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Northwoods Vacationland Album |
Promoting Happier Living Through Fond Memories ... Site Map |
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 Box 513 - 10524N Riverside Rd , Hayward,WI 54834 (715) 634-2500 Annette M. Smith GRI, SRES smitty43@cheqnet.net Visit our current listings at: www.annettesmithrealty.com Why not buy your northwoods property from someone who's family has been an integral part of the northwoods for over 60 years! A Message from Annette Smith, Owner of Smith Realty 
Since 1946 we have been selling special places to make special memories. From outdoor thrones to spas, Lake Superior to the Big Chip, The Brule River to a golden pond, Convenience stores to resorts, 5 acres to a hunting preserve -- we've sold them all! Let us help you become a part of the great northwoods we call home. Available weekends and evenings. Thinking of selling? We do make house calls. The Smith Realty office is now located on the Namekagon River
just outside of Hayward. From my desk I can view all sorts of
wildlife and activities: from deer to eagles and in the spring,
the welcome sight of kayaks. Summer brings the pontoons and tubers;
Fall, the fly fisherman; Winter the snow walkers and snomobilers.
 'Smitty' in front of the Smith Realty office today! Memories of old Hayward... I was watching snowmobiles
go across the bridge last nite and remembered when I first started
snowmobiling. The machines were small and we had no choice of
fancy clothes, usually the surplus store was our oufitter with
snowmobile helmits, those ugly white snow bunny boots and the
big mittens, army jackets were usually the style. We had a group
that on Sunday would pack lunches to cook in the woods, we made
our own trails and rode by the deer yards, crossed some beautiful
country and never met another machine. One day during the week
the women would ride and one day the men. A person from a lake
or area would lead the group. We usually called ahead to a tavern
who would open that day for us and have a lunch ready. Business
during the week was almost unheard of. When we had our office
on Main Street I rode my machine into work and parked in front
of the office almost all winter.We always had a ice shack on
Nelson lake that was the big family gathering place on Sunday,
for fishing, skatin and sliding. Most of our neighbors joined
us and the food was cooked outdoors, even the fresh fish was
always to die for!  When Smittys has a beer bar that was the only TV in the area. Every friday nite when the boxing fights were on everyone in the neighborhood came to watch and we always had a pot luck with my mom furnishing the meat. Bob and Madge (from Echo Bay Resort, directly across the road) came quite often. She always brought a real good dessert. Madge was in to making sock dolls, she taught my sister and I how to make them. She was very active in Eastern Star,when my familyand i joined she got us very active. I always remember the sparkling white chairs they had lined up in the front yard, quite often we would go over and sit with them. Bob took us fishing quite a bit.
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Memories of Hayward
Celebrity Encounters
at the office contd... My family was friends with Karl Ogren a well- known prize fighter who had a training camp on Lake Sissabagama. We had some good fish frys at the camp! Karl was quite an avid fisherman and cook!  Tap Room and gymnasium at Ogrens camp on Lake Sissabagama near Stone Lake,WI  "Just ran across your web site. My grandmother was Karl's aunt. Karl stayed at my grandmother's boarding house in Chicago when he first came tothis country and started boxing. Later he talked my grandparents Einar and Ruth Blomquist intorelocating to Stone Lake. They owned Sissabagama Lodge on Big Sissabagama from 1949 to 1969. Enjoyed your pics of Karl's place on Little Sissabagama." --Jerry
Karl in 1930
Karl in his Merchant Marine Uniform 1960
Dianne, Ken, Karl ABT 1964
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