July 1983
Volume 8
Number 6
Features
Happy Hours
The definitive guide to one of summer’s indispensible institutions.
Compiled by James Romenesko
The Scab
It took a special kind of courage for Robert White to stand up to more than a thousand firefighters and the most powerful union boss in the city — courage he never knew he possessed.
By Charles J. Sykes
Monument of Faith
Milwaukee’s most beautiful church, St. Josaphat’s, was little more than an impossible dream until the unswerving faith of one priest and thousands of parishioners made it a reality.
By Bonny Christina Celine
The Man Who Would be Elvis
Only Milwaukeean Tom Green could know how hard it is to keep a legend alive.
By Perry M. Lamek
The Circus Parade
The fight is on to bring the magic of the circus parade back to Milwaukee.
Departments
Letters
Inside Milwaukee
An expanded concoction of tidbits, including a goodbye to Rocky, and update on the musical Robbs, squabbling teachers, and a look at The Journal’s own Absence of Malice.
Edited by James Romenesko
Sure Things
Hot tubs, fruit stands and trip tips.
By Judith P. Woodburn
Calendar
Compiled by Molly Malloy
Restaurant Listings
Town and Country Homes
Milwaukee Classified
Columns
Out Front
An introduction to the new editor.
Nightbeat
A little bit of Nashville on State Street.
By Perry M. Lamek
The Fine Arts
Singer Yolanda Marculescu is master of all she conveys.
By Bruce Murphy
Restaurants
A homey little stop off the beaten path.
By Willard Romantini
Endgame
The wages of sin.
By James Romenesko
ON THE COVER
Photography by James Schnepf; model Wally Flaherty courtesy of Arlene Wilson Talent. Photographed on location at Elsa’s on the Park.
