>From the Files, 13 March 1942 of the Daily Telegram, Eau Claire, WI: 25 Years Ago (1917) S.B. Bostwick has opened a new grocery store at 602 So. Barstow St. Joe C. Kappers will be in charge. The store will operate under the "cash and carry" system. 15 Years Ago (1927) Judge Joseph F. Ellis, 84, Civil War veteran and practicing attorney here for 61 years, died early yesterday following a short illness. He was the father of the manual training department in the Eau Claire high school. Winners in the cage meet here included Eau Claire over Altoona 41 to 15 -- Nance's note -- :~( , Durand over Owen 21 to 15, and Fall Creek over Arcadia 25 to 20. 10 Years Ago (1932) Results in the first round of the district cage tourney here were Blair 15, Altoona 14 :~( ; Mondovi 27, Eau Claire 15; Menonmonie 25, Stanley 15; and Arcadia 19, Chippewa Falls 18. The latter score is protested as incorrect. Supervisors are considering voting themselves a slash in pay amounting to 20 per cent, a reduction of per diem from $5 to $4. +++++++++++++++++++++ This announcement has come over the wires and we are asked to pass it along to our users: GenConnect Upgrade "The entire GenConnect system will be upgraded starting at midnight on Saturday September 5, 1998. This will require that we shut the system down. The reason is twofold ..... it's not just a patch .... it's a re-write of the program that runs the system. Also, the Global Search engine has been revamped and mega-enhanced, which will require a total rebuild. No new postings can be allowed during this rebuilding period. Downtime is estimated to be 8 hours max (yep .... it's a huge system now!). Anyone attempting to use the system during this downtime will be given notice that it's being upgraded .... no-one will be left in the dark. List of new GenConnect Features: Visitor Toys: ------------------- Separate entry fields for subject and surnames ..... allows more descriptive subjects (non-surname words won't matter) Main page of each board displays the list of surnames for each query, in addition to the subject .... allows for more surnames to be entered 'Print' option now expanded to include the entire thread (user's option) Surname page will be auto-generated, and auto-updated weekly (more frequently with admin intervention), and will now be alphabetized and hotlinked to the query in which it appears. Cookie support expanded to include "date ranges". Faster, sleeker search engine. Multiple-word surnames supported - including the capability of searching for them. New search options added to the Global Search ..... soundex (enhanced over previous version), partial word match, whole word match, wildcard searching." To see what GenConnect is all about, visit our page at: http://users.rootsweb.com/~wieaucla/ecgenconnect.htm You are invited to check GenConnect out after Sept. 6th (to give the programmers plenty of time to work on it). Enjoy your new toys! -- Nance