In another reflection, Carl Christensen recalls how the Northwoods community would get together to organize dances and activities in the shoulder season. Read on for his tongue-in-cheek description of classic northern Wisconsin fun...
After the season was over, the women could all get together
and they would organize our card club. And then once a month they would go from
one place to another place and they’d play cards and spend an afternoon and
enjoy themselves.
Then they would organize parties. Every once in a while, some
birthday or something would come on, they’d have a party. We’d have it in the
town hall and everybody was invited. We’d all chip in about fifty cents apiece
to buy half a barrel of beer and the women would all bring something for pot
luck and we’d get together and we’d have a dance.
