1933
E.R. Salisbury, Publisher
Feb. 2 One hundred fifty couples enjoyed dancing at the Palace Theatre with music by Tiny Little’s Texas Toe Teasers.
Feb. 16 Hal Sawdy designed a 3X5 ½ foot electric sign for Robert Brockway’s hamburger shop. It reads “Bob’s Place hamburgers, cigars and soft drinks 5 cents.”
Mar. 9 On a second attempt burglars managed to break into Mike Scroch’s soft drink place and carried away a slot machine. No other merchandise was touched.
Mar. 23 The items on sale at Grouse’s Store: Lettuce, head 5 cents; Macaroni 2-lb box 12 cents; Raisins 4 lb packages 27 cents; Hershey Cocoa, pound can 17 cents; Folgers’s Coffee 2lb can 59 cents.
Apr. 6 The U.S. Congress after 14 years passes a law to allow the selling of 3.2 beers. M.A. Skroch, Mrs. H.J. Meyer, A.W. Schwartz, and C.W. Bonar are granted 3.2 licenses with fees set at $50.00 for “on-sale” and $5 for “off-sale”.
Apr. 6 A.W. Schwartz, one of the original owners, has purchased Bob’s sandwich shop in the I.W. Bouck building. The shop is now to be known as “Pono’s”.
May 4 Slot machine racketeers broke into Pono’s sandwich shop and carried away two jackpot machines, several cartons of cigarettes and $50 worth of fishing tackle. This is the third time the shop has been robbed in little more then a year.
May 4 Three gunmen who raided the Hruska and Kalis service station broke out four plate glass windows and held up and robbed Paul Hruska, who was sleeping in the back office. A fourth man was driving a get away car.
June 1 Commencement exercises will be held tonight at the Palace Theatre for a class of 14 seniors.
June 15 James Friary has leased the former Pratt Café on Front Street. W.L. Pratt abandoned the place last December. Mr. Friary operated a restaurant in the same build for ten years previous to 1928 at which time he sold the business to Wallace McDougall. Since then the business has had six different owners.
July 6 Between 500 to 600 persons visited the Friary Café Saturday for its reopening. Mr. Friary believes about 350 ice cream cones were sold.
July 13 S.R. Grouse, owner of the Grouse grocery in the Graham building, has sold the store to Herbert Rauch. Mr. Grouse came to Royalton in December of 1931.
Aug. 10 William Bobick service station and Meyer’s confectionery were broken into Saturday night. Slot machines, cash and merchandise was taken from both businesses.
Sept. 28 F.M. Borman has bought the old airplane hanger west of town from the Stodolka brothers and is having it torn down and the lumber used for a chicken house.
Nov. 2 Sale of Powers grain elevator in Royalton to William Grettum, owner of the William Grettum and company grain commission, was announced Tuesday. Mr. M.M. Sauer manager for the past 16 years will be let go January 1.
Nov. 30 James Friary has closed his café on Front Street and moved back to Minneapolis. Lack of sufficient business was the reason given for closing. Art La Coursiere, the barber next door, will give his hand at the café business along with running of his barber shop.
Nov. 30 Net receipts of $85.85 were made from the penny carnival given at the Royalton school house last Friday night. The Royalton Women’s Study Club sponsored the event and gave the profits to the Boy Scouts.
Nov. 30 The merchandise of Garber’s store was moved from the I.W. Bouck block to the Graham building, formerly occupied by the Orth drug store.
Dec. 7 Royalton is again without a bakery. Everett Hill closed up his shop in the Werner building last week.
Dec. 28 Approximately 600 children crowed the Palace Theatre December 23 to enjoy the Christmas program; each child received a bag of candy and nuts.