason. They have two remaining frays.Turbak hit pay dirt on the first play of thegame, scampering 53 yards. In thesecond stanza he got into the Brookingsend zone on a 20-yard sweep play. In thethird quarter he broke loose for a 60-yardTD jaunt. Alan Jacobson hadWatertown's other marker. He tallied onan 18-yard run. He also added a pair oftwo-point conversions. Watertown CoachLloyd Poppen cited the running ofTurbak and the defensive efforts of RogSkaare. He added that the blocking of hisentire offensive line showed improvementas did his team's gang tackling ondefense.

A Watertown couple received a surprisegift while attending an NFL game Sundayat Chicago's Soldier Field. JerryKrumwiede and his wife, Kari were sittingin the handicapped section directly behindthe Detroit Lions, who were playing theChicago Bears. Late in the first quarterLions quarterback Charlie Batchcompleted a 40-yard pass to wide receiverJohnnie Morton who sprinted to the endzone to complete a 98-yard touchdownplay. After the on-field celebration Mortonran to the sidelines and presented thefootball to Kari Krumwiede. A short whilelater the Krumwiedes asked a Lions officialif Morton would autograph the football,which he did. What made the giftsurprising and special to the Krumwiedesis that the touchdown pass was thelongest ever in Lions history. "We weresurprised he didn't want to keep the ballbecause of the record," said Jerry, whohad the ball on display Monday morning athis office.

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